i also picked up her memoir when i was in nashville and i'm gonna read it as soon as i finish doctor faustus (soon) (i hope)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
Just got “7 year itch” on vinyl and it’s great
― Heez, Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
Her memoir's good but like all eighties survivors she has different standards about what works: she's contemptuous of Rhythm and Romance, often to my ears her second best album.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
i expect no artist to have the same ideas about their work as i do
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
The memoir's best when she addresses her dad. She's a solid writer.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 August 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
Rhythm and Romance is the best new wave album.
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 7 November 2019 14:45 (four years ago) link
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 November 2019 14:47 (four years ago) link
hah yeah, I was just taken by "Never Be You" and of course listened to the whole album as a result, and now put it on again. Every song expresses anxiety from a distinct perspective. "lovers all have to stand trial" indeed.
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 7 November 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
The guitars here stomp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihyHTKqBU5Q
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 November 2019 14:55 (four years ago) link
yes, that's the song playing right now on this second playthrough of the day. I'm guessing she wrote it after receiving "Never Be You" from Petty & Tench, since the choruses sound alike.
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 7 November 2019 15:10 (four years ago) link
Never knew about her crazy health problems before she made The List. Also, did she ever find “The List”?
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 November 2019 15:15 (four years ago) link
next album, but "Runaway Train" is so beautiful. I can hear Springsteen recording it...or even her dad on one of those latter day albums.
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 7 November 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
We haven't even talked about this one, a perfect song from the flickering synth to the conceit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4aQPFM1shc
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 November 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
oh man "Halfway House" is fantastic. I think about all the drugs she was taking in this era, and how bad her life sounds in these songs (even if a writer doesn't talk about her own life necessarily, we know how her relation with Crowell ended up): this is more effective than just say no.
― L'assie (Euler), Thursday, 7 November 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
Am I the only one who found Crowell didn’t really add much as a talking head in the Ken Burns Country doc?
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
He didn't.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
Seemed like he was there mainly as a member of the extended Cash family, similar to Hank Jr.’s daughter, even though he commented somewhat vacuously on Guy Clark and such, and maybe on Emmylou Harris as well, although I can’t recall an incident of this latter.
― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 November 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link
It all went downOn the inside
― Planck Generation (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 2 July 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link