I fucking love this album (arguably my favorite). I also enjoyed reading your write up about it, thanks. One of the things I love most about NY is how unbalanced and nutty some of the things he does are.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that my favorite Neil song is on this record, which is 'ambulance blues'. After seeing him play that song in Seattle a few years back, I have listened to it at least a couple of times a week.
And again, everybody needs to listen to everything Deerhoof does. I say this because I got a surprise email of a digital download of the Deerhoof album I preordered that ain't out till Jan. 25th. Great stuff.
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I fucking love this album (arguably my favorite). I also enjoyed reading your write up about it, thanks. One of the things I love most about NY is how unbalanced and nutty some of the things he does are.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that my favorite Neil song is on this record, which is 'ambulance blues'. After seeing him play that song in Seattle a few years back, I have listened to it at least a couple of times a week.
Hey Rusty, have you had the chance to listen to the vinyl? I listened to the the album on CD for the first time in a long time last night, still holds up pretty well in comparision.
To me "Everybody Knows this is Nowhere" sounds the best on CD from his early stuff. The drum recordings on "Down by the River" are probably the best I've ever heard. As far as vocals go, it has it so that Neil and all the harmonies are singing inside your brain and at the back of the room simultaneously (check the title track, Down by the River, and Round and Round). Round and Round is spectacular. Speaking of the harmonies, it's funny that Neil is barely even the lead on "Cinnamon Girl" (this is more evident on the vinyl). Plus the guitars of course, if anyone enjoyed MMJ's set go and get "Everybody knows this is Nowhere" and crank it all the way up. Jim James has often been compared to Young in ragards to his vocals, but I actually find their guitar style much more similar, check the epic Epic "Cowgirl in the Sand". I've seen both guys live many times and durring more recent MMJ shows, especially durring the "Lay Low" solo, the two are channeling the same thunder. My only beef with this album is that it opens up with "Cinnamon Girl". Had I been 16 in 1969 I don't think this would have mattered, but now it is such a "Classic Rock" standard that it can scare listeners away (it shouldn't). It truely is a great song, and as I mentioned before it's funny that on one of his most popular songs Neil is not even the lead vocal (it's Danny Whittan). With the subject matter taken out of context and long time proximity to Foghat it can throw people off. Oh well, guess I'll go cry about that after I post this. One last recommendation is to let "Running Dry" have all of your attention. Bobby Notkoff's violin is other worldly, dude used to be in the Rockets with the rest of Crazy Horse. I actually wasn't planning on turning this into a "Everybody Knows this is Nowhere" recommendation, but here we are. Guess I got to go do some google imaging now, thanks for your time.
I fucking love this album (arguably my favorite). I also enjoyed reading your write up about it, thanks. One of the things I love most about NY is how unbalanced and nutty some of the things he does are.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that my favorite Neil song is on this record, which is 'ambulance blues'. After seeing him play that song in Seattle a few years back, I have listened to it at least a couple of times a week.
Hey Rusty, have you had the chance to listen to the vinyl? I listened to the the album on CD for the first time in a long time last night, still holds up pretty well in comparision.
Yeah I own it on vinyl and CD. I'm so glad someone else out there appreciates him as much as myself. As for the classic rock thing, I have never really thought about him like that but I know what you mean. I can see how people only know Cinnamon Girl or Heart of Gold and think they know what Neil is about.
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Re: Lets reccomend eachother some music <3 « Reply #21 on Jan 5, 2011, 4:34pm »
Anyone that enjoys avant-garde noise-folk might enjoy Little Teeth. I met them at Coachella '07 where they gave me their demo. since then, they've been signed, put out an LP and are working on their second. They're basically nobody, but over the years I've developed a very strong bond with their music. It's best to start with their debut album, "Child Bearing Man" songs- Between My Ears- Japanese Candy- Livers & Heart disease.
Also, the amount of Neil-love happening on this board right now, is heart-warming. Saw him do an acoustic set with a harpist followed by a set with david crosby & CPR back in '03. still one of the best shows I've ever been allowed.
And again, everybody needs to listen to everything Deerhoof does. I say this because I got a surprise email of a digital download of the Deerhoof album I preordered that ain't out till Jan. 25th. Great stuff.
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Re: Lets reccomend eachother some music <3 « Reply #23 on Jan 7, 2011, 3:40am »
I honestly hadn't even bothered to listen to Deerhoof until I watched that Pitchfork "Jaun's Basement" video. I was hooked, especially by the drummer, he fucking rules.
I honestly hadn't even bothered to listen to Deerhoof until I watched that Pitchfork "Jaun's Basement" video. I was hooked, especially by the drummer, he fucking rules.
It makes my day that I finally got SOMEONE here hooked (even if it wasn't necessarily because of me).
Greg Saunier is definitely my favorite drummer (hell of a nice down-to-earth-guy too), he talked to me and my friend for like a half hour and was genuinely interested in everything we had to say. You must go see them live because if you think they're good on recordings, prepare for your mind to be blown.
Assuming you live in the PNW, they're playing:
Feb 25th: Neumo's Seattle Feb 26th: early all ages show at Holocene Portland Feb 26th: later 21+ show at Holocene Portland
I'm seeing them in Raleigh early February myself. Super stoked. (And you know I'm stoked because I never use the word "stoked")
And again, everybody needs to listen to everything Deerhoof does. I say this because I got a surprise email of a digital download of the Deerhoof album I preordered that ain't out till Jan. 25th. Great stuff.
FACT.
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Re: Lets reccomend eachother some music <3 « Reply #26 on Jan 9, 2011, 12:05am »
THE DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - THE BIG TO DO
The Drive-by Truckers often find themselves in the undesirable position of being dismissed as simple boozin’ rollickin’ country-rock or as something hardly worth giving a listen to due to their unfortunate and silly name “The Drive-By Truckers”. Having an album named “Gangsterbilly” probably doesn’t help the matter either. In truth they really are a band steeped heavily in country and rock, but they also have an incredibly unique spacey-mind bending (see marijuana) component as well. They are so good and versed in these components that they truly transcend labels of “Psychedelic Country” or “Spacey Southern Rock” (I may have straight made up this last label, but you get the point). What makes the Truckers distinct for me is that they seem to always be playing these three components simultaneously. They are so connected and comfortable in what they do, you never get the sense that they are adding components of psych, or what not, to make a country song now trippy. It is all together ever present in the way they play their guitars (which there are three!), pace their songs, and sing. Instead of trying to be any particular type of band, you really get the feeling that this is just the way their music sounds when they come together and play. Of course this comfort and confidence has come with years and albums of musical maturity, which is why I will recommend their latest and perhaps friendliest album “The Big To Do”.
Aside from the music, The Truckers have always had three lyricists to fully complete the picture. Their chief is the amazing Patterson Hood. Patterson is a true poet, going further in-depth than this would make this already long post it’s own thread. Mike Cooley is the simpler and more traditional guy with a voice so solid it often says more than his words. Shonna Tucker fits pretty well in the middle of Hood and Cooley.
And through it all there is the newly prominent John Neff. This guy’s slide guitar will pretty much hijack your brain and show it magnificent intergalactic wonders even your dreams would envy before gently returning it into your skull. Don’t worry, he will be back again next song. Some highlights;
1) Daddy Learned to fly shows some of Patterson’s fascination with juxtaposing the weight of life with the light wonder of childhood. Here is also a prime example of John Neff’s gift for cerebral robbery. 2) Fourth Night of Drinking is an example of how Patterson’s empathy allows his Characters to have a depth usually unattainable in one song. It’s never just the typical tale, as in this song, of an alcoholic or a simple gimmick to sing of something cool/rebelly(?). He creates a scene and adds just the right amount of elements for us to understand everything before and after the song. 3) The Birthday Boy to me is the perfect example of Cooley’s ability to tell the majority of his story with his voice and pacing, The lyrics are simple and focus on the pathos of ruined characters in a traditional “going nowhere town”. Some really great stuff like “Between your mama’s drive and daddy’s belt, It don’t take smarts to learn to chune out what hurts more than helps” and “The pretty girls from the smallest towns get remembered like storms and droughts that old men talk about for years to come, I guess that’s why they give us names”, yeah I love that. 4) That Wig He Made her Wear is basically a clinic on Drive-By Truckers Three guitar jam. They will find their way into every nook and cranny of your brain for sure. 5) You Got Another is a Shonna Tucker heartbreaker that builds up like a jet plane ready to take off only to tell the listener once they've left the ground that they are actually in a rocket headed for the sun. 6) Get Downtown is a fine rocker with Cooley and Neff putting on some superb guitar interplay and offers quite the cathartic moment in a rather straight up country rocker of being able to yell along with him the response to Jimmy’s ignorant “Forigners are coming in and doing our jobs for half of what they paid me” with “YOU MEAN half of what you would’ve made for something you’ve never done!” 7) I’ll mention “It’s Gonna be I Told You So” because it’s a great example of my earlier statement of how they seem to add their own Trucker imprint to something very familiar. It may sound like a simple pop song, but listen deeper to the layers and mind bending guitars. 8) The Flying Wallenda’s is a tender ballad about a family of trapeze artists during the Depression. Hood’s vocals are just outstanding and the harmonies push right through you into the sea of slide guitar madness and reverb.
These guys have a deep and impressive catalogue, if you like it there is always more, if you aren’t sold maybe try another (or not). Thanks.
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Re: Lets reccomend eachother some music <3 « Reply #27 on Jan 9, 2011, 12:41am »
I love Drive by truckers. Great band. HG did you ever listen to Opeth's Blackwater Park? I really want to know what you think of it considering that it's probably alot differerent than what you normally listen to.
Re: Lets reccomend eachother some music <3 « Reply #28 on Jan 9, 2011, 5:25am »
Hey Geno as a man of the Metal, have you ever heard any Bison B.C? I've been outta the headbanger loop for a long long long time, but went to a Helmet (yeah Helmet, I know!) show not too long ago and these guys opened for them. I was with my best friend, who now lives abroad, and we were celebrating his engagement so emotions were running high to begin with, but these guys were fantastic! I'm going to spit the truth out at you here and say for a long time now the few times I've heard/seen metal it has been with more than a little bit of a nostalgic side show delight (though I recognize their musical prowness), but these guys cut through the nostalgic delight, or at least I think they did. I was drunk on a case of "best friend" and drunk on pints of beer that only seemed to amplify the wonderfulness of the whole situation to the point where I could have been content to only have seen the sound check and gone home happy. So, Bison B.C, what do you think? And, uh, thanks if you make it through this dribble.
I can't fully hold best friend/alcohol intoxication at fault here, as I clearly had the wherewithal to know that Helmet should've definitely unplugged their guitars and gone to bed. Really, maybe they have merit, maybe, The Crow soundtrack was a long time ago people! I can't be expected to know the ins and outs of all my bad decisions. But on a related unrelated note, The Crow! A GOOD FUN movie you should thoroughly enjoy but NEVER take too seriously. I mean NEVER! Taking the Crow too seriously can lead to a decade long regret full of buckled black pants and part time jobs. This happens everyday!
Re: Lets reccomend eachother some music <3 « Reply #29 on Jan 9, 2011, 3:27pm »
HOYT AXTON
When it comes to an artist’s complete body of work I personally find none stranger, more interesting or magical than that of Hoyt Axton (’62-’90). His catalogue takes you through a journey of Badass Country, Peyote Desert Jams, Children Songs, Show chunes, Ballads, Pop Songs, Political Convictions, Out of His Head on Drugs moments, Sober moments, Finding God, Falling out with God, all exploding from a bigger than life (mental illness?) personality that was ever threatening to bust out of his even bigger than life frame. The man was unhinged and seemed to harness the energy of 5 suns at all times. Then there is the matter of his voice. Pitch perfect and deeper than the oceans. To say he was versatile would be wrong because Hoyt never dabbled or experimented, the music that came out was simply Hoyt Axton music.
He’s not exactly on most people’s radar but I’m sure you’ve seen or heard him somewhere. His mother wrote “Heartbreak Hotel” and he went on to write “Joy to the World”, “I’ve Never Been To Spain”, “The No No Song”, “The Pusherman (after a friend’s overdose)” and many more made famous by others. He was also an accomplished artist, a natural entertainer, AND in the first “Gremlins” movie.
If you ever want to “one up your friend” (CUZ THERE’S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING MORE FUN/SATISFYING/MATURE THAN ONE UPPING, right? Maybe.) on obscure songwriters that were obviously doing things very differently with pop music and lyrics, you should pick up the “The AM Years”. It’s an easy starting point that shines a light on his Planet Mars Country chunes (Sweet Misery, Less Than A Song, Sweet Fantasy, Mary Makes Magic, Nothing to Lose) which have a very intoxicating airy feel as his magical voice, pedal steel guitar and full harmonies breeze right through your body. As well as his more psychedelic moments like Pet Parade, Billy’s Theme and Life Machine. But even as I try to recommend an album, or even songs, that represent this or that feel I find it hard as I am brought back to my earlier statement that it just is Hoyt Axton music and you will hear things differently in the same song the more you dig and listen to others songs.
Early in his career he was writing some pretty exciting country stuff with lyrics like “Officer Ray may you have a bad day, may the rats eat your mail, my your testicles fail, may your wife run away with a hippy” and big hooks like “Greenback Dollar”:
Unfortunately the internet does not provide a great wealth on the man but here are some clips to give an idea.
Hoyt in all his bigger than life glory, check this fuckin' voice y'all!
He knows Ringo Starr!
The man could put on a show, if you ever can find a way to hear "The Bus Story" from his live album you will have your socks knocked clear off at his impeccable, entertaining, lightning fast raconteurmanship. Here's a little "Della and the Dealer and a Dog Named Jake and a Cat Named Kalamazoo"
Some older "shaman in a cosmic desert" stuff:
And I will end this one with some Friendly Destroyer over sharing, this is the song my very sweet dad sang to me at bed time for years when I was a little tike;
I really hope some one out there likes this stuff and spreads the fine sung word on to their friends. Thanks for your time once again.
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