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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: The ELO Issue |
| Date | Tue, 13 Jul 2004 01:06:25 -0400 |
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At Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:32:14 Robert wrote:
>I guess it's time for ELO bashing - huh?
No. My comments were specific to certain things that Jeff Lynne does as a
producer (and as a lyricist in another email).
>I never heard them as Beatle copyists at all. Just one of the few big bands
>in the 70's and 80's that were capable of producing quality pop music
>consistently. As for Lynne's production techniques - yeah, they weren't
>suited to some artists at all. The Edmunds stuff is pretty bad, but then
>again I seem to remember the material not being that good either.
Can't comment as I never heard the Edmunds material....but I thought Lynne's
work on Harrison's "Cloud 9" saved Harrison from another album of being ten
steps out of touch with contemporary music. At least Lynne was in the right
ballpark fashion-wise for those songs....and radio as it turned out.
>And Bev Bevan is a wonderful drummer. For that matter so is Alan White, who
>actually played on >Instant Karma. Lynne may be a sloppy producer but he's
>more than welcome to do my next disc.
I didn't say Bevan wasn't a good drummer....I said that I was under the
impression he was sloppy because of Lynne's studio hijinx.
BTW - that was ANDY White....and the Keltner tune was a different song. My
bad.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages
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