RE: Disappointing Doobies?!

[Adams, Steve]

And may I add that when Van Halen's Fair Warning was released it was "ho-hum" at first. After a while it has became known as their greatest guitar album. Just a thought.

 

Doobies Rule,

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Miles Lumbard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 8:59 PM
To: Doobs Fanclub List
Subject: Disappointing Doobies?!

You know it would be very easy to get VERY upset with Andy.

But People Gotta Love Again!  So I won't.  In fact, time was, I felt just like he does.

When Takin' It To The Streets, and Fault Line came out, I felt all the things that Andy articulated in his Email.  That was then.

Since then, I've grown (musically, as well as around the waist) and thanks to the DBFC getting me to take out the "Michael Albums" and give them another listen, and thanks to a couple years in a garage band expanding my musical horizons, I now enjoy Doobies music in all it's various forms and sounds.

In 1976, I would have hated Ordinary Man and Don't Be Afraid.  Today, they are instant favorites.  As are On Every Corner, and Gates Of Eden.  We simply haven't been used to hearing Keith sing, and on top of that a lot of the harmonies and backing vocals are different from what we've heard before.

Is Sibling Rivalry different?  You bet!  But a collective group of talent such as the Brothers can't stagnate.  They have to grow, and evolve, and explore.  To do anything else would be a waste of those amazing talents.

So, Andy, I guess we just disagree.  Doesn't make you a bad person, or a disloyal Doobs fan.  We just hear things with different ears.  All I will ask of you is that you listen to the album - really listen, without distraction, at least five times.

Just a week ago I got the new Al Stewart CD. (OK, so I like hard driving R&R, and Al Stewart too, hey variety is the spice of life!)  The first listen was like "What in the world is this?!"  Over the last week I've listened to it many times.  I love every song, and know the words to most of them by heart now.

Give it a chance to grow on you.  Let the music get into your soul.  If you still don't like it, it's OK.  We all see, and hear things our own way.

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