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Rating: A NICE WHISKEY AND THE COOL KING. Incredible. Dave "syncopated" Matthews has made another great album. It has been since the last century, namely since "Crash" (1996), that we were waiting for an album like this. Besides the countless live albums, not even "Everyday" and "Stand Up" (the latest) were comparable to the beauty of the early works.
"Big Whiskey" comes out a year after the death of Le Roi (hence the King) Holloway Moore, the band's saxophonist, who passed away prematurely following complications from an accident while driving a quad - and it is rightfully dedicated to him, starting with the intro "Grux," a very nice sax solo that paves the way for the typical 100% DMB FUNK of "Shake Me Like A Monkey," immediately exciting.
In this great album, we find a Dave Matthews with an always extraordinary voice (at times, it reminds me of Sting's), which becomes hoarse or falsetto when necessary, within the same song, or from one track to another, from the almost "Plant-like" tone of "Time Bomb" to the nearly boundary-pushing tones of "tearjerker" ballads that are never cheesy like "You & Me" and "Lying In The Hands Of God."
Dave "nice guy face" Matthews is incredibly inspired, writing a bunch of beautiful songs. There is not a misstep in this album, but what's new? Absolutely nothing, except perhaps a bit more rock presence, but the mix is that explosive and complex one from the glorious '90s, which incorporates extraordinarily perfect doses of rock, fusion, plenty of funk, deadly grooves, and jazz elegance, yet remaining absolutely POP, miracles possible only for a few masters, grant me a name, Bruce Hornsby, among others.
As usual, it's an album that won't sell in Italy because it has a completely out-of-the-box and trend-defying sound; it's too American and having high musical quality is destined for those who love to keep their ears open, for those who like to analyze and decompose sounds and textures.
So, folks, little smoke and lots of substance. Oh, I forgot: either you like it immediately, A LOT, or not at all, and well...!
Tracklist and Lyrics
15 Cornbread (04:53)
dancing with the devil 'round the fire
messed your momma's bed for a little more magic
makes you wanna run around naked
'cause you know it looks good on you
you ain't never had my cornbread
a little bit of heaven and a little bit of
cut it down the middle
open wide and jump right in
oh, my love shake it, shake it, shake it
all night long take it, take it, take it
giving it up everyday, everyday, everyday
the joy is steeped with sin
I found her by the miller's shed
she's got all that stuff inside her head
a fire was burning in between her legs
the joy is steeped with sin
it soars inside my soul because of you
all the innocence that you inspire
you know you are as heaven intended you
come on, open up your pretty flower
dancing with the devil 'round the fire
messed your momma's bed for a little more magic
makes you wanna run around naked
'cause you know it looks good on you
you ain't never had my cornbread
a little bit of heaven and a little bit of
cut it down the middle
open wide and jump right in
[scatting]
the joy is steeped with sin
God made her, he made her right
but I made this, gonna get it tonight
the love I need from her is right
the joy is steeped with sin
it soars inside my soul because of you
all the innocence that you inspire
you know you are as heaven intended you
come on, open up your pretty flower
it's all inside your head, the love inside your head
more than enough to make you happy
it's all inside your head, the love inside your head
more than you need to make you happy
yeah, yeah, know you love me
yeah, yeah, know you love me
yeah, yeah, know I love you
the joy is steeped with sin
yeah, yeah, know I love you
yeah, yeah, know you love me
yeah, yeah, know I love you
the joy is steeped with sin
it soars inside my soul because of you
all the innocence that you inspire
you know you are as heaven intended you
come on, open up your lovely flower
the love inside your head, up inside your head
more than you need to make you happy
the love inside your head, up inside your head
more than enough to make you happy
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