HW: IYA and DH

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On fre 15 jan 1999 14.34 +0000 andrew <andrew at DELUMINATE.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
wrote:
> ObHW: I know its old news by nowbut what did people think of Distant
> Horizons? To me, it was where all the ideas on Alien 4 started to work
(ie:
> xenomorph IMO nearly works, whereas Phetamine Street really kicks
> (ass/butt/out the JAMS/etc)). But i wish someone would sort out the
lyrics;
> whilst i too am slavering for in your area, the transcribed lyrics don't
> really set me on fire, sure the sentiment's there but what of invention?
> maybe its unfair to compare anyone with robert calvert's with all of his
> wordsmithery still sounding so fresh (and much of the baron's stuff for
> that matter) i think that it is perhaps okay for me to expect a bit more
> from the hawks...

     I've not heard IYA, of course, but I did think the posted lyrics
were a bit dodgy.  Yet while I agree that there were a few good tracks
on DH--Phetamine Street, Alchemy, Reptoid Vison--I think A4 was, on
the whole, a stronger album.  IMO, "Alien (I Am)" for example was as
strong a Brock track as any!  His output on DH was less spirited.
Calvert's lyrics entirely aside, Brock wrote some great songs on
his own and still does--he seems to do it less frequently these
days, though.

     It looks to me like much of the lyrics on the new album
are Rizzoid in origin, though--I know others like his input,
but he's not done much for me, I must say.

Cheers,
Carl

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Carl Edlund Anderson
Dept. of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, & Celtic
St. John's College, University of Cambridge
mailto:cea20 at cus.cam.ac.uk
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~carl/