--- Jeff Janoska <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I think a comparison of "Rusted Fields" to other Connells albums is
> difficult
> to make. "Rusted Fields" is like the chapter of a book while the
> albums are
> the entire book. Would you compare chapter 5 of "The Two Towers" to
> the
> entire "Hobbit"? Difficult to do since the theme of both books differ
> and a
> single chapter of the one is not the entirety.
>

Oh, I don't think people were comparing one song to entire albums...at
least I wasn't.  I think the comparison was between the older stuff and
the more recent stuff, and the trend of the more recent stuff, "Rusted
Fields" being an example.  I, personally, think "Rusted Fields" (and a
lot of the other new stuff that a lot of you haven't heard--sorry) is a
welcome departure from what I like to call "angry divorce songs", of
which there were an abundance on Still Life.


> Would I want to see an entire album like "Rusted Fields"? Tough call,
> as I
> like their more up beat work but it could work.
>

Going by what I've heard, there's a pretty good mix:  uptempo numbers
("31", "Bust", "Put Down"), slower introspective ones ("Rusted Fields",
"Gladiator Heart", "Nowhere" if it makes it), goofy fun ones ("Back in
Blighty"), and even George's jazzy number ("The Deal".)  MacMillan has
one that I haven't heard, but I've heard good things about.  Of course,
they've gone back to the tried-&-true method of using mostly Mike's
songs (7 out of the 9-10 I know about)--but that's how they've made
money in the past.

=====
Dede

"You get what you pay for,
But I just had no
Intention of living this way."--The Counting Crows

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