HW: New album...

[Kevin Sommers]

This might be a first: I disagree with Doug's opinion. I think that sax
sound goes well with the sound of the snippet (of course I'd love to hear
the entire song to base a better judgment on, but....). Sax has "gotta" have
balls when it's appropriate, just as guitar's "gotta" be driving and
forceful in the right context, but can be lite acoustic strumming or
whatever when need be. In my book, sometimes well-mannered *does* cut it.

KevinSommers

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Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:26 PM
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Subject: Re: HW: New album...


On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:11:14 +0200, Henderson Keith <keith.henderson at PSI.CH>
wrote:

>Hey Folks ... I just thought that I
>might persuade one of you fine folks who has been taking part/following
>the discussion to clue us clueless people in as to what the general
>consensus it.  (Yeah, I know, I know, half the people hate it, and half
>the people love it, right?)

...

My biggest complaint is: What the f*^k is up with the lite-jazz Kenny G sax
(or sax samples)?!?  Awful!  The sound brings to mind velour-leisure- suited
cocktail lounge musicians of the 1970s ... playing the kind of music that
Michael Butterworth describes as coming out of the Death Generator in 'Time
Of The Hawklords'.  It's as criminal as if they'd put a power ballad with
that awful 80's DX-7 Rhodes piano preset on CotBS (or if Rudolph/Powell had
successfully carried out their coup and made a disco/funk/fusion HW album in
'77).  If you're gonna have a saxophone in your rock band, it's *gotta* have
balls!  Well-mannered doesn't cut it! (Whew! Glad I got that off my
chest.)...

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com