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The Feelies are back

While trying to find info on another Hoboken band (see my thread re: The Marys), I tripped across an announcement that the Feelies (including Bill Million as well as Glenn Mercer) are releasing a new CD on Bar/None. Release date is April 12.

For those unfamiliar with this band, they were one of the great cult bands of the '80s. Nerdy look, oddball lyrics, jerky "ostinato" style rythms, highly crafted pop rock songs played at hyper (near thrash) tempos and 2 guitarists who can tear it up. Great taste in cover material including Beatles, Stones, Eno, and the Velvet Underground, among others.

As a side note, they were long the darlings of The New York Times who spilled an inordinate amount of ink on an otherwise obscure band.

Marty
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jebe1
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Here are some upcoming tour dates:

May 13th : The Bell House, Brooklyn, NY
May 14th : Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, MA
June 17th : Word Cafe Live, Philadelphia, PA
June 18th : 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
martykl OP
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Onhwy61,

Trivia to your trivia: That band in Something Wild looks a lot like The Feelies, but (as a technical matter) it's not. It's actually The Willies. Same band membership, but Dave Weckerman (percussionist foor The Feelies) is the songwriter and singer.

Marty

BTW, I've always attributed that film cameo to The Feelies, too. I just learned the above tidbit from their website.
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onhwy61
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IMDB list the band as the Willies as played by the Feelies.
martykl OP
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To my knowledge, the Willies never recorded anything - so maybe it's semantics in the end.
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ml8764ag
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Thanks for the heads up....I LOVE the Feelies....now if only we could get Vulgar Boatmen going again! Talk about two great bands that few have heard of.
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