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| From | "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: MC/SL |
| Date | Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:42:17 -0500 |
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There was that ep shortly after Field Day that had a live version of Elvis's
"Little Sister" plus 3 or 4 Field Day tracks remixed (un-Lilliwhited) and
that was pretty good, the remixes sown a different light on the songs.
Although I love Field Day. I've read somewhere that most true MC fans had
come to believe over time that Field Day was the best MC record, as opposed
to the first one. To me they're different-- the first is more classic in
the Buddy Holly sense of classic; the second one more dreamy and wistful--
but I love 'em both. I wish I still had a turntable because I'd love to go
play Field Day right now the way God intended-- on vinyl. That record
defined summer '83 for me, even more so than Synchronicity or the Bowie
record with "Let's Dance."
----- Original Message -----
From: <rob@splitsville.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: RE: MC/SL
> "One More Reason" and "For Her Love" are fantastic as well. I love the
> combination of the great tunes and the production. I never got or
> understood why people (almost universally) disliked it. Pop snobbery,
> maybe? There was no sense in making a debut album, Vol. 2, but it seems
> like that this is what the critics wanted.
>
> Love the debut, but I have always enjoyed Field Day much, much more.
>
>>----- ------- Original Message ------- -----
>>From: :audities@smoe.org
>>To: audities@smoe.org
>>Sent: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:11:04
>>
>>
>>Steve wrote:
>>"Our Town" is a masterpiece, I think the best think
>>he ever wrote and recorded.
>>People bashed Steve Lillywhite's production, but
>>it's genius on that tune. I
>>remember telling Marshall how much I loved size of
>>the thing and the sound of
>>the chimes, and him saying how there were no chimes
>>and trying to explain to a
>>layman how that they got that sound. Great stuff!
>>
>>I also remember all of the talk, mostly negative,
>>regarding the production work on Field Day. I
>>thought it was odd that people were blaming Steve's
>>Lillyswhite's production as a reason why the album
>>did not sell well. While the album certainly
>>sounds different than the debut, "different" does
>>not equate to "bad". Personally, I love how the
>>drums sound on Field Day. On some songs, it sounds
>>like Robert is beating the hell out of them!
>>
>>Mark E.
>
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