mike squires Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Anyone else excited about the new Todd Snider release, peace queer???? It was supposed to come out last week but pushed back until October. Boo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I'm a big Todd Snider fan. The guy is criminally underrated. I really liked "The Devil You Know" but it seemed to come out with little, to no, publicity. Maybe he needs to sign to Nonesuch or something? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 He's allowing free downloads of the new album in October (for his birthday). I always look forward to a new Todd release. I was just listening to a fantastic show of him and Jack Ingram together from 2001. Fantastic stuff. http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008...birthday-p.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WilcoOfTheDay Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 love him! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 So is Todd Snider gay? Or am I missing something... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 So is Todd Snider gay? Or am I missing something...You're missing something. He's married. His wife does his artwork on stage and did the last album cover. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 The Devil You Know is a downright fantastic album. I actually considered it for my Top 20 on VC. Just spectacular from start to finish. Such a humorous and down-to-earth individual. That said, I heard one of the new tunes on his MySpace and I was not impressed. I'm still looking forward to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Todd gets a lot of love here. I've played a number of his tunes over the years with various bands I've been in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I didn't care much for The Devil You Know. Seemed too... poppy? Of his studio stuff, I'd take East Nashville Skyline any day. Near Truths And Hotel Rooms gets the most listens from me, though. Fantastic story teller, one of the best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I'm a huge Todd Snider fan, so any new release is a cause for celebration. This is definitely one of my most anticipated releases of the next few months. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimtweedy1977 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 I didn't care much for The Devil You Know. Seemed too... poppy? Of his studio stuff, I'd take East Nashville Skyline any day. Near Truths And Hotel Rooms gets the most listens from me, though. Fantastic story teller, one of the best.I only have Near Truths & Hotel Rooms but it is a fantastic album. I love the story of the ballad of the devil's backbone tavern. i was actually singing 'DB Cooper' to myself the other day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 East Nashville Skyline is my favorite of the studio releases but there's certainly merit in all of his albums. I've got a decent amount of non-official compilations as well as live stuff and that's my Todd meat-and-potatos and general go-to selections. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 East Nashville Skyline is my favorite of the studio releases but there's certainly merit in all of his albums.Sounds about right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Lammycat Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 The Moondog discs are a nice compilation. Loaded with Todd stories, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Here's the album art: Really looking forward to this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjpuczko Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 can't wait to hear this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CortezTheKiller Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 From his website:Peace Queer, The BioBy Cokie Roberts I was told to meet Todd Snider at the 3 Crow Bar at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. This was impossible, as Todd Snider was not at the 3 Crow Bar at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. But he showed up at 1:45, sweating and claiming to be followed. As Todd is not normally a paranoid person (ed. note: this is not true, he is quite paranoid), I wondered aloud whether his pursuers were angry that he is releasing Peace Queer, album filled with politically charged, potentially divisive material. He said, "No, that's not it at all. Actually, I was a little too close to that Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan thing. For some of us, that'll never be over. Never." None of which brings us to the matter at hand. I'm hired to do a job here. Swear to God, he's calling this thing Peace Queer. So I ask, why Peace Queer? "What, too commercial?" he said. "I don't care. My intention is to outsell Thriller. And not just the Michael Jackson one. Ultimately, I believe this record will sell 6.8 billion copies. That's not one in every home. That's one in every hand. Well, roughly every other hand, 'cause most people have two hands. And on the day that happens, I guarantee America and parts of Canada world peace." A pipe dream? Hardly, for fans of rock 'n' roll, folk, country and Americana music have long been held in Snider's sway. His last album, 2006's The Devil You Know, landed him on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and Late Night With David Letterman, and it appeared on numerous year-end Top 10 lists. Sitting across from him at the 3 Crow, his personal charisma is in evidence. And how. The humble, youthful man from Beaverton, Oregon, is a real swashbuckler. And Peace Queer is just the beginning of his typically unique vision. It is the first in a trilogy. Even as we celebrate the release of Peace Queer, Snider is already working on the follow-up, with Rolling Stones producer Don Was. After that, there will be a rock album called Shit Sandwich. "I'm gonna make it in real time," he said, his piercing blue-grey (sometimes they seem green, too) eyes shining towards a success-filled musical future. For now, though, we're here to discuss Peace Queer. And Peace Queer is, assuredly, the bomb. The album's cover, which depicts Snider being held at gunpoint by a shirtless hippie, nods to the violence that is at the heart of all peaceful endeavors. "Clearly, anyone who looks at the photograph can tell that I had been abducted by an international league of peace queers and forced to write protest music. You know, for their cause," he said. "But, write this down 'cause it's true and it's important: I grew sympathetic to their cause. In fact, the more often we paused for the cause the more sympathetic I grew. Maybe I was Patty Hearst shifted, but I don't care. I'm in. I believe in our mottos and can't wait to hear our slogan." Indeed, the mottos are telling. "Our first motto is 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'," Snider explained. "Our second motto was, 'Thou Shalt Not Steal'," but then we realized we'd kind of lifted the first motto. So we dropped the second motto and just went with the one." Peace Queer starts with revelry, and the album includes a Civil War sea shanty, a plaintive cover of 1960's classic "Fortunate Son," a spoken-word number, a rocked-fueled meditation on contemporary culture ("Stuck On The Corner"), and a Fred Sanford-ish funeral dirge. The emotional centerpiece of the album is the wistful "Ponce Of The Flaming Peace Queer." "We're very proud of that one," Snider said. "It ties up the story." Story? Yes, story. "It begins like the Iraq War began: by declaring victory and then plowing forward into the long night," Snider said. "We started our drive with an end-zone dance. Peace Queer is a six-song cycle, starting with a song called "Mission Accomplished." In six sentences, the record goes like this: Here's the kid being told everything's going to be great. Here's the reality of that. Here's that kid when he comes home a sad and banged-up and angry 'winner'." Here's the breakdown of why I think that's happening. Here's the guy in our culture that I think is causing that to happen, and it's not a president. And then here's what I think is going to happen to that guy. And then we roll credits." Upon Peace Queer's October 14th release, listeners will hear Snider assisted by Patty Griffin, Kevin Kinney, Don Heron, Doug Lancio, Will Kimbrough and other luminaries. It's a record of brevity, humor and hope. "Things happen in this album besides you being told that war is wrong, with a beat," Snider said. "I don't know that war is wrong. I just know that I'm a peace queer, and I'm totally into it when people aren't fighting, in my home, at the bar where I hang out or in a field a million miles away. It's a drag to hear that people are punching each other or hurting each other. "As an International Peace Queer, I believe that world peace is the responsibility of the individual," he continued. "I'm not saying I'm necessarily a role model. But I will say that everybody has to do their part. And you can look at me for an example, if you must. I haven't killed anybody in 12 years." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks for posting that Cortez, it made me smile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doug C Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks for posting that Cortez, it made me smile.Ditto. I am a big Todd Snider fan and am really looking forward to the album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Free downloads of the new one start tomorrow. It's an e.p., too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 http://www.toddsnider.net/store/product/1/Peace-Queer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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