Deryk Barker replies to Steven Martin:
>>So what is my point? I think that we can cut Sir Paul some slack because
>>as a gifted musician with a long history of great music, he has earned the
>>right to give CM a shot. I think that it would be unfair to suggest that
>>Paul is anything less than a GREAT musician even if he is mediocre composer
>>of Classical music.
>
>No disagreement from me, My problem is that we are expected to hear - buy
>indeed - these early gropings of his as if they were mature masterworks.
I don't know what's expected. I do know that I bought Standing Stone
and will probably buy the new one because I was interested to hear what
McCartney would do. Period. I don't expect a masterwork from anybody.
Steve Schwartz