someone hold me, i’m scared.
i’ve spent the past two days listening to bob mould’s new CD “modulate” and i don’t think i’m digging it.
i can hear bob in there. i know it’s bob’s voice, the one i adore with all my heart and soul. a few songs are great and boblike in their wonderfulness. but most of the songs are buried beneath some sort of synthesizery, electronic bullshit. really, it’s terrifying. i can’t believe someone didn’t sit ol’ bob down and say, “yo, bob, this stuff is not so good.”
of course i should reserve judgement until i’ve listened to the cd for at least a week. maybe it will grow on me. maybe i’m just too stuck in my old-fashioned bob mould rut.
i can’t wait to see dara’s verdict.
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Oh, I’ve got comments. I’m gonna write ’em down when I get home tonight.
Here they are!
http://www.mirskyink.com/2002_03_01_archive.htm#10742314
When I first listened to Bob’s new album I thought it sounded like one of my kid’s VTech toys. But I knew if I gave it a few days, let it run in the background a few times while I worked, it would grow on me. After all, when I first heard “Workbook” I thought “Oh-No! Bob’s turned into Gordon Lightfoot!” Every new album usually needs some time for absorbing.
Now I find that I like everything except for one song – “Quasar” – this has got to be one of Bob’s all time lemons, at least lyrically. It would be okay if it we just an instrumental.