Yeah, Joshua Judges Ruth is really nicely put together that way.
― Eazy, Thursday, 29 January 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Another song I've been listening to a lot if "The Front Porch Song," co-written with Robert Earl Keen. Robert Earl claimed it, so it's not fair to put on the Lyle list.
― mose def (kenan), Thursday, 29 January 2009 02:52 (fifteen years ago) link
The live version is the definitive one, of course.
― mose def (kenan), Thursday, 29 January 2009 02:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I mean, what great lyrics.
― mose def (kenan), Thursday, 29 January 2009 03:02 (fifteen years ago) link
little known fact: lyle lovett and david lynch are twins
That reminds me of a story Lyle told one time when he was on Austin City Limits. Back before he was recording, Lyle was friends with some of the crew on the show, and they'd get him tickets to tapings. During said tapings, he almost always appeared in audience shots. After he got famous and started performing on the show, someone got the bright idea to edit some of his old audience footage into his performance broadcast. Lyle then explained that he could tell when the show had recently aired because he suddenly get numerous fan inquires about either (A) his twin brother in the audience, or (B) some guy who looked alot like him in the audience.
To top it off, during the song he did after telling the story, younger Lyle once again appeared in a crowd shot.
― The Wild Shirtless Lyrics of Mark Farner (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 29 January 2009 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
i love lyle lovett.
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 26 March 2009 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
things i like about this guy:
a) his voiceb) his lyricsc) his songsd) his face
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 7 April 2009 20:06 (fifteen years ago) link
my mom listened to him a lot when i was in high school; haven't really heard him since then but i have fond feelings for him
the achilles heel for a lot of people, and sometimes for me, is the production and arrangement on the songs. it can sound kind of drippy.
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 23:08 (fifteen years ago) link
What are the first couple of albums I should check out given there's no (real) anthology?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 17:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd start with Lyle Lovett and Joshua Judges Ruth, tho Pontiac and Road To Ensenada are also full of great stuff.
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Joshua Judges Ruth, Pontiac, Lyle Lovett & His Large Band. (No idea if these are still in print.)
― Olde Executioner 8hundo (Eazy), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Joshua Judges Ruth is such a good album title
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
my pox, off the top of my head and surely missing some stuff i'll regret...
God WillYou Can't Resist ItIf I Were The Man You WantedLA CountyWalk Through The BottomlandShe's Already Made Up Her MindFamily ReserveFlyswatter/Ice Water BluesIt Ought To Be EasierThe Road To Ensenada
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 8 September 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
"North Dakota" is sublime.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 8 September 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
If I Had A Boat popped up on the iPod yesterday. Great song, kemo sabe.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 9 September 2010 03:27 (thirteen years ago) link
most recently heard "if i had a boat" about three weeks ago, when i was actually on a boat. just a small pontoon boat in the middle of a lake, but everybody knew the words and sang along.
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 9 September 2010 03:53 (thirteen years ago) link
no pony on the boat, no credibility.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 9 September 2010 06:29 (thirteen years ago) link
cowboy man is a great anthology, imo! i guess it stops around '96 or so?
― hobbes, Thursday, 9 September 2010 06:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Recent Tiny Desk Concert on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/event/music/166752674/lyle-lovett-tiny-desk-concert
What a great guy. I love him.
― Mule, Tuesday, 30 July 2013 11:07 (ten years ago) link
Listening to Lyle Lovett and His Large Band for the first time in many years. It's great, and what seemed a bit gimmicky back then, the combo of country and big band, now seems organic.
This and Lou Reed's New York were part of the end of 80s studio sounds to my ears, and both are recordings/arrangements that hold up really well as timeless.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 5 August 2015 20:47 (eight years ago) link
The quintessential Lovett song not written by Lovett:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebe84slxX3k
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 17 August 2015 14:57 (eight years ago) link
Where to go after the first album? I wasn't impressed -- "nice" is all I can say.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 17 January 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
First album's pretty dull. Would try Lyle Lovett & His Large Band and Joshua Judges Ruth, and Pontiac if the tinge of what could come across as misogyny isn't distracting.
― longform Gordon thinkpiece (Eazy), Sunday, 17 January 2016 22:11 (eight years ago) link
sometimes the earlier, bluesy, jazzy stuff is just exactly what you want i.e. “crying shame”, “i know you know”, “she’s no lady” etc
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 10 October 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
Things To Miss About Physical Media: The unlisted bonus track on on Ensenada, with the printed lyrics hidden under the back page gatefold in the booklet.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 October 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
Listened to Pontiac for the first time in a long time. There are some winners on Side A -- the brisk "LA County" and rather pretty, Emmylou-backed "Walk Through the Bottomland" -- but I guess I'd blocked out the lounge jazz run on Side B of "She's No Lady" -> "M-O-N-E-Y" -> "Black and Blue" for good reason. Yick.
― Indexed, Friday, 21 January 2022 15:29 (two years ago) link
joshua judges ruth has two perfect songs on it in north dakota and family reserve
― Spottie, Friday, 21 January 2022 16:40 (two years ago) link