Word: listenerã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...lyrics have much more importance than the music here—in this way, A New Morning is like a more sincere version of Pennywise’s release from earlier this year, Land of the Free? The album has a few songs that catch the listener??s ear— “A Northwest Passage,” “Up for Sale” and “Dead Language of Love” are highlights—but taken as a whole, the album has little to offer unless you are a passionate...
Conceptually, the album is about mature love and aging, and what it means to be a part of an industry where a band is seen as over the hill after its members have passed 25. This theme is not lost on the aware listener??after doing the math, one realizes that the band members’ respective ages hover around those of our parents. On “Primitive Notion,” Sumner sings, “It doesn’t take a lot to confuse me / I’m not aware of the passing...
...that they are talented musicians; their influences, though obvious, are so out-of-touch with today’s top-40 list that one believes that they are creative by virtue of producing a sound for which many are nostalgic. One wonders where their sophomore album will take the listener??will mass appeal force them to take a more conventional creative route? Will they have to bathe, wear underwear and cut their hair? Will we still love them when they’re famous...
...Once he began his Harvard tenure. Rudenstine quickly earned the reputation of a voracious learner and listener??a distinction that would only grow as time went by. Ten years later, many still vividly remember their first encounters with Rudenstine. From Mass. Hall meetings to Lowell House teas, Rudenstine made a notable first impression...
...While Rudenstine’s predecessors were powerful speakers and shakers, Rudenstine was a listener??and generous with his time...