ant wrote: I thought it sounded really good and am really looking forward to hearing the complete thing. Once again I disagree with Hipgnosis - well what a surprise that is!!
This is more on the mean side of things than it is anything else. I did not state, anywhere that I did not like it. I purposedly left that part out ... because some folks here are paranoid and upset that i am not sitting here kissing the God's star!
All of us have failings. My opinion is that the samples only showed that nothing is new under the sun, and that the recordings did not show any new originality that one would have hoped for, specially with Peter Baumann coming over.
It really clarifies why Peter Baumann left ... I'm willing to bet that he wanted something more spacey and less "song" oriented, and the current folks are not capable of doing that!
ant wrote:... As I have said before, if you really have no interest in the band now, and from all your comments I think you don't, then why not find another band to follow and join their forum instead.
You are not qualified to make that decision, and besides you have not done a little study of history and that I was there fighting when people in California were calling it "washing machine" music! Come to think of it, you make it sound like they were right ... repetitive, easy, simple ... just one melody ... and then your clothing is clean!
There are only two bands in my life that I love to no end. Of course, you will never understand why TD is one of them, because you have no idea what the artistic side of it means or aspires to be ... it's all just another song for you ... the FAN! How exciting! How passe! How educated!
ant wrote: ...I thought this Forum was for fans, clearly something you no longer seem to be.
... I'm not a fan, and neither will I sit here and proclaim that TD is GOD and that only a certain kind of person can kiss the stars that you think ... are worthy!
I'm not interested in your club! I'm a writer. I'm an artist. I don't need your purchase or your name to help me achieve the fame status that you think is the difference between a star and a fan and an winner.
Simply put, you have your opinion and I have mine! At least have some respect for one's thoughts, and it doesn't mean you are wrong, but you are not big enough to even ask why I think things differently!
Good night!