Alex 
Mr. Magoo
Registration Date: 05-01-2005
Posts: 894
Favorite 77s album: Eighty Eight
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
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First, English isn't my mother tongue. Probably I miss a hidden meaning in some phrases. Most likely your English is way better than mine. I apologize.
Second, to my ears FWS does sound similar to TBA, just with better songs. So it IS a big improvement to me. If somebody told me before it's on par with TBA, I probably wouldn't have ordered it. I can't compare it to AGFORC at all. Nor to "Daydream". It's mellower than EP. If there's another similarity to FWT, I find it in "Take your Mind off it" from "Direct".
Of course, you don't have to agree with me. Your opinion is no better or worse than mine. That's why we both post our opinions. The reader may think for himself. I recommend the CD without hesitation.
Alex
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Cynthia
Mezzo
Registration Date: 07-20-2005
Posts: 2,621
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I've never heard this CD (feel free to cast your stones now.) 
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lam77s
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Registration Date: 05-29-2004
Posts: 586
Location: Eugene, OR
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I've never heard this CD (feel free to cast your stones now.)
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What's keeping you!?? It's a must-have, but then I think the same of all things Roe/77's. 
Linda
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02-03-2006 10:56 |
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Radioactive Hatchling
Registration Date: 11-17-2004
Posts: 9,890
Favorite 77s album: The one's Mike plays guitar on
Location: Springtown
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Originally posted by Cynthia
I've never heard this CD (feel free to cast your stones now.)
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One of the best CD's I have ever heard.
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02-03-2006 11:44 |
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Audiori J
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It is a different animal than most of their Music, but I like to have different styles for different moods. I am one person who doesn't want to see a band keep making the same album over and over. They can stretch and grow and I can right along with them. There is familiar ground in all their albums because they are the same group of people, but they explore new territory.
Its funny when we first heard it, we told Mike and Mark what it reminded us of and they were astonished and thought it was weird because they had something totally different in mind they were trying to do.
What I think the album is, is filtered through how I percieve it, which is what they intended filtered through them.
Kind of like that old telephone message game where you go around the room whispering a story in the ear of the person next to you, only to have the original message and the end result completely different.
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Nailtatt
Rocks in your Head
Registration Date: 05-28-2004
Posts: 24,078
Favorite 77s album: Sticks and Stones
Location: The NFP
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I like it, but I have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
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02-24-2006 13:29 |
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theo
Baby Elvis
Registration Date: 09-01-2004
Posts: 82
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Twice when I've headed out on a long road trip, upon a rainy day, I've jammed that CD into the player to begin my voyage. Sets the right mood, relaxes me--the entire trips were better because I started off that way.
There's simply some really "beautiful" music on that disk.
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02-28-2006 07:55 |
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.evangeline.
Radioactive Hatchling
Registration Date: 06-05-2004
Posts: 8,128
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YES!! And it works best on 101 between Ventura and Lompoc.
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tom tom blue
Mezzo
Registration Date: 05-30-2004
Posts: 2,818
Favorite 77s album: STICKS & STONES
Location: NORTH CAROLINA
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i am not to happy with FUN WITH SOUND, except the last track.
it has been awhile since i heard it....after these reviews i will check it out again...
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Kit
Flower in the Sand
Registration Date: 06-02-2004
Posts: 1,695
Location: AUSKIMG TEGSAGS
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i am not to happy with FUN WITH SOUND, except the last track.
it has been awhile since i heard it....after these reviews i will check it out again...
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That's the only track I can't see myself getting into. I do like the drums that kick it off though.
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larryl
Rocks in your Head
Registration Date: 06-01-2004
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Location: hotlanta
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i love it. i've been spinning it all the time lately.
that's the true test for me.....do i keep coming back to it over and over, year after year? if yes, then it is a truly great record.
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peawinkel
Mezzo
Registration Date: 09-30-2004
Posts: 3,685
Favorite 77s album: Tom Tom Blues
Location: Alabaster, Alabama
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It's a departure but it is quality music.
I love the subtle swell of Gone In A Moment, & the last 2 tracks sound more like the Sevens.
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BigDork
Happy Roy
Registration Date: 05-28-2004
Posts: 6,116
Location: lI was lonely and hungry, but not so lonely I wouldn't eat
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that's the true test for me.....do i keep coming back to it over and over, year after year? if yes, then it is a truly great record. |
agreed...
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rob 3.0
Radioactive Crow
Registration Date: 05-28-2004
Posts: 12,194
Favorite 77s album: Drowning With Land in Sight
Location: Where the River Bends
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I like it for what it is. Great music. Its just a bonus that it came from Mike and Mark. 
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08-08-2006 21:53 |
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lam77s
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Registration Date: 05-29-2004
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Location: Eugene, OR
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It is first rate beautiful music with so much to enjoy - various layers to explore over many listens of melodies, counter melodies, and beautiful themes along with some fantastic lyrics...
fun with sound is timeless music, period.
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Yessiree! I couldn't agree with you more.
Linda
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08-09-2006 09:37 |
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j77
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Originally posted by peawinkel
It's a departure but it is quality music.
I love the subtle swell of Gone In A Moment, & the last 2 tracks sound more like the Sevens. |
While I don't see this album as a departure, I agree it's outside the 77s box. However, I look at this album as a growth spurt more than anything. It is a very fine album that will stand the test of time.
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08-09-2006 10:04 |
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jyroflux
Someone New
Registration Date: 04-30-2005
Posts: 41
Favorite 77s album: Pray Naked, today anyway
Location: San Diego
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Best CD 2005. Alternative Rock with a slight jazzy feel. Big improvement since "The boat ashore".
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Really? I love The Boat Ashore. I guess I'll find out because I just ordered Fun With Sound (finally).
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jyroflux
Someone New
Registration Date: 04-30-2005
Posts: 41
Favorite 77s album: Pray Naked, today anyway
Location: San Diego
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Why oh why did I wait so long to get Fun With Sound? I just put it on for the first time and listened to it and I LOVE it. I try to listen to music the first time without looking at song names or reading the CD. So, I can't say what songs rise above the rest, but I'm sure I'll be listening to this CD a lot in the next few weeks or months.
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