Re: Brian's new record is awesome!!

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 The old geezer <JYOB@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sep 7, 3:29?am, 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.
> 
> HRYK.......

He's right? Well, I agree completely that the Wondermints are in fine 
form.

That he's not able to enjoy the music: there's not really any right or 
wrong to that. He's free to move on to whatever he likes. Meanwhile I 
like it enough to spin the disc again today.