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[score] stststst 3.5
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All-time:
#1,374 in Indie Rock
Best ranking:
#59 of 326 in Indie Rock on 11Nov2004
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Band: Memphis Louie & The Rockin' Firebird Of Death
Genre: Indie Rock


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Monday 28th October 2002 - As flight BA 8955 touched down at Stornoway, the silence of 50 sombre protesters was broken only by the sound of prayer and song. Psalm 46, God is Our Refuge and Our Strength, rang out across the airport car park. A banner bore the message from Exodus Chapter 20, verse 8: "Remember the Sabbath Day to Keep it Holy". The Loganair Saab 340 aircraft had passed over the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry - tied up for the Sabbath - as it approached Lewis. The divide in the community caused by the first Sunday flight was never more evident. For some, it was a welcome and overdue breakthrough; for others, it signalled the end of a way of life - Fast forward to 2003 when Memphis found himself buying a Costas coffee from Engie's on Sandwick Road on a Sunday. He had instructions to hide his carrier bag on the way back to Leroi's house in Sandwick in case the cailleach across the road saw it as she would have disapproved. This song conveys the ambivalence of MLATRFOD to the erosion of the Hebridean Sabbath. It started with a plane....... 

Signature Review Great Break!
The break at 2:12 or so was great. The drums and bass are really fantatic in this band. Timing is spot on all the way through.

Vocals: This guy sounds good. I don't hear anything out of pitch or out of tune. Also there is emotion behind the words and that's good.

Mix: I thought it sounded good. I could hear all the peices of the band clearly.

Who do you sound like: At first I was thinking Oingo Boingo... But, it's definetly a orginal sound.

Good luck -
Mike
Reviewed by: Funk0r from Tempe, Arizona [flag]

Very promising Sci-fi rock
This is really cool. The vocal effect has a science fiction or B movie tone, and makes the singer sound a bit like a deep south preacher. That's a great thing for this style of song. The beat and guitars are really inventive and don't do what you might expect - for me, that's always a good thing. It's got a really good hook and I like the way it goes up a gear before the chorus, as well as easing back down before the solo. The mix is also quite perfect and has a good 50's echo. Well played too, and I'd be keen to listen to this again. It sounds quitelike the 80's Matchbox B-line Disaster (I'm not sure if they're known outside England), but they're a good band and so are this one.
Reviewed by: IanEvans from London, United Kingdom [flag]

Reviews The Devils........

Originality lives!

Bass heavy

I like reverb

Sounds like a soft Meatloaf.

Not my style...

If Al Could Do It

uuugh

new wave adventure

wacky

BAD B-52'S

Back to the Future!

Mild Sauce.

original..

loved it

haha

BOSSANOVA

Cool song

pretty good

stan ridgeway?

Start Stop Start

Rocky Horror

starts out not so good

and to think, i used to hate that 80's sound

Different in a cool way. REM, meets LIVE!

Interesting sound... on purpose?

hmmmm

started to (bleed?)

Bad Recording

unusual low fi song

Devil Devil

heaven help us

Catchy tune

Good song, obsure production gets annoying

rock shack

production...

Tweak It

not bad

Lou B-52

B-52's

Crazy shit.

River of blood ra..

Great Break!

Very promising Sci-fi rock

b52s less the girls, +U2

Promising

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Length 03:31 
Date Created 2004 
Lyrics it started with a plane, yes a plane and a franchise cup. i went out for a walk, yes a walk to the fill-me-up. i had to hide my bag, yes my bag, a neighbour would have seen. but i flaunted it instead and it led to the place where i had been. this is not a saturday. devil's coffee. so it sharpened up my mind and my mind it raced instead of rest. going back another day, another day, my town has now been blessed. it started with a plane, yes a plane and a franchise cup. i went out for a walk, yes a walk to the fill-me- up. this is not a saturday ( chan eil disatharna idir ). devil's coffee. S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y. it started with a plane....... 
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Rank All-time: #1,374 of 7,685 in Indie Rock
Best #59 of 326 on 11Nov2004

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