Re: the pop market

On Wednesday, December 3, 2003, at 06:29  AM, dmw wrote:

> the first time i heard mclachlan's "i will remember you" i thought it
> sounded like the result of a contest to write a high school graduation
> theme song. it's pretty, but says almost nothing.  it didn't seem to 
> have
> any of the passion that underlay "fumbling."

This is true.

FWIW, I coincidentally put on my MiniDisc Sarah mix last night for the 
first time in a long while, and it did pretty much what she meant it to 
do.  I figure I should probably add "Stupid" and "Train Wreck" from the 
new album.  Agreed that "I Will Remember You" continues not to need to 
apply.

> amos is a little different, i admit. i don't hear the tendency toward
> unchallenging lyrical material that i have with the other two; instead 
> she
> seems to get more and more eliptical. i think she continues to be
> more interesting as an artist, but it seems unlikely to me that she'll
> release another record with the immediacy (and lasting appeal) of
> "earthquakes."

Hrm...my own opinion is that equating "immediacy" and "lasting appeal" 
is somewhat dangerous when it comes to Tori.   Not that _Little 
Earthquakes_ isn't one of the best albums ever.  Still, that was then, 
this is now, and _Scarlet's Walk_ is pretty damn amazing in its own 
right.

As for _Tales of a Librarian_...good stuff also.  Not uniformly, and 
some of the remixes fail terribly -- but when they work, they work.  
The fun part for you is getting to decide which are which.

> all personal opinyuns and ym will almost certainly v

But of course, and likewise.

Ethan