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| From | "Lawrence Dunn" <thedunns@capecod.net> |
| Subject | Re: Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| Date | Sun, 27 Feb 2005 09:43:52 -0500 |
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I do have to grant that right from the start of the first record, it was pretty
clear that Kevin Rowland was pretty full of himself. At the time it wasn't
arrogance because he could, well, do it. A high tightrope to keep walking,
though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@ameritech.net>
To: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: Dexy's Midnight Runners
> 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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