Re: FLP 2 the verdict

["Paul Vearncombe" <vearn@wo...co.uk>]

A fair and even-handed vertict, your honour.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard" <richard@li...net.au>
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Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 5:02 AM
Subject: [Blueplanes] FLP 2 the verdict


> 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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