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   Ted Nolan    
   Re: Daybreak Over The Ocean.....   
   19 Jun 12 04:15:46   
   
   ab1232f8   
   From: ted@loft.tnolan.com   
      
   In article <21488805-d496-418b-92ae-8051cf56f8e7@m10g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>,   
   The old geezer   wrote:   
   >....C'mon...I mean ..is this the "best" Mike could come up with after   
   >20 years between albums???  And this is a re-working of another couple   
   >of failed Mike tunes.  Don't get me wrong...it is a pleasant enuff   
   >tune but really nothing more than a C+!  Man, even most of the tunes   
   >from his 1981 solo Lp "Looking Back With Love" are better than this...   
   >One would think after all this time he'd have a crankin' tune to   
   >record......Perhaps not....maybe it sez a lot about Mike's (on his   
   >own)song writing ability....   
   >   
   >The old geezer   
   >   
   >ND: Stone IPA   
   >NP: TWGMTR - The Beach Boys   
      
   His best song, musically, is still "Brian Is Back" though the lyric is   
   too calculated for many.  (I just regard it as 30 years premature..)   
      
   "All This Is That" is quite nice though that's not a solo.  After that,   
   I would go with "Big Sur".   
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