The Nina Simone thing is more part of a personal diary he was eager to read to us, but for the rest I loved the reviews; the one on Say You Will sometimes drowns in an exercise of style ( ''Nick Cave meets Nine Inch Nails''? Finally he proclaims "PLUS...TUBULAR BELLS!"?
), but he focuses very well on the dynamics of the band right now, and he got extra points in my book for including Mercury Rev and The Smiths in the comparison fest.
.Besides this part was great:
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The Associates never made it across to America, but it’s a fact that Buckingham, performing his solo hit “Trouble,” appeared on the same edition of TOTP in February 1982 as the Associates, making their debut appearance with “Party Fears Two.” Did he listen and quietly assimilate?
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And Stevie's richness nowadays as a songwriter and performer is very well described, IMO.
Romy