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a bit too cheesy this record, behind it are musicians who could break the world, Larry Crane and Mike Wanchic on guitars, Kenny Aronoff on drums, but John Cougar is still a rookie who has to earn his share of the market before becoming leaner and more straightforward. A few years earlier, Robert Palmer had launched his "Johnny and Mary," which had been a huge hit even in Italy, but Mellencamp's "Jack & Diane" wipes it away in a nanosecond, from the first guitar chord.

"Crystal River" is an epoch-making track; last year's album was lethal, a 5-star affair. I haven't listened to this EP, but I think you got swindled by its length because I have no doubt this EP deserves a 5 as well. Anyway, curraeeh is right about the debut after almost 40 years because Mudcrutch was Tom Petty's band in college in Florida. They recorded a 45 which was discarded, and only Petty managed to secure a record deal, bringing Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench with him into his Heartbreakers.

Good job! Well done! Keep getting used to the "little songs of Black Sabbath and the Beatles and the expressionless voice of Lane Stanley" and leave these ones alone who don't make "music played with typical rock instruments." Drawing inspiration from 90s alternative rock? Ever heard of some "older" folks like Rother and Dinger?

Everything's right, but in my opinion, the problem is that Novoselic is a magnificent forty-something (and he doesn't have the grungy bass) while the three Flipper are still alive screaming "fucking bastards."

it's not about going against the grain, forget the countryside atmosphere in Priverno; saying it's a classic folk is misleading because it isn't folk, as I'm sure currahee will confirm if you don't trust my word :-)

Agreed with mocampo perfectly, even in 3.5. But here there are a couple of pieces that break it.

A classic folk? It doesn't seem to me that Curraeeh in his excellent review said exactly that, but predominantly acoustic, which is quite different. A landmark album recorded with exceptional clarity and dynamics, which, if you listen to it on a decent stereo system, makes it feel like Teye's flamenco guitar is right there in your living room. Speaking of this unknown Spaniard, Ely had already made the album without him, but he heard it while passing through Austin and wanted him to record the songs again with that gypsy sound! The atmosphere of the album is influenced by the border novels of Cormac McCarthy, whom Ely explicitly thanks on the cover. The version of "Gallo del cielo" is extraordinary, just as the reviewer says, the story of this broke Mexican who raises a fighting rooster to make money and ends up killed by a stronger rooster, the crescendo ending with the accordion is spectacular. "She Finally Spoke Spanish To Me" is the sequel (practically identical with different words) to "She Never Spoke Spanish To Me" by the same Butch Hancock. Seeing Joe Ely live along with Teye during the album's promotional tour on the dirt soccer field in Priverno (Latina), with no more than two hundred people, still with the dust in the air kicked up by the tractors returning from the fields, was an extraordinary experience. I wouldn't trade it for any concert of the current Springsteen in a packed sports arena with people ready to flick their lighters...

in my opinion contemplation you have a strange idea of the term compelling... I’ve seen Mehldau live three times and he has always been impressively classic and composed, he never struck me as Ahmad Jamal. Yesterday he revisited a piece by Sufjan Stevens (Holland) with the same mood as the original: I don’t think having Radiohead or Massive Attack in your repertoire is enough to be considered an innovator... it’s how you play jazz, not who you play.

Listened just yesterday in concert with the classic trio, Mehldau is not an innovator, it’s not his stuff. He needs to stick to the classic ballad, that’s where he’s a champion.

semi-unknowns says starzy... maybe to him, who's 15 and a fan of Blaze... the Crosby Stills Nash more bourgeois and ingratiating expression of USA country pop that our former metal hero is trying to promote on debaser... honestly, I can't understand how a boy can start from those caricatures of heavy that were the Wolfsbane and end up at these caricatures of country that are America...