Re: Lifehouse or Lamehouse

["Joe Cozzarelli" <cozz@lucent.com>]

Quad had more to do with the person I was when I listened to it.  Between
the music, printed lyrics,
and the booklet,  It was never vague to me.
I think Lifehouse is about the songs.  Maybe Pete believes it is finished
but I don't
think it is polished.  Maybe it is polished and the story just isn't that
good.  I still like to
listen to it.
Joe Cozz


----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Schrade <schrade@akrobiz.com>
To: THE WHO <TheWho@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Lifehouse or Lamehouse


>
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> > > Gotta say I love the songs, but LIFEHOUSE still seems a failure to me.
> > >
> > [O'Neal, Kevin W.]  "Failure" seems a bit strong to me.  I see it as
> > uncompleted.
>
> Uncompleted?!  What did I pay $82.00 for then?  Yes, maybe "failure" *is*
> too strong, but I refuse to like it just because Pete wrote it (please
keep in
> mind that, when I'm bitching about LIFEHOUSE, I'm bitching about the con-
> cept/story - not the individual songs - who would dare bitch about the
songs?).
>
> > [O'Neal, Kevin W.]  Quad was the same way for a long time.  Like I
> > said above, I don't feel like there was an understanding of Quad until
the
> > movie came out.
>
> You're right.  QUAD (the concept/story) *is* very vague, I agree.  But
still, why
> did QUAD change my life, while LIFEHOUSE just makes me yawn?  QUAD
> speaks, LIFEHOUSE reeks.
>
> > [O'Neal, Kevin W.]  Wow.  I find the concept and storyline to be
> > incredibly interesting.
>
> Maybe it's just me, I don't know.  I just don't dig the story.  Maybe I
should
> get help....
>
> > > , & CHRONICLES isn't the cohesive representation it was meant to
> > > be.
> > >
> > [O'Neal, Kevin W.]  Was it meant to be a cohesive representation, or
> > just finally, a collection of all the tracks/demos/works that *make up*
> > Lifehouse.  If it was to be cohesive, it *did* fail.  But, I believe
it's
> > just a collection.
>
> But I thought I was going to be enlightened by CHRONICLES.  Enlightened
> about the story & magic of LIFEHOUSE.  But I wasn't.  You're right: it
*is* just
> a collection.  I mean, I'm glad Pete relesed it for us fans, but it's
kinda like a
> big 3-course meal that upsets your stomach after a while.  "Here, try
these
> demos.  Now, have some radio play.  And for dessert, orchestra music."
Sod
> all that !
>
> Now that I think about it, Pete should've just released his demos of the
whole
> thing & maybe a short synopsis.  That radio play really drags everything
down.
> Uuugghhh, I can just hear that kid singing that "one note" thing.
Uuugghhh !
> And that wife with the nag, nag, nag.  Why was the dude looking for his
daught-
> er again?  Uuugghhh.  Spare me.
>
> > >   Ask yourself: When you hear a LIFE-
> > > HOUSE song, do you think of the entire concept & story of LIFEHOUSE?
> > > I know I don't.  But when I hear a TOMMY song, it easily brings to
mind
> > > aspects of the entire work.  Am I right?  Of course I am.  Maybe.  You
> > > tell
> > > me.
> > >
> > [O'Neal, Kevin W.]  OK, let me be the one to tell you ;-).  I used
> > to not, but now (for the last 5 or 6 years) when I hear a Lifehouse
song, I
> > *do* place it into the context of Lifehouse.
>
> I was wrong.  "Pure & Easy" definately brings to mind the entire concept
of
> LIFEHOUSE.
>
> >(Someone throw me a scuba tank, 'cause I'm getting deep!!!!).
>
> Let's all get deep !!!  Besides, it's easy to get deep when talking about
> Pete or The WHO.  Deep is deep !!! (insert DEEP END joke here)
>
>
> - SCHRADE in Akron
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