Re: (TV) NME Review

[mike-tv@mjckeh.demon.co.uk (Michael Cross)]

In message <20031002170743.11205.qmail@web21106.mail.yahoo.com>
   Jay writes:
> if the numbers reflect scores (out of 10), 

Yes, they do.

> they are ridiculous

Obviously those of us in here would give much higher scores, assuming 
we went along with giving music 'marks out of 10'. Not everyone has 
such good taste as we do. I was surprised to see them mentioned at all. 

I don't have a feel for what the writer likes (never noticed his name 
before), or whether the scores are from an individual or some kind 
of staff consensus, but the other albums mentioned in the column 
scored as follows: 'Blonde On Blonde' (10), 'Bringing It All Back 
Home' (10), 'Slow Train Coming' (7, 'Nick Cave's favourite Dylan 
album goth fans'), 'Self Portrait' (2, 'arsewater personified'), 
'Forever Breathes The Lonely Word' (8), 'Let The Snakes Crinkle 
Their Heads To Death' (7), 'Pet Sounds' (10, 'so perfect', 'a 
touchstone', 'brilliant'). Not too exceptionable, those.

Maybe Rob F is the token 'old fogy' they keep on staff, and wheel 
out of his cupboard whenever some of that old-fashioned stuff with 
tunes, melodies, tempo changes, and words you can make out, turns 
up? Oh yes, and the band isn't called 'The This', 'The That', or 
'The Other'.

Who's on the cover this week? The Darkness, with a picture of 
the singer in his open-chested one-piece red/white striped spandex.
Jeez!

all the best (from someone who's been reading NME since '70),

> --- Michael Cross <mike-tv@mjckeh.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > This week's NME also reviews the reissues:
> > 
> > Television were hailed as geniuses by NME on the
> > 1977 release of their 
> > debut album "Marquee Moon" (8), and this new version
> > includes the 
> > awesome single 'Little Johnny Jewel', whose
> > garage-jazz craziness is 
> > is a treat for beat diggers. The band's follow-up
> > "Adventure" (7) is 
> > more polished - 'Days' is truly beautiful - but a
> > little less unique. 
> > Julie Burchill kicked it to pieces in these very
> > pages, effectively 
> > ending the band's career. Nearly 30 years later,
> > she's a middle-aged, 
> > podgy columnist while these albums remain eternally
> > youthful and angular 
> > - which is as close to justice as life gets. 
> > 
> > - Rob Fitzpatrick, Reissues Roundup column (which
> > also covers Dylan, Felt, 
> > and "Pet Sounds" this week).
> > 
> > all the best,
> > -- 
> >  Michael J. Cross    Visit
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