Re: Rock a Mic Like a Vandal

[John Paul Davis <johnd at antioch-college_edu>]

Lawlor, Barry wrote:

> 
> I have to say that out of all the recommendations that I have loved and
> received from this list; I just don't *get* Ani.  I bought 'Little Plastic
> Castle' on someone's recommendation (someone once active on the list who is
> now a lurker. HI! I'm not blaming, really!), and well I will just say it was
> a huge disappointment.  
> 

Barry,

I'd not reccomend Little Plastic Castle - for me, that album is one of 
her not-as-good ones; ani should not havre tried to do ska.
Revelling/Reckoning would likely satisfy an av erage OtR fan much more - 
it's jazzy, and Ani's musicianship, always top-notch, reached a new 
plateau with that record.
Also "Living in Clip" is a live album that captures Ani at her best - 
she's always been a much better live performer than a studio musician - 
and, for example, the version of "Gravel" on Little Plastic Castle I 
cannot stand, but the version on "Living in Clip" is knock-my-socks-off 
awesome.


- John

np: "Romance in our Durango - live" - Bob Dylan



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