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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: New FOW - This Year's Wilco? |
| Date | Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:44:08 -0500 |
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I may have made a decent point, but in a cranky fashion -- sorry about that,
Jeff. This leads to another question though -- how much of that is
expectation -- what is lightweight and possibly disappointing from one act
might not be for another act. If, for example, Shoes put out a new record
with "Stacy's Mom" (presuming, of course, that FoW didn't), the context
would be a whole lot different.
Now, I'll quibble to an extent about the Ish's lyrics -- I think that
Ellison wrote some pretty cool direct lyrics -- "The Next Big Thing", IMO,
is excellent.
Mike Bennett
Record reviews and more at http://fufkin.com
>From: AssociationWorks@aol.com
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: New FOW - This Year's Wilco?
>Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:13:38 EDT
>
>Mike:
>
>Your point is well taken...I just think these 2 songs are pretty light
>weight
>for a band that (IMHO) is capable of better. And yes...there is alot of
>simple
>power pop with dumb lyrics; Material Issue's "Destination Universe" is a
>good example of an album in need of serious lyrical overhaul! None of this
>means anything is "good" or "bad"...it's just one person's opinion!
>
>Jeff
>
><<
> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:33:42 -0500
> From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: New FOW - This Year's Wilco?
> Message-ID: <Law14-F6mVqx5et4Tvw0000cea9@hotmail.com>
>
> If "Stacey's Mom" and "Bright Future In Sales" are dumb, then most of
>power
> pop is...idiotic? Imbecilic? The former is silly, but certainly
> intelligently written. "Bright Future In Sales" is Ray Davies for the
>21st
> Century -- affectionately skewering a yuppie in over his head. Calling
> Fountains of Wayne dumb is...dumb.
> >>
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