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Re: @ REM ((Dar) & other Williams fans, too)
- To: over-the-rhine at actwin_com
- Subject: Re: @ REM ((Dar) & other Williams fans, too)
- From: Layne Petersen <petersen at info2000_net>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 1999 00:22:31 -0600
- References: <19981230170708.13849.qmail at hotmail_com> <98Dec30.145456est.156801 at padsdns_pads.com> <368A8BE7.9EFD1356 at sdrc_com>
Ron Brickley wrote:
> I just got the new Lucinda Williams album which is very, very, good
> if you like that sort of thing.
> She doesn't do any REM covers but it's still real good.
> : )
> It holds up well to the hype.
That it does. It's amazing how rough it sounds. Especially after how much I've read about how
painstakingly it was created to sound that way. Lucinda Williams is a really amazing songwriter.
> btw: I don't like the new REM yet.
> I haven't really liked one since Automatic.
> (I had to like Monster because of Thurston Moore's cameo and I don't have
> New Adventures...)
_New Adventures..._ kicks the crap out of _Monster_, imo. _Monster_ is the only REM CD I really
don't like. It just seems so generic. _Up_, however, kicks the crap out of both of them, imo. Simply
gorgeous...
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