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Originally Posted by montsnmags
It is good of you to note my phrasing. As you could obviously see, I never said that I did not like Waits or Morricone - I simply said I could not tolerate listening to them, for unspecified subjective reasons.
Paul Simon's Graceland would likely be hovering around the number one spot as my favourite album of all. I am enjoying that my tolerance level has increased to allow me to listen to Rhythm of the Saints (which paradoxically means that "tolerance" fades as unnecessary). The Obvious Child makes me cry, as does Father & Daughter from Surprise, while Call me Al does the same for different reasons (I sometimes think Graceland as an album is underrated partly because of some aspects' affinity with an oft-loathed musical decade, the 80's...then it might just be me looking for excuses as to why people don't rate it as highly as me  ).
Although not my favourite, I do like that one (even moreso since Australia was subjected to an execrable cover of it recently, one half of the duet being a loathed (by me) Australian Idol contenstent, thus making the Gabriel/Bush version infinitely brilliant in comparison). I fondly remember playing the album So repeatedly. For tears though, I'd go for a song that you have listed - Solsbury Hill.
Cheers,
Marc |
Ah, well, then as long as it is "Graceland" or "So" ... we CAN be in the same room listening to music without one of us gagging!!
Isn't progress wonderful??
I simply must remember to put Peter Gabriel on all future lists of music that makes my heart take wing.
Oh well .... gotta clean out the litterboxes, take a fist full of Benadryl and hit the sandpaper sheets.
G'nite you son of Oz!!