RY COODER- PULL UP SOME DUST & SIT DOWN
I'm not sure this record will resonate with everyone, but by song #4 I was hooked, and by the finale, I was mesmerized. "These times," says Ry Cooder, "call for a very different kind of protest song. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" We're way down the road from that." Boy, he ain't kidding. Cooder pulls no punches and minces no words, as he pretty much tells off everyone from Dubya to God, on this powerful new release.
Musically, Ry Cooder visits all of the places he likes best from acoustic blues (check out his dead-on John Lee Hooker impersonation on "John Lee Hooker For President") to mariachi and jazz, to pop and folk, and all of it works. Some of it even shocks, like "Christmas Time This Year," a song you won't be playing while stringing tinsel.
"Pull Up Some Dust..." is a keeper. Could be his best record since "Boomer's Story."
BUY IT BELOW
http://www.amazon.com/Pull-Some-Dust-Sit-Down/dp/B005BY8MSM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314706282&sr=8-1
LENNY KRAVITZ- BLACK & WHITE AMERICA
I like Lenny, but I can understand why many don't. Every record of his career sounds like a tossed-off pastiche of every record he's listened to. This new one is no different. I like the retro-soul, Zep-riffs, and occasional rap that appear on "Black & White America," but halfway through I realized, I could have been listening to any one of his last 5 releases. Lenny Kravitz makes good records. He just doesn't write good songs.
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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0055EDBIE/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1314706309&sr=1-1
SPIN DOCTORS- POCKET FULL OF KRYPTONITE (20TH ANNIVERSARY)
I spent countless hours watching these guys from the very early days when I helped print up flyers for their shows, to endless Saturday nights at the Nightingale Bar, to their rise as big time hitmakers. The Spin Doctors never quite reached the success of their debut, but that's okay. Three big singles, one hookier than the next, is nothing to blow off.
This new 2 CD set, remasters the debut and adds some earlier tracks, b-sides, and more.
GET IT BELOW
http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Full-Kryptonite-20th-Anniversary/dp/B005694Z6U/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1314706341&sr=1-2
GLASSES MALONE- BEACH CRUISER
I don't know anything about this record, but I wish my name was Glasses Malone.
GLEN CAMPBELL-GHOST ON THE CANVAS
The legendary artist's swansong, "Ghost On The Canvas" is just fantastic. There are many heartbreaking moments, as Campbell sings often of his mortality, but the songs are also very uplifting. His voice is crisp and belies his 75 years. With help from Paul Westerberg, Robert Pollard, Chris Isaak, Jakob Dylan and Dick Dale for starters, Glen Campbell delivers a record that, to my ears sounds like an instant classic. It even feels as if it could have been recorded in 1971. Great stuff all around.
Get it below.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00571VYGQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314706076&sr=8-1
AND, the Amazon Download is only $3.99
http://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Canvas-Glen-Campbell/dp/B005G0DTKW/ref=sr_1_1_digr?ie=UTF8&qid=1314726417&sr=8-1
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS- I'M WITH YOU
TINARIWEN- TASSILI
http://www.amazon.com/Tassili-Tinariwen/dp/B0055WXHO4/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1314706479&sr=1-1
10 comments:
listening to the campbell now. his voice is clearly not the same, but I'm liking the cd. the first song about his confusion and impending death is heartbreaking.
me again, I don't think it's made for many repeated plays, but it's heartfelt and real. and if you're not a rick rubin fan, don't worry, it's not rubiny.
Listening to it now. I think his voice sounds strong. Not bad. Could have been recorded in 1971.
It appears " Comrade " Cooder was less angry while spending time in Cuba a ways back....it's so boring...old,guilty, self - hating, bitter, resentful, white musicians still protesting...after all these years...you have failed...give it up...
Stream Ry here:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2011/08/23/ry_cooder_s_pull_up_some_dust_and_sit_down_listen_to_an_exclusiv.html
I laughed heartily at Meanstreet's comment.
Jealous it wasn't me that made it.
Tinariwen, sadly seem to be something that people bought once to show their worldliness and then forgot about.
Nod a lot of the Kravitz comments, you get the feeling that with direction and somebody pushing him he might just one day produce something worthy, can't see it happening though.
In the UK, there is little appetite at all for the RHCP who a decade ago sold out Football stadiums.
Me, I'm all Pulp at the moment, their return this year was unexpected in it's brilliance.
True it's a Greatest Hits package, but the joyous nature they have attacked those hits with and their barnstormer at Reading makes me proud and hope that Jarvis calls it a day now.
It'll never get any better.
Been listening to a couple of John Hiatt boots from the current tour, seems right on form.
The Glen Campbell album sounds fantastic based on listening the the iTunes samples. Everyone who reads this blog should pay attention to Sal on this one.
Right on, Meany! What's with this Cooder guy, anyway? Just because the right to protest is fundamental to our form of government doesn't mean anyone should actually DO it.
Yo Sal-
You could call yourself Specs Nunziato...
Meanstreets is right, how dare Comrade Cooder follow in the footsteps of Comrade Guthrie and express a viewpoint that differs from Glenn Beck's! Forget about the Constitution, shut up already! And stop giving commies an outlet to express themselves artistically and actually make money with their music and bring joy to music lovers!
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