FLP 2 the verdict

["Richard" <richard@li...net.au>]

Relatives wept for joy as FLP2 was today bound over to keep the peace. An
emotional FLP2 thanked the judge and jury and acknowledged the accusations
of
fluff and bombast, but claimed there were enough honest and well
intentioned pieces to make the album worthwhile. The judge warned
however that its presence on shelves, together with the discredited Fruit,
should not be encouraged, and certainly not in preference to more
accomplished Aeroplanes albums. He pointed to the example set by Swagger.
The vast majority, he intoned, of Aeroplanes albums, would not scrape such
standards, and it only takes one monkey to stop the show. The council for
the prosecution spent some time
explaining the concept of "self-parody" using Mis-Firing as an example, how
its weak backing vocals and tired chords seemed at times like an attempt to
re-create
Jacket Hangs. Was an acoustic World View Blue really necessary? Missy 
Lane?!
 Here it Comes would not be put
forward for a Strawbs tribute album, nor indeed You're Gonna Need Somebody
for Beat the Retreat 2, but the defence pointed out that an Aeroplanes 
cover
of a Thompson song was long overdue, ever since Wall of Death made a brief
appearance in the live set. Warming to the task, the defence sited Autumn
Journal as totally excellent, and pointed out that it still has life today
as part of LIT. In fact the mastering of the version on LIT was even
clearer and punchier. Also FLP2 was primarily aimed at people who hadnt
bothered to buy all the singles, plus there was material like Growing Up 
and
Growing Down that was not available
elsewhere. The prosecution retaliated with the corporate rock photography 
of
the inner sleeve, again verging on parody of a mainstream rock band. The
defence replied that Razorwalk was classic 'Planes, and although there is
too much reverb on the vocal, it recalls an era of Tower Records instores
where
the band would open with this track, tight and rockin'. For Tim Collins
garnered praise
too, as a hint of what Ian Kearey's solo album Preaching to the Convertible
would eventually contain in 2001.
 In his summing up the judge said "what will be will be"
and added that a woman reading  Sylvia Plath  walked past him in the street
just last week.


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