After all the hype, I was disappointed as well. However, if you
bought the single, you did get "9x9" on the B-side, which made the
price a little easier to swallow. "Les Fleur" sounds OK in the
context of the full album, but in my opinion, there were much better
choices for the lead-off single.
DB
>Elson,
>After listening to people's massive admiration for the album and
>'Les Fleurs' track in particular, I kept my mouth shut. So I'm
>really glad to hear someone else voice my feelings. 'Les Fleurs' is
>so ridiculously similar to the original that it's worth is quite
>lost on me. I've no idea why 4-hero felt it necessary to produce
>the track at all and needless to say, I passed on buying the single.
>Dan
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Elson Trinidad [mailto:elson@westworld.com]
>Sent: December 12, 2001 6:17 AM
>To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: 4Hero's 'Les Fleur'
>
>I just heard this finally...um, it's not really that much different
>than the original Minnie Riperton tune. In fact, it's a spitting
>image of the original. I was expecting to hear this tune in "the
>classic 4-hero style" but, I dunno, all it just seems to be showing
>is that they know how to make it sound like the original. Whoopee.
>Any thoughts...?
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