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| From | jchasin@nyc.rr.com |
| Subject | Re: Macca on eMusic |
| Date | Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:29:41 -0400 |
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I never liked Chaos; who needs Radiohead moroseness replacing the
whimsy in Paul McCartney songs? To me Flowers is the highwater mark of
the last 25ish tears; indeed, since Tug, which I personally rate among
his very best solo records. I also liked, and thought underrated,
Flaming Pie, but don't put it on a plane with Flowers or Tug... haven't
heard the new one yet but the reviews and comments have me optimistic.
----- Original Message -----
From: Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff@alvord.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 3:24 pm
Subject: Re: Macca on eMusic
To: audities@smoe.org
> On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Aaron Milenski wrote:
>
> > >It's faint praise indeed to call this his best work since at
> least FLOWERS
> > >IN THE DIRT, if not TUG OF WAR,
> >
> > I am not commenting on Stewart's taste here (since it was his
> post), but
> > merely asking: is there some sort of consensus that FLOWERS IN
> THE DIRT
> > and TUG OF WAR are better than CHAOS AND CREATION? I thought it
> > was miles better than those two albums (I always found them the
> two most
> > overrated albums in his ouvre, but that's not really a knock on
> CHAOS,> which I realy like a whole lot), and got the impression at
> time of release
> > that most critics felt the same way about CHAOS.
>
> I think that is the general consensus. I have hardly listened to CHAOS
> myself since its release. Now, FLOWERS and TUG have their own
> problems--I
> still think half of FLOWERS plus half of OFF THE GROUND would have
> made a
> great album, just as half of TUG plus half of PIPES OF PEACE would
> probably have been a good idea--but I could never get into CHAOS.
> WhereasI've been listening to the new one for a couple of weeks
> now and haven't
> quite gotten tired of it yet.
>
>
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