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| From | Gene Good <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: 25 albums...and more... |
| Date | Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:25:44 +0000 |
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It has become a family favorite in the car.So loved it is the only one everyone sings along to.That and any Beatles cd we may play.I have always loved it dearly.
> From: jeff.teez@comcast.net
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: 25 albums...and more...
> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:47:05 -0500
>
> Gosh, I've always enjoyed (most of) "Deface The Music". I took my
> favorite 8 songs from the recored, ripped 'em from vinyl and added them
> as a mini-set to a mix disc, and I always look forward to that part of
> the disc. Here's a positive review from AMG (don't they make bowling
> balls?): just move on, damn it, if you're not interested <grin> ...
>
> jeff t.
>
> Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
>
> Having just scored their first big hits with Adventures in Utopia,
> Utopia inexplicably took a step into arcana with its follow-up, Deface
> the Music. Foregoing the radio-ready style of Adventures, Utopia delves
> deeply into Beatlemania, creating a swift, brutally funny and insanely
> catchy send-up of the Fab Four's entire career. Clearly, the high
> (nearly arty) concept makes Deface the Music the first Utopia album
> since Another Live to sound like it is solely the work of Todd Rundgren.
> The music is so savvy, it's clear that these songs are primarily the
> work of Todd, even if they're credited to Utopia. Rundgren is able to
> write songs that evoke specific eras of the Beatles' career and have
> them be funny without being a slave to parody. Like the Rutles, this
> music works well on its own merits and, unlike the Rutles, Rundgren is
> as credible with "Penny Lane" psychedelia ("Hoi Poloi") or "Eleanor
> Rigby" chamber-pop ("Life Goes On") as he is with Merseybeat ("I Just
> Want to Touch You," "Crystal Ball"). Unlike the Rutles, it sounds like
> it was recorded in 1980, not the '60s, which intensifies the feeling
> that Deface the Music is merely a curiosity or an exercise for Rundgren,
> but since the entire thing is finished in just over a half hour, it
> feels more like a burst of cynical joy that is damn near impossible to
> resist.
>
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