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| From | synthhtnys@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: sufjan pan |
| Date | Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:18:49 +0000 |
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Ah, you beat me to it. I thought I would have to be the lone voice of dissent.
No, I don't think everything on it is equally great...., no I won't play this every day til I die kind of musical gem.... no, I don't think the hype to reality ratio is accurate either, but that is a rare thing when the hype and reality meet anyway so I don't pay too much attention to that..... however the sheer emotional punch and lyrical brilliance of songs like John Wayne Gacy make this better than a lot of recent releases I've heard. I happen to like his orchestrations and use of a variety of tone colors... I don't mind the lack of "catchy pop hooks" and the sort of minimalist atmosphere. I probably will play this for some time... and think it may well be a future "hidden Gem" than some kind of earth shattering release...
One man's meat is another poison..
I mean Drake Bell, The Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack and a couple others here brought out some rave reviews but I found them pretty much generic "hooky pop" devoid of any interesting musical ideas or original thought and were the ones that I couldn't sell fast enough...
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From: "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com>
> I like it a lot. I wouldn't call it a pop classic, finding it to be neither
> classic nor pop. But I do think its quite good. And there isn't much
> song/hook/melody content.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Seaman, Dave"
> I picked up Sufjan Steven's Illinoise a few weeks back. I've given it a
> few listens and so far am underwhelmed. Good lyrics, nice concepts,
> nice instrumentation, but overall I'm not finding much in the "strong
> hook/melody" department that will be bringing me back to this one again
> and again - or at all... in fact, kinda boring to me, so far. Now that
> it's been out a while, does anyone else care to comment? Often, folks
> push the flava of the month, but time will tell what the classic disks
> are. So, Illinoise - flava of the month from a year or so ago, now
> forgotten? Or a pop classic?
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