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| From | ronald sanchez <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: Emmitt Rhodes meets Brian Eno |
| Date | Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:38:51 -0600 |
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Jeez I sure didn't have that reaction to the first song, it drew me
right in... but then I've always applied the theory he's got about
listening to music sort of half way out of one good ear, with it turned
down sort of low... ;-)
I also put it on random play when I listened earlier today. that always
a good way to hear somethings you missed.
Stewart Mason wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net>
>
>>> I think he meant that this is the first solo album of pop songs with
>>> vocals that Eno has released since BEFORE AND AFTER SCIENCE --
>>> which it is, improbable as that seems. I still say it's not a patch
>>> on the '70s albums, but it's not without its charms.
>>
>>
>> Oh...I guess I lost touch with Eno there for awhile, but it seemed to
>> me that some of those albums post-Before And After Science were
>> "pop songs with vocals" no? Like that one with Cale, for instance...
>
>
> There was that one, but to me, WRONG WAY UP sounds like a John Cale
> album with Eno guesting more than a proper collaboration. I think
> Eno himself has since characterized it similarly.
>
>> Anyway, didn't mean any offense...and maybe I need to hear the album,
>> cuz I loved that period of Brian Eno's musical career...
>
>
> One you get past track one, "This" (which I genuinely think might be
> absolutely the worst song Brian Eno has ever recorded), it improves
> steadily. But for me, it's not until "Going Unconscious," four songs
> into an 11-song album, that it actually gets...well, good. But
> everything after that I like.
>
> S
>
>
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