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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | Re: Bad First Impressions? |
| Date | Thu, 07 Aug 2003 00:18:21 -0500 |
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> Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 06:49:45 -0500
> From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Sparks Report?
> Message-ID: <Law14-F99PItmI0FFl20002fda7@hotmail.com>
>
> I will have to check out the Prefab Sprout album. They are a band whose
> first album turned me off so much (SWOON) that I couldn't ever muster up
> any
> willingness to give them a second go. Though "Faron Young" was a good
> single.
>
> Does anyone else have this happen -- a first impression so bad that you
> have
> a hard time ever getting back to the artist's music -- Yo La Tengo and
> Nick
> Cave are two other artists who immediately come to mind for me...
>
Yes, and ironically it was Prefab Sprout for me. I bought *Jordan:
The Comeback* after listening to two friends yammer on endlessly about the
magic of Prefab Sprout. The consequence of this purchase was my being
convinced of the necessity of using the listening booth whenever possible
before I buy any more albums.
And, no, I didn't dislike the album because it failed to "rawk out,
maaaaan." The songs simply did nothing for me. *Jordan: The Comeback* is
like a Broadway musical in which all of the performers have taken too much
cold medicine.
Gregory Sager
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