Dear moderator/media team,
I just got back from a trip to find the ‘Cinder Annie’ download and was blown away!
Thank you so much for sharing another of Walter’s gems.
Incredible groove, sound and the lyrics are so Walter – especially his devious little outtro.
These ‘new’ songs are fast becoming 2 of my favorites from the 11ToW era, and you gave us hope for more!
It would have been a very different album imo had they - and the others still to come - been included.
A little more organic perhaps, with that pure live feel – executed in perfect fashion alas Walter Becker's sound.
The rhythm computer tracks kind of broke the album up in to two sessions for me, as much as I love it.
Walter’s vocals are great too, it’s funny he sometimes put himself down in that department.
One of my favorites live was ‘Monkey in your Soul’ sung by Walter and I am so glad I was there the last time or one of the last times he sang it in San Diego 2006 - which was also the last time they played 2 sets, I believe.
Was always hoping and praying a little that he would alternate between ‘Daddy’ and ‘Monkey’ in his later years just to switch it up and maybe he did and I wasn’t there…
But tonight is one of those when he is back here and it's awesome!
I was reading through this thread and honestly I’m still not sure if Cinder Annie is supposed to be more of a retelling vibe or just a fun twist on the original story. Some people say it’s darker, others say it feels lighter and modern, so now I’m curious which one is true. It reminds me of when I was trying to figure out raw accel uninstall — at first it sounded straightforward, but the more I looked into it, the more little details made me second guess 😅. Has anyone here actually read it fully and can share if the ending feels satisfying?
Sorry, please go ahead and move it, I was just so exited and overlooked that - of course - there was an existing discussion already on the big news!
Great work!
Hey Lutz - good to see another big fan of our girl --I like it a lot too.
And I must say...you give good post.
I was going to ask if you minded having it moved straight into the "Cinder Annie" discussion...which can always use a little hit of oxygen now and again.
But you're also covering ground on lotsa other interesting points.
We seem to be going pretty loosy-goosy here so you tell me; you want to leave it right here, or have me slip you right into Annie? Wow, did that ever come out wrong. Anyway, post your pref here, email (address on the front page) or ignore .
Just trying to hold the fortress down...
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