quoted 3 lines My personal opinion is that BoC did this really well with Music Has the> My personal opinion is that BoC did this really well with Music Has the
> Right... , but they've taken it too far and are now bordering on hitting
> people over the head with their ideas.
I see where you're coming from, but I don't personally agree with you. I
almost think that the album sounds a little bit like it is coming from the
same place as Music Has the Right, but in a more developed way that lacks
some of the parts that turned me off about Music Has the Right. I always
really liked their earlier release, but geogaddi seems to make everything
count, whereas I found some parts of Music Has the Right to lag or just not
finish themselves in a way satisfactory to my liking (so this is naturally,
all dependent on my own taste).
I think that perhaps some people's disappointment with the release--not
necessarily yours--is simply that a few years have passed now and a
continuation of Music Has the Right was both what was wanted and not
wanted--the progress syndrome, you want it, but you don't want too much of
it to make the music so far from what you originally liked. I saw this
happen on the list with Confield. I guess some people desire a whole lot of
change from release to release, myself included, and some don't mind healthy
development, myself included.
Blah. I'm going nowhere with this. Basically, geogaddi is a fantastic
release as far as I'm concerned. It perhaps doesn't sound as fresh as Music
Has the Right, but only because it continues something that began with a
release a few years back. Let us not forget that BoC's sound is halfway
wedged between the nostalgic past and the present. But, I see where you're
coming from. Looks like we both stand on opposite sides of a similar fence
saying the same things about two different albums.
cheers
Mark & Melissa
hellothisisalex
www.hellothisisalex.com / records.hellothisisalex.com
mp3s at www.raw42.com/cgi-bin/featuredartist.pl?artist=213
mark@hellothisisalex
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