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hats-digest          Wednesday, July 7 1999          Volume 02 : Number 139




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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 18:37:07 -0500
From: Kevin Lentz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Safety Dance chords requested

Hi,

I finally talked my band into playing a version of Safety Dance. Does
anyone have the chords for the song or know where I can find them?
Thanks!

- --=20
Kevin Lentz (ICQ 10812890)

3=BE-inch Action Figure Archives:
http://www.toymania.com/334archives


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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 01:22:35 -0600
From: "Stephen D. Sundstrom" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) Uforia.net

Does anybody know what has happened to Uforia.net?  I know it has been down
for a while now, but I thought that maybe it was just undergoing some
updating.  Now I'm wondering if it will ever resurrect.  Also, has anybody
heard anything from Ivan's new music project, Ultimate Pop Machine?  I was
looking forward to being able to buy it when it surfaced, but again, haven't
heard anything more about it.

Thanks.

Steve




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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:19:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Alex <[e-mail]>
Subject: (hats) New 80's Compilation...

I saw a new 'best of the 80's' compilation the other day that included a
MWH track on it (guess which!), and noted that there were some interesting
liner notes about MWH and Rational Youth.  So, I decided to copy it down
and send it onto the list (including the Discography information that may
be desired), so that everyone could check it out.

Ae.



V/A - Pure Canadian [Retro 80's Vol. 6]
    EMI  E2 72435 20023 2 0
    Rational Youth   - Saturdays In Silesia   4:04
    Men Without Hats - Safety Dance           2:44

Blurbs from the liner notes:

RATIONAL YOUTH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forgotten facts about this Montreal band include: (1) Ivan from Men
Without Hats was Rational Youth's singer for a period.  He quit after
someone threw a beer bottle at him during a show at the St. Denis
Theatre in Montreal. (2) To make matters a little more confusing, leader
Tracey Howe was once a member of Men Without Hats.  He left in 1981, two
years before they hit it big with "Safety Dance". (3) Howe had a knack
of choosing names that were already taken.  Before Rational Youth, he was
in Heaven Seventeen (not to be confused with Heaven 17, the British Band)
and The Normals (not The Normal, Daniel Miller's alter-ego).  "Rational
Youth" was a derivative of National Youth Orchestra. (4) "Saturdays In
Silesia" was inspired by the famous Lech Walesa-led strike at the Gdamsk
Shipyard.  And (5) the last Rational Youth show was at Dalhousie
University in Halifax in November 1985.

MEN WITHOUT HATS
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After Ivan Doroschuk quit Heaven Seventeen/Rational Youth (see note
above), he recruited his brother, Stephan, to play bass in a new group.
Joining him was guitarist Tracey Howe (the founder of Rational Youth),
and drummer Jermanie Arrabos.  Of these three, Arrabos proved to be the
most important.  Not only did the new band get to rehearse at the family's
Mount Royal mansion in Montreal, but Arrabos' father bought the group
equipment and financed the recording of their debut EP.  The following
year (and after Howe quit), Men Without Hats had a worldwide hit with
"Safety Dance".  The single became a Top Ten hit in nineteen different
countries.  It hit Number 2 in the US, Number 2 in Germany, and #6 in the
UK.  It was such a big song that some people started calling Men Without
Hats "North America's version of Kraftwerk".  What about in Canada?  No
matter which singles chart you use, the song never did any better than
Number 11.  The group followed up with a series of well-received
techno-pop singles throughout the rest of the decade before they were
finally killed off during the grunge boom of the early 90's.




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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 00:23:57 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) 20 cd #10

Hey gang.

I didn't know that you want to learn French with Ivan, or it's the "Safety
dance, instrumental" who got your attention, but I received so much request
that I just burned 20 cd's.  They are ready to ship.

I got around 15 requests, if some of you want a copy, it's 10$, including
shipping in U.s..  12$ for overseas.

Just E-mail me if you are interested.

Thanks

Francis


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Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 20:43:03 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (hats) Cd#10, Bonus tracks

Hey gang.

Even if you don't understand French, you will enjoy the bonus tracks

Here is what you will find on Cd#10

From track#1 to track#15, this is the interview in French.

Here is the bonus tracks:
Track #16: The Safety Dance, Karaoke mix
Track #17: The Safety Dance, Karaoke Bio-Mix
Track #18: Ivan, Open your eyes, Riprock's radio
Track #19: Ivan, Open your eyes, Riprock's extension.

I figured it out to fit the 2 "open your eyes" remixes" by compressing
stuffs.  It does not affect que quality.

I still have a douzen of cd#10 not sold.  Just E-mail me if you want my
address to get a copy.

For the people who already sent me 15$, tell me if you have any preferences
to receive 1 or 2 discs.

Ciao

Francis


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