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   jimbo to questo_@tin.it   
   Re: Track by track : nr 4 : Brite Nitego   
   18 Jun 06 19:32:47   
   
   From: owl2@herandnow.com   
      
   It is too indulgent - a groove is created by a mood not a constant refrain   
   for 2 minutes of..'bright nightgown' !   
      
   Jim   
      
      
   "johndrake"  wrote in message   
   news:4fkd4nF1imvvvU1@individual.net...   
   >   
   > "R-ton"  ha scritto nel messaggio   
   > news:69Gig.475363$9X6.12060716@phobos.telenet-ops.be...   
   >> Hello,   
   >>   
   >> This is the first track where I don't give a better score after two   
   >> months.   
   >> At first listening, it got 8 / 10   - - - now it's 7.5/10.   
   >> (I think It has to do with the bridge , I come back to this point later).   
   >>   
   >> This is a nice funky song ; guitars on both sides,   
   >> counterparts by (wa-wa) guitar and horns alternating. Very good.   
   >>   
   >> It's a little bit a pity that the E chord is SO much used in this song :   
   >> alternating in  Em7 and Em6 (except in the intro and the bridge, see   
   >> below).   
   >>   
   >> However this is compensated largely by the magnificent bridge, from   
   >> 2:45-3:30   
   >> Excellent jazzy chords, and a terrific guitar solo.   
   >> This is one of the "golden" moments of this CD.   
   >> I think I must have been impressed so much by this, that I immediately   
   >> gave   
   >> 8 at first listening.   
   >>   
   >> But from 4:50 on, not much happens anymore.  The song keeps on "brite   
   >> nitegown... .. you can't ... nitegown ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..   
   >> ..   
   >> .. .." -ing    for more than two minutes.   
   >>   
   >> What I did was skipping the rest of the song, and before jumping to the   
   >> "Pagoda of Funn", rewinding a little bit in order to hear those funny   
   >> horns.   
   >> Now, only today, I just discovered that these funny horns are already   
   >> present well before the end, but you can hardly hear them.   Then I   
   >> discovered that there is really an evolution in what the horns do at the   
   >> end, but you can hardly hear that. Try not to listen to the "brite   
   >> nitegown,   
   >> brite nite ... .. ... ... ... ..."   
   >> A bitter mix (and a little harmonic evolution) could have made the end   
   >> MUCH   
   >> more interesting.   
   >>   
   >> Oh-yes, the small solo marimba part is funny too...   
   >>   
   >> Any comments?   
   >> R-ton   
   >   
   > I think that this song has an incredible groove. I have heard the cd with   
   > headphones too and the guitar solo at the end of "Brite Nitegown" it   
   > reminds me something of  Jerry-Garcia-Style. What do you think about?   
   >   
      
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