I like Kenny G, and I don't think it's at all his fault that people think his music is bland enough to use as elevator music. For me, his music defines my family & my 3 year stay in OKinawa, Japan.

FEN (Far East Network, or as it is know to the english-speaking military on The Rock, Forced Entertainment Network) used Kenny G's songs as background music for island annoucements. "Songbird" was a classic...I can't hear it today withou thinking of Camp Courtney and our beloved Trash Beach, with it's beautiful seashells.

Or hearing "Going Home" (Kenny's own composition, not the Dvorak rip-off) played when the MAC (now AMC) terminal flight schedule scrolled across the screen, and you longed for the day you could take The Freedom Bird back home (on the 366th day, God created the Freedom Bird).

Or "The G-Bop" which has KILLER bass, that we used to blast in retaliation when our noisy neighbors would play their bassy "circus music". I'd never felt sound waves from a speaker before I hear that tune!

Or hearing the duets with Peabo Bryson "By The Time This Night Is Over" and Aaron Neville "Ever If My Heart Would Break" as we drove through Kadena Air Base on the way to my guitar lessons that would ultimately pave the way to where I am at now.

I think this guy is going WAY to far against Kenny. He probably is one of those kinds of people who hate electricity or any updating or folk or traditional music. After all, wasn't that same technique used for sure classics as Hank Williams Sr. & Jr.'s "Tear In My Beer" or the Beatles "reunion" songs "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love" (superbly produced by Jeff Lynne)? No tolerance, no tolerance at all, I say. But you know what kind of people these critics are. We have lots of them on Mudcat. Best thing to do is ignore than and love what YOU like. "Do your best, and hang the rest" as Sir A.C. Doyle said (my my sister). That's my 3 cents.

--Matt