From: (John F. Monroe) monroej@execpc.com
Subject: Re: test #4 -please ignore - Catherine Wheel
Date: 6/21/2000 5:28:25 AM
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chrispy wrote:

Catherine Wheel "Wishville" -the biggest disappointment from a CD
            I've ever had! This CD sucks! What the HELL happened???
            I've tried very hard to like this album, but no matter how often
            I try to listen to it, the more disappointed with it I am.

I don't even want to buy it to hear how bad it is.  I liked their first two
albums, and I look back and feel foolish for buying anything after that.
They should just give it up, they should be embarassed ! :) They sound all
serious and brooding, and I noticed how much of the artwork for their more
recent releases featires the singer, looking all serious and brooding.  I
was on a catherine wheel mailing list for a while, I didn't like it at all -
I think it consisted of people who were also serious and brooding.  I don't
think any songs of theirs actually make me happy, even the ones I like a
lot.  If I want to hear music to be miserable to, I will take Swans any day
of the week.  But maybe Catherine Wheel fans think of Swans the same way I
think of Catherine Wheel

I usually don't criticize bands in this way.  But I cannot understand the
appeal of anything outside of thier first two lps.  I don't like metal or
country or boy bands, but I can understand why people do.  I can't fathom
why Catherine Wheel matter to anyone anymore.