That was great! I've always liked that sort of thing. I'd love to be in a band doing that, whatever it's called.
"Vince, have you ever tried playing an expensive bass?" - Polarbear.
"And isn't that the finest acoustic bass guitar feedback solo you've ever heard?" - Billy Moose.
Vince wrote:
But seriously, that "Bring The Family" album is marvelous. And it has "Lipstick Sunset" and "Have A Little Faith In Me", so you can't really lose, unless you really hated those Toyota ads.
Great playing but AWFUL production. Late 80's over slick at it's worst. I'd love to hear that album remixed sans all the digiverb and EQ. YMMV.
Of all the terrible album productions that weighed down the 1980s, 'bring the family' is among the worst?
You picked the wrong time to stop sniffing glue, Darren.
It's definitely a product of its time but compared to other records of the era it's not nearly as stinky as many.
Whatever you do don't go near his wannabe Elvis Costello phase. A linn drum hit might hospitalize you.
jeremyb wrote: Is it true about the bum sex before marriage thing being ok?
Hot_Grits wrote:Of all the terrible album productions that weighed down the 1980s, 'bring the family' is among the worst?
Oh, cool... so it's not just me that thought that, then? I went and had another listen to it, didn't think it was as bad as all that.
"Vince, have you ever tried playing an expensive bass?" - Polarbear.
"And isn't that the finest acoustic bass guitar feedback solo you've ever heard?" - Billy Moose.
Hot_Grits wrote:Of all the terrible album productions that weighed down the 1980s, 'bring the family' is among the worst?
Oh, cool... so it's not just me that thought that, then? I went and had another listen to it, didn't think it was as bad as all that.
I bought the remastered version and, while it's definitely a product of the time, it's not spoiled by it.
Nah, it's got The Big Snare but we're spared the synth washes. There's not many DX7-ish bell things or sequenced bass. People don't sound as if they're recording in an airplane hangar with every instrument 200 metres away and the log drum patch is conspicuously absent. Not too bad at all.
Compare it to Springsteen albums of the same time esp. Tunnel of Love (from the same year)
Listen to Hiatt's "Learning How To Love You" compared to "Tougher Than The Rest", two songs with similar vocal styling and Hiatt's album's production sounds a lot less dated.
"Vince, have you ever tried playing an expensive bass?" - Polarbear.
"And isn't that the finest acoustic bass guitar feedback solo you've ever heard?" - Billy Moose.
I went and saw him a couple of years back at the Powerhouse it was a packed house and a great show "Rainy night in Geogia""Undercover agent for the blues""steamy windows" and many others.
Very understated guitar player try his CD Uncovered
benderissimo wrote:I feel a bit like the potential for cheese is quite high, but I'll investigate further.
Bring the Family is a big hit here.
Tony Joe White:
What I hear is Knopfler-esqe Strat tones and Chris Rea-ish vocals. This is criminally unfair but there it is. Lake Placid Blues is fun to play though.
Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive.
"Vince, have you ever tried playing an expensive bass?" - Polarbear.
"And isn't that the finest acoustic bass guitar feedback solo you've ever heard?" - Billy Moose.
I have a good idea about what alt country is but the term roots confuses me sometimes (even though I use it a lot). People tend to have tonnes of different ideas about what it means.
El Chris wrote:I have a good idea about what alt country is but the term roots confuses me sometimes (even though I use it a lot). People tend to have tonnes of different ideas about what it means.
Yeah, I'm not sure either. It always makes me think of fried chicken.
"Vince, have you ever tried playing an expensive bass?" - Polarbear.
"And isn't that the finest acoustic bass guitar feedback solo you've ever heard?" - Billy Moose.
I've always liked that sort of thing. I'd love to be in a band doing that, whatever it's called.
