tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757995510081828446.post7557753914194109534..comments2024-03-10T01:58:25.592-08:00Comments on Stallion Alert - Record Collecting - Portland, OR: The Feelings - Especially for You (CD, 1996)Wockenfusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282053092634048786noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8757995510081828446.post-10225258906396370332009-02-05T16:23:00.000-08:002009-02-05T16:23:00.000-08:00I first saw The Feelings at La Luna opening for Po...I first saw The Feelings at La Luna opening for Pond and Archers Of Loaf (ah, the glory days). I was immediately transfixed by their on stage set up. Drummer? Check. Guitar player/high-pitched singer, standing next to the drummer, near the back of the stage? Check. Portly keyboard player? Check. And then they had some other guy, who would sit on the stairs behind the stage until he would periodically saunter on stage to talk into a microphone, after which he would go sit back down. Needless to say, I was in love. I finally found their first CD in Eugene at House Of Records and proceeded to dub it and listen to it in my car way too much. It was totally different and yet totally brilliant. A tad poorly recorded yes, but this actually added to the charm for me. Pretty much every tune on here could be on a mix tape, save for "We Called" which is just a tad too long and redundant. I remember my teenage girlfriend at the time being extremely unstoked on this album. And their "Born To Run" cover owns. I did send away for the Feelings songbook offered in the CD but never received one. Just so everyone knows. More on how much I love this band on their next album.Biff Pocarobahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963683576828172145noreply@blogger.com