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Special Features
- Features over 20 live performances, including eight never-before-released songs: Afterlight, Star of Venus, Born on the Wind, Evolve, I Often Dream of Trains, John in the Air, Flanagan's Song, Cradled Til Dawn, Sickie Boy, Adventure Rocket Ship, Somebody, Uncorrected Personality Traits, My Wife and My Dead Wife, Queen Elvis, Creeped Out, NY Doll, Underground Sun, The Authority Box, Belltown Ramble, Ole! Tarantula, 16 Years
- Complete rough versions of Evolve, John in the Air, Star of Venus, and Afterlight, plus conversations about Robyn's songwriting technique
- Acoustic rooftop performance of Ole! Tarantula
- Music video for Adventure Rocketship
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The title refers to what many listeners classify as the sum total of his subject matter, but Robyn Hitchcock insists that his songs are about more than Sex, Food, Death... and Insects. While the first three of those items are undeniably important--calling them "corridors to life," the English singer-songwriter notes that we need sex to bring us into the world, food to sustain us while we're there, and death to usher us out--Hitchcock explains that his tunes are really about what he calls "the shock of existence." Recorded primarily in 2006 and produced by the Sundance Channel, this hourlong program (plus another half hour of bonus material) finds Hitchcock and some stellar cohorts rehearsing and performing (on stage and in the studio) a variety of his songs, many of them new at the time. Principal among his collaborators is R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck, whose band the Venus 3 (with drummer Bill Rieflin and bassist Scott McCaughey) collaborated with Hitchcock on the '06 album Ole Tarantula and later joined him on tour; also featured are Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones (playing mandolin), Nick Lowe, and "American primitive" masters Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, among others. Calling himself "a frightened, angry person" (and adding, "that’s probably why my stuff isn’t totally insubstantial"), Hitchcock comes across as smart, reflective, and self-effacing. Amusing, too; anyone with song titles like "Note to Self: Kill More Flies" and "My Wife & My Dead Wife" obviously has a twisted and appealing sense of humor. What's more, as he puts it, "My music doesn't appeal to meatheads." Nonetheless, by any objective measure, Hitchcock isn't much of a singer, and while the lyrics are never less than intriguing, his melodies and chord structures lack originality. But that's just one opinion; perhaps the best thing about Sex, Food, Death... and Insects is that it with over 20 Robyn Hitchcock tunes here for the listening, you'll have ample opportunity to form your own. --Sam Graham
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ROBYN HITCHCOCK:SEX FOOD DEATH AND IN - DVD Movie
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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The Supergroup That Hardly Anyone Heard Of,
By JG "wordmule" (...onward....thru the fog!) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death....and Insects (DVD)
Most REM fans are blissfully unaware of the fact REM's guitar player, Peter Buck, has been playing with Robyn Hitchcock for more than 20 years. Hithchock, for his part, has opened for, and played with, REM for a long time as well. In this great documentary, Hitchock muses that Buck has sold millions of albums with REM, yet seems just as happy, if not more so, playing to a crowd of 75 people as he does to one of 100,000. Peter Buck himself confirms that he much more prefers being in a "small" band than putting up with all the BS that comes with the territory of being a member of one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. In the film, Hithcock invites the viewer and listener into his house in London, and gives fans an intimate and rare glimpse into his creative process. Hitchock is truly one of the greatest living songwriters. But don't take my word for it. Peter Buck of REM, the legendary Nick Lowe, and John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin fame are in the band and documentary to tell you themselves. The only reason I didn't give the film 5 stars is that at least to me, Hithcock comes across a little bit self absorbed or "hamming it up" at times. Other than this very small complaint, this is a highly recommended film for Hitchcock and John Lennon fans.
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This review is from: Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death....and Insects (DVD)
This is a nice glimpse at how the album was put together. If you are an REM fan, you get to see 3/5ths of the band here.
This originally aired on Showtime, but this is a nice crisp digital transfer. The live show was filmed at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ. I was there, in 2006.
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