i've been thinking since reading all the posts about the new song, "the ocean", and i've come to a realisation. everyone i've seen has made comparisons, favorable or otherwise, to other sdre stuff. i know it's the obvious thing to do of course. but maybe we should all try listening to it as it's own thing, without saying "oh it sounds more like this album or that album or this song" or whatever. i doubt seriously that sdre went into the songwriting and recording process thinking "hey, let's make this song sound more like diary/lp" or "let's make this sound more like hiftbso". i think the song should be judged on its own merit as opposed to comparing it to what sdre has already done. it isn't very fair to the band to hold it up against what they've done before for comparison. "the ocean" is sdre now, not when they did any of the other records. so it just kind of seems to me that it should be looked at that way, as something completely different from anything else, even if it is by the same band who did the other stuff. know what i mean? anyways, just thought i'd share my opinions on the matter since other people have. thanx for reading. =) john np: thegloriarecord ------------------------------------------------------------ "i've kept my life at a distance- to live it and not write it down is to deny its existence" -Arlie Carstens ------------------------------------------------------------ Table19: http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/Table19 ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com