tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post8302312370978622304..comments2024-03-25T20:23:11.480+00:00Comments on John Medd: How Men AreJohn Meddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-28566354460415231262020-10-09T09:59:07.379+01:002020-10-09T09:59:07.379+01:00I can't disagree with a word of that, Brian. A...I can't disagree with a word of that, Brian. A song will, invariably, be written with just an acoustic guitar (or maybe at the piano), so its first airing is a very stripped back version - before the knob twiddling goes on (think 'The Long and Winding Road' before Spector got his grubby mitts on it). I may have mentioned in my blog before about 'songs' and 'records'; often two very different things. John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-36760087446341640602020-10-09T06:02:32.931+01:002020-10-09T06:02:32.931+01:00It's funny, John. I feel about the songs on th...It's funny, John. I feel about the songs on this album the same way you do about Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen album. I think Love is slick and overproduced, but the songs really shine when Roddy plays them on his own... just as Paddy's solo takes do.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-81003244067498633422020-10-08T23:25:19.927+01:002020-10-08T23:25:19.927+01:00I once sent one of my songs to Rod Stewart, so con...I once sent one of my songs to Rod Stewart, so convinced was I that it was his next, surefire, Number One. I think Royal Mail must have been on strike that week...John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3248139855347807926.post-40949233685783477152020-10-08T17:53:34.816+01:002020-10-08T17:53:34.816+01:00Oh my, I'm feeling a bit down today (but not d...Oh my, I'm feeling a bit down today (but not debilitatingly so) and that song has just knocked me for seven too. So beautiful.<br /><br />As for the songwriting, if you write songs you are a proper songwriter. You may well have a future classic in the making. Keep on keeping on as I think you told me once.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.com