LouieB

That's something I would like to see...a Violent Femmes singalong (I have nightmares, thinking about getting back together with you.......) LouieB

Old timer.... I would hope it is still happening, but I would bet that even when it does those folks are singing the oldies.... Once again the songs most people even have today in common are the same ones we (baby boomers) had in common in our youth. That included the Beatles as well as older folk songs, rock favorites, etc. The other day I put on a Jules Shear LP and realized that even as recently as the 1980s there were singers covering songs, but that even in the last 20 years the desire to find coverable material has reduced. Oh sure sometimes someone gets someone else to write a

Yea, it may be the most talked about album of all time. LouieB

It could be...frankly the first single disk reissue is good enough. I picked up the double and it has interesting stuff for those who want everything, but nothing else essential. Exactly... (I actually saw this version of the Byrds at Royal Albert Hall....) LouieB

I'll sort of back you up on this. On the Beach has some great songs, but seems thrown together after Harvest. Tonights the Night is for the hardcore.... Beginners should start with: Harvest Everybody Knows This is Nowhere After The Gold Rush as mentioned by someone else. LouieB

Yea, I can live with that...I would never trade the feeling and experience that previous generations of musicians have expressed in their music for technique and prowess. Actually after going on and on regarding this subject I think that I finally got to my point in a round about way. Again most of this is partially stolen from the book the Rise and Fall of Popular Music (the parts about how songs got to the market and how those avenues don't exist any longer), but specifically I doubt that today most people sit around playing guitar and singing, which was something that we did alot of bac

I have all of the original vinyls (except for the Filmore which was only on CD). All of the Pre-flyte records are great. There are several of them. I particularly like Untitled among the later stuff. LouieB

Its okay..I was just giving you some shit...but actually I am correct about this. Musicians are constantly getting more skilled and proficient and able to play in a far greater range of styles and greater skill than ever before. Now that does NOT mean that those older players were able to play with less feeling or less effectiveness for whatever type of music they played, just that most had less access to a broader musical education (this is a different issue than learning music in school, which is another whole convo in and of itself.) However I totally agree with your first statement so

Ken Burns obviously...(as well as Wynton himself....) As irritating as he is, he also does know quite a bit about the subject. LouieB

The Dead Kennedys. LouieB

That is also true....no doubt about the filler on albums (listen to any of the early (or even later) Beach Boys albums and there is some rather strange and mediocre stuff on there. So never mind.....and for the record you really don't want me singing period. This is also possibly true. LouieB

Yea, that's pretty close. Might still be worth it for a one time only deal. Depends on who is playing. (I have told this story here before but I saw Helm and Danko play a practically empty show here in Chicago in the 80s, they were both smashed, but it was still fun. Dave Bromberg sat in for a few numbers as I recall. It was in a club that is where Metro is now, there couldn't have been more than 25 or 30 people.) LouieB

Well yea, that is getting kind of steep now that you mention it. At a C note it isn't too bad. LouieB

Actually a hundred bucks is starting to sound cheap. LouieB

Try looking for used copies on Amazon. I am sure some will be there. Yep, all of them are including a couple live CDs that were sold at shows. (edit number two..in fact some of the titles are selling for ridiculously cheap. I guess the Jayhawks are not much in demand any more..... ) LouieB

Gee I never told them....i just did it. LouieB

Yea, I knew if I brought this up someone would come up with someone. Gillian Welsh is a pretty good example (although at 41 she isn't exactly young.) But look at the geezers on the list of folks covering her.....yikes....with the exception of Glen Phillips (not a kid anymore either) these guys are also older than me. Well maybe Allison Krauss isn't but she plays bluegrass, not indie rock, a type of music that has one of the oldest fan bases ever. Jimmy Buffet Emmylou Harris Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Trisha Yearwood Kathy Mattea Allison Kraus Joan Baez Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket dude)

Well check it out..it won't hurt I promise.... Thanks for supporting me jff.....My goodness the people we are talking about here are my age fer cryin out loud....Springsteen, Waits, Lucinda Williams, even Steve Earle are in their 50s, with Earle being the youngest at nearly 50 if not quite that. I won't say that these folks are not still writing great songs (actually some of them aren't, but that is a different and slightly irrelevent argument here...) All of these folks came up during a time of incredible songwriting strength and added to that. I knew I would get this one started. I

I recently found a vinyl copy of this..I had been looking for one for years...I had many of the other Jam albums but was missing this one. Lots of great stuff in the 80s.....alot of what was then called "alternative" but is now called indie. It was hardly a bad decade at all... LouieB

There was a time when recording artists realized that their time had passed and that the best way to keep their career alive was to play hits and fan faves and leave it at that. I can't imagine any reason to get very excited about an REM record when they made many great albums with great songs (that are still played at least once an hour on WXRT). At some point REM is going to have to embrace its oldness (not unlike the Pixies and a myriad of other groups) and play the back catalogue and leave it at that. Not a bad way to make a living frankly. LouieB

Yup......I wished they had voted off that other chick, but we weren't so lucky. This one was on life support anyway. LouieB

Several years ago I had arguments with people here that most songs written currently (as in the last 10 years or so) weren't that good, because the craft of songwriting has gone downhill. I still sort of believe that and a song like this one, written by a master songwriter, will stand the test of time. (The two songs I used as examples back in the good old days here were "City of New Orleans" and "Gentle on my Mind", both of which posters here had never heard of...go figure.) This song was never going to be a big hit, since it was written after Cohen's run of outstanding material covered by

Most of my internet passwords are Wilco related....or is that just so I can remember them??/ LouieB

well it goes like this the fourth the fifth Em C the minor fall and the major lift are my favorite lines......with the appropriate chord changes to boot..... Jason can go any time...although a few will exit prior to him. He has a rather limited amount of real talent, but he has the looks. LouieB