Duke Silver wrote:^^ Been there. Half my top 20 last year was records that crept up on me after I dismissed them after one or two listens.
I almost always have luke warm reactions to new releases. Usually takes 5+ listens for me to click with anything
I think I'm the opposite of you guys. I usually love records immediately but soon realize I don't trust it and have to put them away a few months for a real reaction. Sometimes I do just know and am singing the songs on the second listen and this was one of those. Truly glad that this one grew on you Clams.
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Duke Silver wrote:^^ Been there. Half my top 20 last year was records that crept up on me after I dismissed them after one or two listens.
I almost always have luke warm reactions to new releases. Usually takes 5+ listens for me to click with anything
I think I'm the opposite of you guys. I usually love records immediately but soon realize I don't trust it and have to put them away a few months for a real reaction. Sometimes I do just know and am singing the songs on the second listen and this was one of those. Truly glad that this one grew on you Clams.
Agreed with TC. If I like a record immediately that's not always a good sign as I tend to burn out on them fairly easy. Growers tend to have a longer life with me.
Kudzu Guillotine wrote:Agreed with TC. If I like a record immediately that's not always a good sign as I tend to burn out on them fairly easy. Growers tend to have a longer life with me.
Kudzu Guillotine wrote:Agreed with TC. If I like a record immediately that's not always a good sign as I tend to burn out on them fairly easy. Growers tend to have a longer life with me.
Incredible song. Hits me in a similar way Neil's "Ramada Inn" does. Different places, different characters, different details, different musical arrangements, but the nostalgia, the desire to rise above the melancholy, the yearning to recapture some of that earlier magic by heading back to familiar ground - a Ramada Inn along the California coast or The Copper Canteen. McMurtry crafts a more detailed song, but both are great songs by two of my favorite artists that still can knock it out of the part on the back nine. Not sure it's been mentioned in this thread, but it's hard to believe it's been seven years since Just Us Kids. Where does the time go? That record cemented my love for McMurtry's work. This new one is excellent, too. What a great, underrated treasure.
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- DPM
Have a great week of shows coming up in my music world. Jay Farrar Friday, James on Monday, and Dirt Underneath following Saturday. As far as Complicated Game, I loved it from first listen. He has played Copper Canteen for a couple years, so I knew how great that song was.....and saw These Things last year as well as How'm I Gonna Find You. Carlisles Haul is destined to be a James classic. What a great story. Long Island Sound also another favorite. Am hoping he plays a great deal of it in Bloomington.
I'm down on the forgotten coast right now. Go to St. George Island 2 or 3 times every year. First came here in 1970 when I got to FSU. Video filmed in Carabelle and East Point, on the mainland.