'Jaynestown'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
There is an amazing mix of energy and thoughtfulness which are in perfect balance on the whole cd.
So this. I love that Springsteen came to the project almost completely unfamiliar with Seeger's work or place in music history. The album is so much more about Seeger's philosophy about music than his actual music (which is made clear by Springsteen's decision not to cover any songs Seeger actually wrote). My favorite song besides "Dan Tucker" is "Jacob's Ladder" so far, but they are all so good.
Um... why have I not listened to anything by The New Pornographers until now? I've been listening to their three albums on eMusic almost constantly for the last few days....
I've always been a sucker for alternapop music with catchy riffs....
I've been listening to their three albums on eMusic almost constantly for the last few days....
You should grab a couple tracks from the AC Newman album that emusic has: The Slow Wonder. Especially "On the Table."
catchy riffs....
That's what they are best at. I go back and forth, but my favorite NP album is... yeah, I still can't decide. I do love Mass Romantic something fierce though.
After listening to that Springsteen album three times in 24 hours, I am totally DRAINED. It's so emotional and joyful and good. I need to listen to something really simple now.
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You should grab a couple tracks from the AC Newman album that emusic has: The Slow Wonder. Especially "Under the Table."
Cool! Thanks for the tip....
Um... why have I not listened to anything by The New Pornographers until now?
Have you perhaps been entering this thread with your eyes closed and fingers in your ears for the last 4-odd years?
Have you perhaps been entering this thread with your eyes closed and fingers in your ears for the last 4-odd years?
Well, I have done much skipping... plus, you know, too much stuff gets mentioned....
(Please insert mental image of "shame, shame, shame" fingers here.)
I blame my 40 Gig iPod filling up for reducing my incentive to find new music. I've been accumulating music at a prodigious rate since I got my 60 Gig iPod....
Y'know, you might find it a bit raucous, but there's this here Southern feller by the name of Elvis Presley who's been driving the teenagers wild.
(I kid!)
Was he that guy in that iPod ad?