Comments on: Rising Star http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/ tales of swimming upstream Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:14:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Steve http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24442 Steve Fri, 16 Nov 2007 02:21:28 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24442 Scotty says: That is really cool. Mark says: It was funny. Steve says: I seem shades of an early Grace Slick, or was it Stevie Nicks. Scotty says: That is really cool.

Mark says: It was funny.

Steve says: I seem shades of an early Grace Slick, or was it Stevie Nicks.

]]> By: Andy Rush http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24044 Andy Rush Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:16:52 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24044 All the great songwriters intentionally leave the meaning a bit vague and obscure. This could be the next classic YouTube music video! All the great songwriters intentionally leave the meaning a bit vague and obscure. This could be the next classic YouTube music video!

]]> By: Cathy http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24043 Cathy Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:16:34 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24043 Jerry, I beg to differ. In the final stanza, she changes "Are we" to "We are". That's probably the most brilliant part of this: the issue is resolved, and yet, the passion maintained to the final note. Jerry, I beg to differ. In the final stanza, she changes “Are we” to “We are”. That’s probably the most brilliant part of this: the issue is resolved, and yet, the passion maintained to the final note.

]]> By: Jerry http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24042 Jerry Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:04:35 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24042 What Gardner said, plus, the real question is never answered - thus a sense of mystery for the listener. What Gardner said, plus, the real question is never answered - thus a sense of mystery for the listener.

]]> By: Gardner http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24040 Gardner Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:36:45 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24040 From Broadway to the Who. A minimalist rock opera, alternating tender contemplative moments with thrashing power chords, all demonstrating total mastery of the idiom. Five stars. Wow. From Broadway to the Who.

A minimalist rock opera, alternating tender contemplative moments with thrashing power chords, all demonstrating total mastery of the idiom.

Five stars.

Wow.

]]> By: Shannon http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24038 Shannon Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24038 I like her sound; its new and different. Nice to see young artists having some refreshing ideas about what makes good music. I like her sound; its new and different. Nice to see young artists having some refreshing ideas about what makes good music.

]]> By: Patia http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24006 Patia Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:20:13 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-24006 Niiice head-banging. Niiice head-banging.

]]> By: Jim http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-23999 Jim Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:43:46 +0000 http://www.marthaburtis.net/wrapping/2007/11/13/rising-star/#comment-23999 That not precocious, that's downright brilliant. Patti Smith eat your heart out. That not precocious, that’s downright brilliant. Patti Smith eat your heart out.

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