I remember being 15 and buying Elvis Costello's "Get Happy". Played the first song, took it off in disgust, and left it un-played for literally 30+ years. Threw it on one night (after getting into his vast catalog) and was blown away by it. 20 two-minute songs that encompass a wide range of everything that is rock. Sometimes it just takes a little time to get it.
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@immatthewj Now you have me thinking of getting a good lp copy of Companion |
@simao +1 on that! If I had a TT, I know that I would have a few Patricia Barber LPs.
@rpeluso , I find it hard to understand why that didn't hit me when I bought it almost 30 years ago! I guess I was in another life-mode back then, and if a CD or song did not have a real catchy obvious grab-line, I put it (the CD) out of sight and then it was out of mind. I am way happy I rediscovered it a few days ago. There is a palpable quality to her voice on that one that is not there on all red books OR SACDs. Maybe it's because of these new speakers that I am auditioning/breaking in . . . but if it is, it isn't happening on all my old red books I am trying to rediscover. |
. . . here's another one I bought back in the late 90s that I just played today and really enjoyed, although I probably hadn't played it but a half dozen times (if that many): Dave's True Story, the Sex Without Bodies CD (a Chesky aluminum disc, 1998). Kelly Flint's vocals almost have that same palpable quality that I was raving about above on Rosanne Cash's Ten Song Demo CD, and I like much of the quality of the instrumental work around her. I particularly enjoy their cover of Lou reed's Walk On The Wild Side. |
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