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| From | keanubear <keanubear@aol.com> |
| Subject | Press to Macca |
| Date | Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:09:54 -0800 |
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I agree with the person (I forgot who posted this sorry!) who said that
you either dig Macca or you don't.
I like 'Press to Play'. I think the songs are really good. I think the
"up the moment" production from 1985 sounds silly, but it is a record
of it's time.
I like 'Driving Rain' a lot, though "Freedom" is silly, I just skip it.
'Driving Rain' sounds a lot more upbeat to me than "flaming pie'.
Listening to 'flaming Pie' now, it sounds like an album of love songs
to his dying wife.
And hey "Ode to a Koala Bear" is awesome! I love that tune! Not the
most serious tune, but does everything have to be?
"Ebony & Ivory" is essentially a children's song, and a brilliant one
at that. Maybe I see this tune this way since I teach K-5 general
music, but a lot of Beatles/McCartney songs really work great as
childrens music.
I could defend all his stuff, but I am a blind fan.
On another note, what about the nostalgia factor?
Everyone has so many memories with artists that have been around a long
time that how could anything they do match up to something they did
when you were young and just discovering music?
John Ashfield
www.thebobbleheads.com
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