What Are You Listening To?
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Ahhh.
I pre-ordered this from Amazon, hoping I'd have it Monday. Should've gotten it at least by Tuesday.
Nope. And Nope.
Checking the front and side doors Thursday night at 7. Nope.
BUT, there were two packages on the front door Friday morning when I retrieved the paper. Got it, along with Knopfler's new double CD. Had to go to work, then to Tooele one last time (another shit-on-me-thread). :doh:
Thought the first track was very bass-shy at first, but its sounding better now. His cover of Isaac Hayes' "Out of the Ghetto" is killer, and probably the first time I've heard Fagen/Dan use a funky clav; this feel extends into the next track, "Miss Marlene". The last track, "Planet d"Rhonda", has a killer guitar solo.
Like any Fagen/Dan CD, lots to digest here, will probably post more in the next couple days. Pure Audio Honey! :bow-blue: :bow-blue: :bow-blue:
Botch said:
Ahhh.
I pre-ordered this from Amazon, hoping I'd have it Monday. Should've gotten it at least by Tuesday.
Nope. And Nope.
Checking the front and side doors Thursday night at 7. Nope.
BUT, there were two packages on the front door Friday morning when I retrieved the paper. Got it, along with Knopfler's new double CD. Had to go to work, then to Tooele one last time (another shit-on-me-thread). :doh:
Thought the first track was very bass-shy at first, but its sounding better now. His cover of Isaac Hayes' "Out of the Ghetto" is killer, and probably the first time I've heard Fagen/Dan use a funky clav; this feel extends into the next track, "Miss Marlene". The last track, "Planet d"Rhonda", has a killer guitar solo.
Like any Fagen/Dan CD, lots to digest here, will probably post more in the next couple days. Pure Audio Honey! :bow-blue: :bow-blue: :bow-blue:
I have only listened to the whole thing once and found it to be "too perfect", sterile sounding. Something I have felt about other Fagan solo albums.
I will have to give it a few more listens.
Botch said:
I'm on Knopfler's email list, but did not know about this coming out (Amazon's "Recommended" list did). Its a double album too!
Delivered today and spinning right now. As usual Mark Knopfler does not disappoint. Fantastic versatility, great backup musicians, so much to digest. Not quite finished with disc 1 and want to go back and relies ten to hear what I missed.
Since Ella Fitzgerald never produced a songbook of Leonard Cohen songs, Jennifer Warnes's plush 1986 tribute is the next best thing. The sleekly seductive "First We Take Manhattan" is gilded by the guitars of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robben Ford. Warnes doesn't add much to an evergreen like "Bird on a Wire," but she lays claim to the noirish title song with a confidential vocal that complements the chamber-pop arrangement. "Song of Bernadette" is a ripened gem, and the selection where Warnes lets down her refined vocal technique to reveal deep emotions. More often, Warnes is as professionally accomplished on this well-chosen set as her band of studio pros. --John Milward
1. First We Take Manhattan 3:46
2. Bird On A Wire 4:42
3. Famous Blue Raincoat 5:33
4. Joan Of Arc (With Leonard Cohen) 7:59
5. Ain't No Cure For Love 3:21
6. Coming Back To You 3:44
7. Song Of Bernadette 3:55
8. A Singer Must Die 4:52
9. Came So Far For Beauty
mzpro5 said:
I don't normally pay attention to lyrics too much, I'm into audio quality, song structure, wide dynamics and killer sax/guitar solos. Mr. Knopfler is one exception, I sit down with the CD booklet and my Shopko Senior™ hand magnifier to learn the lyrics as I listen to his latest stuff. Well worth doing.
The few other lyricists I'm into:
Donald Fagen/Walter Becker/Steely Dan
Rickie Lee Jones
Sting/The Police
Pink Floyd
Michael Franks
:text-bravo:
mzpro5 said:
Since Ella Fitzgerald never produced a songbook of Leonard Cohen songs, Jennifer Warnes's plush 1986 tribute is the next best thing. The sleekly seductive "First We Take Manhattan" is gilded by the guitars of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Robben Ford. Warnes doesn't add much to an evergreen like "Bird on a Wire," but she lays claim to the noirish title song with a confidential vocal that complements the chamber-pop arrangement. "Song of Bernadette" is a ripened gem, and the selection where Warnes lets down her refined vocal technique to reveal deep emotions. More often, Warnes is as professionally accomplished on this well-chosen set as her band of studio pros. --John Milward
1. First We Take Manhattan 3:46
2. Bird On A Wire 4:42
3. Famous Blue Raincoat 5:33
4. Joan Of Arc (With Leonard Cohen) 7:59
5. Ain't No Cure For Love 3:21
6. Coming Back To You 3:44
7. Song Of Bernadette 3:55
8. A Singer Must Die 4:52
9. Came So Far For Beauty
It had been years since I listened to this and had forgotten what an exquistely recorded/engineered album this is. The new 2 channel setup just makes the beauty so clear.