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[Powderworks] Re: Songwriting

Murace, Michael Michael.Murace@unistudios.com
Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:54:13 -0500


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Workers,

A great song to my ears anyway is one that sends chills up your spine and
this of course to me is songwriting genius. Pure examples of this are Best
of Both Worlds(This track has it all, where each one of the band members
shines ohh and martins guitar solos i just drool over in this track, not to
mention the great horn section in there. This is a blistering track and if i
had to pick just one this would be it.)Others to note as well One Country
and Antarctica straight after each other. The vocal harmonising between pete
and bones is mind blowing on one country and that string arrangement after
that oonnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeee
plllllllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaccccccccceeeeeeeeeeee part is just a
great intelligent musical piece then that earie piano piece right at the end
of that track. If I only had half the songwriting talents of these guys who
have given us so much musical pleasure over the past 25 years and hopefully
another 25 or more to come. 

Rock on!

Michael M 

 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Robertson [mailto:the_oil_fish@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, 26 November 2002 10:32
To: stephen.wood@stockford.net
Cc: powderworks@cs.colorado.edu
Subject: Re: [Powderworks] Re: Songwriting



Great choices! Funny, I just listened to E + S + M last night while out for
a stroll, and after not hearing it for a couple of months I was shocked at
how awesome it sounded. It doesn't get a lot of treatment on the list - good
or bad -  but it's an absolute masterpiece. I too especially like the
swirling Leslie/B3 stuff. If I reckon right, then the lads would've been in
the 35 - 40  range age-wise, arguably in the prime of life, and IMO the
music reflects this - very confident, ballsy, brave and well past the more
obnoxious vibe of some angst-ridden-youth-rock... 'mature' may be the word
I'm groping for. Every song on that album has a completeness about it; and
I"m guessing the band spent more than average time recording, engineering
and mixing to nail the sound. Perhaps their most under rated work yet? 


cheers, 


bruce 



 stephen.wood@stockford.net wrote: 



However if I had to just choose a few then i would say Bushfire for sure.
... Martin Rotsey said an interview that they were
particularly proud of that one.

Renaissance Man, listen to everything that is going on in that song with
the interplay of the guitars and the hammond organ underneath, awesome.





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<P>Workers,</P>
<P>A great song to my ears anyway is one that sends chills up your spine and 
this of course to me is songwriting genius. Pure examples of this are Best of 
Both Worlds(This track has it all, where each one of the band members shines ohh 
and martins guitar solos i just drool over in this track, not to mention the 
great horn section in there. This is a blistering track and if i had to pick 
just one this would be it.)Others to note as well One Country and Antarctica 
straight after each other. The vocal harmonising between pete and bones is mind 
blowing on one country and that string arrangement after that 
oonnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeee plllllllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaccccccccceeeeeeeeeeee 
part is just a great intelligent musical piece then that earie piano piece right 
at the end of that track. If I only had half the songwriting talents of these 
guys who have given us so much musical pleasure over the past 25 years and 
hopefully another 25 or more to come. </P>
<P>Rock on!</P>
<P>Michael M&nbsp;</P></FONT></DIV>
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Bruce Robertson 
  [mailto:the_oil_fish@yahoo.ca]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, 26 November 2002 
  10:32<BR><B>To:</B> stephen.wood@stockford.net<BR><B>Cc:</B> 
  powderworks@cs.colorado.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Powderworks] Re: 
  Songwriting<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
  <P>Great choices! Funny, I just listened to E + S + M last night while out for 
  a stroll, and after not hearing it for a couple of months I was shocked at how 
  awesome it sounded. It doesn't get a lot of treatment on the list - good or 
  bad -&nbsp; but it's an absolute masterpiece. I too especially like the 
  swirling Leslie/B3 stuff. If I reckon right, then the lads would've been in 
  the&nbsp;35 - 40&nbsp;&nbsp;range age-wise, arguably in the prime of life, and 
  IMO the music reflects&nbsp;this - very confident, ballsy, brave&nbsp;and well 
  past the more obnoxious&nbsp;vibe of some angst-ridden-youth-rock... 'mature' 
  may be the word I'm groping for.&nbsp;Every song on that album has a 
  completeness about it; and I"m guessing the band spent more than average time 
  recording, engineering and mixing to nail the sound. Perhaps their most under 
  rated work yet? 
  <P>cheers, 
  <P>bruce 
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  <P>&nbsp;<B><I>stephen.wood@stockford.net</I></B> wrote: 
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  style="BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BR>However 
    if I had to just choose a few then i would say Bushfire for sure. ... Martin 
    Rotsey said an interview that they were<BR>particularly proud of that 
    one.<BR><BR>Renaissance Man, listen to everything that is going on in that 
    song with<BR>the interplay of the guitars and the hammond organ underneath, 
    awesome.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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