Fred, I just shook my head when I read that he had received reviews like this - wonders never cease. "Selling out?" How wacky! Geesh. It kind of sounds like some of the critics Joni has had to hear at times when she had a different way of expressing herself. He basically seemed to be the same Kurt to me the other night - he's accentuating a few more very beautiful love songs this time around - but he still did his trademark rants and scats, too! I think he's probably just way out ahead of those critics. Harrumph! Kakki
Fred wrote: > I've actually read a few negative reviews from some idiot critics > (redundant?) who just don't get it, saying things like "sell out" and "where > are the wild-man rants and scats?" What exactly is the problem with taking a > diversion, showing range, having something different to say, something more > quiet and gentle? Are we to believe that to be intimate is selling out? And > just because he has made albums before with wild-man rants and scats, is he > then obligated to do so every time out?
