Re: They're 'Bout It

["Amy Abbott" <amy_abbott at hotmail_com>]

okeee, how 'bout this, If I had to say they were about one thing, I'd say 
they are about uniqueness.  If that's a word.

Amy

>
>All right, so I'm talking to a friend of mine
>on the phone last night, and I'm trying to convince
>him that he needs to get online and immediately
>buy as much OtR stuff as he can find.  I described
>their music, Karin's voice, etc., and his response
>was: "Yeah, but what are they *about*?"
>
>The question struck me as a good one. I mumbled
>something about love songs and Americana, and finally
>said, "Let me see what the listees have to say about
>that..."
>
>So, how about it?  What is Over the Rhine about?  So
>many bands seem to have a focus, be it love songs or
>philosophy or religion or anarchy or whatever, but
>OtR seems to have seeds of all of this in their music.
>I can't think of any "theme" albums (except possibly
>DNotY, which is a bit of a stretch) or records that
>push any particular ideal.
>
>Anyway, I'm rambling at this point, but what are
>your thoughts?
>
>Paul Christian Glenn      |  "Besides being complicated,
>trance at radiks_net         |  reality, in my experience,
>http://x-real.firinn.org  |  is usually odd."  -C.S. Lewis
>
>Currently Reading: "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare" by Henry Miller
>


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