--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, flalaw@a... wrote:
>
> It seems to me that most reviewers and fans who make the Folds 
> reference do so as shorthand for piano-based pop in general, rather 
> than the particularly smart-ass brand of it that Folds himself has 
been 
> known to display.  It's just that Folds has had the most commercial 
> success in the genre, and therefore is most likely to be known to 
those 
> being introduced to the artist being compared.

  No, your right and I recognize that too, despite my linking those 
two things. I never got into this more known artist (BF5) per I think 
I could never appreciate his musicical style per the "smart ass, look 
at me, I'm so clever" (IMH0) elements got in the way for me.  That 
said, I have only heard two of his discs and may not have started at 
the right places (as you've suggested given the up and downs of his 
output). 

Thanks for your thoughts,
Steve D

Sort of related to the other post going on and subjectivity of our 
ears. I always found Husker Du to be more direct and accessable then 
Mould's solo work. His solo output struck me as "feeling" a  bit to 
self important or self-indulgent somehow. Much more one dimentional 
then Huskers buzz of sound. But, I' assume most wouldn't agree me on 
this..