I haven't heard Don't Stand Me Down since we got it at
my college radio station.  I was so excited to review
it.  And I thought it was one of the worst records I
had ever heard in my life -- a staggering monument to
Kevin Rowland's ego, chock full of endless non-songs
which were essentially sung dialogues between Kevin
and his bandmates.  To top it off, the most accessible
song was a blatant rip-off of Warren Zevon's
"Werewolves of London" (for which Rowland was
successfully sued).  Perhaps if I listened to it now I
could hear some virtues.  But it's unlikely.  While my
tastes have expanded and changed over the years, my
appetite for extreme pretentiousness hasn't changed
one iota.

Mike Bennett
--- Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net> wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lawrence Dunn" <thedunns@capecod.net>
> >I
> > can't speak to anything after "Too-Rye-Ay" (which
> I also like but 
> > not so much as
> > SftYSR), but most critical opinion I've seen says
> the dropoff was 
> > pretty steep.
> 
> Bizarrely, DON'T STAND ME DOWN, the album after
> TOO-RYE-AY, was 
> absolutely *savaged* at the time, but the general
> consensus now is 
> that it's a masterpiece, the greatest thing Kevin
> Rowland ever did.
> 
> I've never heard it, so I can't say.  But this is
> the most complete 
> critical 180 I have ever seen.
> 
> S
> 
> 


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