Out of Our Idiot v Deep Dead Blue

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:30 pm

Neither are in my top ten, but I'm not a great fan of DDB and so it's OOOI for me.

Jackson Doofster · Post by **Jackson Doofster** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 1:22 am

Interesting that nobody is interested in this match.

Maybe it's a bit like Wimbledon V Coventry or something. UK Footie fans will understand.

LessThanZero · Post by **LessThanZero** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:56 pm

I've never heard of these albums, so I better not vote.

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Sep 24, 2003 6:57 pm

Me neither

Misha · Post by **Misha** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:22 am

I really like OOOI.....I like the different sounds...it's one of my work cds..

lipstickvogue · Post by **lipstickvogue** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:28 am

...although the Frisell thing was interesting (DDB has got Mingus) I'm voting OOO too.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:11 am

OOOI

Deep Dead Blue does nothing for me although Love Field is one of my favourite tracks.

I have to skip past Gigi.

It was worth getting OOOI just for the tie ups eg Seven Day Weekend, Baby It's You etc at the time when otherwise you'd have spent a small fortune in trying to complete your EC collection.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:11 am

If it's got the word 'idiot' in the title, then I'm bound to vote for it.

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:06 pm

deep dead blue.... i love this record! if you don´t have it, get it! amazing versions of love field, baby plays around, poor napoleon and yes! gigi (altough i know some members seem to loathe this song i think it´s lovely!)

HungupStrungup · Post by **HungupStrungup** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:22 pm

LessThanZero wrote:I've never heard of these albums, so I better not vote.

and

BlueChair wrote:Me neither

OOOI is like Taking Liberties only much later, collecting B-sides, tracks from soundtracks and side projects together in one place. It pretended to be a "Various Artists" album, with tracks by the pseudonymous artists to which they were first credited, like the Coward Brothers and the Emotional Toothpaste. I think the CD version has 21 tracks. Most of these songs have appeared on the Ryko or Rhino reissues, making OOOI a nice bit of trivia.

Deep Dead Blue is a live mini-album by jazz guitarist Bill Frisell and EC, which was released in Europe but not the US (my copy is from Germany). Bill plays and Elvis sings, with no other accompaniment. I happen to like this recording, but the selections are somewhat offbeat: "Weird Nightmare," a Charles Mingus tune; "Gigi," which Maurice Chevalier sang about Audrey Hepburn's character (I think it was) in the movie of the same name; "Shamed Into Love," which Elvis wrote with Ruben Blades for one of his albums but hasn't released himself (except this recording and the one on For the Stars); the title track, which Elvis wrote with Frisell; and "Baby Plays Around," "Poor Napoleon" and "Love Field."