― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 18 March 2006 19:21 (7 years ago) Permalink
― whatever (boglogger), Saturday, 18 March 2006 20:17 (7 years ago) Permalink
― whatever (boglogger), Saturday, 18 March 2006 20:43 (7 years ago) Permalink
Seriously, this stuff is a revelation.
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 18 March 2006 20:54 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Dave AKA Dave (dave225.3), Saturday, 18 March 2006 22:41 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Sunday, 19 March 2006 04:41 (7 years ago) Permalink
― harvey.w (harvey.w), Sunday, 19 March 2006 08:57 (7 years ago) Permalink
I've only heard 'Magnetic South', which is fine - but I'm not a great country fan,so my judgement isn't worth much.
― Bob Six (bobbysix), Sunday, 19 March 2006 15:48 (7 years ago) Permalink
― whatever (boglogger), Sunday, 19 March 2006 22:16 (7 years ago) Permalink
― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 19 March 2006 22:47 (7 years ago) Permalink
Seconded. Those are the three best, but also "The Crippled Lion," "Don't Wait for Me," and "While I Cry" are standouts.
He has a new one on the horizon called Rays that I gather will be New Agey like The Garden but I'll know for sure when I get my review copy.
D: his reworking of "Listen to the Band," I think on Nevada Fighter? No improvement over the first stab at it.
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Monday, 20 March 2006 15:14 (7 years ago) Permalink
I liked the albums I heard a few years ago. Gonna play them again.
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
Not an album but, Elephant Parts!
― Ms Misery, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
Nez is the man
― Tom D., Wednesday, 8 August 2007 13:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
remember that "Lucy and Ramona, and her brother Sunset Sam" song from the early 80's?...possibly the only Nesmith video I've ever seen...
"Calico Girlfriend" is a great tune...I think The Monkees did a version of this, as well...
― henry s, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:31 (5 years ago) Permalink
Yes, "Calico Girlfriend Samba" it's called.
― Tom D., Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
Hats off for Tapioca Tundra, the first three solo records, and Repo Man. I remember hearing that MTV gave him a special award honoring his contribution to the music video form at their first awards ceremony, and he gave a speech denouncing the whole enterprise. Is that right?
― dad a, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 14:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
I would love a compilation of just the Monkees' more country/folk/rural rock stuff. I would buy that.
― QuantumNoise, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 15:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
'harmony constant' was the song of our wedding
― whatever, Friday, 15 May 2009 22:30 (4 years ago) Permalink
I love the Magnetic South album.
― President Keyes, Friday, 15 May 2009 22:55 (4 years ago) Permalink
Sweet. The Nez is still the man.
― Aw naw, no' Annoni oan noo an' aw (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 July 2009 09:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
Drag City just reissued L.A. Turnaround by Bert Jansch, produced by the wooley one...nice!
― henry s, Thursday, 30 July 2009 12:55 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Tomorrow & Me" on And The Hits Just Keep On Comin'. well, the whole album really. *sigh*. is there anyone around now who is even remotely comparable to M.N. at his finest? hey, i think i'll churn out album after album of kosmik kountry GENIUS and i hope ya dig it. if not, whatever. its already in the air. you can't do anything about it.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 July 2010 01:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
lightness of touch + depth of feeling. is that the hardest thing? to master. to show. to express. seems like it.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 July 2010 01:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
not nearly as consistent, but some of those steve young records hit me in all the same spots. and i can't stan enough for the nesmith-produced "Valley Hi" LP by Ian Matthews...
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Friday, 16 July 2010 02:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
valley hi rules.
there is an incantatory power to the best of Nesmith that is seriously out of this world. people mention "harmony constant" on this thead. man, just so amazing. i mean, there might be some guy in a bar somewhere doing something like this, but i haven't heard them. Gene is the only real comparison i can think of. listening to Two Sides To Every Story a couple weeks back...it just takes my breath away. don't even know how these guys channeled what they channeled. there might be a baby out there in the world that will do what they did in the future. reading that dylan chronicles book the other night it dawned on me yeah it basically took ALL OF RAP MUSIC in the 80's to do what he did. its not some everyday kinda thing.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 July 2010 02:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
reading that dylan chronicles book the other night it dawned on me yeah it basically took ALL OF RAP MUSIC in the 80's to do what he did. its not some everyday kinda thing.
'he' refers to dylan, right? not nesmith. chronicles is a pretty impressive book. i blew through it the first time and am probably due for a re-skim of not a re-read...
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Friday, 16 July 2010 02:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah, it's probably the best of the 3 Charisma Jansch records. Jansch recently came to Nashville in support of Neil Young (I went to the show to see Jansch and not Young, altho Young was cool and all), and was of course, amazing. I had the opportunity to interview and write about Jansch--big thrill for me--and we talked a lot about how great Red Rhodes was on Turnaround.
Anyway, I'm a fan of Loose Salute and Magnetic South. And "Grand Ennui" and "Propinquity." Also "Rose City Chimes" is a good song. Beyond that, I don't know his work so much. Sounds like I need to check out that Ian Matthews LP...
― ebbjunior, Friday, 16 July 2010 02:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Matthews LP contains versions of Propinquity & Jackson Browne's "These Days" AND Red Rhodes, so you're in for a treat. I dunno where in TN you are, but I saw a copy of "Valley Hi" in Lost & Found Records in Knoxville earlier this week.
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Friday, 16 July 2010 02:26 (2 years ago) Permalink
Tomorrow and Me is definitely on some next level shit.There's not a person I've played that for who hasn't been affected.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 16 July 2010 02:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
tantamount to treason is probably my fave nesmith album when all is said and done. a couple years back i played that thing like a maniac. searching, digging, stretching, gyrating, doing anything i could to understand how he did what he did to me when i played that thing. "you are my one" and "in the afternoon" gahshshshshshshshshhsldsnfiuhfihsbdvfuweihfuwifvbsdhvbsdhvbweibweifbdvibdviddb!!!!!! words fail me.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 July 2010 02:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
RIP awesome live version of 'propinquity'
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Monday, 17 January 2011 03:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
'harmony constant' was the song of our wedding --whatever
Also funny that I started this thread and The Candidate just managed to pop up on my iTunes this week after god know how long. This guy's amazing.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 17 January 2011 17:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Prison doesn't get talked abt on this thread really, but it's fucking fantastic.. haven't actually sat down and read the book along with the LP, but the LP is on-par with Tantamount to Treason in my book. Totally blissed out cosmic country.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 21 July 2011 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd love to sit down with that. I guess I need to keep looking out for Mike.Wouldn't mind a copy of that Red Rhodes lp, either. Everything mentioned on this thread sounds great.Too much music!
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 21 July 2011 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Hits
― bear, bear, bear, Friday, 22 July 2011 09:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
No love for Tropical Campfires? I think it's great.
― Mule, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
I listen to Valley Hi every day now.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 18 April 2012 22:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Mama Nantucket" is pretty much perfect as a song.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 August 2012 02:28 (10 months ago) Permalink
love this dude so much
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:19 (9 months ago) Permalink
Still need vinyl copies of Ranch Stash and Hits Just Keep on Coming.Dammit.
Yeah, love the Nez.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 14 September 2012 19:21 (9 months ago) Permalink
Nesmith's facebook posts are a treat.
― timellison, Sunday, 21 April 2013 22:22 (1 month ago) Permalink