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Post by HillBillyJunk on May 10, 2004 12:15:32 GMT -5
well. i didnt read through most of these posts. but, i think westerbergs voice, songs, style, tone, everything is light years above what he was doing with suicane, 14, and eventually. its more raw, not forced. whatever you chose to call it..the songs are better...he sings better, its more badass..come feel me tremble is one of the best albums ive heard...
i think paul is back to doing what hes best at...grea t rockers, better tunes..better guitar work...
stereo mono, the songs are better...ive said that enough.
the last three albums you can listen to front to back and not question a damn thing,a t least for me...hes a better player now, better singer, sings the way the songs make him sing..natural.
what a day for a night, my daydream..are pure pop genius..ill shut up now. i hope paul continues to do what he wants to do...
he does it better than anyone else
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Post by ClamsCasino on May 10, 2004 15:36:16 GMT -5
well. i didnt read through most of these posts. but, i think westerbergs voice, songs, style, tone, everything is light years above what he was doing with suicane, 14, and eventually. its more raw, not forced. whatever you chose to call it..the songs are better...he sings better, its more badass.. Well, you might want to go back and actually read the thread. I think you might be the only person who thinks that his voice is better and more "badass." I agree that CFMT is a great album, but to my ears it's fairly obvious that both his voice and his guitar playing are much weaker than they used to be. I guess I've already written more than you want to read about his recently neutered vocals, but we could probably say similar things about his guitar playing. Someone in another thread recently mentioned that lately Paul sounds like he's playing with sausages for fingers. Here's a good example: Watch him rip through the outro lead on the SNL performance of "Knockin' on Mine." Now watch him attempt to play the chords to "High Time" on the CFMT dvd. Of course the solo in "Knockin' Em Back" shows that he's still got the chops, but he does seem to have sausages for fingers during a lot of other recent songs.
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Post by Leftofthedial on May 10, 2004 16:48:45 GMT -5
I agree with a lot of you guys about the loud/loud/quiet dynamic on Mats records like 'Let It Be, 'Tim' & 'PTMM'. After the barrage of songs like 'Garys Got A Boner' and 'Seen Your Video' a ballad like '16 Blue' was pure bliss; same goes for 'Dirty Pool/Red Red Wine/Skyway' and 'Left Of The Dial/Lil Mascara/Here Comes A Regular'. Back in the day I always thought a solo album by Paul would be amazing, but when I first heard 'All Shook Down' (really his first solo album) and '14 Songs' all the sad reflective tunes tended to blend together--I realized the power of his quiet songs was in the contrast to the rockers. Anyways, good points all around.
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Post by A Regular on May 10, 2004 18:27:13 GMT -5
I still don't think an album has to be balanced with slower paced songs with rockers to be quality. See Lou Reed's Berlin. Sometimes, the pace can be slower, and slower, and it adds to the mood. Not always a fun listen, and sometimes even difficult to sit through, but that doesn't make it less worthwhile.
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Post by ClamsCasino on May 10, 2004 18:37:21 GMT -5
I still don't think an album has to be balanced with slower paced songs with rockers to be quality. See Lou Reed's Berlin. Sometimes, the pace can be slower, and slower, and it adds to the mood. Not always a fun listen, and sometimes even difficult to sit through, but that doesn't make it less worthwhile. I don't think anyone was holding up the Mats sequencing patterns as a rule that every good album ever made had to abide by. Of course there are plenty of quiet albums by quiet artists that are among the best recordings ever made. The Mats just had a particular balance that worked well for them, but that's not to say that it works the same for every artist.
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Post by HillBillyJunk on May 10, 2004 23:43:16 GMT -5
one nly gets better with age. you dont lose your chops playing guitar. he uses what works for the songs. his guitar playing was never over the top difficult...thats not what he played guitar for....the phrasing nowadays is great..solo for footsteps is one of the coolest solos hes done...what a day for a night lead lines are pure pop bliss.... and very smart guitar playing, adding to the songs where needed..and now it seems as if it is all natural and unforced....
again its al personal preference, i enjoy the way hes playing and the songs he is writing now..the whole albums hold up...solid from startr to finish...they have more attitude, more feeling, more energy than his previous...
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Post by DaveinDK on May 11, 2004 9:24:28 GMT -5
I'll second that last part of Hillbilly's post.
CMFT /Stero/Mono too me are as good as Paul gets and I think his best overall solid albums since PTMM.
I alos agree with Hillbilly on the guitar playing. I think Paul's become a better rhthym player as well, some of this Keith Richards riffs on DMS really rock. and Footsteps, Kicking the Stall, ...good stuff Vampires, Get a Move on. Yeah, not flashy guitar playing but soulfull.
What a Day also has that great guitar line.
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Post by HillBillyJunk on May 11, 2004 10:50:36 GMT -5
thanks daveindk!
i think his last three efforts are far superior. exceptfor a few standout tracks, the albums arent that great..now i onl say that because of how good the last three have been...its exciitng to think hes getting better and better...a nice fine wine...
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