pictures of matchstick men Archives - Vinyl From The Vault https://vinylfromthevault.com/tag/pictures-of-matchstick-men/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:02:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 198238920 Camper Van Beethoven “Key Lime Pie” https://vinylfromthevault.com/camper-van-beethoven-key-lime-pie-1989-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camper-van-beethoven-key-lime-pie-1989-2014 Tue, 29 Jun 2021 18:31:59 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/camper-van-beethoven-key-lime-pie-1989-2014/ Camper Van Beethoven “Key Lime Pie” 1989. (2014 Ominvore Records reissue, double-LP, the 4th side at 45 rpm in reverse to make things extra-confusing). Key Lime Pie was CVB’s 5th and final release before breaking up in 1990 (though they got back together in the early 2000′s and started recording again); it became their best-selling album and [...]

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]]> Camper Van Beethoven “Key Lime Pie” 1989. (2014 Ominvore Records reissue, double-LP, the 4th side at 45 rpm in reverse to make things extra-confusing). Key Lime Pie was CVB’s 5th and final release before breaking up in 1990 (though they got back together in the early 2000′s and started recording again); it became their best-selling album and went to #141 in the US. It’s a mix of neo-psychedelia, Americana (a lot of violin/fiddle) and 80′s alternative rock – not quite punk but hard-edged, humorous and occasionally political. CVB’s cover of Status Quo’s 1968 “Pictures of Matchstick Men” is one of my favorite songs from the era. It became their most popular single, hitting #1 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. Also great are “Jack Ruby” (tense, stomping, political), “Borderline” (a ska/alt-country/klezmer mashup) and “June” (lovely, soaring, anthemic).

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]]> 9203 Camper Van Beethoven “Pictures of Matchstick Men” https://vinylfromthevault.com/camper-van-beethoven-pictures-of-matchstick-men/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camper-van-beethoven-pictures-of-matchstick-men Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:02:01 +0000 http://box2101.temp.domains/~vinylfro/?p=3273 Camper Van Beethoven “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 1989. 12″ promo, A and B side the same. The track appears on Key Lime Pie, CVB’s last album before their initial breakup in 1990 and their most commercially successful. “Pictures of Matchstick Men,” a cover of Status Quo’s 1968 hit single (the “matchstick men” referring to the paintings of L.S. [...]

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]]> Camper Van Beethoven “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 1989. 12″ promo, A and B side the same. The track appears on Key Lime Pie, CVB’s last album before their initial breakup in 1990 and their most commercially successful. “Pictures of Matchstick Men,” a cover of Status Quo’s 1968 hit single (the “matchstick men” referring to the paintings of L.S. Lowry), helped propel the record’s success; CVB’s “Matchstick Men” hit #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Track chart.

I’d been vaguely aware of Camper Van Beethoven prior to “Matchstick Men;” their 1985 debut single “Take the Skinheads Bowling” was fun, a bit of a novelty song that I never thought much about except to occasionally joke-quote (probably at a few punk shows I attended that were literally in bowling alleys). But “Matchstick Men” was on heavy rotation during college in the late 80′s and early 90′s and remains one of my favorite songs from that period. Morgan Fitcher plays violin on the track (replacing founding member Jonathan Segel), providing an integral part to the song’s moody neo-psychedia sound.

….an example of L.S. Lowry’s work

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