Track Listing 1. (Untitled) - (spoken introduction) 2. 1974 3. (Untitled) - (spoken interlude) 4. Let's Go Thundering 5. (Untitled) - (spoken interlude) 6. I'm Only You 7. Glass Hotel 8. (Untitled) - (spoken interlude) 9. I Something You 10. (Untitled) - (spoken interlude) 11. Yip Song!, The 12. (Untitled) - (spoken interlude) 13. Freeze 14. (Untitled) - (spoken interlude) 15. Alright, Yeah 16. Where Do You Go When You Die? 17. Wind Cries Mary, The 18. No, I Don't Remember Guildford 19. (Untitled) - (spoken interlude) 20. Beautiful Queen 21. (Untitled) - (spoken ending)
| Details | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Live | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Robyn Hitchcock (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica); Tim Keegan (guitar, vocals); Deni Bonet (violin). Includes liner notes by Jonathan Demme. Jonathan Demme's STOP MAKING SENSE set a new standard for performance films, injecting a visionary sense into the detached perspective of the camera eye. In Robyn Hitchcock, the eccentric poet laureate of the absurdist set, Demme found another stirring visual subject. Hitchcock's bizarre lyrics are consistently vivid, a constant challenge to the listener, while his compostions remain imaginative and engaging. With Demme's STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK, the performance ethic is placed in its simplest context--the performance was filmed in an empty store in New York City in 1997, primarily with Hitchcock solo on acoustic guitar. The songs on STOREFRONT HITCHCOCK are plucked from throughout Hitchcock's career--live favorite "The Yip! Song" comes through with its energy intact, even in this stripped-down acoustic setting, while more recent compositions, such as the sardonic sing-along "I Something You" show that Hitchock's wild imagination is still hard at work. Also of note are the stark, elegant "I'm Only You" and the wistful "Beautiful Queen." Hitchcock's abstract, poetic between-song banter is preserved on the film's soundtrack, capturing the very unique, unpredictable musical adventure of a Robyn Hitchcock performance.
Editorial Reviews ...he's a merry cynic with an unparalleled knack for making dark folly out of other people's misfortune and misery--sorta like that other, more famous Hitchcock. - Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly (11/27/1998)
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