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Happy Thanksgiving to you all. If this works, this e-mail should send on Tuesday, even though I'm not there. Hope you all have a good day (or more) off. Relax... eat... enjoy the moment.
For your holiday celebration (even if all you are celebrating is a day off) here is an appropriately titled song to go along with what seems to be our most favored past time, in this department... eating. Clearly the song is not about that kind of appetite, but it still fits.
The group is Prefab Sprout and the album Steve McQueen, or as it was released here in the states, Two Wheels Good. Relatively unknown over here, this group was huge in Britain in the 80's and early 90's. Probably one of the most under appreciated groups ever, in my opinion. The driving member of the group, Paddy McAloon, is a formidable song writer and lyricist. Lilting and satirical, I often get the sense that Paddy has his tongue planted firmly in cheek, but finds himself biting it a lot. No other group I've ever heard really compares here. Along with R.E.M., U2, the Replacements and others... I set Prefab Sprout up as defining Alternative Pop/Rock in all ways good.
Mostly out of print at this point, Epic/Legacy issued a Prefab Sprout collection in 2001 that should still be available. I highly recommend it.
This is "Appetite."
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