"John Metzger" <musicboxmailbox-newsgroups@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> Neil Kearsley wrote:
>> Rather to my own surprise, I've found myself revisiting MLAR of late.
>> For
>> an album that I have very vocally detested I'm astonished. It's packed
>> with
>> gems I'd overlooked.
>> The songs I'd always liked still stand up and seem to have improved
with
>> age - Summer, Grown Up, Georgie, Candy and Unexpected No4
>> However a few I couldn't stand have jumped out at me, especially
Harpies
>> Bizarre, Dumb and Invasion Hit Parade, even Sweet Pear has improved
>> (although the intro still sounds too much like the Beatles' Don't Let
Me
>> Down for comfort).
>>
>> I think, with hindsight, I rejected the album as I'm not fond of coarse
>> language (it took me years to see past the f word on Suit of Lights as
>> well)
>> and I loathed Sweet Pear, Doomsday and Broken - so that was the start
of
>> the
>> album and the end of the album ruined.
>>
>> Mind you, I still hate Broken.... Tuneless dirge!
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
>
> Yep, that's a great album, and you're not the only one to overlook it.
> Given the Beatle-esque overtones to the album, it was fitting that EC
> turned up on Saturday Night Live with a full beard, looking like John
> Lennon.
Looked more like Jerry Garcia
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