From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <5nft1uFi44ihU1@mid.individual.net>, elaich  <|@|.|> wrote:   
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   >elaich <|@|.|> wrote in news:5n0a74Ffl53kU1@mid.individual.net:   
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   >> Bob Hughes  wrote in   
   >> news:6ggkg39ggv918ja3krpdmkaolmgvm07j2r@4ax.com:   
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   >>> Based on the live performance in London I would say that the songs   
   >>> show a return to form on Brian's part.   
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   >> My point was that Brian is no longer able to perform it, neither   
   >> live or in the studio. The songs are lifeless.   
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   >After listening more, I do like "Midnight's Another Day." Another   
   >restropective, maudlin ballad that would be at home on any of Brian's   
   >albums. His voice is old now, and it's fragility adds character to what   
   >is basically another piano dirge in the same vein as "Surf's Up.".   
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   >The other one? An embarrassment. At his age, Brian writes another homage   
   >to Judy Bowles? I wonder how she feels about this? It's simply terrible.   
   >Maybe Brian wrote this as a look back at the past as part of a suite, but   
   >he is simply no longer able to pull off a good performance even in the   
   >studio.   
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   >Where are the Wondermints? Both songs sound like Brian has fallen back on   
   >his old trick of multiple tracking of his own voice on backgrounds.   
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   These are demos, right?  Not the versions we can expect on the album.   
      
   Who is Judy Bowles?  Google says she's a realtor in Richmond VA.   
      
   				Ted   
      
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