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Name: Jennifer Hord
Date & Time: Wed Mar 24 23:22:49 EST 1999
From: Tampa, FL
Favorite song(s) from March ---Big House
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Strange Season
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Selfish
Favorite line(s) (from " "):
Comments: I used to be at jhord@fhca.org but have moved to Tampa and have a new address. Just got Resigned after a long time of wanting it, and of course I love the whole thing, but Selfish is the one that has stayed with me so far. Please keep me updated, I love your page. ;)
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Name: Kaisa
Date & Time: Mon Mar 8 19:00:43 EST 1999
From: Alaska
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Innocent One, Invisible, Battleroom
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---
Favorite line(s) (from "No Myth"/"Battleroom"): "maybe shes just looking for someone to dance with/Cover the windows
Comments: The first time i heard "No Myth" it gave me goosebumps and made me shiver. Now if i hear a song and it gives me both of those it has to be a great song. Then when i saw the music video for "No Myth" i had to get that cd. Thank you Michael for such intelligent music. Tom you have a great site. :)
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Name: Darin
Date & Time: Sat Feb 27 03:16:58 EST 1999
From: Kansas City, MO
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Long Way Down (Look what the cat drug in)
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---All That That Implies
Favorite line(s) (from "Mo Myth"): She blocked her eyes and drew the curtains, with knots I've got yet to untie
Comments: As a songwriter myself, Michael has provided me with such inspiration. His lyrics are so intricately woven and his music is simply lovely, period. I echo the sentiments of everyone else when I wonder why he is not all over the radio and music television.
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Name: Rhea
Date & Time: Wed Feb 24 15:09:41 EST 1999
From: Colorado
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, This & That, Innocent One, Invisible, Evenfall
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Now We're Even
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, Out of My Hands, All That That Implies, Selfish, Cover Up, Figment, Small Black Box, I Can Tell
Favorite line(s) (from "Figment"): Treaded water 'til I made you cry but I loved you more than I will now recall at all I was born to call that bluff and isn't history just a bargain and a plea that we'd all know what to break and what to rise above Do you think that love is a figment of your imagination?
Comments: Michael penn's music is real and the words are tangible.. Some how it brings me solace in the constant muttering of everyday life.. Plus how many Cd's can you say that you listen to from start to finish??? All of his music (so far)I've never pressed the skip button....so...there you go!!
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Name: Mike Dell
Date & Time: Sat Feb 13 00:44:53 EST 1999
From: New Jersey, living in Denver
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, This & That, Innocent One, Battleroom
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Coal
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try: ON Out of My Hands, All That That Implies, Selfish, Figment, Comfort
Favorite line(s) (from "Out of My Hands"): "Every conclusion reached is out to you"
Comments: All of these songs have a serene melodic sense about them, yet maintain a tuneful unpredictability. I find Michael Penn's music appealing particularly because he blends a lot of different riffs & melodies together nicely at different speeds within the same song, which is very difficult to do, in my opinion (being the novice guitarist I am). That's what separates his music from a lot of the other stuff out there. I enjoyed the site, may be you can expand the transcriptions.
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Name: Dave Miele
Date & Time: Wed Feb 3 22:47:46 EST 1999
From: Middletown, NY
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, This & That, Invisible
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Long Way Down (Look what the cat drug in), Seen the Doctor, By the Book, Now We're Even
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Me Around, Like Egypt Was, I Can Tell
Favorite line(s) (from "Half Harvest"): "What makes you think that just cause you dress bright means that you shine?"
Comments: Michael Penn is a powerful, inspired songwriter. I've felt a personal connection with his lyrics since the begning. As a matter of fact, I've often thought March should be subtiltled "for Dave", he expressed my thoughts so amazingly.
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Name: Yahoudi
Date & Time: Tue Jan 26 14:33:25 EST 1999
From: Kansas
Favorite song(s) from March ---Evenfall
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Coal
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try
Favorite line(s) (from "Evenfall"): What I know I can't always believe
Comments: I could listen to Michael Penn sign the phone book. I love his voice, I love his music, and for a while I was beginning to think I was his only fan! Glad to see that others appreciate his unique talent!
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Name: Ann
Date & Time: Sat Jan 16 22:36:46 EST 1999
From: Indiana
Favorite song(s) from March ---Likes ALL of March
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Likes ALL of Free For All
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Likes ALL of Resigned
Favorite line(s) (from "Bunker Hill"): You're lit from the inside and all I have to do is keep my eyes above the ground. . . to see you move around . . .
Comments: This man can do no musical wrong.
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Name: Matthew Woll
Date & Time: Thu Jan 14 21:54:07 EST 1999
From: Seattle, WA
Favorite song(s) from March ---
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Strange Season
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, Out of My Hands, All That That Implies
Favorite line(s) (from "All That That Implies"): Filabust and hesitate, you say I procrastinate, that my heartbeat's second rate, to one you'll recognize. I know that you are drawn to it, so all I am is counterfeit, it pulls you so you must submit, like ant to honeydew.
Comments: I agree with many of the thoughts expressed here. MP is definitely the most underrated songwriter of our generation. His innovative work with melody and verse should be recognized for the genius it is compared to the sickening "Backstreet" idiots and clones we must live with in our faces 24-7. I've been trying to turn other musicians and producers I work with on to his style and especially his Brendan O'Brian produces material. It's the best "rock-band" stuff I've heard.
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Name: Joe
Date & Time: Thu Jan 14 16:18:17 EST 1999
From: Chicago, IL
Favorite song(s) from March ---Likes ALL of March
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Likes ALL of Free For All
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Likes ALL of Resigned
Favorite line(s): See previous entry
Comments: Yet another letter to give the Rolling Stone update. For the second issue in a row, MP has made an appearance. He, Aimee, and Keb Mo show up in the Random Notes section for appearing in a recent benefit show. That's it, though you would like to know.
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Name: BOYD
Date & Time: Tue Jan 12 21:48:46 EST 1999
From: TEXAS
Favorite song(s) from March ---Likes ALL of March
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Likes ALL of Free For All
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Likes ALL of Resigned
Favorite line(s): TOO MANY TO LIST, BUT THE FIRST ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS,"I POINT MUTE IN SHRUNKEN SUIT, LIKE ALL YOUR WEATHERMEN"
Comments: I THINK THAT MICHAEL IS THE BEST SONGWRITER EVER. BETTER THAN LENNON/MCCARTNEY,BETTER THAN DYLAN,OR ANYONE ELSE YOU CAN NAME.I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO PUT INTO WORDS WHAT HIS MUSIC HAS MEANT TO ME
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Name: Joe
Date & Time: Wed Jan 6 18:27:07 EST 1999
From: Chicage
Favorite song(s) from March ---Likes ALL of March
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Long Way Down (Look what the cat drug in), Coal, Seen the Doctor, Now We're Even
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, Me Around, Small Black Box
Favorite line(s) (from "Me Around"): Changed the number changed the lock, a rubber door in case I knock
Comments: Just wanted to see if anyone read the latest Rolling Stone to see the Artists' best of 1998. If you read carefully, you'll see that number two on Brian Wilson's list is MP"s Resigned. Just thought y'all might be interested.
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Name: stephanie
Date & Time: Sun Dec 27 01:43:21 EST 1998
From: north carolina
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Half Harvest, This & That, Brave New World
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Long Way Down (Look what the cat drug in), Drained
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, Like Egypt Was, Selfish, Figment
Favorite line(s) (from "Figment"): so go find your magician now i'm an apparation under some suspicion so i flew & the sky's so blue for a coup d'etat in your imagination
Comments: being a musician myself, i can definately recognize genius in this field...his music touches me on a level beyond comprehension...seems to be "made of a similar mold." i ache all over the moment i hear his voice & hear that first strum of his guitar.it makes me want to accomplish any & everything!
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Name: Robb
Date & Time: Wed Dec 2 17:38:32 EST 1998
From: Los Angeles
Favorite song(s) from March ---Half Harvest, Brave New World
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Coal, Seen the Doctor
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Me Around, Like Egypt Was
Favorite line(s) (from "Me Around"): The fire this whole town can see is me alight in effigy. I suppose baby don't want me around.
Comments: I had heard "No Myth" when it was popular, and liked it. When I saw the CD in a used CD store in 1990 or so, I decided to listen to it to see if I'd like anything else on there. And, well, I bought the CD.I saw him at Bumbershoot in 1997 in Seattle on a fluke; I had no idea he was going to be there, I was just there on vacation. I wish he had been on longer though!
A friend who is also a Michael Penn fan loaned me his Elliott Smith CD. It's pretty good, I think many Michael Penn fans would like it!
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Name: Jennifer
Date & Time: Thu Nov 12 11:57:22 EST 1998
From: Florida
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, This & That, Big House
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Seen the Doctor
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---
Favorite line(s) (from "Big House"): Was not enough to let it ring, you had to sign the offering by knocking at the big house!
Comments: I love his voice, I love the subtle breaks in catchy melodies, I love the evocative childhood imagery, I love that he's a performer who's actually intelligent, possibly more intelligent than I am.
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Name: Rebecca
Date & Time: Fri Oct 16 19:19:32 EDT 1998
From: Houston, Texas
Favorite song(s) from March ---Likes ALL of March
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, Like Egypt Was
Favorite line(s) (from "No Myth"): Sometimes in life you'll bow to pressure, somethings in life you cannot measure by degrees/ I'm between the poles and the equator, don't send no private investigator to find me please, 'less he speaks Chinese and can dance like Astaire overseas...OK...
Comments: Ever since "March" was released and I slipped that c.d. into my stereo, it has hardly ever seen the light of day. Other albums came and went but that one album still remains. Penn's lyrics are so witty, intelligent and flexible, you can't possibly grow tired of listening to them!
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Name: Bo Rawson
Date & Time: Sat Oct 10 23:32:07 EDT 1998
From: Hell, Hades ha!
Favorite song(s) from March ---Cupid's Got a Brand New Gun
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Slipping My Mind
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Like Egypt Was
Favorite line(s): Not enough room to type it all
Comments: Well, in '97, Penn came to Seattle and played at Bumbershoot, which rocked cus he played some stuff from "resigned" MP is a cool guy
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Name: Ron Echeverri
Date & Time: Wed Sep 30 21:28:40 EDT 1998
From: I live in San Jose. Where i'm from is complicated to answer.
Favorite song(s) from March ---
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Long Way Down (Look what the cat drug in), Free Time, Coal, By the Book
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Figment
Favorite line(s) (from "Free Time"): Did that rhyme? / Shit! I'm a poet now.
Comments: Can't put my finger on it, exactly; they seem to wrap themselves around my brain, or they're especially witty.
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Name: Sarah McNitt
Date & Time: Wed Sep 9 10:54:00 EDT 1998
From: Ann Arbor, MI
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Evenfall
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, Out of My Hands, Cover Up
Favorite line(s) (from "No Myth" & "Selfish"): "maybe she's just looking for someone to dance with"/"you might find a prince of men, until that time my name is Penn and I am selfish..."
Comments: I heard "No Myth" on the radio, but I didn't know the title, so I checked all of the CDs out of the library. I ended up falling in love with his music. Good thing they *didn't* call it "Romeo in Black Jeans" -- it would've been easier to find!
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Name: Jan Terje "Jannis Rock" Sager
Date & Time: Fri Sep 4 06:12:48 EDT 1998
From: Norway
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Half Harvest, This & That, Disney's a Snow Cone, Cupid's Got a Brand New Gun
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Long Way Down (Look what the cat drug in), Free Time, By the Book, Slipping My Mind, Bunker Hill
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, Like Egypt Was, All That That Implies, Cover Up, Small Black Box, I Can Tell
Favorite line(s) (from "All That That Implies"): Take this heart and claim a stake.Shove it through so I can`t wake.The cock will crow, the day will break but I won`t be around.
Comments: OK, there is many things that can be said about Micahel, but I will be short:
MICHAEL PENN IS A FUC#*NG FANTASTIC MUSICIAN,HE CHANGED MY ENTIRE MUSICAL PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU.
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Name: Jennifer Sizemore
Date & Time: Sat Jul 11 03:28:26 EDT 1998
From: Sierra Vista, AZ
Favorite song(s) from March ---Bedlam Boys, Cupid's Got a Brand New Gun
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Long Way Down (Look what the cat drug in), By the Book
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---
Favorite line(s) (from "Cupid's Got a Brand New Gun"): "You've been shot down, wounded unto death by something called love."
Comments: "Long Way Down" was the first song I ever heard by Michael Penn, and it really tugged at my heartstings in an eerie sort of way. I'm normally a techno-freak, so slower music doesn't generally interest me much, but there's something about Michael Penn's music that keeps me running back for more. I have listened to his tapes SOOO many times, but I have never gotten tired of it, which is a lot more than I can say about most other music. A rare find indeed.
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Name: Paul
Date & Time: Fri Jul 10 23:38:08 EDT 1998
From: chicago
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Innocent One,Invisible
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Seen the Doctor
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, Me Around, Selfish
Favorite line(s) (from "Innocent One"): "how can you believe that I'm the innocent one?"
Comments: As a long time enthusiast of Joan Armatrading's work, I can understand the frustration of those who think MP should get more airplay and attention, but word-of-mouth artists seem more worthwhile. Isn't it wonderful when a friend tells someone that they heard some great songs at your place, and had to go buy the album? Then they play a few songs for someone else, and so it goes. I feel like a member of a secret club, and if we say the password to enough people, the astounding MP will get his due. Just remember, we got here first.
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Name: Dave "the weird one" Frleta
Date & Time: Mon Jun 29 18:05:21 EDT 1998
From: Time Immemorial
Favorite song(s) from March ---Bedlam Boys
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Seen the Doctor
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---
Favorite line(s) (from " "):
Comments: They just sound cool!
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Name: Angie
Date & Time: Wed May 20 11:23:37 EDT 1998
From: Starkville, MS
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Brave New World
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---All That That Implies, Likes ALL of Resigned
Favorite line(s): I just love the entire bridge of "No Myth"!!!
Comments: I pretty much like everything he does. I just like his style. But I LOVE the song "No Myth." I'm a DJ for a local radio station here, and I play Michael Penn at LEAST once a week. "No Myth" just...(sigh)I can't put into words how much I love that song!!!
If anyone can email me and tell me how I can get a copy of March, my address should be posted. Thanks!
Beautiful website devoted to a beautiful performer. Keep it up! :)
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Name: James
Date & Time: Tue May 19 13:59:24 EDT 1998
From:
Favorite song(s) from March --- No Myth, Bedlam Boys, Invisible, Likes ALL of March
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Drained, Strange Season, Likes ALL of Free For All
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, All That That Implies, Figment, Likes ALL of Resigned
Favorite line(s) (from "Bedlam Boys"): "The keys in your pocket have turned to rust"/"Well, it's history my baby like ruins in textbooks that's making you stare with come-hither-type looks and that's why your touch seems so baited with all those old hooks"
Comments: My first exposure to Michael was sitting next to some guy on an aeroplane who was listening to "March". I don't know what else to say, everyone reading this knows how great a musician and lyricist Michael is. To me it's no surprise he hasn't attained mainstream success, his music is too thoughtful and insightful for the mainstream public to digest. I'll tell you what I really want, all of his videos! The only ones I've ever seen were "No Myth"(boy, that was a long time ago) and "Try" (saw that once last summer real late at night on M2). It really bothers me because I didn't get to tape either and they are great videos! I think the secret to getting a video shown more than once involves a fish-eye lens and "Puffy"Combs (by saying this I am of course not suggesting this as an acceptable compromise). Another thing, I LOVE ALL OF MP'S SONGS; the choices above just happen to be my favourites at the moment, they tend to go in cycles. That's my measure of an album: Am I always in the mood to listen to it? To date there are only two or three bands beside MP that live up to that criterion. [I hope all this isn't too bloody disjointed.]
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Name: donna
Date & Time: Mon May 11 13:12:43 EDT 1998
From: staten island, new york
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Brave New World, Cupid's Got a Brand New Gun, Evenfall
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Likes ALL of Free For All
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Likes ALL of Resigned
Favorite line(s): "you may find your prince of men, until that time my name is penn." ["Selfish"] "not til you turn away, can you see the pain of all the damage done and you may notice that this quick opiate might wear the wings of angels." ["Cupid"] "changed her number, changed her lock, a rubber door in case I knock. I suppose baby don't want me around. ["Me Around"]
Comments: i really think these are some of the most clever lines he has written. although, there is not a song, lyric or line that I do not like. I have been a pennamaniac since 1990 when i first heard "no myth" michael is the first new artist that i have ever brought. i am very choosy and only will buy established artist. i am glad i broke my rule.
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Name: Brian Psiropoulos
Date & Time: Wed May 6 16:15:28 EDT 1998
From: Eugene, OR
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Half Harvest, Invisible, Cupid's Got a Brand New Gun, Likes ALL of March
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Long Way Down (Look what the cat drug in), Coal, Slipping My Mind, Likes ALL of Free For All
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Out of My Hands, All That That Implies, Figment, Likes ALL of Resigned
Favorite line(s) (from "All That That Implies"): "Filibust and Hesitate, you say I Procrastinate...."
Comments: MP's the man! The most vital musician in the 'biz, and what kind of airplay does he get? Unfortuantely, not nearly as much as he and any real music fans deserve...Anyone know where I can get some tapes of his sets @ the S. Crow tour or last year's Bumbershoot? -email me!
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Name: Jennette Marie Torrano Ort
Date & Time: Sat Apr 4 01:33:06 EST 1998
From: Panama, Republic of Panama
Favorite song(s) from March ---
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Long Way Down (Look what the cat drug in)
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---
Favorite line(s) (from "Long Way Down"): * ...And if I wear apathy's crown don't call me highness. It's a long way down... /* ...Now I would suppose that I'm not the only one and one never knows... but I gat a feeling she's been sleeping with the whole wide world...
Comments: Hi! I've been tracing Michael Penn for over 4 years now... One day I just left the VHS on recording a video on Mtv, but I forgot all about it, and I recorded a few other videos by mistake as well. Well, one of these "bonus" videos was Penn's 'Look What The Cat Drug In'. And I never saw it on Mtv again!!!!!!!! It's like I would turn on the TV waiting to see it at least once more, 'live', not recorded... And nothing.... I've precticaly called every radio station to ask for the song... And nothing... And it wasn't just the enchanting music and the spellcasting lyrics, it was the beauty of the definition of fabrics and textures... It was the rich portay of ideas and deliciously well combined colors and depths in the video. I sincerely fell madly in love with Michael Penn's style and class!!!
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Name: ANDREA
Date & Time: Thu Mar 26 19:50:32 EST 1998
From: MAYWOOD , N.J.
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Half Harvest, Bedlam Boys
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Seen the Doctor, Drained, Now We're Even
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Selfish, Cover Up
Favorite line(s) (from "Selfish"): VIRTUOUS OR VIRTUAL YOU MIGHT FIND A PRINCE OF MEN, UNTIL THAT TIME MY NAME IS PENN AND I AM SELFISH
Comments: FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THAT EILEEN RYAN AND LEO PENN SHOULD HAVE THEIR DNA ANALYZED TO FIGURE OUT WHY THEY HAVE SUCH TALENTED OFFSPRING, AND EVERYONE ELSE GIVES BIRTH TO CHAMPIONS OF MEDIOCRITY. SECONDLY, RADIO PROGRAMMERS SHOULD HAVE THEIR BRAINS ANALYZED. WHY CAN'T THIS GENIUS GET AIRPLAY? WHY DOESN'T SONY PUSH HIM THE WAY THEY PUSH THOSE OTHER TURDS ON THEIR ROSTER? HE IS INCAPABLE OF WRITING A BAD SONG! IT PISSES ME OFF TO NO END WHEN I THINK OF HIS BACK CATALOG BEING OUT OF PRINT. HIS SONGS ARE SO GORGEOUSLY LAYERED AND COMPLEX THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER W/ EACH LISTEN, BUT I GUESS THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR THE TITANIC SOUNDTRACK/ RAY OF LIGHT BUYING PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND.I WORK FOR TOWER RECORDS, AND IT WAS MY EXTREME PLEASURE TO DO A GIANT HANDPAINTED DISPLAY FOR "RESIGNED", THAT HUNG OVER THE MAIN REGISTER, AS I PROMISED HIM WHEN I HAD THE HONOR OF MEETING HIM AFTER HIS SHOW AT THE FEZ IN NYC.HE'S PHENOMENAL, AND DESERVES THE HAPPIEST HEALTHIEST LIFE THAT I COULD WISH FOR SOMEONE. JUST DON'T MAKE US WAIT 5 YEARS FOR ANOTHER CD, PLEASE!!!
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Name: amanda chessa
Date & Time: Mon Mar 9 12:28:17 EST 1998
From: new york
Favorite song(s) from March ---No Myth, Innocent One
Favorite song(s) from Free For All ---Free Time
Favorite song(s) from Resigned ---Try, Out of My Hands, Small Black Box, I Can Tell
Favorite line(s) (from "Small Black Box"): picture this a small black box...
Comments: i think that michael is a great great musician and songwriter and performer. i saw him play with sheryl twice..he opened up for her during the summer of 97, and he was great. he played an acoustic song which was beautiful. congrat's to michael and ammie. (sp?) hope all is well, peace.
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