![]() ![]() Until it is perceived as the blabbering of an old man, no matter how erudite Streets That Time Walks and Carry You Down, but he is cleverĮnough to know that there are only so many ways one can repeat the same story Himself in the mid-tempo Medicine Hat and shines in the That are probably worth more than the band's fans realize. Southern boogie ( Straightface, Right On Through and Flow),Īnd with a few surreal instrumental tracks ( Jodel and Chanty) Wide SWing Tremolo (Warner Bros, 1998) alleviates the sense of dejavu Come fatto musicale, valgono davvero poco. Storie, e, come spesso capita nel country, storie non particolarmente Pero` il problema che queste canzoni sono soltanto veicoli per raccontare Il forte del gruppo rimane la mesta lullaby alla Tom PettyĪncora una volta a vincere sono i momenti piu` funerei, come il cupissimoĭetto della sincerita` del personaggio e della bravura dei musicisti, rimane ( Caryatid Easy e Cemetery Savior, nulla di speciale comunque),Į con il brio dei primi Byrds nel jingle-jangle di Picking Up The Signal, ![]() Per quanto Farrar tenti di vivacizzare il sound con un paio di escursioni rock ![]() Straightways (Warner, 1997) tende un po' a ripetersi. Neil Young (tanto per cambiare) e Gram Parsons sono le influenze principaliĭi queste lente e ponderose meditazioni sul senso dell'esistenza umana. Ten Seconds News, la semplice storia acustica di Rasentando il sound dei Rolling Stones, ma la sua vocazione sono le ballateįuneree e struggenti come Tear-Stained Eye e soprattutto Ogni tanto ( Drown e Route) s'imbarca in brani elettrici, Out Of The Picture e la parabola filosofica di Windfall. Farrar ripercorre la coscienzaĬollettiva di quelle zone rurali attraverso la tetra visione di Pellegrinaggi lungo il corso del Mississippi. Trace (Warner, 1995) e` di fatto un concept scritto durante i suoi Sue storie americane, d'ambiente Midwest, proletario, piccolo borghese. ![]() (Jeff Tweedy e Jay Farrar rispettivamente).įarrar si e` trasferito dall'Illinois alla Louisiana e ha trovato inĭave Boquist (chitarra, banjo, violino) la spalla ideale per raccontare le Il country-rock degli anni '90 si chiama Wilco e Son Volt, i due gruppi Scroll down for recent reviews in english. If English is your first language and you could translate the Italian text, please contact me. Jay Farrar's Son Volt were mostly a vehicle for their leader's philosophizing: Trace (1995) was a concept album that analyzed the collective subconscious of the people of the Mississippi river. Gob Iron: Death Songs for the Living (2006), 4/10 Okemah And The Melody Of Riot (2005), 5/10 ( Copyright © 1999 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use) Son Volt: biography, discography, reviews, ratings, best albums The wandering lyrics are reined in by a straightforward musical arrangement-three verses and three choruses. There are no fancy bridges or key changes. It doesn’t need them. It’s like a ride on a tired old horse slowly shuffling through the boarded up Main Street of a once-vibrant, then flooded, now abandoned town. Though “Tear Stained Eye” is about time passing, the song itself seems to sit outside of time like it’s always been there.The History of Rock Music. One of the Best Songs By Anyone Ever, “Tear Stained Eye,” contemplates the passage of time via scattered, oblique images of flooded river towns, waxing philosophically on matters of life and truth. Conclusions are hard to come by, but when they do arrive they are stoic, yet not quite comforting: Louis his home. He made it out there, and he came back here. Jay’s songs are a view through a cracked window into the experience of living in a river city forever burdened by its past. Louis, we have a special place in our hearts for Jay Farrar. He grew up in Belleville, Ill., across the river (rode the same school bus as my wife) and played all the same clubs we did. While many of our best and brightest moved away after experiencing success, Jay made St. Even with the help (cough) of a January 2007 MAGNET profile, it took Thebeau nearly 11 years to finally follow it up with the outstanding new Jupiter Rex (Victory Over Gravity). Finn’s Motel mastermind/auteur Joe Thebeau gifted us in late 2006 with the amazing, out-of-nowhere Escape Velocity debut, a concept album about leaving behind the drudgery of cubicle life and suburban malaise for some greater, unknown existence. ![]()
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