Re: Brian's new record is awesome!!

On Sep 7, 3:29=EF=BF=BDam, Van Dyke Cat <v...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Derek A. Bill wrote:
> > I like the new album. I can't call it awesome, but it's pleasing,
> > well-executed, and very sincere. The fact that it's getting mostly
> > positive reviews is heartening, and if it keeps him busy and happy
then
> > its good all around.
>
> I concur in the sentiment, although the album is quite a disappointment.
> It's telling that it has to have the old talisman of 'Can't Wait Too
> Long' (or a smattering of it) in the middle of it all as though it's a
> reference to the times when Brian's songwriting abilities weren't
> producing the pedestrian things that are all over this album. /Anyone/
> could have written nine tenths of the music on this album. Sure it's
> pleasant enough, but I'm glad I downloaded the torrent to realise that
> I'd never actually want to run out and buy it.
>
> Brian has suffered in a large part from what I call the 'Diet Pepsi'
> syndrome, where the latest model is being branded as 'better than ever',
> itself a tacit admission that what preceded it was depressingly
> substandard. It's true that this album actually /is/ better than the
> likes of 'Imagination' (which was unbearable to me) but that may be down
> to the guys he has playing behind him. The Wondermints are on fine form,
> but that form is almost what makes it sound bizarre. For the most part
> it sounds like Brian Wilson singing in his own Briwn Wilson tribute
> band, which I suppose is exactly what this is.
>
> Thing is though - as long as Brian is happy and occupied and *doing
> stuff* then I'm happy for him.
>
> --
> Mike Dickson, Edinburgh

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