angedella isafella (notmusic@hotmail.com)
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 18:59:47 GMT
dear list: actually Horace's high voice is the only one youll hear live. I
thought MA had too much bass live for the whispery raps those guys are tryna
do.Plus they are to shy for the job. Horace saved the show with his well
honed stage chops and showmanship.
>From: Moonlight <roesch@augsburg.edu>
>To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: Massive Attack (was: Re: trainspotting)
>Date: Fri, 22 Oct 1999 11:29:43 -0500
>
> >I'm going to show my ignorance here, but what
> >exactly did Mushroom bring to Massive Attack?
>
>Well, he's a co-producer and co-songwriter with 3d and Daddy G, but they
>seriously could have toured without him. I think he tried to keep the
>group true to some hip hop roots that 3d was definitely willing to sever
>ties with. I think anything new they do will be more rockish, more
>Mezzanine, which Mush was definitely unsatisfied with (if i remember right,
>they were having lots of arguemtns about Mezz and 3d finally just finished
>it, giving it its harder, rougher edge.)
>
> >Whenever I saw them live (I thought they were
> >boring...)
>
>The members of MA can be a bit boring, but Horace Andy makes up for that
>and then some. Definitely one of the most charismatic singers i have seen
>in my life.
>
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