From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V4 #307 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, September 5 1998 Volume 04 : Number 307 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Solace (was re: so much to say, so little time) [Heather Russell Subject: Solace (was re: so much to say, so little time) > Are you saying that _Solace_ was problematic because Sarah doesn't use > her voice to its fullest? This is strange, 'cuz I never really noticed. > _Solace_ is (depending of course on moon phases and stuff like that) my > favorite Sarah album -- I think because the songwriting. The lyrics just > move me a *lot*. What do others think about _Solace_? When I first > found out about Sarah, FTE was my favorite, but _Solace_ became favorite > over a year or so of listenings. My first impression of _Solace_ was > that it was "ordinary" in comparison to FTE; which by terms of orchestration > it probably is -- but *BLACK* is certainly a very cooly instrumented > song... > > Solace is without a doubt my favorite Sarah album, although I still love Touch because that was the album I discovered her. I can still sing from memory every single song off of Touch, and most of Solace as well! Strangely enough, as much as I like the songs live, I've never really been able to get into FTE or Surfacing much. I did like the Freedom Sessions, because she seemed to be having a lot more fun with the songs, not quite so serious... :-) heather |*********************************************************| | Heather Russell | | My music site: http://www.freecloud.com/heather | | The Mending Wall: http://www.unc.edu/~gumption/tmw.html | | Email: hrussellatbellsouthdotnet | |_________________________________________________________| "I'm in favor of love as long as it doesn't happen when 'The Simpsons' is on television." --- Anita, age 6 ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V4 #307 **************************