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   Message 394 of 2,181   
   Cedric Harris to diane   
   Re: Morph the Cat - a few reviews   
   12 Mar 06 02:25:28   
   
   From: coolaidcb13@yahoo.com   
      
   Ok, here are my two pennies...   
      
   I like all the songs about the same, but there is only one tune that   
   stands out for me. And of course I'm talking about Security Joan. Is   
   it just me, or is this one miles ahead of the rest? Don's multitrack   
   harmonies are choice. Nothing repeats too much, I love the changes...   
   it's perfect all around.   
      
   Cedric   
      
      
      
   On 11 Mar 2006 16:51:33 -0800, "diane"  wrote:   
      
   >I can't write my review yet, but I already know what I think of it. I   
   >think "H Gang" is the weakest song with its uncomfortable lyrical meter   
   >and dull subject matter (unless I'm missing some deep metaphor).   
   >   
   >"Mary..." YEOW! I agree!   
   >   
   >Seems like Donald's protagonists stop for coffee a coupla times on the   
   >CD--"Morph" maybe, after crossing Upper Broadway? And the grounded   
   >passenger wasting time in a Starbucks so he has to stay longer and get   
   >felt up by "Security Joan." I could be mishearing the lyrics. I don't   
   >have the sheet yet.   
   >   
   >The horn and keyboard and backing vocal arrangements blow me away.   
   >   
   >But my current favorite moment is the last lick on the CD, this concept   
   >piece reflecting on death in so many different ways, ending it all with   
   >a four-note quote from Blood Sweat and Tears: "And when I die..."   
   >   
   >Is that Donald saying he's accepting death--his mother, rest in peace,   
   >so sad for him, and eventually his own?   
   >   
   >There'll be one child born in this world to carry on, after all.   
   >   
   >love and kisses   
   >diane <-- keeps her brite nightgown in a locked drawer   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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