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| From | Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> |
| Subject | Re: Paul McCartney |
| Date | Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:08:35 -0800 (PST) |
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Bill, your point is well taken regarding the thrust of
Lefsetz's piece, though I would say that even taking
that into account, I didn't find that he conveyed it
that effectively -- that is, I got the emotions he was
trying to convey, but found that his incoherent manner
made it annoying to read.
Bottom line -- Bob has passed on a number of Lefsetz
pieces, and the writing is just a turn off for me --
the viewpoints, whether I agree or disagree, are worth
disseminating.
Mike Bennett
NP: The Bees -- FREE THE BEES
--- Bill <billm45s@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > From: Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net>
> > Date: 2005/01/20 Thu PM 04:20:58 GMT
> > To: audities@smoe.org
> > Subject: Re: Paul McCartney
> >
> > This piece might be more meaningful if Mr. Lefsetz
> > knew how to write. This could be edited down to
> about
> > a paragraph or two, and make the same points much
> more
> > effectively.
> >
>
> Michael, as one attorney to another (who are cursed
> to read a certain type of writing), you are of
> course correct - it could have been edited to a
> couple of simple bullet points. But, that wasn't
> the whole point. Such editing might make the
> rational arguement easier to digest. However, the
> rational arguement is secondary to the emotive and I
> think he makes that arguement quite well, as he trys
> to portray the emotional reaction within a context
> of the time. Sure it is scattered and never quite
> direct, but as someone who was around at the time,
> it had the ring of truth and I was glad Bob posted
> it.
>
> "Band on the Run" was the post Beatles statement.
> And at the time you said damn McCartney really did
> it, which was a suprise because Lefsetz was right,
> his prior solo albums were "slight". The sad part
> is that "Band on the Run" proved he could do it, but
> overall despite all the subsequent great tracks and
> even enjoyable albums, he went backwards towards
> "slight". Lefsetz's writing, to me, captured that
> sense better than the straight rational arguement.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>
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