Whatever else Manilow is/was, he writes his own songs and he's a hard-working performer. Also I believe that he can chip ice with his current nose.
I was listening to some Coltrane recently and thinking that it's really the saxophone's similarity to the human voice that made all those lazy '80s producers exploit it the way they did, and how it's actually much better when it's not used to stand in for vocals at all.
I love that New Pornographers song, too. I can't ever pick a favorite from them because it's usually the last one I heard. Although I suspect it's either "All For Swinging You Around" or "Miss Teen Wordpower." Or maybe "Myriad Harbour." AH I CAN'T DECIDE.
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Date: 2009-03-02 03:46 am (UTC)I was listening to some Coltrane recently and thinking that it's really the saxophone's similarity to the human voice that made all those lazy '80s producers exploit it the way they did, and how it's actually much better when it's not used to stand in for vocals at all.
I love that New Pornographers song, too. I can't ever pick a favorite from them because it's usually the last one I heard. Although I suspect it's either "All For Swinging You Around" or "Miss Teen Wordpower." Or maybe "Myriad Harbour." AH I CAN'T DECIDE.