tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29088190.post8802643198883116219..comments2008-01-19T00:41:12.645-08:00Paul Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721406447844569202noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29088190.post-64129145957614457082008-01-19T00:41:00.000-08:002008-01-19T00:41:00.000-08:00

Hey Phil -- I liked <I>i</I> myself but had the exact same reaction. In individual portions, certain songs on it are great. But "monotone" is exactly the way I'd describe it too. <I>Distortion</I> is much better, and it's like <I>69LS</I> in that spending a lot of time with it pays off handsomely.<BR/><BR/>In re: Mr. Nelson, he's as developed and honorable an aesthete and fan as I've ever come to

Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06721406447844569202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29088190.post-55268356177577429852008-01-16T07:53:00.000-08:002008-01-16T07:53:00.000-08:00

By the way, sweet cover of "Acoustic Guitar". I guess I never had Sean Nelson pegged for being a Magnetic Fields lover.<BR/><BR/>(it sounds like his voice really has improved since the "Flagpole Sitta" days)

Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00029291840613640725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29088190.post-36307327643103178182008-01-16T07:49:00.000-08:002008-01-16T07:49:00.000-08:00

I agree with you that "i" was lacking something. I still really like that album because there are a couple of staggering highs ("I Wish I Had an Evil Twin", "I Wish You Were My Boyfriend", "In an Operetta"), but I thought it had a very monotone quality. The strong point of The Magnetic Fields has always been diversity of sound, and that was something that "i" lacked.<BR/><BR/>I haven't heard "

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