Ten New Songs
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Get the guitar out, Len...
Sorry, but I've never managed to listen to 10 New Songs all the way through. It's weak, the songwriting and production is insipid throughout.
I'm Your Man was the last Len album I really liked. The Future was like Chris Rea, but with good lyrics.
I'm Your Man was the last Len album I really liked. The Future was like Chris Rea, but with good lyrics.
....and for me, it goes way deeper than easy listening....what at first may sound to some to be that way, for me seems to go much further down in....as I went to sleep last night, I listened to it, and have the same reaction to it as I've had repeatedly, finding it unbelievably beautiful and moving. I just hope Greenfeld keeps his/her copy intact and in good condition for later listenings.
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TNS is my favorite LC cd . It is perfect for now. In the past I liked past albums. Now this is my total favorite. I listen to it late at night. I always feel peaceful because of it. ...... well one person is truly grateful......It has touched me way past words, tunes and arrangements...although I like all of them...its a mood that soothes and I feel like he and I groove together in this place.
I would be very surpsied if the next one will be as much 'me' but hey you never know
love Irene
I would be very surpsied if the next one will be as much 'me' but hey you never know
love Irene
Ten New Songs
I just bought this album this week and I admit that I have been somewhat aprehensive, fearing it wouldn't be up to my hopes.
I'm delighted. This is very good work. The melodies and lyrics have been playing inside me ever since I listened to them. The imagery in "Alexandra" is exquisite, "Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder, they slip between the sentries of the heart" So poignant! I love "By the rivers dark"...so spiritual and metaphorical as only leonard can evoke metaphor. "Love Itself" is a hymn. The "Land of Plenty" with its indictment of our suferficial, materialistic society so sorely in need of spiritual awakening is not as brutal as "the Future", but just as powerful.
Thanks, my friend Leonard.
I'm delighted. This is very good work. The melodies and lyrics have been playing inside me ever since I listened to them. The imagery in "Alexandra" is exquisite, "Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder, they slip between the sentries of the heart" So poignant! I love "By the rivers dark"...so spiritual and metaphorical as only leonard can evoke metaphor. "Love Itself" is a hymn. The "Land of Plenty" with its indictment of our suferficial, materialistic society so sorely in need of spiritual awakening is not as brutal as "the Future", but just as powerful.
Thanks, my friend Leonard.
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I wonder how much listener-age factors into this, i.e. the younger bent preferring the previous energy levels and concepts ~ the older, not necessarily preferring one over the other, but definitely embracing [moreso than the younger bent], the more mellowed energy level and accepting concepts of Ten New Songs. Having seen and come through more, being able to identify more with what these songs are about, and the way they are conveyed being more soothing to the spirit that has seen/endured so much ~ as opposed to "boring" or whatever. [My sentence structure today is pitiful and not enough time to work on getting it right ~ hope you get the point.]
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That's an interesting idea (if I'm reading it right)
Those who were LC fans from the time of I'm Your Man and/or The Future may be less enthralled by TNS than someone who has been a fan prior to this. (Have I got your drift?)
The older (time served) fan will accept just about any Len while the newer fans may not yet realise how you have to cherish and enjoy everything LC that you can
JTS ("The world just doesn't look right without a happy banana in your hand" if I remember the quote associated with the cover shot of I'm Your Man)
Those who were LC fans from the time of I'm Your Man and/or The Future may be less enthralled by TNS than someone who has been a fan prior to this. (Have I got your drift?)
The older (time served) fan will accept just about any Len while the newer fans may not yet realise how you have to cherish and enjoy everything LC that you can
JTS ("The world just doesn't look right without a happy banana in your hand" if I remember the quote associated with the cover shot of I'm Your Man)