HW: Recent v Old / Poll

[g.m.wright]

-----Original Message-----
From: IAN ABRAHAMS <ian at ABRAHAMSI.FREESERVE.CO.UK>
To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: 21 November 1999 09:30
Subject: Re: HW: Recent v Old / Poll


>> > Bridgett doesn't cut it in the studio, and live isn't just irritating,
>> > is in fact dreadful
>>
>>
>> Grrr.
>
>I'm going to say at this point that Bridgett was the best thing to happen
to
>HW, with exception possibly of Alan, in years.  Space Bandits album was
>badly constructed (IHMO) but Black Elk Speaks made it worth the entry
price.
>Out of The Shadows: *every* other version you will hear of this song was
>better than the LP version.  But live: Fantastic!
>
>Isn't there a tendency to rubbish anybody doing a front(wo)man role in HW
>post-Calvert?
>
>Ian
>ian at abrahamsi.freeserve.co.uk
>
I agree, Bridgett was good for HW, I couldn't really get into Space Bandits
as much, side two (with the exception of Out of the Shadows)
sounds like a compilation of individual output rather than a band effort.

geoff wright
g.m.wright at tinyonline.co.uk