mjpuczko Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 i do not get the adult contemp comparison ryan gets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 me neither. A recent argument with a friend included ammo from Robert Christgau: "I asked for Roger McGuinn and got Billy Joel instead." An insult on about 4 different levels. One person listens to Sylvia Plath and thinks its fantastic. Someone else listens to it and thinks it's some punk trying to sound deep. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willywoody Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 easy tiger is ok in my book but it's not great. many songs sound like leftovers from previous albums. i listen to it and try to place each song on a previous album. the first song would've been great on cold roses and halloween head could've worked on rock n roll. some sound like love is hell, etc, etc. i do like it better than jcn and 29 at least. and from an earlier discussion , i don't think he's doing his fake country accent on goodnight rose. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Not sure if this was mentioned, but The Onion AV Club has a pretty cool interview with Ryan Adams. Clicky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 One person listens to Sylvia Plath and thinks its fantastic. Someone else listens to it and thinks it's some punk trying to sound deep. but I love a lot of his music, but I can't stand that song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 i like that song Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 but I love a lot of his music, but I can't stand that song. Not sure if that was a response to what I wrote, but if it was, my point wasn't that everyone that likes Ryan Adams loves that song. Just that the opinions of him and his songs seem to be pretty polar opposite. Some folks love Sylvia Plath and others think it's a transparent and lame attempt at depth that comes off as phony. Maybe you don't fall into either of those buckets, but there do often seem to be two distinct buckets when it comes to Ryan. That's all I meant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stickman Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Yippee! I got my orange vinyl last night and it's pretty sweet. I like the packaging and the DVD leaves something to be desired (only because it is so short...4 songs? I guess that's better than nothing). Does anybody know where the curtain of lights videos are on the internet? I tried youtube but came up empty handed. A download of all of those would be nice too... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Exclusive video of Ryan Adams & Cardinals performing Goodnight Rose courtesy Paste Magazine Off Broadway + Halloween Head videos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Rufer Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Not sure if this was mentioned, but The Onion AV Club has a pretty cool interview with Ryan Adams. Clicky That's a really great interview. Excellent insight into his process. Also, no classic obnoxiousness in sight. Seemed to try to make amends with Jack White too--after calling him a ponce (whatever that is) years ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 ponce - a word with many meanings in the UK. It's original meaning was similar to that of the US 'pimp' but it is used more as a term of general abuse now. If you call someone a ponce you could be indicating that they are very flashy or even a bit camp. The term 'ponce about' ("stop poncing about !") is directed at someone who is aimless or slow especially when the person using the term is impatiently waiting for them. i.e. "Stop poncing about, we've got to be there in 5 minutes !". Another term is 'ponce off' meaning 'to scrounge' and comes from the original usage where a ponce is a pimp earning money from prostitutes. An example would be "Are you gonna ponce off me all night or are you gonna get your own fags?". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a.miller Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 That's a really great interview. Excellent insight into his process. Also, no classic obnoxiousness in sight. Seemed to try to make amends with Jack White too--after calling him a ponce (whatever that is) years ago.He seemed pretty down to earth and modest during the whole thing. I much enjoyed that aspect of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Littlebear Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 One thing I can objectively state about Ryan Adams, is that I can't remember any artist that got as much pages on the Wilco board since I use to come here (that doesn't make long ago, but anyway...). I don't know what it means, but the pages aren't especially enlightening either. It's just stuff like "wow, it's his best" - "well, it's his weakest " "I love it", etc... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 i think that was your weakest post yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wendy Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 i think that was your weakest post yet. :lol I nominate this as "Post of the Day!" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted June 30, 2007 Share Posted June 30, 2007 easy tiger is ok in my book but it's not great. That's how I feel about the album, too. I had it on this afternoon and found it didn't hold my attention the way many of his other albums did the first few times I heard them. There weren't any songs I hated, but there weren't any I was in a hurry to listen to again right away. In fact, I let iTunes play through Heartbreaker and Gold, then listened to some Whiskeytown. That said, mediocre Ryan Adams is still worlds better than the best of many artists. Who knows; maybe this one will grow on me some more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokestack Joe Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 thats what message boards are for, talking about albums, comparing them, ranking them, etc.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sanhozay Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I really like Easy Tiger. The band is top notch! I usually need to shift gears when I put RA in the spinner but once his writing slips into my head I return often to reinterpret the beautiful heartbreak of his musings. Pearls on a string is a jangly gem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socbret Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I'm a big fan of the new album, but I still can't keep my cursor from clicking "Magnolia Mountain" everytime I open up iTunes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigideas Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 i just picked it up Fri, so i haven't got to listen to all of it yet.i was surprised at the 38 min album total. this is quite surprising for Adams, as usually he has 50 min + albums - Cold Roses was a double (before someone pulls that card). Off Broadway - the second part of the song sounds very familiar, like something from the 70's......Fleetwood, maybe? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Apparently Ryan Adams and Lucinda Williams are headlining a show up at Red Rocks in a month or two. Old 97's are slated, too. Could be worth a trip up the hill. Some coffee fest or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 it's the starbucks carved in stone concert. ryan, devotchka, old 97's, and "one other very special headlining artist". i hadn't heard anything about lucinda, but could be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 i hadn't heard anything about lucinda, but could be.http://www.last.fm/event/242701 I think I saw it in this week's Westword, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 cool. that last.fm event must have changed since i added that i'm attending. either that or i'm losing my mind... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Coltrane Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 The live version of "Blue Hotel" Ryan is doing with the Cardinals on the current tour absolutely destroys. I love Easy Tiger, but anyone interested in Ryan needs to download the Manchester show right now and take a listen to this. What an amazing voice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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