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I love his purposeful out of tune vocal in the first verse. The one that bugs me is two songs preceding. I know I Am A Tree is a Gillard song, but the metaphors are just plain dumb.

1990 - Jellyfish - Bellybutton 1991 - Uncle Tupelo - Still Feel Gone 1992 - XTC - Nonesuch 1993 - Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne 1994 - Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand 1995 - Son Volt - Trace 1996 - Scud Mountain Boys - Massachusetts 1997 - Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind 1998 - Richard Buckner - Since 1999 - The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

I don't know if I'm ready to call Bob the greatest songwriter of all time or if he's way ahead of his time. I don't think of him in those terms. I do think he's one the greatest melodicists of our time. He's certainly prolific, and out of his vast catalogue there are 200-300 songs that are as good as just about anything ever released. So, if the amount of good songs equates greatest ever, then so be it. I understand and agree with both of you up to a point that Bob could "perhaps' benefit from an editor-in-chief. One to keep him in check and oversee that brain of his that contains 'The Book

Guided by Voices Uncle Tupelo Son Volt Wilco Teenage Fanclub Sparklehorse Richard Buckner PJ Harvey Joe Henry Gillian Welch Joe Pernice related works

200+ (A) rated songs still gets him into the hall of fame.

but are the "songs" mindblowing ? Dunno. Ordered a copy today. I can say for certainty that the songs on The Soft Bulletin are definitely that.

Hope so - Looking forward to it.

As much as I look forward to this as well, I'd be more excited if Gillian's new record was getting some sort of announcement. She's waaaay overdue.

Ordered

Good deal @ Amazon (CD) = $7.99 http://www.amazon.com/Embryonic-Flaming-Lips/dp/B002MJM88O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1255537347&sr=1-1

An excerpt from an interview with Bob in Sept. '07 JH: What about the people who compare you to all the great American songwriters and try to figure out where you stand? Are you in the top 10? RP: It’s too complicated. It’s all out there, and it’s hard to distinguish what’s good and what’s not good, what’s supposed to be good and what my intentions are. It’s harder to judge whether I’m one of the great songwriters because there’s just too much stuff. My point is that I just don’t care. People have pointed out to me before that I dilute my brilliance, or whatever you want to call it, by put

Wow. I didn't realize E had it in him. Great news. While I was a bit disappointed in Hombre, it did have one of his best "songs", in That Look You Give That Guy. Thanks for the info Bigideas & Frank.

Just heard that Disc 4 on Suitcase 3 scheduled to drop on Nov. 3rd will be an acoustic session by Pollard, Tobin Sprout, and Greg Demos in 1994-1995 (the period between GBV classics Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes).

Thanks A-man

Do you where these particular songs are available on CD ?

Funny you mention it, but yes, it did.

Wow, you're right. I had no idea. I always thought Ritchie wrote it. Do you know of Donovans's association with Shawn Phillips in the early seventies ? He claims he co-wrote a few songs without credit.

Is the vinyl version different from the CD? Also, I'd like to add his cover of Ritchie Haven's Season of The Witch.

The opening title track is great -

Pitchfork does not deliver http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13554-zero-to-99/

Yes. It was purchased from The Factory of Raw Essentials http://www.thefactoryofrawessentials.com/boston_spaceships.html What are the two singles - Question Girl & How Wrong You Are ? I think both are great. That said, there are 8-9 others songs which are as good or better.

RIYL ?

Good to see a lot of Linkous fans round here. If anyone is interested in a collected works of all of his b-sides, EP's, non-album tracks, etc.. shoot me a PM and I'll up it later tonight. It's a must if you're a fan.

Cool, I thought so. As a whole, the record's surprisingly good. It doesn't hurt that I'm a fan of Mark Linkous as well.

At this point in the year, I can't imagine anything knocking off Boston Spaceships as the record of the year. The others are solid as well. boston spaceships - zero to 99 reigning sound - love & curses el goodo - coyote son volt - american central dust tim easton - porcupine