Brace yourself josiah, I'm talking about music and probably know nothing of what i'm talking about in your opinion. I have to do that public service announcement as to not offend the gatekeeper of blogdom... Josiah
This AP article was pretty funny in regards to Ryan Adams.
The guy is a nut, but his latest CD is pretty spot on and a great bounce back from the awful awful awful 29. Easy Tiger is a good combo of what he's done well in the recent past with the Cold Roses and Jacksonville City Nights... and thankfully skips over the very skipp-able 29, seriously that was the worst cd i've ever bought. I bought it on a tuesday at bestbuy in chatty the day it came out and sold it to mckays on that wednesday after 3 unbareble listens.
Tiger's songs are rather short but my three favorite are Two, Halloweenhead, and I taught myself to grow old. Halloweenhead is kind of lame from a lyric perspective but its got a good tone and pace that i like.
Pearls on a String is a real good take at a strong blues grass kind of song, something i think he should try to dive a little deeper into. I mean his music's always had that influence but it would be cool if he just came out with this heavy blue grass cd. Jacksonville City nights was probably his heaviest in blues grass, but it had a few songs that were too country for my tastes.
Then I taught myself to grow old is one of the best depressing songs i've heard since Johnny Cash's Hurt... granted Hurt is infintely better due to the wisdom and experience and Cashness Cash has. But this song is like a 32 year old's version.
In regards to the article about Ryan it will be interesting if he stays with Lost Highway Records, or if they stay with him. The part about him inserting non-sensical lyrics in the middle of songs to "test" the record company is just hilarious.
And crabby take note of this direct quote "He has been sober for more than a year after kicking a prodigious drug and alcohol problem,".... I believe that is the second argument I've won in our recent battles. Don't mess with the bull... you'll get the hooves.
Posted by holtonian at July 30, 2007 09:12 PM | TrackBack