on 6/30/02 6:05 AM, Efrén del Valle at efrendv@yahoo.es wrote:
Hi,
There goes a list of heroes doing awful things (for me). Remco hits the nail in several of his choices! Maybe those records are better than the average, but you expect more from these guys. Just looking at one of my Cd towers I get all of these:
In the "your heroes fail" category, I have to pick John Zorn -- SPY VS SPY I don't care who wrote the tunes, why do you have to play 'em all the same way? Carla Bley -- NIGHT GLO When great artists try to make large dollars by dumbing it down Herbie Hancock -- FUTURE2FUTURE How much phoned-in noodling can herbie reel off? A whole album's worth. Willie Nelson -- ACROSS THE BORDERLINE Almost entirely made up of great songs for Willie Nelson was exactly the wrong singer, guitar player, and bandleader Glenn Gould -- THE COMPLETE MOZART SONATAS Any record whose liner notes state clearly that the artist hates the material at hand is in trouble. Thelonious Monk & Gerry Mulligan -- MULLIGAN MEETS MONK Mismatch all the way, made even more frustrating by the fact that Sam Jones was never again on a Monk date, and he sounded great on this one. Prince -- CHAOS & DISORDER No wonder Warners let hm out after this. Ugly songs, and really monotonous guitar playing. WALTER BECKER -- 11 TRACKS OF WACK The brains behind the outfit should know enough to hire a f*&king singer! Stevie Wonder -- everything since about 1981 every record has a song here or there, but you always hope... and it never happens Randy newman -- FAUST ... especially if you heard the World cafe b'cast where he played the whole album solo and it was fantastic. But this overproduced pantload pissed me off. Paul Westerberg -- 14 SONGS Sounds stiff and mannered, as if he's trying to make sure we know that he doesn't need the other guys to make Replacements music. next installment -- GREAT ALBUMS FROM PEOPLE YOU NEVER SUSPECTED COULD MAKE GREAT ALBUMS! sh