howldog wrote:
> On 22 Feb 2005 09:08:16 -0800, "bluesmama"

> wrote:
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> >Like Faith Hill covering "Piece of my Heart" - have you
heard that?
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> we call her Faith Hell. In fact, the dreaded "chick rock mix" - music
> mixed in much of chick rock stuff sounds like the singer is in your
> face, so the audience can understand every precious utterance of
> poetry, and the band sounds like they were recorded next door,
> distant, compressed... is also sometimes called the Faith Hell mix.
>
> She's a fine singer I guess, and cute. Neither of those two things,
> I'm interested in as a musician, in the least. She doesnt write her
> own material, mostly. she doesnt play anything. She is simply an
image
> manipulated figurehead for a monolithic, formulaic music machine
> dedicated to churning out mainstream schlock. She's quite good at it
> too and hey, i realize that next week she will be performing at
> Madison Square Garden or something, and i'll be at Joe's bar  ;-)
>
> Janis? I cant stand her either.
>
> Just my opinion. Have you noticed how horribly out of tune and out of
> time the instrumentalists are on the Janis Joplin records? I cant
even
> listen to it. Its incredible, the numbers of female Joplin
worshippers
> who simply never even noticed how poorly the accompanying music was
> played.

The video footage is even worse. And those poor guys singing backup on
Try are in some kind of pain. It's hard to listen past that, but I like
her voice so much I certainly try to.

> >> why dont you take twenty years to learn how to play the hell out
of
> >> guitar and drums and then get back to us. that might give you some
> >> additional perspective. At this point, the only perspective you
> >> actually have, is from a musically illiterate singers point of
view.
> >
> >Our harp player, like I mentioned before, is musically illiterate.
He
> >just feels what he plays, and he's been playing for 20-some years.
That
> >being said, no one in the band seems to discount his opinions when
he
> >offers them, they just accept that he has a different perspective.
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> he's been working for 20 years. that says something.
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> then again, i cant stand most harmonica players either  ;-)

Why? Ours seems like the mildest-mannered person in the world.



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