Re: Jonathan Pointer

dbroida@juno.com
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:03:43 -0400

Someone said something nice about Jonathan Pointer on this list recently,
and that got me to pull his CD out of the give-away bin, and just in
time, too.

So I gave a 2nd listen, and what a pleasant listen it's been. "Yard
Sale" is the song that's jumped out at me. It tells the story of
love-gone-bad, and the central metaphor for the protagonist is the bed
for sale: it's "2 times too wide". With just those four words, you know
what happened, why he's having a yard sale. I guess it's a central
tenent of songwriting - say more with less. At least that's what my
English teacher in high school taught us about writing.

(Of course, my music teacher said "less is more", too, but then he
admitted he really said "lessons more".)

The album has rich, raspy, emotional-filled vocals and great instrumental
solos. I'm glad I pulled it back.

David Broida