Exile On Market Street
Reg
location: back to the wilderness
listening to: static
registered: 1999.11.22
posts: 6470
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I think this could have been an alternative title for "A Fine Mess". The sprawling 28 song set rattles and shimmies along with the same energy and shear joy of music making as that classic Stones set. And God knows David has been somewhat of an exile since "Triage". The record opens with David giving what seems to be an account of a day at Venice beach in the buoyant "Nothing's Gonna Bring Me Down". Late in the song David even suggests trading in that cyanide humor for a little "...faith or even hope". This of course, is followed by the vitriolic stomp of "Compassion". This song is riot and I love the last verse. Dave truely has a knack for capturing the moment when a man becomes that poor dumb bastard standing there wondering why the world keeps beating him like a red-headed step child. From here we roll into the funky little groove of "Bozo Weirdo Wacko Creep" followed by the soul stylings of "Love #29". It's very apparent 4 songs in that Dave and his cohorts are having a really good time and I love the loose jam session feel these songs are tinged with. Things bogged down a bit with the next song however. "If Ever I Thought" seems to be reaching for something it doesn't quite achieve but as it states on the cover of the booklet these songs are demos and board tapes. So, there are things here that lack polish or seem to be more ideas for songs than fully realized works. I do think things get right back into a groove though with the next two songs "My Eyes Are Open" and "The Only World I Know" both have some interesting things going on and I think with some polish could be gems. Well, that's the first 7 songs and I'll tackle the next 7 in my next post.
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'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
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I think this could have been an alternative title for "A Fine Mess". The sprawling 28 song set rattles and shimmies along with the same energy and shear joy of music making as that classic Stones set. And God knows David has been somewhat of an exile since "Triage". The record opens with David giving what seems to be an account of a day at Venice beach in the buoyant "Nothing's Gonna Bring Me Down". Late in the song David even suggests trading in that cyanide humor for a little "...faith or even hope". This of course, is followed by the vitriolic stomp of "Compassion". This song is riot and I love the last verse. Dave truely has a knack for capturing the moment when a man becomes that poor dumb bastard standing there wondering why the world keeps beating him like a red-headed step child. From here we roll into the funky little groove of "Bozo Weirdo Wacko Creep" followed by the soul stylings of "Love #29". It's very apparent 4 songs in that Dave and his cohorts are having a really good time and I love the loose jam session feel these songs are tinged with. Things bogged down a bit with the next song however. "If Ever I Thought" seems to be reaching for something it doesn't quite achieve but as it states on the cover of the booklet these songs are demos and board tapes. So, there are things here that lack polish or seem to be more ideas for songs than fully realized works. I do think things get right back into a groove though with the next two songs "My Eyes Are Open" and "The Only World I Know" both have some interesting things going on and I think with some polish could be gems. Well, that's the first 7 songs and I'll tackle the next 7 in my next post.
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'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
'The only way to avoid getting crushed by absurdity, is to humbly include the absurd in our calculations.'
