Thanks! I've always loved the Feelies and can rarely find any of their stuff. I bought "the Good Earth" when I was in high school - back in '87 maybe - and still have the vinyl. Great selection.

The Feelies are great. It's been awhile, but I always used to find Feelies records used for $2, except for 'Crazy Rhythms' which usually hit $5-10. The demise of used record shops is a national tragedy -- patronize the ones that are left. Don't forget that the 1987 Yung Wu LP is essentially a Feelies record, and is also good.

For my tastes, you can't go wrong with Eno's rock-singer work, though Needle is definitely one of the high points. Those with similar appreciation are encouraged to dig up the Spoonfed Hybrid record from the early '90s. Should be another used-bin score for the kids.

Holy crap! My birthday too. That's quite interesting. I wish this Max a very happy birthday as well.

Brian Eno, on "Here Comes the Warm Jets"! the title track is also kind of strange as regards the drumming technique, but I'm always dragged along the dynamics of this piece (always finish humming along the guitar riff, precisely :-) )

As for "Needle...", isn't Robert Fripp providing the shards of metallic guitar on this track ? Seem to remember that from my reading the liner notes 3 yrs ago

"Needle in the Camel's Eye" leads off the soundtrack for "Velvet Goldmine." When that movie won the Oscar for best costumes a couple of years back, Bill Conti (?) and the Academy Awards Orchestra played a string arrangement of "Needle" while the winner came up to receive the statuette. Possibly the most unexpected Eno context ever.

Thanks! Both Eno and the Feelies are artists that my mother's got all their vinyl but I've never heard them, after the slow demise of our record player -- thanks a lot!

Ah, the Feelies. I only saw them once or twice, and this would be Back In The Day; I used to play Crazy Rhythms on my college radio show, to the joy of all. Thanks!

Can I marry you? It's not just to gain the Canadian citizenship that has suddenly become so desirable to many of us down here in New England, but it's so I can revel in your fabulousness for the rest of my days. I was already relishing the array of musical delicacies that you had been serving us on your musical h'ors doeuvre tray, and then came today's entry. The Feelies were a tragically underappreciated band whose songs fill me with a giddy tripping-along-in-the-sunshine-on-my-way-to-get-some-ice-cream feeling. And, as if great taste in music was not enough, your Cat Power saga was a masterful tale of self-deprecating wit. But you already knew that... And then you probably mocked yourself for already knowing that....

"The weather's fine, and I feel SO so-so, so..."

Goddamn.
For a solid three years, I skipped through this track every time I popped in Here Come The Warm Jets. I can't for the life of me figure out what was going through my head, when doing so.