*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* MWaggner@aol.com wrote:
ne'er-do-well, matched to a woozy moog hook. The band's lyrical barbs can get obnoxious, as in "Seymour Stein," which condemns the music industry impresario named in its title for daring to try to make the musicians rich and famous. Such dismissiveness blunts the album's impact. As much joy as its jingle- jangle music holds,the band won't come to full power until it finds equal breadth and gernerosity in its words."
I'm just so sick of seeing this mentioned in the reviews. The thing is, I never ever thought this was much of a political statement until I read all these reviews. I thought it was something said by many bands, some even in song (and much less tactfully than in "Seymour Stein," let me tell you). I guess the difference is all of those bands that hop to mind *weren't* offered a big record deal. Still, the idea that writing one political song decrying a horribly corrupt and appalling thing would "...blunt the album's impact," is really stupid if you ask me. I think this is just a case of the band hitting it a little too close to home. I wonder what John Q. Public would think of it, rather than John Q. Reviewer. I imagine their enjoyment would be a bit less "blunted" than the average music industry bigwig. I heard Seymour Stein cried when he heard the song. Dunno if there's any truth in that, though... /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick - mick@indiepop.com - ICQ#5056758 \ / Sandcastle Records - sandcastlerecords@indiepop.com | | Sandcastle Homepage - http://indiepop.com/sandcastle/ | | | | "Everyone has their own cup of tea. | | Some just happen to like a lot of sugar in it!" | | - Me! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+