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Posted by Ken (@ken) on June 16, 2025, 6:10 p.m.
Yeah brian was still writing great tunes around the Sweet Insanity era. We can blame Landy for Smart Girls.
Song Cycle is a fine record, but it’s also kind of just Smile without the melodies or harmonies or production pizazz. People who claim VDP as an influence are probably going to make better music than VDP’s actual albums.
I’m not saying at my piano would have been good with vocals, but it would at least have made for a poignant send-off instead of just being elevator music. In that way it would serve a different purpose than the 1995 record.