BODO

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Member Since: 5/22/2007
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With all the hype surrounding BODO's "Pause" CD even before it came out and given the expectations , the first thing that came to mind as i was listening to it was how cool and collected this dude was !

For many years the band had been pushing the limits of what is usually set forth in the genre and of course the way they had been going at it and re-inventing themselves, scrutiny was the price for such talent and absence of affiliation of any sort but there it was finally ,the long awaited "Pause" CD which of course he had made sure to devoid of any of his now recognized crowd favorites and instead composed an entirely new set of songs and by doing so making it in the tradition of a career that had always been ,unpredictable ...

I had seen them and everyone who knew them , thought they were witnessing the birth of a phenomenon but after our first meeting i realized that irony and honesty were what BODO was all about...As i was telling about how beautiful and poignant his music was he kind of looked up at me and with a coy smile told me that even-though he appreciated the compliment it actually was more a insight about who i was more so then an observation about him or his music .

He went on to say the more people like you the more they feel there judgment is the appropriate one but thats just a way of making themselves feel great about themselves by thinking they have good taste but as he told me that day,"don't forget that there are Polka music fans out there who believe and think the same about themselves" so keep that in mind,yes?

Anyways i'll be damned if I'm gonna let myself be put in the same category of Polka music lovers and i still believe firmly that i am right and that this album is probably one of the best-crafted CD i have ever come across and for those of you about to listen to it i wish you the true enjoyment and fulfillment it as provided me with !

Alan Chabat "Rolling stone" magazine.