[mod.music.gaffa] More Eno.

Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (01/27/87)

Really-From: KNIGHT@MAINE (Michael Knight)

IED writes,

>As for Eno's LPs, they are highly innovative, interesting
>and influential. They do not even begin to approach Kate's
>post-1981 work in several respects, however. Even Eno has
>said on several occasions that his lyrics (from the vocal LPs)
>were devised almost exclusively for their phonetic/rhythmic
>qualities, and that he had never put any serious
>effort into them. ...

If by this IED means that Eno's lyrics are less 'meaningful' or
'artistic' than lyrics by your average run-of-the-mill pop band,
then I differ with him.  The method doesn't matter, just the results.
Just because the are written the way they are doesn't mean they aren't
great.  It's kind of like dismissing a doodle by Picaso, Rembrant,
DaVinci or Van Gough as 'just a doodle'.

Domestic releases of KBs 'The Whole Story' and 'The Kick Inside' on CD
are appearing. How long has it been since they were available as imports?
Are we going to have to wait this long all the time from foreign release
to domestic release?  Why can't we get this kind of protectionist
legislation for our Maine shoe industry?

--Mike Knight