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| From | Michael Bennett <mrhonorama@ameritech.net> |
| Subject | Re: Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| Date | Sat, 26 Feb 2005 19:25:59 -0800 (PST) |
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I haven't heard Don't Stand Me Down since we got it at
my college radio station. I was so excited to review
it. And I thought it was one of the worst records I
had ever heard in my life -- a staggering monument to
Kevin Rowland's ego, chock full of endless non-songs
which were essentially sung dialogues between Kevin
and his bandmates. To top it off, the most accessible
song was a blatant rip-off of Warren Zevon's
"Werewolves of London" (for which Rowland was
successfully sued). Perhaps if I listened to it now I
could hear some virtues. But it's unlikely. While my
tastes have expanded and changed over the years, my
appetite for extreme pretentiousness hasn't changed
one iota.
Mike Bennett
--- Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lawrence Dunn" <thedunns@capecod.net>
> >I
> > can't speak to anything after "Too-Rye-Ay" (which
> I also like but
> > not so much as
> > SftYSR), but most critical opinion I've seen says
> the dropoff was
> > pretty steep.
>
> Bizarrely, DON'T STAND ME DOWN, the album after
> TOO-RYE-AY, was
> absolutely *savaged* at the time, but the general
> consensus now is
> that it's a masterpiece, the greatest thing Kevin
> Rowland ever did.
>
> I've never heard it, so I can't say. But this is
> the most complete
> critical 180 I have ever seen.
>
> S
>
>
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