More Answers for the 21st century: Videotaped at Bar Pink July 31, 2010, at the Che Underground Rock-‘n’-Roll Weekend, “Margaret Flies” and “Creative Art” represent two eras of this incredibly prolific band.
“Margaret Flies” was a highlight of the band I first encountered in spring 1983; Jerry Cornelius’ lyrics, set to music by Jeff Lucas, still take my breath away after all these years. Meanwhile, guitarist/vocalist Dave Fleminger describes the return of “Creative Art” to the Answers set list:
“It was a total blast to have Lou Damian join us on ‘Creative Art,’ ” Dave writes. “He captured the spirit of the song perfectly. That one hasn’t been performed since 1983, it’s clearly been waiting all this time for sax to be added to the mix. … Next time ’round, we’ll extend the solo section more; the usual Answers instinct is to keep all songs under 3 minutes … sometimes under 2 minutes … ”
Besides Mr. Fleminger, the Answers feature Tony Suarez on bass and David Anderson on drums. The video was shot by Paul Allen and Dave Fleminger (on tripod) and edited to audio by Dave.
Classic Answers MP3s:
- The Answers play “Color Notes”: Listen now!
- The Answers play “Never Existed”: Listen now!
- The Answers play “You Are There”: Listen now!
- The Answers play “It’s OK”: Listen now!
- The Answers play “Annual”: Listen now!
- The Answers play “Home”: Listen now!
- The Answers play “Electric Flowers”: Listen now!
- The Answers play “Lucifer Sam”: Listen now!
- The Answers play “Nowhere”: Listen now!
- The Answers play “Teenage Problems”: Listen now!
thanks for the kind werds dave
that was a really good time
looking forward to the next time around
I can’t figure out how to embed Facebook video, but here’s a marvelous rendition of “Margaret Flies” with Graziela Damian fronting the Answers!