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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: Lindsey Buckingham/Go Insane |
| Date | Wed, 21 May 2003 22:21:43 -0400 |
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Keep listening. This release makes a lot of sense. But you have to get
there.
The trick to this album is that it is hot, fiery passionate pain and
longing, but swathed in a cool icy sheen. It's like that gum you chew,
where after a while it squirts in your mouth. The first few times through
all you hear is the ice; the songs don't break through immediately. But
once they do... Listen to it a few times and you will penetrate the icy
veneer and get inside the songs... and it will be a glorious process.
You'll see the couple actually dancing in "Slow Dancing" as the brittle coda
kicks in. You'll imagine a tiny, tiny Lindsey banging a huge drum in "Bang
the Drum." And of course there is the suite dedicated to Dennis Wilson,
where the middle section is just a perfect Beach Boys jag.
When this came out in '84-- on vinyl-- I couldn't stop playing it. Wait
till "I Must Go" gets inside your head.
----- Original Message -----
From: <WARFELT@Nationwide.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 5:27 PM
Subject: Lindsey Buckingham/Go Insane
> I picked up a copy of the 1984 release "Go Insane" by Lindsey Buckingham
at
> my local thrift store for $2.99. It is a German import . I have always
> liked the single "Go Insane" and most of the Buckingham output with
> Fleetwood Mac, so I figured I would pick it up. Production is by Roy
> Thomas Baker. Okay!
>
> What a weird, strange record this is. I don't know what I was
expecting.
> I think maybe some - album oriented, sophisticated pop or something.
>
> After two listens, I can say that the title Go Insane is very
appropriate.
> It sounded like he was going insane. It sounds like a mish mash of song
> ideas that were not fully realized, that were way over produced in the
> studio. What was he thinking. Was this some type of vanity project or
> something self indulgent? What is his other solo material like?
>
> My first exposure to the Lindsey Buckingham was with the 45 of Kind of a
> Drag by the Buckingham Nicks from the 60's when I was a very young child.
>
> This release just makes no sense at all.
>
> Or was it the drugs.........
>
>
> NP: School House Rock Box set with Lunchbox
>
>
>
>
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