DARK DARK DARK – Wild Go (Part 3)

Chris responds to Julia and takes a piss on Panic! at the Disco just for good measure. Tomboy gets a good stare down, as well. Read part 3 of the Wild Go dialectic after the jump.

From: Chris Mollica
To: Julia Barry

I want to get this out of the way. Todd Chandler’s singing may have gumption but I won’t commend him for it.  Initiative isn’t something I’m particularly looking for from singers. Some clarinetists should remain there, behind their clarinets, or occasionally, back-up singing. He sinks “Heavy Heart” in the first word. As you said, Invie’s voice is so powerful that when she hands the lead over to Chandler, I feel like my time is being wasted.   

Whew. Got that off my chest. 

What I really enjoy about your take on Wild Go is the intense battle it’s created in you. It’s downright schizophrenic. It conjures up the question: at what point do head and heart actually matter when deciding whether or not you like music? Let’s be honest. Everyone’s experienced that moment when someone is laboriously extolling the virtues of some band and you can’t help but roll your eyes. Not too long ago, someone “intellectually” tried to sell me on Panic! at the Disco. “They’ve done off with the indulgence of their debut and really found a sound all their own. It really is a record you want to hear.”  REALLY?  Panic! (!) at the Disco? To be honest, he carefully noted that for their second album, they dropped the exclamation point. 

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I don’t love Wild Go.  I like it. I’ll recommend it to some people. Not all. As I was listening to it and writing this, I was distracted by the White Stripes (RIP) doing a cover of Otis Redding. That doesn’t sound like “must hear music” to me if I can be thrown off by a gee wiz whim.

Intellectually, you want to love this album, but do you?  For me, music has always been more an art than a science. You’re a musician. Where do you fall on that line? 

We all learn to live with disappointments, Julia. Maybe, no matter how you try, the intellectual side won’t match up with the feeling side.  Sure, you’ll like some songs, it may go on now and then for guilt’s sake, but in the end, maybe it just isn’t for you.

I’m looking at you Tomboy.

“Oh, if you knew what it meant to me,”
Chris

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