http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 6 Dec 2005 00:12:34 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/27/170852.php#comment-284036 because i criticize something I can do better myself? that's just about my least favourite argument in the whole entire world. I don't have musical talent. I have, however, heard about 250 albums that were released this year so I feel I have a bit of an idea of how to judge music. btw, i thought he DID overproduce. his first album was less produced, and, imo better. 284036@blogcritics.org Tue, 6 Dec 2005 00:12:34 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/27/170852.php#comment-283198 You sound like you know how to do a better job than him, and with his equipment you could do better? well, perhaps he chose not 'overproduce' for a reason...the sound is very unique. "but they are too specific to carry universal import and too unfocused not to sound a bit confused." -- sounds to me like he is experimenting and trying some new, he gains some fans like myself who appreciate unfocused, and non-universal sounds that aren't trying to win over the masses.. To each his own.. I think most of the CD is not that great, but Sideways really grabs me. Most people don't like the repetitiveness of Sideways, but comming from an electronic music listing history, I find that repetition is what emphasizes and strengthens a chosen meaning within the song, I think this is what he was trying to achieve in Sideways and he pulled it off amazingly well... at least, in the non-santana version. 283198@blogcritics.org Sun, 4 Dec 2005 12:30:35 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/27/170852.php#comment-265375 As a 53 year old woman who enjoys a variety of music I am always looking for new sounds that are on the edge, not radio sounds or sweet music. Citizen Cope has a great beat going on even though repetitious, a nice segue between songs and a young innocent maybe even unfinished sound--a rawness to it. There's something to be said about not overproducing a sound. 265375@blogcritics.org Tue, 1 Nov 2005 18:33:57 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/27/170852.php#comment-108639 If there were people who agree with what you say, I'd expect to see maybe one comment here as testament to your brilliance. Not so . . . huh. It's O.K. really. I heard that some "critic" once told Robert Plant that his band's music would go over like a Led Zepellin. Were you that critic? Thanks. 108639@blogcritics.org Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:04:41 EST