What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

ive never really thought of Willie albums as being country anyway...he always seems to incorporate jazzy overtones into his songs...i just think he is "willie", just as dylan is dylan....
thinking he got lumbered with the 'country' tag because of songs he wrote like "crazy" and the cowboy image he projects...well, thats my take on Willie anyway!

you are quite correct mate
my country image is my own projection I suspect, coming from Red Headed Stranger and the country classics he penned
still, I think if you ask any american to classify his music, they will say country, even though that would be inacurate
love the man, and the image, just don't care that much for most of his music

[TraceNspace]

I always thought of Willie as country, it would never have occurred to me to put him in a different category....

[CRAZY-HORSE]

thats the reason i have a problem with the term "genre"....its pretty difficult sometimes to label an artist in a genre, again....take Neil Young, most people think of him as a "folkie"...when in actual fact he has recorded very few folk songs in his career

[SteveO]

A very smart chap from Australia once said "There are two genres...good and crap" !!!! ...lol

thats the reason i have a problem with the term "genre"....its pretty difficult sometimes to label an artist in a genre, again....take Neil Young, most people think of him as a "folkie"...when in actual fact he has recorded very few folk songs in his career

[Music Head]

I always thought of Willie as country, it would never have occurred to me to put him in a different category....

lol
was tempted to put this in jazz
didn't know if genre police were on duty
chickened out

[SteveO]

To be truthful MH, Stardust is jazz !

lol
was tempted to put this in jazz
didn't know if genre police were on duty
chickened out

[CRAZY-HORSE]

saw Willie in concert about a decade ago...was more like a jazz gig than a country one...took me by surprise back then

[mtthwibrahim]

Just pulled out "The Dance of the Moon and the Sun" for the billionth time

I'm sorry, but this is my new favorite record. "Black Saint and the Sinner Lady" will still always occupy a special place in my heart, but I can no longer deny the fact that this is pretty much the best damn thing ever made

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Randy's second album, a good effort but not even close to his best. Only well known song would be Mama Told Me Not To Come, a hit for Three Dog Night. I usually prefer originals, but not here. TDN gave it some much needed oomph. Only love track here for me is Old Kentucky Home. Not the traditional song you may know, although he does steal a few lines. Wiki describes the songs on this album as rock 'n roll, R & B, folk, jazz, blues and country. Take that genre police. High praise from the critics followed this release, so I must have missed something. Certainly not the first time. Three songs did nothing for me, giving the album a low like rating. Randy's lyrics probably save it, as most of the music is too stripped down, with piano front and center. Became a big fan of the man, but not with this album.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Let's Burn Down The Cornfield

Best Track - Old Kentucky Home

Turpentine and dandelion wine
I've turned the corner and I'm doin' fine
Shootin' at the birds on the telephone line
Pickin' em off with this gun of mine
I got a fire in my belly
And a fire in my head
Goin' higher and higher
Until I'm dead
Sister Sue, she's short and stout
She didn't grow up - she grew out
Mama says she's plain but she's just bein' kind
Papa thinks she's pretty but he's almost blind
Don't let her out much 'cept at night
But I don't care 'cause I'm all right
Oh, the sun shines bright on
My Old Kentucky Home
And the young folks roll on the floor
Oh, the sun shines bright on
My Old Kentucky Home
Keep them hard times away from my door
Brother Gene, he's big and mean
And he don't have much to say
He had a little woman who he whupped each day
But now she's gone away
He got drunk last night
Kicked mama down the stairs
But I'm all right so I don't care

1) Have You Seen My Baby? **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO4PMKrSYT0
2) Let's Burn Down The Cornfield *
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7MdnFt1UrI
3) Mama Told Me Not To Come **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ie_5wlISps
4) Suzanne **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2vrNRwaSD0
5) Lover's Prayer **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVXWt3o4Was
6) Lucinda **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMj6_639wrM
7) Underneath The Harlem Moon **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpcSBTJpyQU
8) Yellow Man **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkXeyNOBNeo
9) Old Kentucky Home ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guW0r8R4DQE
10) Rosemary **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWT1sQKQj9U
11) If You Need Oil *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OshxrSel7uY
12) Uncle Bob's Midnight Blues *
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv9H0r75XM

3's - 1
2's - 8
1's - 3

Grade - 1.8

so many albums, so little time

[Neil Cossar]

Turin Brakes: Chim Chim Che-ree


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