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July 28, 2005
Hopefully this is the only major decision that gets overturned in the near future
The sad kitty represents me saying "I'm sowwy." Here's why: In the year and a half that I've been writing this here weblog I've dished out plenty of praise for awesomeness and blame for, you know, non-awesomeness. But there's one post that I wrote a while ago that I've repeatedly revisited in my thoughts, due mostly to my thinking that I was just wrong (a word of warning to those who click back to the old post, it dates back to before the greenideas manual of style abandoned the editorial 'we,' so don't get too freaked out). So let's set the record straight:
Final Battle is a phenomenal record. As a rule, I still hate the kind of distortion Smith uses all over the thing, but it's definitely consonant with the vocal production on the crucial harmonies of "The Heat" and "You & Me & Leslie." I overlooked how important that sonic consistency was to supporting and enhancing the visceral impact of the lyrics, which are some of the best of the current crop of heart-on-sleeve youngsters. To wit (Prose-ified for easy reading):
"...she's tempting me by taking her clothes off, and feeding me Zoloft, because I know I'll be blown off, but her voice is so soft"Sorry man, but that's effing genius. It's a great record, and I gave it short shrift before.
"...'cause I only said it to make you get angry at me. Oh I only want you happy... does that sound right?"
Regarding the other subject of that post, The Mendoza Line's Fortune, I'm sorry to say that I haven't really softened too much. I still think that they're good songs performed well, but that the production really kills it. Tim Bracy will disagree (see comments on the original post), but that's just because he still hasn't gotten used to how talented he is. I will say though that Ray Ketchem did a fine job on Lost in Revelry, and the rough mixes I've heard from his work on the next ML record sound great, so nobody should infer that he doesn't have knob-twiddling chops.
And hey, if I hadn't said nasty things about that record, then I wouldn't have booked those Slow Dazzle shows at Magnetic Field, so it all worked out.
Posted by matt at July 28, 2005 10:55 AM
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