From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #591 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Friday, June 14 2013 Volume 15 : Number 591 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [AVALON]Oblique Strategies on Radio 4 now.... [Andrew Shearer Subject: RE: [AVALON]Oblique Strategies on Radio 4 now.... Andrew www.andrewshearer.com Twitter & Facebook: @shearermusic ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:01:21 +0000 From: Tracy Connell Subject: RE: [AVALON] Ferry talked to Jo Whiley I think Olympia was very overworked and samey all the way through. The Jazz Age isn't my cup of tea. It's Bryan's voice I want to hear, which is why I quite like some of the songs he jazzed up for The Great Gatsby. I would prefer a regular Ferry/Roxy album I must say. Now that Bryan has indulged himself, maybe he could indulge us? ;) > Sadly not even the man who produced Bowie's best-ever-selling album and has > written this year's best-selling single could breathe life into a torpid > offering like Olympia. All the collaborations, remixes, superstar producers, > special editions, trophy cover models and TV appearances in the world can't > smokescreen an album that's fundamentally not very good. > > That said, much as > I hate the whole Jazz Age/Gatsby shtick, the soundtrack has given BF his first > ever US Billboard Top 5 album as a significant contributor. Kudos for that. > Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #591 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest