Bout to fire it up, will report back!
― FKATlovestoFU better (Spottie), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 16:55 (nine years ago) link
think "earthquake driver" is his best lyric overall in a while (saturday nights & sunday mornings was oddly both restrained and unhinged lyrically, duritz endlessly musing on "everything" and "nothing" which was pretty boring). think "dislocation" is my favorite song. think this is way better than saturday nights in general and really enjoy the expansive qualities of "palisades park" and "johnny appleseed's lament"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 September 2014 18:23 (nine years ago) link
Listened a couple times.
God of the Ocean Tides (aka Dust in the Wind?) is really nice, as well as Possiblity Days. I think they do ballads as good as anyone. Palisades Park and John Appleseed's Lament are def standouts. The hook on Dislocation kinda grates but the rest is good, might grow on me. Kinda love the final third of this lp straight up. Even into the ragtime stomper 'cover up the sun'.
― FKATlovestoFU better (Spottie), Thursday, 4 September 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
been spending a lot of time with the most recent one and it's better than I even gave it credit for at the time (I am weirdly, unnecessarily bet-hedging in this thread idk why)
been preaching to the already-converted for a while that hard candy is their best record if you delete the big yellow taxi cover from every layer of existence
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 02:10 (seven years ago) link
I've always had a soft spot for their tune "Perfect Blue Buildings" as when I was in school I remember being dirty and dead tired washing dishes about 3am in the back of a restaurant/bar alone hearing it on this sad radio that was zip tied up above the 3 sink.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 02:23 (seven years ago) link
i associate those first albums really strongly with dirty teenage restaurant work, too. that stuff is probably too intertwined with certain memories for me to even really hear what it sounds like.
― dc, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 02:39 (seven years ago) link
What I hate about them, much like Rob Thomas, is that Duritz's voice MAKES them MOR. He's like the anti-Fagen, whose voice IMO contrasts/complements nicely with all that Steely Dan sheen.
Duritz, instead, grounds everything in this horrible 'tastefulness' that is completely repellent IMO
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 02:46 (seven years ago) link
I got basically no critical perspective, but whataya mean by tastefulness
― dc, Wednesday, 17 August 2016 02:53 (seven years ago) link
I too am wondering
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 August 2016 03:24 (seven years ago) link
holiday in spain song is hitting me todayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJatv7CUhys
its a real damn shame the album didnt end with this song
― big city slam (Spottie), Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
#1 hit in Holland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkErDMj1TW8
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:38 (four years ago) link
― big city slam (Spottie), Thursday, July 11, 2019 12:27 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
afaic big ol taxi is a bonus track from hell
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
At least the original bonus track didn't have Vanessa Carlton on it, which always seemed like an odd addition.
― MarkoP, Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, July 11, 2019 12:52 PM (fifteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
fair. song really set them back and killed what little reputation they had at that point.
― big city slam (Spottie), Thursday, 11 July 2019 20:11 (four years ago) link
― ArchCarrier, Thursday, July 11, 2019 12:38 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
did not know!
― MarkoP, Thursday, July 11, 2019 1:07 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
oooo bop bop bop
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eexQVcLZV3Q
attn spottie, new counting crows EP is really awesome imo
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 24 May 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
yeah! listened to it on Friday. really love that first song. Need to spend more time w it.
― i was too much listening to your accent (Spottie), Monday, 24 May 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link