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Grunt
Dangerous kind of cover
Four ace tracks
Fingers in the wind
Similar
Excerpt from 'Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme'
Press your lips
Awful good
Dreamed
March music for the holy week
Watch your remours
Up to Paradiso along the Milky Way
Some use the Mekons
Scheme seems finished
Toetertje
Thylacine
Stand at ease
Recorder
Ukulele bin
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Notes: I'm hard pressed to describe this ditty with double-tracked acoustic guitar and vocals by
the guitarist from Bettie Serveert. The lyrics are moderately surreal and hard for me to parse; something about "some use the Mekons,
while others use their heads" and, later, "... while others use a man". Oh those wacky Dutch....
Here's what Ajax label guy Tim has to say
about the disc: "First off, his name rhymes with 'Most Kisser,'
although a lotta people seem to get pleasure out of saying it as 'Juiced Visser.' Joost was the
lyricist, singer and second guitarist for the late, great Dutch combo De Artsen, who now make up
half of Bettie Serveert. This is his first solo album, which Brinkman Records originally issued in
late '94. It's a sprawling little piece of plastic, featuring several "rock" tracks (with backup
help from the Furtips), a few solo acoustic numbers, and a few other tracks that really can't be
categorized, including a long recorder jam and a condenser-mic recording of a marching band. The
full-band songs kick with the same gentle flow of De Artsen, with Joost's voice more mellow and
in-the-mix than before, while on the acoustic numbers he really shines, evoking the solitude and
beauty of Nick Drake and Syd Barrett, inviting comparisons to New Zealanders Alastair Galbraith and
Chris Knox. It is an album that really does reward the listener over repeated playings, but once
you're hooked, you won't want to take it off."
Added October 6, 2002
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