tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779557.post5084111143138371844..comments2023-11-15T01:11:17.899+00:00Comments on Silent Words Speak Loudest: Benhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03008553685046831301noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779557.post-11197230459419874172007-06-10T20:04:00.000+01:002007-06-10T20:04:00.000+01:00When Sally left I think he said something along th...When Sally left I think he said something along the lines of not being able to cope with Sparhawk's mental instability and moodswings any more - though it may have been phrased less directly than that.<BR/><BR/>As for 'John Prine' and 'Candy Girl' and the Neil Young thing - the perils of not being familiar with a band's back catalogue! I have every album since Secret Name, but nothing before it - and I've not even heard anything before it. If, hypothetically, you take Secret Name as their debut, then I think my points are valid; but if, as you suggest, they're not valid if you actually look at their whole oeuvre, that just means I need to investigate further and do my research properly - which I'm sure will be a pleasure rather than a chore!Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03008553685046831301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3779557.post-18972690891153990132007-06-10T16:16:00.000+01:002007-06-10T16:16:00.000+01:00I am exceedingly glad you like this one so much, a...I am exceedingly glad you like this one so much, as I definitely do; and I hadn't heard Sally actually did cite Alan's breakdown as a reason, did you have a link to that? I'd love to read it.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I bite my tongue a bit at some of your earlier claims... "John Prine" and "Candy Girl" are actually in a long tradition of chilling/creepy Low songs, and the Neil Young influence stretches back to <I>The Curtain Hits the Cast</I> at least.<BR/><BR/>But, errr, you're entirely right about the way those albums are very different from the work that came before them, so now I just feel like a pedant. Writing an oeuvreblog on a bad will do that to you!Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740401073988507304noreply@blogger.com