Green -

I'd love to hear
from you.

Igor

Steve Wright
makingmusic@cerbernet.co.uk
Tue, 10 Jun 1997 at 13:27:13 GMT

To Professor St. P[ancras]:

THESIS TOPIC SUBMISSION FOR LYRICS CRITICISM 101:

Title: Where's the Provision.
Sub-title: Or to dig up a dead horse for beating.

Premise: Perhaps Cupid and Psyche '85 works better lyrically because the witty references there have more specific cultural resonances where as Provision for using more generic words--and perhaps thereby more specific to Green's own set of references--left less provision, despite and in spite of the name, to fool around with?

(P.S., Please don't flunk me. I've been held back too many times. Thanks.)

Name: Erika C.
aof@doubt-beat.com
Forest Hills. NY. USA.
Mon, 09 Jun 1997 at 12:45:26 GMT

To Green,

Re: the lack of support for your collaborations with Al Jarreau, Chaka Khan, Eurythmic (good spotting, James), Elvis Costello.

As oxymoronic as "Green Gartside Fans" may be to your lovely ears, Sir, that's what some of us are. (But then you're not above paradoxes yourself, so why should you complain about oxymorons? Precisely because this is an instance of paradox?) I look in S bins and not K, J, or E bins. So how was I suppose to know to find you on those records if they're not also classified under Scritti?

Com'on Sir, you gotta know better about distribution strategy than that. What was the point of switching to Virgin if you're not going to maximize distribution through all possible channels. Or are you so wrapped up in a SM mentality that you'd bite/hide the hands that feed (on) you?

And so as a result of misclassification, you were let down then and now over 10 years after the fact, I got to strut my nose, toenails, bottom and all out onto Ave. A on a mission impossibly archaic archeological dig for these gems. Thank you very much, Sir.

Obviously Freudian Lacan and friends haven't done much for you. Maybe you should try Jung instead? I mean, of course, that * I * should try it, since we do nothing but address our other, the double we project onto the Forget-about-Ken-Let's-have-a-Green-dress-up doll.

Sin Cere LYours
Erika, sadly not above pissing off the hands that feed herself

e of c
aof@doubt-beat.com
Heels of Trees. Nuovo York Sire. US of A.
Mon, 09 Jun 1997 at 12:24:32 GMT