HW: New album (Kenny G etc.)

[CWarburton at OAG.COM]

Doug wrote:
> 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.)...

Which reminded me about this that came up on the AdrianBelewTribe list
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> > Somebody sent me this snippet from an interview with Pat Metheny.
> > Pat is my new choice for U.S. President.
> > http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm
> >
> > Pat Metheny on Kenny G...
>
> For entertaining and insightful audio commentary on
> Pat's essay, go to:
>
>
http://www.richardthompson-music.com/audio/I_Agree_With_Pat_Metheny.mp3
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Mr. Thompson's contribution nearly left me with an embarassing puddle
under my office chair...
Cheers
Chrisw
ObCD: Richard & Linda Thompson - Hokey Pokey
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