Re: Maria McKee - La Vita Nuova.

by Nightjar Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:03 pm

I call my hallway a room. sad yes

by Nightjar Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:05 pm

This is the kind of song that should be about 1 minute 50 seconds.

A coda of bittersweet brevity.

by Guest Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:08 pm

I'm not sure what mark to give this.

The Actual songs were good. A bit too 70s singer songwriter, a bit too music theatre, but good.

But the whole was a behemoth that wore me out by the half hour mark.

by Guest Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:09 pm

Wendy's gone all quiet…

I'm scared

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:10 pm

It is over.

I felt that all the songs on it were good - and some were great - but too many of them were in the same vein, and they all seemed to have the same string arrangement, meaning it became a bit of a feat of endurance in its second half. I also missed the sense of humour that's been apparent in her lyrics in the past. I shall give it 4 stars, as its individual components are excellent but it lacks the variety and lightness of touch of her earlier albums.

Maybe we should do You Gotta Sin to Get Saved at some point? That's a much lighter and more fun album and is so unlike this one, it's hard to credit it's the work of the same woman.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:11 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Maybe we should do You Gotta Sin to Get Saved at some point? That's a much lighter and more fun album and is so unlike this one, it's hard to credit it's the work of the same woman.

It's also a lot shorter. joy

by Guest Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:14 pm

I'd imagine if you put the time into this, sat down and read all the lyrics listened to a lot, it could end up being the best album eva.

Alas it's not 1974 and people ain't no got time for that any more.

by Guest Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:16 pm

There also seemed to be a lack of humour. Or at least one I could find.

Gash, lol.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:17 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Is this about Jesus?

Could be. She's written about him before.

by Guest Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:20 pm

Nightjar wrote:
WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:If you're going to say that Ginger Squawker I'll going to have to ask you to step outside.

Oh, I thought you were going to say

Maria McKee - La Vita Nuova. - Page 10 8454592aee504c982e0d946c8cbdd676

by Guest Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:21 pm

This is the first one of these to reach 10 pages.

Then it's the only album that went on for 3 hours. yes

by Guest Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:27 pm

Nightjar wrote:This is quite a long album.

Makes me feel a bit better about my Wu-Tang commentary thread.

Or Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen; Emerson, Lake & Palmer

by Nightjar Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:44 pm

Crikey.

Well...

Crikey.

Did I already say that?

Crikey.

Pretty good - you could say self-indulgent - but then again you could reasonably argue that any artist with her experience, obvious talent and drive is entirely entitled to create an album about anything they want and, if their label's OK with it, as long as they want.

I think I'll be revisiting the record, song by individual song.

Joni Mitchell, who I hold in the highest esteem and affection, never sought to cram so much into a single album - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter apart (but even that LP was languorusly

by Nightjar Sat Mar 21, 2020 9:47 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Or Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends - Ladies And Gentlemen; Emerson, Lake & Palmer

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:31 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:This has got a thread on the Steve Hoffman forum

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/maria-mckee-announces-new-album-la-vita-nuova-due-3-13-2020.895553/page-1

The master tapes of all her albums with Geffen destroyed in a fire. bawl

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Dec 15, 2020 9:47 pm

Someone's not voted. llama

by Nightjar Tue Dec 15, 2020 9:51 pm

I bet I've put it in the final score.

That ButtonZ guy who got banned probably didn't vote.

by Nightjar Tue Dec 15, 2020 10:06 pm

There's a disc 2 of a Macca double that didn't get voted on nyva.

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