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Posted by Mountain Fan on 07-14-2004 at22:43:

 

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Originally posted by dorfsmith I don't care what Carl says, I want to hear everything that comes into Terry's mind

you can say that again!

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Posted by carl on 07-15-2004 at08:49:

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Originally posted by bereal quote: Originally posted by jiminy I will admit that Derri sounds so good on MUtt- right? - I'm sure thats what you were thinking..... That had to be what carl was thinking!

Actually.... but for me, that's saying something right there....

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Posted by carl on 07-15-2004 at09:13:

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Originally posted by audiori A couple of thoughts, first on not liking the cheaper albums or EPs.... the guys cannot make expensive full albums if the funds are not there. The funds are not there if people don't buy. The new Eddies album comes to mind.

That's fair, I think. (Nice twisting of the Eddies knife yet again too, boys. )
But lemme ask this: Is it really that much cheaper to produce/distribute a bunch of EPs than it is to put out a full-length CD (which I would think is more likely to be purchased by the "non-real fans" )? I don't know; I'm just asking.

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To the people that do buy and support, you are keeping the guys doing what they do. If you encourage others to buy... then you help the guys produce more expensive full albums. Then you and we get what we want.

Hey, I paid for 20% of the Essex Fells show (& brought 20% of the audience, most of whom were new fans and nearly all of whom purchased something & would've purchased even more if there'd been more copies of the Towel at the show )....
(Just thought I'd shamelessly promote myself there. Hey, it's not easy being "dutch" AND a music fanatic. )

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As for Little Big and the solo albums vs. the DA albums and Dogs and Eddies. With DA, the themes are big metaphysical ideas and metaphores. With his solo albums the themes are geared toward Terry talking about his own life, friends and family. I like both, I think I appreciate the DA albums more having gotten to know Terry actually goes through life strugglesas expressed in his solo albums. To me they express his faith in God even through the hard times, and even in the little day to day issues. The song "Fingerprints" on Buechners Dream actually touches on this theme in a more general less personal way. Talking about seeing God's fingerprints in and on lifes trials and blessings. You see it in the little things, the still small voice. The solo albums are basically like letters from Terry.

I hear that. Actually, it's just a more erudite way of saying what I'd already said above. Again, all this comes down to personal preference, but it DOES point up some of the difficulties I've had with the music lately on a personal level.

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Now, on to style.. Terry tends to adjust the style and his singing to the project he is working on. He has always done that, that variety is one of the things I have always liked. He has exposed me to styles that I otherwise would not accept. Outdoor Elvis is nothing like Little Big, they both are nothing like Lost Dogs, all of those are nothing like Darn Floor... etc. If you don't like the style of a certain project that is fine, don't worry the next project (if history teaches us anything) will be completely different. Little Big in particular, to me the style fits the themes Terry happened to be writting about in his "letter to family and friends" ....had he done those themes in some sort of Eddies weird music, it would not have worked. There is a time and place for that, but this is not the place. This pretty much had to be sacarine, sweet, simple music because the themes were such. That doesn't mean he will always do music like this.... he never has really repeated himself yet. The closest two maybe Knowledge & Innocense and Briefing For The Ascent.. but really they too are not exactly the same. Do we reall want Terry or DA putting out the same type of music over and over?

I assume you missed the several parts where I say I LIKED Lb, and that it was more a catalyst for finally "getting" a bunch of other things I'd been wrestling with lately....

And truthfully, I'd been more edified by your presumably-way-more-informed take on "Mama's In the Desert, Daddy's in the Sky"....

That said, I get the "Terry's always changing" thing. And musically I wouldn't argue that (although Lb IS a breath of fresh if inconsistent air after the string of Real Men/Avocado Faultline/ACI&II/All Day Sing, even the way better but stylistically similar Nazarene Crying Towel. And now Mutt). Again, I think it's more the emphasis on the "little" in the artistic vision (which you can argue goes back to Songs of the Heart now) that bothers me more. And to be sure, the problem is on "me." (Isn't it always? ) But here I am. And there you are.

And now a word from our Producer. Take it....um.... "Big" Guy.... ....

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Posted by bereal on 07-15-2004 at16:03:

 

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Originally posted by carl quote: Originally posted by bereal quote: Originally posted by jiminy I will admit that Derri sounds so good on MUtt- right? - I'm sure thats what you were thinking..... That had to be what carl was thinking! Actually.... but for me, that's saying something right there....

Yup, that's saying something...












































you secretly like Derri!