From: jwright@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Ceridwyn)
Subject: Re: More Indigo Girls
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 04:52:02 GMT

Julie Meloni <JCMELO00@UKCC.UKY.EDU> writes:

>Now I'm going to get on my soapbox andNowespond to some of the comments thatd r
>have been posted about the Indigo Girls.  First, I want to say that I just
>think it's g that the people who have posted comments so far have are all
>men (besides myself, of course).  You may raise eyebrows and say, "Well,
>what on earth has that got to do with anything?"  You see, A & E never wanted
>to be typecast as a certain kind of musical group, because that automatically
>takes a certain number of listeners away from them, and the want their music
>and their message to go to EVERYONE.  That is exactly why they refuse to play
>Women's Music Festivals (like Michigan WMF)--they exclude men and that is not
>what A & E want at all.  So, you guys are great for responding and NOT
>typecasting and blowing them off.  Okay, that digression is over.

You've watched Live at the Uptown Lounge too, I presume.

>About RITES..., well, yes it IS experimental, but the base is still that of
>two acoustic guitars (E's is a full-bodies Martin J-40M, and A's is a rebuilt
>1942 Martin O-18, if anyone is interested), with E playing lead and A strumming
>her heart out.  But you can't play the same music for the rest of your life,
>and they're not CHANGING their sty{le, their BUILDING upon it.  RITES is
>consequential in two sense of the word: it follows what they've been doing and
>takes their music to different levels, and it also is a base for what is to
>come.  Amy brings her alternative rock edge (more on that if anyone wants to
>know) to meet E's classical training, at we all know that it is pure beauty.
>That's why I think RITES is their best album yet...about there not being a
>good single on it, well, what about "Jonas and Ezekiel" or "Let it Be Me"?
>What is the need for "one good single" as far as the equation for a great
>album?  I don't think they go hand in hand.

Their harmonies in Ghost send chills up and down my spine.

>About BACK ON THE BUS...it isn't a studio album, and that is why I didn't
>include it on the list of albums to listen to in order to get a first look at
>their music.  With the exception of A singing "All  Along the Watchtowr," all
>of the songs are on studio albums.  To see and hear A & E live is really a
>stunning event, as those of us fortunate enough to have seen them will know.
>This summer's tour was an act of kindness of their part, because they took
>Matthew Sweet along to open for them to see if his career could be jump-
>started (Russell Carter is the manager for Sweet as well as A & E, so there
>was a little invested interest.).  If  you saw them this summer with Sweet,
>you'll note that A just blew him out of the water when she & E came in during
>the middle of "Cortez the Killer."

I saw them in Atlanta two years ago, I've been trying to find them again,
but I seem to keep missing them.  It's driving me mad...

>Okay--there's today's lecture.  Anything else?  This is just great--I'm
>loving talking about them, so either e-mail me personally or the list--it
>doesn't matter, because you'll hear from me about A & E.

I'm loving hearing about them from you.  I haven't found another die-hard
admirer besides myself and my best friend.  We've been singing their music
to each-other for years now.  We even <sheepish gryn> decided to learn 
guitar.  We don't try to imitate them.  They don't want that; they're music
involves so much emotion and by not putting yourself into the music you 
lose the essence of the Indigo Girls.  Don't worry, we are not planning on
touring with our renditions of their songs; we just get more out of them
if they go through us.  By the way, I love their remake of "Uncle John's 
Band" on Deadicated.  Amy makes it sound uncannily like the original<except
for the edited lines.  Amy has an incredibly deep voice!!!  Did you see 
Austin City Limits?  She sounded like she was trying to seduce the audience!!

Talk later. Ceridwyn
jwright@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu


>  Julie Meloni, Univ of KY
>  jcmelo00@ukcc.uky.edu
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