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Re: (TV) Richard-his letter and the hoboken arts and music festival today

Thanks pal. At last some reaction. I was almost on my way to amicably sever all ties with the MM-group. I'm not alone in the world anymore. (Though, my not-so-music-interested girlfriend had a spontaneous thought about FoF Deluxe, similar to Billy's and mine. Something like: "Where is the energy?")
Speaking of "Real Time" I'm having big problems with the "lined" sound. I was a little surprised with his singing on that record when it came. Gone were the pushed vocals. (If the memory serves me, haven't listened to it for awhile.) I doubt that the singing style was something the Swedish producers forced him to use in the studio, it was there on stage as well during that period. There's nothing wrong with these vocals on rockers like Losin' Anna and Soldier Blue. Although, I must admit I was a little shocked when he added these songs to his setlist in the middle of his Swedish tour back in 1985. Up until then RL was a *pop god* to me. 

/Per
----- Original Message ----- From: "Billy Ancell" <bilbicus@yahoo.com> 
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Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Richard-his letter and the hoboken arts and music festival today
Per is right - I for one think the re-imagined one is very patchy, sound-wise and in its execution - the re-done "Field of Fire" song itself is *awful*, it sounds like it is getting played by a tortoise. Very disappointing. There is no passion or energy to it. But some of the other songs sound ok, and others should have been left alone, no matter what you think about it sounding "80's". It's an 80's record...
Personally I didn't dig the record that much on vinyl either, but I have to say that I think "Real Time" (the live album) features the best versions of "Pleading" and "Field of Fire", as well as others. The solo in "Field of Fire" is the one I always play to people who doubt Richard's abilities or have never heard him and need to be enlightened. 

And "Call Mr Lee", obviously.

And maybe "Torn Shirt".

And possibly "See no Evil".
Going to stop now. Looking forward to whatever Richard does in the future. Not sure about the chanting though.
(Saw Television at the Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh - can't afford the trip to NY. Gutted.) 

----- Original Message ----
From: Per Rosin <per@ronz.org>
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Sent: Sunday, 6 May, 2007 4:47:32 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Richard-his letter and the hoboken arts and music festival today
Gone are also the original keys - the tapes has for some strange reason been 
pitched down - which make the remaining instruments from 1985 sound very
strange.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Hartley" <jh@brainiac.com> 
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Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2007 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Richard-his letter and the hoboken arts and music festival 
today



On Sun, 6 May 2007 08:45:55 EDT
Blumetakt@aol.com wrote:

Is it worth the dough to pick it up?


Absolutely.  Gone is the reverb-drenched 80's production, added are new
vocals, guitars, drums... lots, actually!  It's got Richard's crisp
production behind it and sounds *great*.

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