Have you heard Dear Heather?

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 3:58 am

As I listen at this very moment, "Villanelle for Our Time" continues poignant and sublime. It melts into me, and I into it.

Don G · Post by **Don G** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:13 am

very poetic. I'm really getting to like this place I think I'll stay.
I got to school and wished I had brought Dear Heather with me. I felt so sad. I put it on when I got home (feeling better now). I'm really getting hooked. is it possable to get to obssesed? if it is I suppose that happen a long time ago.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 3:02 pm

Yes, I know that feeling, Don

~ it's the same one I had when I thought I'd left Dear Heather at home, and then realized

that I hadn't. Now, I just leave it in the computer at work; it's the copy I made for that purpose. I want to preserve my original [which has a skip now in the first or second song

]. I bought an extra copy, anyway, but had intended to give it away. If I do, I'll buy another original at that time.

Yes, please stay. It's great here

. [Thanks, too, for your compliment.]

"is it possable to get to obssesed?"

Impossible

.

~ Lizzy

lightning · Post by **lightning** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:02 pm

CDs with skips should be examined for fingerprints or smudges which can be removed easily with a few drops of rubbing alcohol and a soft cloth applied from center to edge, not in a circular fashion for some reason. Radio Shack has a filler for scratches but it doesn't always work. Hope you can save Dear Heather and your hard -earned money.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:06 pm

Me, too, Lightning. I may try that. However, in my collection of newfangled electronic pieces of equipment, I have what I purchased a year ago, an electric, automated cd cleaner. I need to hook it up. I'll give that a whirl first. If it doesn't work, I'm going to want to know why!

lightning · Post by **lightning** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:37 pm

It skips on the song that turned on automatically in the morning? That's weird.

tomsakic · Post by **tomsakic** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:40 pm

Well, you could return the item while it's newly bought, if you have receipt

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:43 pm

I have no idea if I still have the receipt. However, it wasn't that way in the beginning, so I'd be trying to take advantage, if I tried to return it. I'll try cleaning it.

Yeah, Lightning. It could be weird. I'll check for sure to see whether it's the first or the second song.

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 7:43 pm

The begining of the first track on our original, had a skip within about 5 seconds of the start, but a gentle wipe with soft cloth removed the offending dust and it plays perfectly now.

Elizabeth, I may be able to send you a little surprise by snail mail. I'll let you know when it has been posted.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:44 pm

WoW, Byron ~ how intrigueing. I'm trying to imagine, and am at a loss. However, thank you for thinking of me

!

Love,
Elizabeth

Byron · Post by **Byron** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:32 pm

Dear Lady, 'tis on its way. Handed over to Her Majesty's Royal Mail this very morn.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 11:30 pm

Well.............I'll let you know when 'it' arrives

! Thank you

!

Kush · Post by **Kush** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:03 am

I bought Dear Heather last Friday night (along with Willie Nelson's new album 'It Will Always Be') and then drove 3 hours to New Joisey next morning rotating the two.

The first notes of Go no more a-roving was a pretty bad start (what was he thinking turning a classical poem into that)and it got worse with Because Of. But after the rough start things picked up and I liked very much the rest of the CD in terms of melody, rhythm and lyric. I usually pay attention to rhythm and melody and let the words sort of weave their way into my consciousness slowly over time.

As in every album he turns up some brilliant songs and this was no different....for me The Letters, Nightingale, The Faith and Undertow are exceptional by any standard. On That Day reminded me of a few of Springsteen's songs from 'The Rising' - especially Lonesome Day in terms of lyric if not sound (well the Springsteen sound is not s'posed to be like the Cohen sound, else the world has gone completely mad). I think the main thrust of On That Day is that you can dispute this policy and that policy, this or that ideology but ultimately when push comes to shove, when you are in dire mortal danger you have to stick to and depend upon people you may disagree with. I also liked There For You and Villanelle for our Time and To a Teacher although I don't know how long the spoken-word stuff will hold up.

I have no particular problem with the techno-music but I think the production leaves much to be desired. I agree with the NY magazine reviewer - given the remains of his voice, LC should definitely pull a Johnny Cash and do a stark album with himself and guitar. And if he's gonna have all that accompanying techno stuff then some professional production is essential.

I'm driving again to NJ this weekend so will have more time to hear it in my car (the best place to hear music). And, in a perverse sort of way, I can't get the tune of Go No More a Roving out of my head.

p.s. If there are any Willie Nelson fans out there, I just realized he looks a hell of a lot like Yasser Arafat.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:13 am

"And, in a perverse sort of way, I can't get the tune of Go No More a Roving out of my head."

Instant karma with a dash of comeuppance

.

lightning · Post by **lightning** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:24 am

Try to get a hold of the Richard Dyer-Bennett original or the Joan Baez cover of it on Joan Baez 5. Much sweeter, more melodious and flows smoothly instead of being chopped up into short phrases. A nod to Byron with So We'll Go No More A'Roving and to Keats with Nightingale.