Sinister: Aural Doilies and Seymour Stein

[Mick McMick]

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MWaggner at 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...
 
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