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Re: Mate or Lover?



Ponybat at aol_com wrote:

> To clarify my statements of yesterday (and to bring on gasps of shock and
> harsh thoughts):

LOL thanks...

> Yes, I sometimes do feel "let down" when I listen to the others (esp. excerpts
> from Patience)  although, if given a chance to re-write my observations, I
> would choose another term to describe it.  "Let down" sounds a bit too harsh
> and much too vague.

okay. I can see that...

> Also I'd like to mention that, while "simplistic intenseness"

don't I make up cool words? LOL

> is a wonderful
> way of describing the lyrical content of OtR,

thank you, taking a bow...

> I would not agree that it
> correctly describes the musical or melodic content of all of the albums.

to each his own.. (I know what you are saying) but one of the *reasons* I like
OtR soooo much it becuase they are *different* from the typical group and typical
style. therefore, to have a really typical mainstream music kindof shoots me down.
(make sense?) just explaining myself as well...

> Eve,for example, would be better  described as being anywhere from playfully
> seductive to having a sense of strong desperation.

LOL

> When I mentioned "frills"  I meant instrumentation, studio processing, and the
> like.

yes, I see what you are saying. But somehow the sometimes hardcut and rough music
and such makes me feel like I am sitting in the living room of their house while
they play for me. I don't think I would like it all the time if all of it was all
sooped up and sounding *studio*

>  Such things add much to recorded music.

to some degree, and sometimes they really take away from it. ;-)Amy


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