Comments on: Sugar Water: Soft, Smooth, and Silver

By: CD Review: The Silver Seas, “Château Revenge” - cFox.net

CD Review: The Silver Seas, “Château Revenge” - cFox.net — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:42:10 +0000

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By: CD Review: The Silver Seas, "Château Revenge!" | Popdose

CD Review: The Silver Seas, "Château Revenge!" | Popdose — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:56:32 +0000

[...] Review: The Silver Seas, “Château Revenge” by Michael ParrIt’s hard to imagine the Silver Seas crafting a better record than their second one, the 2006 gem High Society, originally released [...]

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Sugar Water: The Year in Science (Last Year, Not This Year) | Popdose — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:19:13 +0000

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By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:57:36 +0000

I don't think of Steely Dan as soft-rock guys, but I can see why they're yacht rockers because of the smooth factor. Lyrically they're not smooth at all, and they don't make smooth jazz, but their jazz-pop is certainly sleek.

Bareilles apparently wrote “Love Song” as an angry answer to record executives who said she needed a hit, a love song they could put on the radio. Once again, tension at the crossroads of art and commerce saved the day.

By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:57:36 +0000

By: rwcass

rwcass — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:57:36 +0000

By: Eric S.

Eric S. — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:51:57 +0000

I know Sara Bareilles (my daughters have the CD). I like “Love Song”, but it also seems like a tune that lost its iPod commercial to Feist. Besides “Nothing Is Free” has a lift to it that I don't get from tunes like “Love Song”. Maybe I'm splitting hairs when it comes to “yacht rock”. But to me, it's a low blow to Steely Dan to be lumped in a genre with America. I guess my “Mellow Gold” only goes so mellow.

By: DavidMedsker

DavidMedsker — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:52:48 +0000

Oh, I forgot to mention: Mead absolutely wiped the floor with Sexsmith live. It was embarrassing how much better he was.

By: rwcass

rwcass — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:15:20 +0000

That's good to hear about Mead. I want to think that all of those Nashville pop guys are friendly and approachable. I chickened out on approaching Tashian and asking about "The Lovetest," but he was right there in the crowd before the show talking to people.

In that interview with Puremusic.com, Tashian said that he didn't own the rights to the "Lovetest" songs for a while, but now he does, which may be why they're no longer available on his blog. That may also mean an actual album release is in the works.