tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post1411660199664378836..comments2024-03-18T18:10:37.588-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Street Date: 11/4/14Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-46865753651609877172014-11-06T09:31:28.760-08:002014-11-06T09:31:28.760-08:00Interesting dialogue here about the Macca reissues...Interesting dialogue here about the Macca reissues. For me, I share some of the rush-back-to-youth feeling some of you seem to get from this period of Paul's solo work. <br /><br />To this day, nothing in the world takes me right back to being 8 and 9 years old, respectively, like hearing "Listen To What The Man Says" and "Let 'Em In." They are Proustian madeleines for me in a way that is, oddly, unmatched even by seeing photos of me and family from that time. Play them, and I'm right back in that El Camino in '75 or '76, cruising along with my young parents. (Parents are all older nowadays; at that time, my parents listened to the same thing I wanted to listen to)<br /><br />And so, I'll have to at least get the demo versions of those tunes on these reissues (at least, demos of Let 'Em In and Silly Love Songs, another madeleine). Not sure the whole albums hold up enough to replace my existing vinyl with the reissues, though.A walk in the woodsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-56379857955367135332014-11-04T09:43:40.754-08:002014-11-04T09:43:40.754-08:00Didn't someone once review Speed of Sound by s...Didn't someone once review Speed of Sound by saying " Five dead in air disaster"?vanwoertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-65125782945848907642014-11-04T08:52:13.090-08:002014-11-04T08:52:13.090-08:00Noam, I know you said you were exaggerating my pos...Noam, I know you said you were exaggerating my position a bit to make a point, but using the words "crap" and "masterpiece" throws things a bit. "Venus & Mars" was both a critical and commercial disappointment following BOTR. That's a fact. <br /><br />I agree it has moments, but personally, I love "Back To The Egg" and think the handful of strong songs on "London Town" are as good as the strong songs on "Speed Of Sound."<br /><br />As a long time Burning Woodster, you know I defend even the lightest work from some of our legendary artists. I don't think I have ever been all or nothing in my approach and I rarely if ever give up on a fave artist, which is why I love records like "Chaos & Creation In The Backyard," "Flaming Pie," "Flowers In The Dirt" and "New" more than V&M and SOS.<br /><br />Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-68082599941589463542014-11-04T08:38:30.697-08:002014-11-04T08:38:30.697-08:00I've said it before - I don't get the all-...I've said it before - I don't get the all-or-nothing approach to records. Band on The Run has some weak spots, Venus and Mars has some strong stuff, to call one crap and the other a masterpiece is overstating both (I'm exaggerating your position a bit Sal, just to make my point.)<br /><br />Production on V&M is particularly nice, a gorgeous sounding record and plenty of trademark Macca stuff. Letting Go and Rock Show are as good as anything he did solo-wise.<br /><br />Speed of Sound, a bit light in the loafers. Back to the Egg and Londontown, I will not defend.Noam Sanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-64518391103148607732014-11-04T07:44:07.058-08:002014-11-04T07:44:07.058-08:00@William
I "won" Red Rose Speedway"...@William<br /><br />I "won" Red Rose Speedway" on the Asbury Park boardwalk in 1973. Only cost me $34 in quarters, but what a great memory.Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-84646629742115174472014-11-04T07:41:10.018-08:002014-11-04T07:41:10.018-08:00I'm excited to get The Basement Tapes, but I a...I'm excited to get The Basement Tapes, but I already know what I'm getting for the most part. I, too, don't get the Greil Marcus "holy shrine" treatment these tracks get, but I do grasp the cultural impact of this set birthing bootleg record culture -- there really was none before this. This is the one Dylan release most of his fans have been waiting for since this whole series was started.<br /><br />Speed of Sound: I tried in vain to win that eight track on the spinning wheel on the Point Pleasant boardwalk, Summer of '76. For that reason alone, I'll always think fondly of the album. But he let the guys in the backing band have too much creative leeway, ditto Venus & Mars. I've heard Linda carp that Paul could never find musicians on his level to play with him ... but I doubt musicians on that level would have taken his shit. He did pretty well with backing bands, but should have encouraged solo albums along the way!William Repsherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690181505790748431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-11607382091102293622014-11-04T06:41:49.170-08:002014-11-04T06:41:49.170-08:00Shriner,
I don't really "hate" those...Shriner,<br />I don't really "hate" those records. As I said, Speed Of Sound has grown on me, but both seem weak and uneven, especially following BOTR.<br /><br />Sal Nunziatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09221629293545204260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-48632750203866571882014-11-04T06:38:17.646-08:002014-11-04T06:38:17.646-08:00Venus & Mars/Speed of Sound -- I don't thi...Venus & Mars/Speed of Sound -- I don't think I hate them as much as you do -- but the versions of the songs from them on Wings Over America are my "go-to" versions of those songs. "Silly Love Songs" is a dynamite track, though.<br /><br />And Crimson -- I just don't get those immersion box sets. And I like that period of KC. I couldn't even bring myself to hunt down the stuff from the Red box set (probably my favorite KC album) because that's just too much Crimson for me. Not enough hours in the day to sift through 27 concerts like that.<br /><br />XTC box set -- I'm waiting for some more reviews of this. I have no BluRay player, so I feel I'd be missing out of a significant part of it. I think my ears have lost too much of the ability to hear subtleties anymore. I couldn't really distinguish a lot of difference in the Nonesuch set (unlike the "Corrected Polarity Version" of Skylarking -- *that* was a revelation as to how low the bass was mixed...)<br /><br />The Basement Tapes -- I have never listened to in any format, so maybe I'll wait and see if my local library gets that set.<br /><br />(Oh, and I'd love to hear a boot of TR's cover of Muskrat Love...)Shrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908213967283171538noreply@blogger.com