Having already made a few records in the early '70s, Roche sisters Maggie and Terre -- along with younger sibling Suzzy -- resumed recording as the Roches in 1979. The group's mischievous and highly original folk blend of arbershop, doo wop, Celtic, and luegrass styles found its watermark with this eponymous debut, which features the pithy, tongue-in-cheek lyrics of Maggie and Terre. Aided by bassist Tony Levin and guitarist Robert Fripp -- who also produced -- the trio ranges from the wry resume-in-song opener "We" to the impressionistically feminist closer "Pretty and High." In between, there's talk of family, work, boyfriends, travel, and married men, all enveloped in a mix of airy acoustic guitars, limber harmonies, and rotating vocal leads. Highlights include "The Train," "Hammond," and "The Troubles."
Last night I dreamed I was in a department store looking at Pinnocchio dolls. I began eating the head of one as if it were hollow and made of chocolate. Then I started soaping up as if I were taking a shower with all my clothes on. Having realized how odd this was I decided to go to the store locker room to shower in a more appropriate location.The Roches were there already and we all had a fri
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With one of the most distinctive and diverse vocal sounds in the modern musical spectrum, the Roche sisters -- Maggie, Suzzy and Terre -- weave barbershop harmonies, traditional Irish melodies, doo-wop, bee bop and a dozen other styles into a sound wholly their own on their acclaimed 1979 release, The Roches. Featuring ten original songs written by the trio singly or in various combinations, Th...
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My good friend and fellow mogger Henry recently posted something about which song you play when you have friends over. Well this is the song I've been tormenting my friends with for some time now. I never get tired of it. Though my friends doesn't seem to come around that often anymore.I can't see why.
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Last night I dreamed I was in a department store looking at Pinnocchio dolls. I began eating the head of one as if it were hollow and made of chocolate. Then I started soaping up as if I were taking a shower with all my clothes on. Having realized how odd this was I decided to go to the store locker room to shower in a more appropriate location.The Roches were there already and we all had a fri
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