On 07-11-97 ROBBIE WILSON wrote to KENNETH NEWMAN... 
 
 RW>  KN>  I think they're excellent albums, but I would definitely call 
 RW>  KN> them commercial pop, 
 RW> 
 RW> Even 'Moribund The Burgermeister' ? 
 
        Like "White Shadow" it's a prog song hiding out in a pop 
        album. 
 
 RW> Yup agreed, but I also think that Gabriel had run himself into the 
 RW> ground during _The Lamb_ saga (The Album, The Tour, The Proposed Stage 
 RW> Play and Film). 
 
        I remember interviews at the time and he seemed very 
        burned out. 
 
 RW> The band were also involved in a lot of internal 
 RW> bickering during this segment and I think all these factors convinced 
 RW> Peter to leave. 
 
        I dunno what it is about prog bands but so many bicker 
        like hell, perhaps because they are such perfectionists. 
        Ian Anderson has some harrowing descriptions of Gentle 
        Giant backstage when they were on tour with Tull. As he 
        says, "they were not happy campers." 
 
 RW> Whereas Tony released a single with 
 RW> Fish (`Shortcut To Somewhere` No 75 for 1 week on the UK chart), and 
 RW> some singles with Nik Kershaw (early 80's UK pop star) which haven't 
 RW> done anything. C'est la vie (-; 
 
        It must burn his butt. He's got the money, his band's a 
        hit, but he's still not a household name. Poor widdle 
        Tony-wony. And then there were two. One to go. 
 
                                Cheers, 
                                Kenneth 
 
 
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