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davidt
on Thursday August 14 2003, @09:00AM
henke_hp writes:
American "Parasol" is about to give out all 11 records of Swedish band The Bear Quartet including the brand new album "Angry Brigade" (named after British anarchists in the 70's). At Parasol.com Morrissey and Marr is mentioned as an interesting parallel to two of BQ's members. An excerpt: "...As they grew and matured their songs became in turns more Beatlesque, Go-Betweens-y, Neil Young-ish, and Smiths-like. The Bear Quartet even have a similarly styled duo: vocalist Mattias Alkberg is a big blond Morrissey in many ways, also one of the finest pop crooners I've ever heard. Likewise, diminutive guitar-slinger Jari Haapalainen (he's so tiny!) is very much Johnny Marr to Mattias' Morrissey, and one of the most expressive and unconventional guitarists you'll ever hear. And while The Bear Quartet's latter albums in my opinion are more accessible and more "pop" they can be equally challenging, as the band's unswerving integrity eclipses their desire for any commercial appeal, because sometimes this band likes to fuck with you, outright. Sometimes for a song, sometimes for half-a-fuckin' album...without apology. And really that just makes their genius and their music all the more human and tangible...so much so that I will may have trouble adequately relating how glorious this band is..." The whole article here: http://www.parasol.com/blog/archives/00000109.htm --- Update: 08/15 22:10 GMT: "Angry Brigade" chronology link removed at the request of the story submitter.
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The Bear Quartet (Swedish band) compared to Morrissey and Marr
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Terrible mistake (Score:1)
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Not as terrible (Score:1)
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so many songs to choose ... (Score:1)
could you recommend any in particular?
thanks.
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Their cover of Morrisseys... (Score:1)
The Bear Quartet is indeed a lovely little band and I especially recommend the albums "Moby Dick", "Personality Crisis" and "Gay Icon".
Cheers!
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Anarcho crap (Score:1)
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The Bear Quartet and Morrissey (Score:1)
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