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From: gtaylor@cornell.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Echo and the Bunnymen
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Date: Wed, 9-May-84 11:53:42 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  9 11:53:42 1984
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Yep, sad to say, "Ocean Rain" is a bit of a stiff. Lotsa
bombast, walls of noise, and McCullough's voice right out
front where you can hear the inane lyrics. This baby smacks
of self-importance. Chances are the record could have been better
if 
a) They'd talked Shankar into putting more violin on this (as on Porcupine)

b) They'd rechanneled all the energy they spent in the press whining about
how lousy other bands who sounded remotely like them were.

Perhaps deprived of the chance to overdo things live, they are as 
exhilarating as you say, but this chunk of dirgedom doesn't hint at it.

gtaylor@cornell