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Awesome song... Gotta love 'Fool in the Rain' though!

I've only heard the shows from this tour, not having been there in person. But from what I can hear, Neal Casal is quickly staking his claim of Cardinals MVP, stealing the crown from Brad Pemberton. Listening to 'Dear John' from Manchester right now and he's killing it... so unbelievably good

I guess you're referring to 'Goodnight Rose'? Anyway, I freakin' dig that. Kinda makes me want to pick the song up and slap anybody in the face who says that all the guy does is sing generic songs. Who else tries to put 125 syllables into a 60 syllable sentence not every time, but just once in a song?!? (He did the same in 'The End' from Jacksonville City Nights)

Could be my favourite U2 album. Was the first album I ever bought and therefore probably has some sentimental value, but I still love it.

Me too, but the one song that I freakin' love, which puts me at odds with nearly everyone else is 'The Sadness'. Aside from the whole mariachi 'yelp' - that song kicks butt. 'Carolina Rain' and 'Starlite Diner' are also great, but to me the other songs are much better in the live setting.

Well, as a big Ryan Adams fan, I suppose that expectations were for another good album - and I'm not disappointed at all. 'Goodnight Rose' has got to be one of his stronger tracks, and apart from 'Magnolia Mountain', I can't think of a better start to any of his albums. Probably the only song that doesn't seem to click is 'Off Broadway', but I've never really been too big a fan of the track. I don't get the complete distaste I've seen for 'Two' and 'Halloweenhead'. 'Two' may not sound like the most fantastic track here, but neither did 'Dear John' on Jacksonville City Nights, but that's be

Ryan's said that the stuff that's out there (48 Hours etc) will have proper mastering and mixing and perhaps there'll be overdubs to make them more of an album rather than a collection of demos. Plus, I think he hinted that we haven't heard all there's to be heard from these sessions. Why don't I leave it to the man himself to explain... "for those of you who think you have the finished 48 and S HNBK etc....wait til you hear how those records really sounded w o.d.s strings/ mixes/ missing tunes. you might like the actual finished product. plus those records between the released ones that n

No idea! But then again, things in 'Neil Young World' rarely make sense, and when they do you begin to question why the hell they're making so much sense!

He hurt his arm while skateboarding a couple of weeks ago. He's not playing at the moment, but that won't be the case for the later dates. FWIW, the Kingston show over at http://www.ryanadamsarchive.com is insanely good, Neal Casal does a great job handling the guitar all by himself and the dude playing piano added a lot (forgotten his name, Jamie something - produced Easy Tiger).

All the new songs from this show sound killer. He's got a freakin' awesome knack for throwing the most melodically perfect moments into the songs. The whole "i'm fractured from the fall, oooh and I wanna go home" part from 'Two' is a pretty good example. I haven't listened to the studio leaks yet (not until I can get the whole album anyway), but the live versions sound like all of Gold should have.

"Powderfinger" - Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Powder Blue" - Ween "Big Powder Dust" - Bomb the Bass -------------- 'finger'

"Armed and Extremely Dangerous" - First Choice "D is For Dangerous" - Arctic Monkeys "Danger Bird" - Neil Young "The Danger Zone" - Ray Charles (no, not Kenny Loggins) "Dangerous Type" - The Cars "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" - The Ramones ------------------------- Class

'Banana Juice' - The Mar-Keys 'Banana Co.' - Radiohead -------- Strength

"mmm, spice huh? I'm the rice" Love it how he devotes a whole chapter (albeit a chapter that's only half a page long) to detailing what was on tv when he got his first bj. Any other rock star and it would just be a complete waste of time, but Dave just throws it out there as an aside, or an fyi.

No 'Muzzle'...

OK, one night after (and a full day of work later) and the show still keeps coming back to me. Little things like *Jeff alternating between electric and acoustic guitars for most of the main set. He hardly played two songs in a row with either. *Jeff noting that although we were the smallest crowd of the tour (small venue), we were easily the loudest *Jeff thinking that we talk like pirates. My attempt at a setlist (maybe you could correct me nickvb?) You Are My Face I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Shake it Off Handshake Drugs Impossible Germany Shot in the Arm At Least That

They were on fire - no signs of fatigue at all. Jeff was in a great mood all night

Hi folks, Just got back from the show and trying to figure out the setlist - but for the life of my I can't remember the order of the whole thing, but I do know the songs that were played. We got (in order of release); Kingpin California Stars Airline to Heaven Shot in the Arm Via Chicago I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Jesus, etc War on War Heavy Metal Drummer I'm the Man Who Loves You Poor Places At Least That's What You Said Spiders Theologians Hummingbird Handshake Drugs Company in My Back The Late Greats You Are My Face Shake it Off Impossible Germany Hate it Here Walken I

So many lightweights on that list. Any decision other than 'Gala Mill' is a pretty ordinary one. Doesn't matter if it's maybe not as good as 'Wait Long By the River...', it's still 10 times better than anything Augie Bloody March will ever put out. And here's thinking I have to sit through the Augie March singer before I can see Wilco next weekend. May spoil the whole night for me... or maybe not. All IMHO, obviously

Meg White should have her own RSGF's thread. She's way too yummy.

Marquee Moon - Television I Should Coco - Supergrass Lovers - Sleepy Jackson Murmur - R.E.M Heartbreaker - Ryan Adams Kill 'Em All - Metallica Are just some others...

Mike Scott is up there with Pete Townshend in the league of musicians who can talk about rock music and actually make it as interesting as listening to rock music. It's very rare company to be in...

Awesome news. I'll keep the bootleg I bought because it's got some demos on there, but I'll be definitely be picking this up. Glad to see that Barbara Orbison got over her (supposed) objections to this album.

No concrete evidence either way as of yet. I wouldn't be surprised if you do get them as part of the box, just as I won't be surprised if there's just a provision in the box to slot them in, chronological-style.

Forget the dude on the left, for me The Cardinals were all about the beanpole hottie bassplayer!