[Mael-list] All the thanks....awww....c'mon, folks

[Jay Bond]

I am really looking forward to this one- this band is going to slay  
these songs in a way that the flat, timid production of the album  
failed to do.
When this album came out I had firmly indoctrinated Sparks into my  
little brother's head. He loved Sparks by then and got permission  
from mum to stay up until midnight when they were playing the just- 
released Big Beat in its entirety on the local FM rock station. I  
didn't know quite what to make of it, it was certainly a departure  
from Indiscreet. When the album ended my little brother left my room  
and I kept listening as people called in. Next thing I knew, I heard  
my little brother on the radio- he'd gone to the phone to call in.  
DJ: "We're talking to Bruce. Bruce, what did you think of the album?"  
Bruce: "They sound like dead fish floundering on a beach". DJ: "Uh,  
okay Bruce, thanks. Next caller. . ." To this day, neither I, nor  
Bruce, nor the DJ know exactly what that meant, but I called him  
tonight to remind him to be in front of a computer at 1pm his time to  
see Sparks perform Big Beat, and I also promised to share this dumb  
story with all you Sparks fans. I am expecting an awesome gig that is  
going to move BB up a notch or two in the Sparks canon.

Jay in Toronto (for Bruce in Vancouver)

On 22-May-08, at 10:55 PM, Craig Unkrich wrote:

> It is great fun, and I'm looking forward to Big Beat.  I can't  
> recall any outtakes (or even B-sides.. were there any?)  from that  
> album, so it'll be interesting to see what they do for an encore.

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