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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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 Posted - 10/19/2005 : 12:49:32
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I think I would agree with Dean that I don't find the lyrics on Honeycomb (or SMYT, for that matter) as clever as those on previous albums. Variety has always been the spice of Frank's songs, though, so I have no problem if he wants to write the occasional straightforward song.
"If you doze much longer, then life turns to dreaming. If you doze much longer, then dreams turn to nightmares." |
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 10/19/2005 : 13:24:25
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| Didn't I read somewhere that with "Stupid Me" Frank was trying to write the perfect song of some type (I forget the form he was after)? Point is, with Honeycomb Frank seems in part to be foregoing the cleverness for an attempt at classic. His reputation is for clever, but his ambiition, at least for the moment, may be to write and perform simple, pure, classic little gems. Or as Vo says, "the occasional straightforward song". Frank knows there is genius in those deceptively simple songs that you just gotta love. I suspect Frank, along with the rest of the human race, finds this genius mysterious, and perhaps a challenge for the the songwriter who has done clever. Of course Honeycomb is a mixed success, for various reasons. Not my fave, and not the direction that promises the most fun for myself, but another welcome addition to the catalog. |
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Flame away, I'm not so happy with Franks direction
