tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post2320904217106257363..comments2024-03-28T05:23:44.479-07:00Comments on Wilfully Obscure: The Wonderul World of the Pursuit of Happiness (1996, Iron Music)spavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-64523834600549297292016-07-09T13:36:21.342-07:002016-07-09T13:36:21.342-07:00Of course you also can't ignore the echoes of ...Of course you also can't ignore the echoes of Def Leppard's Hysteria hanging around stage left on "She Kiss Away" on this one either since you already picked up on the Sweet Emotions of "She's The Devil"... :*)~Aladasian The Meerkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03822864310928813861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-31956252603353961632016-05-24T06:34:00.426-07:002016-05-24T06:34:00.426-07:00Finally got around to listening to this and was re...Finally got around to listening to this and was really struck by how good it is. Thanks for this!Shrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908213967283171538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-64798862403889215062016-05-12T16:28:36.454-07:002016-05-12T16:28:36.454-07:00And don't forget how "The Truth" is ...And don't forget how "The Truth" is as perfect a final song as any band could hope for — despite Moe going on to that solo album.JRThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741019237376155177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-65194906065307804752016-05-12T11:35:24.396-07:002016-05-12T11:35:24.396-07:00I found the band with "Love Junk" (huge ...I found the band with "Love Junk" (huge Rundgren fan) but stayed with them, although the two Todd-helmed albums are still my favorites. Even like the Berg solo effort. Sad it has been so long without any new output.DiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-82766796227774724552016-05-12T10:57:34.351-07:002016-05-12T10:57:34.351-07:00The only comment I can make it: Moe Berg is a geni...The only comment I can make it: Moe Berg is a genius. angstytimelordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404827655161390988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-9950277964403142932016-05-12T09:58:29.842-07:002016-05-12T09:58:29.842-07:00I unabashedly love love LOVE this band. I was intr...I unabashedly love love LOVE this band. I was introduced to them by an ex-friend back in mid-1990. Moe Berg's perfect power pop hooks grabbed me instantly. I followed them all the way to this album, their pretty official end. "The Wonderful World..." frustrated me, precisely because of the jarring song-to-song transitions you mentioned. I can understand when an album deserves the "all-one-track" treatment (see Prince's "Lovesexy"), but being comprised of short pop songs, I wish this had been split up in the traditional manner. Still, it's got some very enjoyable tunes.<br /><br />"She's So Young", "Down On Him", "All I Want", "New Language", "Pressing Lips", "Cigarette Dangles", "Save The Whales", "Glamourous Death", "Young And In Love", the tunes you singled out in your review... Berg has a "murderer's row" of amazing songs to his credit. Damn, now I have to put on my TPOH playlist or it's going to eat me alive!Pernthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793629303216621005noreply@blogger.com