tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239599.post112930802912398685..comments2024-03-08T05:28:34.766-05:00Comments on Through the Looking Glass: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239599.post-1129644858315341312005-10-18T10:14:00.000-04:002005-10-18T10:14:00.000-04:00"Self portrait" was released at a time when, he no..."Self portrait" was released at a time when, he now claims in Chronicles, he was sick of the attention he was getting from overzealous fans and determinedly trying to sink his own career to get rid of them. And for what it's worth, if he wanted to release something better, he had plenty of good material from the Basement Tapes sitting in the vaults.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I'm less annoyed by the crud he's released, sometimes for contractual reasons, than by his habit of letting absolutely brilliant material (Basement Tapes, "Blind Willie McTell", "Carribean Wind") languish in the vaults, sometimes for decades.<BR/><BR/>(He's still doing it --- last I heard, Daniel Lanois far preferred the long version of "Highlands", but the rest of us don't get to hear it).charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359125688523895375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3239599.post-1129642097552694412005-10-18T09:28:00.000-04:002005-10-18T09:28:00.000-04:00Never forget that this is the man who made the "Se...Never forget that this is the man who made the "Self-Portrait" (sic) double album, possibly the worst record in any genre in the history of the entertainment industry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com