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here's a few clips... this version of Slippin' & Slidin' is one of the wildest things I've ever heard. and an absolutely amazing Rockin' Chair. I'd say this is the best ever performance of one of the best songs ever written. Proof that The Band were the best group to ever exist, bar none. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjrL8jfE5GM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqbTPVvZ5pA

I really don't see how you guys think Rock of Ages is tame. like the someone else mentioned, Don't Do It is just an electrifying performance. W.S. Walcott is a red hot performance, way better than the studio version. This Wheel's On Fire is also better than the studio verison, as is Stage Fright. and not to mention the absolutely WILD versions of Rag Mama Rag, Chest Fever, and Rock n Roll Shoes. Before The Flood is the beginning of the end... Richard not doing so hot, Robbie now playing a Strat and overplaying like crazy, and the drugs really starting to take away from the music. Watkins

I would use many words to describe Rock of Ages, and "sedate" is not one of them. How could you describe such an exciting, electric live album as sedate? Before The Flood is not very good at all. Robbie's playing, for the first time, started to show the annoying over-playing that would peak at the Last Waltz. In addition, Richard's voice is rough on BTF. Rock of Ages is 10 times better. One of the best live albums of all time, and one of The Band's best.

the last time I checked, Mississippi was one of the best songs Dylan ever wrote.

i thought the footage of Isaac Hayes was completely ridiculous. "Black Moses"... give me a break. quite frankly I don't think he's that great. They should have spent much more time on the label's early/best years instead of so much time on the later years.

i was referring to the live shows. his band are great, but the whole 20 minute jams that go on forever thing has gotten quite old. no problem just because it was a collaboration doesn't mean he wasn't appeasing the record company.i just can't find much of value in it. the lyrics are very self conscious, like, "ok, this will be the rocker with the goofy lyrics, this will be the sensitive slow song with my quiet voice," etc.

come on, you can't be serious. the album is so glossy, over produced. i would call it many things, and amazing is far from one of them. i'm not some ryan adams hater either. i really love the cardinals. "two" is a total re-write of harder now that its over, as someone else has stated, and that is 10x better. and in the uncut interview, he says how it wasn't at all the album he wanted to make, and that the label give him an idea of what they wanted and that he didn't have any more fight in him, so he did it. this album is just so bland and... well, i can't describe it any better than mid

that song is crap. i don't get why people are listening to this new album... he basically said himself that he catered to the label by releasing it, and most of it is middle of the road, adult contemporary crap.

is West Fest free, or what?

i'm cheating a bit, but who cares, they needed to be on here. The Basement Tapes (1967) Music From Big Pink (1968) The Band (1969) Stage Fright (1970) Rock Of Ages (1972)

the funny thing is, its not only his frog that is squashed...

oh, now I see it. it's right after the photo of you fucking yourself.

where's the photo of you being an asshole? i thought i saw it in there somewhere.

yes, can somebody please tape this for us?

what is the point of writing "in my opinion". you wouldn't be talking about someone else's opinion.

i'm new to this band, and was wondering if they have 2 singers... on the new album it sounds like it. the one singer has a very wayne coyne-esque voice.

the keyboard in Shake It Off is an obvious nod to The Band's "The Shape I'm In".

how in the WORLD could this list go on without the mention of: My Aim Is True This Year's Model Armed Forces Get Happy!!! Trust ELVIS COSTELLO

Yeah, real stupid. Giving a group like The Band their well-deserved recognition. The nerve of them! They should have gotten in touch with you so you could rattle off a country-blues list for them.

I'm pretty sure there are a few articles where it comes up and JB mentions the collaboration as being their/one of their last (and that Tweedy played drums on a demo or something). As far as I know, the verses are Tweedy and chorus is Bennett, and they combined them. Also in the interview Bennett mentions that the song was titled Jesus, Don't Cry but he was lazy and labeled a cd of it "Jesus, etc."

Jay Bennett wrote the chorus to the song.

i didn't follow the rules exactly... this is just a mix cd i recently made, but no modern artists are included (so no Califone, My Morning Jacket, Jim O'Rourke, Tim Easton, Wilco, Jayhawks, Tupelo.) I'm 18, by the way... 'Til The Money Runs Out - Tom Waits Big Tears - Elvis Costello Long Face - Bobby Charles Barstool Blues - Neil Young I've Got A Feeling - The Beatles So It Goes - Nick Lowe Rockin' Chair (live) - The Band All Things Must Pass - George Harrison Washington Bullets - The Clash Dark End of the Street - The Flying Burrito Brothers Let Nothing Come Between You - Warren Zevon Isol

could SOMEBODY tape this?

We should get this guy some unused Woodie Guthrie lyrics, and see if he comes up with a melody and chord progression that is anywhere near as good as California Stars.

is this an excerpt from your new book?