HW: album slagging

David Kuznick dkuznick at ALUMNI.BRANDEIS.EDU
Mon Apr 17 09:48:06 EDT 2006


Quoting Jonathan Jarrett <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>:

> On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 09:39:08AM +0000, pete howe typed out:
>
> 	<snip>
>
> > Personally i think the reworking of  the song S.A, and S.M(on C.Y.M.) are
> > just plain horrible and you have to ask..WHY??Modernising S.O.T.A.(and
> > Paradox) was far more understandable..although personally,i still prefer
> > the original version of S.O.T.A.
>
> 	I don't think the new one has a great deal to say for itself,
> and my favourite is still the _Live '79_ version in fact, I prefer
> Dav'es emotional reading of it to Calvert's robotic one

Agreed 1000%.  I think it's musically light-years better as well.

--
David Kuznick   dkuznickATalumni.brandeis.edu
"Dark Star crashes pouring its light into ashes. Reason tatters, the forces
tear loose from the axis. Searchlight casting for faults in the clouds of
delusion.  Shall we go, you and I while we can? Through the transitive
nightfall of diamonds."                    Dark Star - GRATEFUL DEAD



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