CortezTheKiller

Well, it's one opinion, I guess. I'm on the diametric opposite side of it, though, definitely. The songs on this record have made a tremendous impact on me, to the point where I don't imagine any other record will end up topping my best of '08 list at the end of the year. Even the slight songs shake like an epileptic.

You just may be correct.

It's now become a bad joke.

There is a Clem Snide (Eef Barzelay) cover of this here. It's live and pretty loose but you could check it out and see if you approve.

Thanks for the link.

He came dancing across the water

With his galleons and guns

Looking for the new world

In that palace in the sun.

On the shore lay Montezuma

With his coca leaves and pearls

In his halls he often wondered

With the secrets of the worlds.

And his subjects gathered round him

Like the leaves around a tree

In their clothes of many colors

For the angry gods to see.

And the women all were beautiful

And the men stood straight and strong

They offered life in sacrifice

So that others could go on.

Hate was just a legend

And war was never known

The people worked together

And they lifted many stones.

They carried them to the flatlands

And they died along the way

But they built up with their bare hands

What we still cant do today.

And I know shes living there

And she loves me to this day

I still cant remember when

Or how I lost my way.

He came dancing across the water

Cortez, Cortez

What a killer.

eh? what shows did you see?

 

i'll agree Jason's tracks from ABAAC weren't his best, but he wrote the best songs on The Dirty South by FAR... not even close actually.

i have a feeling Jason kept his best tracks to himself instead of pushing them for ABAAC.

I've seen the band several times. No piss breaks for Deco Day, Outfit, Lonely Love, Never Gonna Change, but a lot of folks head for the stalls when Daylight, John Henry, Danko, and Easy on Yourself pops up.

I'm sure that there are some people out there who probably think Shonna has the best songs on the new album.

i'll give you Carl Perkins is one of the top songs on Dirty South, but the other 2, not for me, sorry .

 

the best songs for me on Dirty South (in order):

 

Goddamn Lonely Love

Danko/Manuel

The Day John Henry Died

Carl Perkins Cadillac

Tornadoes

Never Gonna Change

 

of those Jason wrote 4, so you can see why i hold Jason in such high regard in terms of that record, and my 2 favorite songs on Decoration Day are both written by him as well

Best of TDS (in order):

Cottonseed - MC

Puttin' People on the Moon - PH

Where the Devil Don't Stay - MC

Never Gonna Change - JI

The Sands of Iwo Jima - PH

Lookout Mountain - PH

Goddamn Lonely Love - JI

The love is equally distributed. BTW, "Decoration Day" is the best song Jason has ever written.

as great as BTCD, i do wish it had just a few more out and out rockers, but it's certainly their most gorgeous record on the whole.

Largely due to Neff's steel, Spooner's keys, and Shonna's feminine touches (more so as a harmonizer).

I get the feeling that a lot of people will be heading to the bathroom when she sings. Not that it's bad at all. Just a wild change of pace from what I know of DBT>

Much in the same way when Jason's songs from ABAAC were played.

1. Decoration Day

2. Southern Rock Opera

3. Brighter Than Creation's Dark

4. The Dirty South

5. Pizza Deliverance

6. Sirens of the Ditch

7. Alabama Ass Whuppin

8. A Blessing and A Curse

9. Gangstabilly

 

The Top 7 are all great, though. And I quite enjoy 8 and 9 even.

 

But I've been loving Brighter Than... for a while now, and it's nice to see its getting a fair share of critical praise.

Those rankings look pretty good to me.

When I heard Jason was leaving the Truckers last spring I was very disappointed. I think Jason Isbell is a very talented musician. He definitely brought a lot to the band and took them to another level musically. Decoration Day is easily one of my favorite albums of all-time. As far as the pre-SRO albums go, I will not defend Gangstabilly, but Pizza Deliverance is a very solid effort ("President's Penis Is Missing" aside). Sirens of the Ditch is one of my favorite albums from last year. However, I don't think it is in the same league as Brighter Than Creation's Dark. BTCD definitely has some filler ("You and Your Crystal Meth" and the 3 Shonna songs come immediately to mind), but Sirens has some as well (if "Try" and "Devil Is My Running Mate" disappeared, I wouldn't bitch). I saw the band last summer in NYC and thought there was a drop-off without Jason. I was concerned that the decline would continue onto BTCD. That is not the case. The new album is stronger than A Blessing and a Curse and, arguably, The Dirty South. I'm looking forward to seeing them live this spring to see how far they've come since I saw them in NY last summer. I will say the shows I downloaded from Athens, GA a few weekends ago sound excellent and have renewed my faith in The Rock Show. The 2008, post-Jason Isbell Drive-By Truckers are far from "ruined."

too bad that an ego battle ruined a great triple-threat band. Jason will be sorely missed and if this album isn't much better than a Blessing and a Curse, I can see the band's decline.

 

Peace

Ruined the band? According to who? They were great before Jason, great with him, and great after he left. ABAAC is one of the weaker DBT albums. BTCD blows its fucking doors off.

3 DIMES DOWN

It was a straight shot

All it took was luck to not get caught

I laid three dimes down and the machine wanted 25 cents

In the back seat her and a friend,

one out the window and the other on the other end

One belt loop away from Sunday night's news

If the part about being who he was didn't help Tom get loose,

what's a guy without a T. gonna get? Totally screwed,

while chicken wing puke eats the candy apple red off his Corvette

Three dimes down and 25 cents shy of a slice of the Doublemint twins

Come back baby, Rock and Roll never forgets

Mike Cooley / Drive-By Truckers

Anything by The Hold Steady

Hold Back the Tears - Neil Young

Hold on Magnolia - Songs: Ohia

Hold On, Hold On - Neko Case

You Can't Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man - Okkervil River

A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene - Okkervil River

Hold On - Tom Waits

Love me some 2 minute songs!

You're protecting the cartoon bimbos in jumpsuits?

What? They don't need protection too? Jeez.

That is one of the songs I like by them - I think it is better than Mr. Jones.

Much better.

Robin Williams?

Captain Caveman