================================================ Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert From: "Nanci" To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" Date: Sat 13 Jul 2002 23:39:06 -0400 ================================================ You mean we aren't going to fly off the handle cuz we actually have diff. opions?! Can you imagine that. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Carter" To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > Oh no, Nanci, I'm calm, as you are. > > I think overall, the lyrics are lacking depth that I know Creed is capable > of. I really do enjoy some of the music on Weathered, but not so much that > I'm going to listen to it regularly, like I do MOP and HC. > > When it first was released, I was especially drawn to "Bullets" and "Freedom > Fighter", mainly because I enjoy the harder Creed tunes and the metal > inspired songwriting I know is Mark's. I loved "My Sacrifice" at first, > even though I am sick to death of it now. I really enjoy "OLB", it's > probably my fave, even though the video makes my forehead crinkle. "WGMB" > is creative, but it'soo long on the CD to me. The other slow songs don't > appeal to me at all. They sound sort of sappy in my opinion. > > Don't get me wrong, on the whole, it's an upbeat CD, a happy, uncomplicated > listen. And many of the songs on Weathered that I don't like sound so good > live. I hope whoever sees them on tour, they will enjoy the concert as much > as I did in February. > > But to me, on the whole, I was expecting deeper, more thoughtful lyrics from > Weathered. Might they have come with more polish, more effort and time put > into the CD? I don't know. True, there's diversity on the CD as promised, > but the lyrics lack the imagery, (frantic, faction, focus) urgency and > emotions evoked on the first two CD's. I'm thinking what they are trying to > say on this CD has been said before elsewhere, but better, more intensely, > and definitely more imaginatively. I guess if there were no HC or MOB to > compare, I'd maybe think differently. > Sandy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nanci" > To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 8:59 PM > Subject: Re: [ Creed Discuss ] VA Beach Concert > > > > I know what your saying about the shallow part as you say your entitled > too, > > but do you mean the lyrics, the music sound, what? > > > > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: > http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm