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Points: 848 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 15:28
This would be Olia's of 'Sunhillow? As done by Jon Ander'son of Ye's ? LOL
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Points: 20035 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 15:17
Yes, shoddy work on CD covers really annoys me and Olias of Sunhillow is one of the worst examples. On my edition of it, they took the wonderful book that came with the vinyl album and just reprinted the outside cover, so you get the first 2 and the last 2 pages, which is just ridiculous. You don't even get the full track listing and the print is so small you need an ant with a magnifying glass to read it. That makes me angry.

But the album itself is one of the most relaxing in my collection. I don't see why the title should make you angry. It shouldn't be a surprise that the man who wrote "Circus of Heaven" should come up with a "hippy" title.
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Points: 1864 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 13:49
Originally posted by Chicapah Chicapah wrote:

Sorry, the word "crazy" is inappropriate.  The politically correct reference is "reality challenged."


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Points: 8238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 13:43
Sorry, the word "crazy" is inappropriate.  The politically correct reference is "reality challenged."  And yes, the lack of good proofing is maddening to me.  Especially when I'm reading a book by a best-selling author from a well-respected publisher and I come across blatant mistakes in the text.  I'm not surprised that you find them on cd packaging at all.  I fear it will only get worse as the younger generation continues down the road toward resorting to grunts and gestures to communicate.  The horror.  The horror....
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Points: 37598 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 13:01
No, no, of course you're not crazy *backs away very slowly*

Seriously, the grammatical negligence bothers me too.  As for the rest, well your ranting is a tad insa... (never call a crazy person insane).  Well, let's just say it's a little over-the-top, over-the-rainbow, truly gone fishing.  Wink
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Points: 2696 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 12:48
it is not just you, these things bother me too.
However, I have done a fair amount of proof reading in my time, and it is AMAZING the tricks your eyes/mind can play! It does not always come down to laziness. Although, with a company of this size, there really should be no excuse!

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Points: 1494 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 24 2006 at 12:42
Don't people proofread their album art? For example, on [booming voice] THE DEFINITIVE EDITION REMASTER [/booming voice] of Foxtrot, Horizons is spelled "Horizon's" on the BACK COVER! Not hidden in the lyrics sheet, but on the back cover--what everyone sees before they buy the album in a store! A cursory glance would have cought that! And on the actual lyrics there are numerous typos, including dragons spelled as "dragon's." All it would take to catch those errors is to have somebody with a reasonably competant grasp of English grammar read over everything earlier than 3 am the night before the packaging is due to start being manufatured. And unless Gabriel was trying to be cute, Lover's Leap really should be Lovers' Leap--One lover leaping would be rather lame, don't you think? And if only one lover leaped, the place probably would not be called that.
 
On a semi-related topic: I keep seeing the album Olias of Sunhillow everywhere. People are recommending it, and a few people have it in their signature. So the first time I saw it I laughed and thought, what a stupid album title. But now it's creeping into my head, and I can't get it out and it's starting to make me very angry. I'm not sure why--maybe because it sounds like a ridiculously hippie title. (although you would think that wouldn't bother me, with my taste in music. I think the rage has a simpler cause; I can't even explain why. It just makes me ANGRY! Just like the lyrics on CTTE fill me with rage; I'm not even completely sure why. Syd's nonsense lyrics don't bother me; I even got used to The Mars Volta's insane nonsensical lyrics. But part 3 of CTTE makes me want to smash something.
BTW: I have nothing against Olias; I haven't heard I single second of it, so I am not commenting on its musical quality.
 
Do simple, lazy errors bother anyone else? Does Anderson's writing bother anyone esle? Or am I just crazy?


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