Most of the music on the Fur CD is in 3rd or 4th gear; in fact, on “Sex Drive”, the song moves from 3rd gear to 4th gear when the tape speeds up in a way. However, on one track, “James Brown” – still another legend that I don’t have room for here – the band slows down to a respectful pace; Holly Ramos even counts down before starting to sing her lyrics:
“I met you once by chance like some lucky people do – I said I wasn’t wearing any underwear, & you smiled and you said, me too.” I assume that must be a true story of Holly Ramos’ meeting James Brown, because who could make up something like that? Ramos continues: “I know you wrote the book ’cause I see you got the scars – & all the other boys are trying hard but no one’s coming close to being how you are.”
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Holly Ramos asked Jesse Malin to produce Fur’s music, and they worked together on their first single, “Sex Drive”. This single in its original form appears as the closing track on the band’s CD, Fur.
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As mentioned, “Sex Drive” is the single that was produced by Jesse Malin. The rest of the CD was produced by Phil Caivano, who has been a member of the stoner rock band Monster Magnet since about 2000.
Holly Ramos moved on to acting for a while after Fur broke up. Ramos had a starring role in the 2001 indie film Margarita Happy Hour that also featured the Fur song “Sex Drive” in the soundtrack. Holly Ramos also wrote, produced and starred in a 2004 short film called The 100 Lovers of Jesus Reynolds.
(June 2013/2)
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