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Robyn Hitchcock - Storefront Hitchcock: Music From The Jonathan Demme Picture Audio CD

A fair review of the Robyn Hitchcock "Storefront Hitchcock: Music From The Jonathan Demme Picture" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Robyn Hitchcock reviews here, or go back to the Robyn Hitchcock tabs.

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Title: Storefront Hitchcock: Music From The Jonathan Demme Picture
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Release Date: 2005-05-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: [Spoken Intro] 2: 1974 3: [Spoken Interlude] 4: Let's Go Thundering 5: [Spoken Interlude] 6: I'm Only You 7: Glass Hotel 8: [Spoken Interlude] 9: I Something You 10: [Spoken Interlude] 11: Yip! Song 12: [Spoken Interlude] 13: Freeze 14: [Spoken Interlude] 15: Alright, Yeah 16: Where Do You Go When You Die? 17: Wind Cries Mary 18: No, I Don't Remember Guildford 19: [Spoken Interlude] 20: Beautiful Queen 21: [Spoken Closing]

Don't take it so seriously man - and trim your nose/ear hairs
Boo Hoo I was alive in 1974 too, so the song must be about me as well (this song is actually not a very good RH song - there are far better songs here: I'm Only You, Glass Hotel, Freeze, Alright Yeah, The Wind Cries Mary. This one is going out to those uncertain about getting this CD as well as those who wrote the low ranking reviews who seem to take this CD (and themselves) too seriously. . . ). The between song chatting ranges in humor, but so what?! If you don't like Hitchcock's thinking, of course you're not going to find what he says of any interest or content. This CD is not his strongest and not recommended for the newcomer (start with Black Snake Diamond Role, Fegmania, Invisible Hitchcock, Eye, and everything by the Soft Boys - all 10 out of 5 stars for me). When the time is right, you can give a hairless ear to this CD. .


Better set-list than the movie
I realized, after re-watching the movie, thinking I had misjudged it, this is because the songs are different on this disc -- the bulk is the same, but the CD doesn't meander like the movie, when it comes to getting to the solid material. When I got this CD, I was struck by how great it flowed as an album, since I remembered being slightly bored in points by the film of this concert -- it was my first exposure to Robyn Hitchcock, though I've heard much more since. It's also interesting to compare film to CD, and see how Hitchcock's screwed-up imagery-laced between-tune chats are used to introduce different songs in some instances. This is all very nerdy, and doesn't say too much about the CD, but that's what the other reviews on this page are for.


completists only - the DVD is way better
This album is better than some and not as good as others. Last week I downloaded 12 Robyn Hitchcock concerts. I love the video, but without the visuals, it's just a middling Robyn concert.

I needed this for the three (3) non-DVD cuts "Where Do You Go When You Die", "The Wind Cries Mary" and "Beautiful Queen". None of them are great. If you're new to Hitchcock, rent the DVD or get (the reasonably priced, sonicly pleasing) Jewels For Sophia instead.


Hello? you ...
I don't understand why anyone would complain about it - unless they simply don't like Robyn Hitchcock in which case I say, "Buzz off! go listen to something you do like and leave behind what you obviously don't get. I think this is a very strong set from Robyn. " Of course, everyone's entitled to their 2 cents, but come on, this is a cool album that even includes classic off-the-wall Hitchcock banter. He shreds on "Glass Hotel" and the Hendrix cover (I've never heard a cover of "Wind Cries Mary" before) is very cool, too.

What I think is a real shame is that Amazon. com is not selling my favorite album he did with the Egyptians: QUEEN ELVIS. Not the most popular one, but it oozes creativity with some very impressionistic, evocative and bizarre songs. I wonder about Hitchcock fans who don't like this one, or STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK for that matter.


The old curiosity shop
(They can simply go straight to I Often Dream Of Trains, which showcases Robyn the semi-folkie, or Gotta Let This Hen Out!, which features the Egyptians at their exhilarating live best; both of these would be a better introduction to the Hitchcock ouvre. It's ironic that the publicity surrounding the film Storefront Hitchcock (and this soundtrack album) will introduce a lot of new listeners to this wondrous English singer, because really, this set is probably best appreciated by long-term fans who have spent time acclimatising themselves to the man's peculiar world view; newcomers expecting something a little poppier and ingratiating might well be put off, which would be a shame. ) If you're already in love with Robyn's songs, though, you'll enjoy this a lot. There's a number of strong new songs, probably the best being 1974, an ode to that most reviled of rock years, where genres such as prog/glam/metal/funk/roots rock were collapsing upon each other (an era when it was possible to love Roxy Music, King Crimson, Little Feat, Labelle and Captain Beefheart all at once). Unlike some reviewers, I don't think it's an attack on the generation which grew up in the 1970s so much as Robyn gently poking fun at his younger self (he was one of those obsessed teenagers, after all), and bemoaning the ageing process -- it's *his* hair growing in his ears and nose that he's complaining about. The rest of the set is quite strong (apart from The Yip Song, which is terminally annoying -- which was the point of it, I suppose). So the Storefront turns out to be a bit of a curiosity shop; but there's more gems than junk to be found if you're prepared to look.


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