The Sordid Family Tree of Discotheque - The Features Message Board Archive

Wiyum

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Posted Thursday, September 5, 2002 at 3:21 PM

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Alot of people have been quick to point out the geneological connections stemming from Discotheque to Temporary Blues. It is clear that the "I Wanna Go Home" section was lifted straight from momma Disco and put into baby Blues.

What I haven't noticed anyone mention is the similarities in the melodies of the verses of Discotheque and Buffalo Head. Anyone else hear this or am I just crazy?

Will

You may like grandma's yard gnomes, but I've seen Rock City. Remember it.

ghostflower

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Posted Friday, September 6, 2002 at 12:22 PM

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yes i have noticed too.

We have about 1500 songs.....all of them good!

Keith

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Posted Friday, September 6, 2002 at 2:55 PM

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And what about the song "Disco?" I barely remember it other than the really cool guitar riff before the chorus, but that one needs to make it back into the rotation. Does anyone else here (other than Jamie) even remember that song? They started playing it last fall, and I think New Year's Eve was the last time they played it, but I haven't really checked through the setlists.

I TOTALLY AGREE!

Keith, you are destined to rock. Never forget this.
-SLACK

jamiecarroll

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Posted Friday, September 6, 2002 at 3:58 PM

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Keith--'Disco' did in fact kick ass. I never knew that to be its name until after they stopped playing it. In the setlist, I always referred to it as "Rod Stewart" or something like that, because the riff in the song reminded me of a Rod Stewart song. I wish they would play it again. It was a Features song that was truly different from any other.

Okay, so I checked, and the last time it was played was 12-7-2001 at the Boro, for those of you keeping score at home.

While we're on the topic of "where are they now?":

Stick Together
(the re-worked) Captain Williams

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 9:05 pm on Sep. 6, 2002)

Relevant: Prince, PT Anderson, Punk, Post-Punk, Purple, Party of Five, Peter Swanson, Peter Gabriel-led Genesis, "Peter Panic", Paul's Boutique, Potential Energy, Every Features MB member but me.

ghostflower

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Posted Friday, September 6, 2002 at 6:23 PM

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i love that song captain williams. i only heard it once at the boro jan 10. i have a very rough tape form that show and i listen to that all the time. very catchy. wish that one didnt get canned.

We have about 1500 songs.....all of them good!

YaDaDaDa

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Posted Saturday, September 7, 2002 at 11:20 AM

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To me, "Buffalo Head" and "Kari Ann" sound like they could flow together and be the same song at times. I can't remember where right now.

I love "Discoteque". I'm not a huge fan of "Temporary Blues", but I hear how the two are related.

Listening to my catalog of Features songs that would be tried once and then never played again, I seem to hear lots about a Fiberclass Canoe before it actually landed in "Serious."

I can't grow a beard, and I don't like to party.
~Matthew Tiberius Pelham

Tom Foolery

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Posted Monday, September 9, 2002 at 9:32 AM

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"Stick Together" is, by far, my favorite lost Features song. A few months ago, it was poised to make a come-back. But I think the new summer songs pushed it off the set lists

grass stains, airplanes, anything and everything