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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Nice post Richard. I might agree
completely, but </FONT><FONT size=2>the quoting of </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Bruce Springsteen is excellent for this
</FONT><FONT size=2>topic. BTW, great song! :-)</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>This is what I agree with the most:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000>"<FONT face=Verdana>I
also think it is unbelievably arrogant for people to say EC
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000><FONT face=Verdana>"can
do so much better." What they really mean is "he could do
</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT color=#800000><FONT face=Verdana>more
of what I like."</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>It is true whether we like it or not. I'm
sure </FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>there are some fans </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>of EC who prefer his material </FONT><FONT
face=Verdana size=2>that some consider lacking over </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>what they think </FONT><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>is the absolute best. In there eyes EC "can do much</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>better", translation, "more of what they like" by
sticking</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>with Wonderful Tonight-esque songs.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Kelly</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=richardtcbatty@yahoo.com
href="mailto:richardtcbatty@yahoo.com">Richard Batty</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=slowhand@planet-torque.com
href="mailto:slowhand@planet-torque.com">Slowhand Digest</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 02, 2005 3:32
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Slowhand] RE: EC Shake-up</DIV>
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<DIV>In his song "Local Hero", Bruce Springsteen includes the lyrics "<FONT
face=Verdana color=#666655>First they made me the king then they made me pope,
Then they brought the rope".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655>This comes to mind every time I see some
people on this list post nothing but negative comments. Criticism is
fine but it is nice when it is balanced with at least some positive input
too.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655>This happens with so many artists.
Dylan got booed when he went electric. Ricky Nelson got nuked for not
playing his old songs and wrote about it in the song "Garden Party". It
happened to Springsteen by doing "Tunnel of Love", "Human Touch" and "Lucky
Town".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655>I also think it is unbelievably arrogant
for people to say EC "can do so much better". What they really mean is
"he could do more of what I like".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655>And before I hear the "lazy" charge one
more time, I would refer people to the "Sessions for RJ" DVD in which EC talks
about the difficulty of playing the RJ guitar lines and singing something
completely different.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655>My opinion is that some people on this
list don't appreciate how much EC has actually "shaken things
up."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#666655>Richard</FONT></DIV>
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