Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxd!rlr From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Finally: The top n album list Message-ID: <1998@pyuxd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 21:36:20 EST Article-I.D.: pyuxd.1998 Posted: Wed Oct 30 21:36:20 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 01:43:44 EST References: <1143@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> <5602@fortune.UUCP> Organization: Whatever we're calling ourselves this week Lines: 16 Keywords: self-indulgent whining, divorce > Yes Rich, he did go thru a rather brutal divorce. I would have to agree > with you that the album is full of whiny depressing vocals but I still > love it. "Nobody Home" is one of my favorite songs on the album. I also > like the Wall for the incredible guitar work also--I've always been a fan > of Gilmour's searing minor key leads. I know a lot of people who agree with > you Rich but I like most whining/moaning vocals a lot (For eg., Joy Division > is my favorite band) [KIRSCH] It's one of mine, too. (Watch Palena flame us both for daring to mention a band he's never heard of!) But Curtis expressed real emotional angst, and the music's uniqueness of style and passion blended so well with what Curtis was singing that to me it falls into a completely different arena of both incredible originality and power. -- "There! I've run rings 'round you logically!" "Oh, intercourse the penguin!" Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr