Heaven Forbid

Tue Jul 23 17:43:18 EDT 2013

He's a respectable, if not often good, novelist and short story writer, but a lousy lyricist. 
The one lyric he wrote for the band that I liked unequivocally was "The Old Gods Return" - 
but, even then, I think it had more to do with Eric's delivery. 

"Heaven Forbid" falls flat for me, but it's not the weakest studio album. Curse of the Hidden 
Mirror was a major improvement. 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Hall" <tim at KALYR.COM> 
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Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:34:06 AM 
Subject: Re: Heaven Forbid 

On 23/07/2013 16:15, John McIntyre wrote: 

> "Power Underneath Despair" exemplifies my problem with the album: too 
> many songs have a chorus that is just one line repeated over and 
> over. I found myself wanting more variety in the songwriting. 

John Shirley's lyrics were definitely the album's big weakness. Eric and 
Buck delivered the tunes. Significant that "Harvest Moon" is by far the 
best lyric on the album. 

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