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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / sound the sirens review
« on: November 06, 2004, 07:06:31 am »
Nice review, BUT:
I'll bet a fortune that ol' Sable Yong NEVER listened to "Be Not Nobody". Really.
This review is full of cliche's about Vanessa's pop hits, and portrays her first album as shallow. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Heck, this "glowing" review, and it's description of how the tunes "read like an obscure journal of a girl who can only translate her thoughts through poetry" could easily be a review of her first CD, you would only have to change the titles of the songs and the album.
Sable has made the same mistake and has done the same disservice to Vanessa that many people have: they've cast Vanessa in the light of her radio hits, and sadly missed the depth of her album(s).
A truly PHONY review we have here. I grant that Sable may have listened to "Harmonium", and maybe more than once. But it's her portrayal of "Be Not Nobody" that is completely faked, or at least it has completely missed the point. She has made the same assumptions about it that many have, and incorporated that nonsense into her review. She should have listened to it instead of writing such a standard "formula" review of Vanessa's work.
Sable Yong: "You are fired" :twisted:
I'll bet a fortune that ol' Sable Yong NEVER listened to "Be Not Nobody". Really.
This review is full of cliche's about Vanessa's pop hits, and portrays her first album as shallow. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Heck, this "glowing" review, and it's description of how the tunes "read like an obscure journal of a girl who can only translate her thoughts through poetry" could easily be a review of her first CD, you would only have to change the titles of the songs and the album.
Sable has made the same mistake and has done the same disservice to Vanessa that many people have: they've cast Vanessa in the light of her radio hits, and sadly missed the depth of her album(s).
A truly PHONY review we have here. I grant that Sable may have listened to "Harmonium", and maybe more than once. But it's her portrayal of "Be Not Nobody" that is completely faked, or at least it has completely missed the point. She has made the same assumptions about it that many have, and incorporated that nonsense into her review. She should have listened to it instead of writing such a standard "formula" review of Vanessa's work.
Sable Yong: "You are fired" :twisted: