Lloyd Cole-Felt
Alistair Fitchett  (2-Dec-1998) Email the author   Show thread
> Can't see the Cole/Felt interface. actually i can. And the link is in Television, or more specifically Tom Verlaine, who was a major influence on both Lawrence and Cole. The early Cole/Commotions records do have a Verlaine-esque feel to them, specifically in vocal delivery, and i can see someone making that connection with Lawrence too, although perosnally i don't think it's as overt. > The Dylan influence is so overt that Lawrence (when in Denim) sang that he > was against "early Dylan" - he couldn't have been against mid-period Dylan, > cos that would've lain waste to most of Felt's back catalogue. well i'm not so sure on the Dylan thing. I think Dylan pretty much sucks as well, and i think Lawrence was much more influenced by Patti Smith, Verlaine, Kerouac than by Dylan. i don't see the Dylan connection at all really, to be honest, unless you're talking the poetic input, in which case, see Patti Smith for a more likely inspiration. Lawrence once said that 'Horses' and 'Marquee Moon' were on the top shelf of classics, and everything else was under that. He never mentioned Dylan... And when he was in Denim he sang that he was against so much, it was hilarious. Bottom line was that he was for novelty records, especially if they were fine up to a point. > Cole and Lawrence - two completely different entities. And Lawrence would > never write "read Norman Mailer/get a new tailor". now THAT we can agree on! keep the faith, the duke 'all of our dreams are dying of overdoses' Tangents On-Line http://www.tangents.co.uk PO Box 102, Exeter, EX2 4YL, UK tangent@--hidden--