Fox
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Posted: April 25 2002, 09:27 |
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Thanks for hosting that mp3. Gave us disadvantaged people to chance to finally hear something from Mike ;-).
It's much different than what I expected. Reminds me of Earth Moving. And to me, that's a good thing haha. Very catchy, and for a single it's good. Although, it's too short (then again, I think Moonlight Shadow is too short, too) haha. It also reminds of TMB (the title track).
I gotta wonder, after all the early criticizm from just hearing this one track, what do you expect? It's a single; it's not supposed to have the deep, textured emotion that a long instrumental has, and I don't expect Mike's work to sound the same he did 20 years ago. As he changes, so does his music. It's supposed to be promotional and appealing to a mass audience, and it's supposed to be taken on its own! Singles are meant to promote a musician, just like Family Man! It's new ground for Mike, and I think he's done a good job.
So for a single it's good. Although it does lack the MO guitar sound, the tubular bells are a nice touch long overdue in a vocal song. Mike's seldom used tubular bells along with lyrics, so I think that makes up for it. And in a way, it's a relief to know the entire MVR won't be just easy-listening, chillout music. There ARE going to be some exciting tracks, too! So for me, it's a comfort that the whole thing won't be chillout.
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