Peter's Top Ten CD's (as of today...)
Okay, okay, I know that this top ten list is not explicitly about Emmylou (save for number 6) but I just love top ten cd lists and I couldn't resist publishing mine. Of course I reserve the right to change any entry or entries as my mood and or opinion changes. Right now it's a lot of singer songwriters stuff, but had I written this a month ago more Velvet Underground, Airplane, X, Ramones would have shown up. Oh well,...Here's a list of 10 cds that continuously I come back to and am repeatedly blown away by. Some are well regarded by the critics (whoever they are) some are pooh-poohed. (fuck 'em all).
1.
I recently realized that I love this Beatles disc the most because it is most consistently a John record. I should do some sort of analysis that supports this assertion but to me it seems to embody all that I love a bout John. The other blokes are good too...
2.
My high school English teacher gave me a copy of this album back in 1980. I can't remember what my 14 year old psyche did with the complex rythms and stream of conciousness lyrics, but I do remember that I was moved sufficiently to realize that I needed to pay attention to Van. The Way Young Lovers Do is sublime (also check out Maria McKee's verion on "You Gotta Sin to Get Saved".
3.
I love Chrissie Hynde almost as much as I love Emmmylou. Her growling demeanor and unappologetic sexuality is as much rock and roll as Elvis' hips, and Little Richards whoops. Just when you think she's gonna cause a riot she sings tender and fragile songs like "Kid".
4.
"I married Isis on the fifth day of May, but I could not hold on to her for very long." This is one of the greatest lines in the Dylan catalog. I have tried to unpack it's meaning for years. Isis is the sun goddess, fifth of May is Mexican independence day, marriage commitment. "I married a powerful woman of independence but it was doomed from the start". Who know's but it certainly really potent imagery.
5.
I am going on the record here that Patty Griffin is a songwriter/musician to watch very carefully. Her songs are mini-movie/psycho dramas of the highest order. "Tony" is just fabuoulous. The narrators attempt at getting into the head of a boy who's committed suicide is subtle and clever. Has the narrator contributed to the harrassment that lead to the suicide? Where does responsibility begin and end in a tragic event? Big issues in a 3 minute drama with a churning beat and singable melody.
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1.
I recently realized that I love this Beatles disc the most because it is most consistently a John record. I should do some sort of analysis that supports this assertion but to me it seems to embody all that I love a bout John. The other blokes are good too...
2.
My high school English teacher gave me a copy of this album back in 1980. I can't remember what my 14 year old psyche did with the complex rythms and stream of conciousness lyrics, but I do remember that I was moved sufficiently to realize that I needed to pay attention to Van. The Way Young Lovers Do is sublime (also check out Maria McKee's verion on "You Gotta Sin to Get Saved".
3.
I love Chrissie Hynde almost as much as I love Emmmylou. Her growling demeanor and unappologetic sexuality is as much rock and roll as Elvis' hips, and Little Richards whoops. Just when you think she's gonna cause a riot she sings tender and fragile songs like "Kid".
4.
"I married Isis on the fifth day of May, but I could not hold on to her for very long." This is one of the greatest lines in the Dylan catalog. I have tried to unpack it's meaning for years. Isis is the sun goddess, fifth of May is Mexican independence day, marriage commitment. "I married a powerful woman of independence but it was doomed from the start". Who know's but it certainly really potent imagery.
5.
I am going on the record here that Patty Griffin is a songwriter/musician to watch very carefully. Her songs are mini-movie/psycho dramas of the highest order. "Tony" is just fabuoulous. The narrators attempt at getting into the head of a boy who's committed suicide is subtle and clever. Has the narrator contributed to the harrassment that lead to the suicide? Where does responsibility begin and end in a tragic event? Big issues in a 3 minute drama with a churning beat and singable melody.
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