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by priceofacoke910 » Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:16 pm
I think Everyday was an album to grow in many ways. The depression from the Lillywhite Sessions led to it. Instead of going back to that depression, Dave went to L.A. and had an amazing creative period where he wrote an entire album in the span of a couple of weeks. That's amazing!!! For the band, yes, I think Carter and Boyd were shafted a little in the arrangement of the drums and violin, and I guess even in the horns for Roi, but overall, (especially when heard live), these songs express a different side of Dave and DMB that no other album has yet to compare to. The same thing happened for The Beatles. They worked on an albumn/documentary to be entitled "Get Back" but better known as "Let It Be," but early on it became a drag for them, George left and came back just to "tidy" it up and do the Rooftop Concert, but instead of releasing the album, they made a better one, Abbey Road. They weren't happy with what they had, so they started from scratch. Not to "slam" people, cause that's not what I like or want to seem to be doing, but the idea that "Everday" was a waste for DMB is ridiculous. Just because it doesn't have the same visions as previous works doesn't mean that there is any less creative genius and work put into it. Yes, personally I am not much of a fan of Ballard's production, but that is besides the point when you look at the overall picture and the places Everday allowed for the band to go. Number one, it allowed them to go back to the Lillywhite Sessions and start over and get them right and put out Busted Stuff. I think it, as any "low point," was needed for Dave and the Band so they could go into a new direction and grow musically and indiviually and grow together as a band. Without growth in music, there's no point in trying because you only get the same old thing over and over and that gets to be a drag.
Its pretty interesting though.
)....but those songs were about experiences, reality. I don't know..."Just thinkin out loud"
