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I saw that a couple of folks also new about this gem of an artist over in the Mark Heard thread; any body have some favorite work by this guy? Any opinions on his shimmery brit-pop phase (which looks to end with Pin My Hope coming soon)? I love all his stuff, but I have to say that Blister Soul and To The Roof of the Sky are my favorites (lyrically at least; I do love the shine in Summershine). And his live show is amazing; not with spectacle, but just with honesty and raw emotion bleeding through right into you. Songs like Blister Soul and Skin are even better live, where you can feel what's being said as Bill sings and plays.
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Mark
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Bill Mallonee is great. I like Killing Floor and Blister Soul best. I have pretty much everything he released.
Here are a few songs that are great:
Drunk On The Tears
Who Knows When The Sunrise Will Be
Driving The Nails
Real Down Town
Undertow
River Of Love
Earth Has No Sorrow Heaven Can't Heal
Welcome To Struggleville
Glory And The Dream
Blister Soul
Offer
But Not For Long
Run Through My Veins
To The Roof Of The Sky
Avalanche
This Time Isn't One Of Them
Goes Without Saying
Could Be A Lot Worse
You Know That
It's Not Bothering Me
On To Bethlehem
She's So Liquid
Life On Other Planets
Locket Full Of Moonlight
Of course there are many, many more. I just tried to pick a few favorites.
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Eis
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My first intro to Bill was the cover of "wondering where the lions are" on Roaring Lambs. I liked it, but didn't think much about it until I heard "You Know That" on a GrassrootsMusic sampler; I fell in love with the guy's music right then. I picked up Summershine (because I was afraid Mr. Buechner's Dream was a country album; I was so uninformed and foolish
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Favorite songs are:
You Know That
It's Not Bothering Me
Who Knows When The Sunrise Will Be
Double Cure
Bearing The Load
Extraordinary Girl
Baalam's burro
Blister Soul(reprise)
She Walks On Roses
You Can Have The Flesh(But Please Leave Me The Bones)
Farther Up The Road
Judas Skin
Locust Years
Overflow
2 Become 1
Extreme North Of The Compass
Skin
Solar System
And all his others 
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Mark
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He is definitely one of the best artists of the past 14 years.
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Okay, so this is the part that has me flummoxed. VOL is officially DOA, which I suppose is fine because it had always been Mallonee and a constantly rotating host of other members.
But is Bill planning on releasing new solo stuff anytime soon? I know Lo-Fidelity had that e.p. out (which beat feet long before I could pick it up... dang it), but I haven't heard much from the Mallonee camp lately.
Any talk? Any at all?
DwD
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DaLe
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Okay, so this is the part that has me flummoxed. VOL is officially DOA, which I suppose is fine because it had always been Mallonee and a constantly rotating host of other members.
But is Bill planning on releasing new solo stuff anytime soon? I know Lo-Fidelity had that e.p. out (which beat feet long before I could pick it up... dang it), but I haven't heard much from the Mallonee camp lately.
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talk, demos, concerts... i did pre order "pin my hope" his new one 
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Joey T.
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i have the one cd that was on a major label i guess... just called vigalantes of love.... got it thru columbia house cd club......
and was not impressed at all............
maybe i need to hear some more of his stuff??? 
maybe?
maybe no.............. 
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Eis
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Perfumed Letter is a great album of the shiny brit-pop stuff; Pin My Hope is supposed to be a return to folk/americana style. His website hasn't been updated with information about the album yet, but I'm guessing he's working on it now, considering that his tour page has no dates listed for the future. Definitely check out the website, there is a jukebox on there where you can sample some of his stuff (although some of his best songs are not on there). Oh and Joey T., you definitely (not maybe) need to give Bill's music another try. Audible Sigh would be good for a look at the folk/rock/americana; Perfumed Letter for the brit-pop.
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Gabriel Syme
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"Drunk on the Tears" is still my favorite. "Earth Has No Sorrow" runs a close second.
Jugular is still my favorite album.
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Vox Robotica
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like i said before, what little i have heard of his was very boring..... 
i don't like sf59 either...............
or most "Christian" music for that matter..............
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Have you ever actually listened to SF59?
I mean, c'mon - it's not overt, it's well crafted, and it's good music. Who cares if it has the Christian label or not?
I think in your quest to avoid anything labeled "Christian" you've missed out on some truly great stuff.
~ Vox
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Joey T.
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like i said before, what little i have heard of his was very boring.....
i don't like sf59 either...............
or most "Christian" music for that matter..............
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Have you ever actually listened to SF59?
I mean, c'mon - it's not overt, it's well crafted, and it's good music. Who cares if it has the Christian label or not?
I think in your quest to avoid anything labeled "Christian" you've missed out on some truly great stuff.
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nah..... i've tried to listen to them and some of those other bands really trying to have an open mind and like them.....
L. Bangs, who is a professional music reviewer even said on the dadl one time that their are only 2 Christian bands worth listening to: Daniel Amos and Adam Again.............
Mike Knott and Mike Roe both write some great songs too, but the other half of the what they write is easily forgettable........
that's just the way it is.... get over it..
i wish there were more Christian bands worth listening to..
Scaterd Few and Breakfast with Amy were both great! they never sold enough albums to really make a living though.........................
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nah..... i've tried to listen to them and some of those other bands really trying to have an open mind and like them.....
L. Bangs, who is a professional music reviewer even said on the dadl one time that their are only 2 Christian bands worth listening to: Daniel Amos and Adam Again.......... |
I was about to say "Lester Bangs said THAT? Cool!" when I remembered... I forgot about ol' L..... 
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L. Bangs, who is a professional music reviewer even said on the dadl one time that their are only 2 Christian bands worth listening to: Daniel Amos and Adam Again.............
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L. Bangs as in Lester Bangs? I remember reading his stuff in Creem as a teenager. Hard to imagine Bangs on dadl. Didn't he die back in the 80s,
drug related? Great, great writer, for the genre.
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Joey T.
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Ignore those VoLheads, Joey....
way ahead of you....
Coming from a guy who AIN'T one, though, find Slow Dark Train. For loud, relentless, yet liberating self-abusive nakedness, I'll take it over Perfecta any day of the week....
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over perfecta? hmmm....
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Ignore those VoLheads, Joey....
way ahead of you....
Coming from a guy who AIN'T one, though, find Slow Dark Train. For loud, relentless, yet liberating self-abusive nakedness, I'll take it over Perfecta any day of the week....
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I knew invoking the P-word would get yr attention.
I should add, in fairness, that the self-abuse here is more of the depressed, borderline-suicidal kind (his dad looms large in the background here) than of the out-of-control substance and/or marital implosion type. Still, you oughta give it a shot. Two samples, the first & last songs (either of which could serve as prayers as themselves -- I've definitely used the first as one):
Locust Years
here's one more raw emotion to contend with
one last bullet to defend the fort with
i was drowning in complacency's cheap perfume
yeah, licking my wounds
one more specimen, one with real potential
if the suit fits, well, you're looking quite presidential
i picked your face out of some police photos
yeah, steps of the wicked overthrown
come have your way with me
come have your way with me
there's nothing left
there's nothing left to see
salome's overweight, she broke jacob's ladder
where the corpse is, honey, you know the vultures gather
yes, i've always been taught that love was worth keeping
yeah, truth worth believing
come have your way with me
come have your way with me
there's nothing left
there's nothing left to see
so come have your way
come have your way with me
there's nothing left
there's nothing left to see.... (rinse and repeat as needed
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Judas Skin
what is it you need to hear?
it's on your lips and in your ears
if too much static or unclear
still, still He holds you dear
hound of heaven on your trail
keen sense of direction and smell
knows your need before you do
and when you bleed, He does too
on my own again
on my slow dark train
how is it i am found
in my judas skin, spinning down?
(I'd swear there's four more lines here, but I can't find them....)
what is it that i fear?
why is it i don't trust?
when hiding out becomes career
what am i covering up?
on my own again
on my slow dark train
how is it i am found
in my judas skin, spinning down?
what is it you need to find?
i love your Spirit working overtime
and when I come out of this spin
and i see You're still my friend
on my own again
on my slow dark train
how is it i am found
in my judas skin, spinning down?
in my judas skin, spinning down?
in my judas skin, spinning down?
in my judas skin, spinning down?
Sucker helped get me off my own slow dark train a few years back, and so I pass it on to you....
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I would not consider VOL or SF59 Christian bands. Maybe Christians in bands but not Christian music
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you say potatoe, i say potato................
let's call the whole thing off!
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RE: Yeah, yeah....