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Ryan Adams...unbelievable

BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
edited October 2009 in Other Music
Just bought Cold Roses and holy fucking shit...what an album. I've had Come Pick Me up and Desire for ages but never got around to the rest of his stuff for whatever reason. Wow I've been missing out.
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    i have posted this before but it bears repeating.

    Stephen King said this about Ryan: I won’t say Adams is the best North American singer songwriter since Neil Young…but I won’t say he isn’t either.

    The imagery and his lyrics themselves are pretty stunning.
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    buy the entire catalogue.

    Love is Hell is my personal favorite. Shadowlands. This House is not For Sale. World War 24.

    I think in the future more and more you will see Ryan's name on lists of top lyricists. He may not be the all time champ, but he certainly is among the best living songwriters
  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    buy the entire catalogue.

    Love is Hell is my personal favorite. Shadowlands. This House is not For Sale. World War 24.

    I think in the future more and more you will see Ryan's name on lists of top lyricists. He may not be the all time champ, but he certainly is among the best living songwriters

    I think I will. Anyone ever see 'Desire' on West Wing? Amazing.
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    Benzor wrote:
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    buy the entire catalogue.

    Love is Hell is my personal favorite. Shadowlands. This House is not For Sale. World War 24.

    I think in the future more and more you will see Ryan's name on lists of top lyricists. He may not be the all time champ, but he certainly is among the best living songwriters

    I think I will. Anyone ever see 'Desire' on West Wing? Amazing.


    i havent. I will check it out
  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    +1 on Love is Hell. I love the Follow the Lights EP as well. I initally bought it to hear the Down in a Hole cover but the whole EP is great.
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    Cold Roses is easily one of the best albums of this decade. He truly pulled off a great double album...unlike some other doubles albums as of late.
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  • gusturtlegusturtle Posts: 442
    get 'jacksonville city nights' as well.
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    "Life Is Beautiful" just might be my favorite Ryan Adams track.
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    buy the entire catalogue.

    Love is Hell is my personal favorite. Shadowlands. This House is not For Sale. World War 24.

    I think in the future more and more you will see Ryan's name on lists of top lyricists. He may not be the all time champ, but he certainly is among the best living songwriters

    I agree Love is Hell is the best album. I think it's funny Lost Highway told him he couldn't release it when he first make it
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    As per the previous post get the whole catalogue the guy's a genius...
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    his cover of Wonderwall is amazing.
  • ilockyerilockyer Posts: 2,271
    Will check out the Wonderwall cover, great song but it was ruined for me by way too much radio play.
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    needs to be said again....'cold roses' is astonishing
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    Blossom is such a beautiful song... However, my favourite off that album is 'How Do You Keep Love Alive'.
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    Just listened to 'love is hell' for the first time. Thought it was okay, his cover of wonderwall is brilliant though.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Love is Hell = Hotel Chelsea Nights

    AWESOME.
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Love is Hell = Hotel Chelsea Nights

    AWESOME.

    I love this song!!! Brings back some really good memories!
  • ZosoZoso Posts: 6,425
    DESIRE is a great track I absolutely love Follow The Lights.. Down in the Hole cover is so great and the Dear John version is better than the original. The wonderwall cover on Love Is Hell is much better than the original also.

    Heartbreaker & Love is Hell are my favorites.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    aaaaah ryan... ryan... ryan


    go way back to whiskeytown... on the reissue of strangers almanac theres a version of fleetwood macs dreams. very sweet.
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    Meadowlake Street is blowing my mind right nwo
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    Cold Roses is amazing. That and Gold is my favs.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    libragirl wrote:
    Cold Roses is amazing. That and Gold is my favs.

    Gold is great!
    Cold Roses is a gem
    Love Is Hell...need I say more?
    Hearbreaker, awesome...

    Ryan Adams is just the shit...it's a shame he has taken an indefinite hiatus... :cry::cry::cry:
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  • DeckDeck Posts: 76
    He's still very young. I'm hoping he eventually begins recording again. Definitely my favorite singer-songwriter of the last decade.
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  • False_BeliefFalse_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    People who know me know that my two greatest musical passions are Pearl Jam and Ryan Adams. On my right arm, I have the stickman tattoo and on the left arm i have the 'neon rose' symbol from Cold Roses and JCN.

    The man is an absolute genius. Heartbreaker, Gold, Demolition, Rock n Roll, Love Is Hell, Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, 29, Easy Tiger, Follow The Lights, Cardinology, the old Whiskeytown stuff - all so, so good!!
    Then there's the 'lost albums' that you can easily track down online - The Suicide Handbook, 48 Hours, etc. Legend has it that he even recorded the whole of 'Is This It' by The Strokes in a bluegrass style!

    I could write about the guy all day, I really could...

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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    False_Belief wrote:
    People who know me know that my two greatest musical passions are Pearl Jam and Ryan Adams. On my right arm, I have the stickman tattoo and on the left arm i have the 'neon rose' symbol from Cold Roses and JCN.

    The man is an absolute genius. Heartbreaker, Gold, Demolition, Rock n Roll, Love Is Hell, Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, 29, Easy Tiger, Follow The Lights, Cardinology, the old Whiskeytown stuff - all so, so good!!
    Then there's the 'lost albums' that you can easily track down online - The Suicide Handbook, 48 Hours, etc. Legend has it that he even recorded the whole of 'Is This It' by The Strokes in a bluegrass style!

    I could write about the guy all day, I really could...


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    take a good look
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    hold my hand
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  • False_BeliefFalse_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    catefrances wrote:
    False_Belief wrote:
    People who know me know that my two greatest musical passions are Pearl Jam and Ryan Adams. On my right arm, I have the stickman tattoo and on the left arm i have the 'neon rose' symbol from Cold Roses and JCN.

    The man is an absolute genius. Heartbreaker, Gold, Demolition, Rock n Roll, Love Is Hell, Cold Roses, Jacksonville City Nights, 29, Easy Tiger, Follow The Lights, Cardinology, the old Whiskeytown stuff - all so, so good!!
    Then there's the 'lost albums' that you can easily track down online - The Suicide Handbook, 48 Hours, etc. Legend has it that he even recorded the whole of 'Is This It' by The Strokes in a bluegrass style!

    I could write about the guy all day, I really could...


    hahaha......... i think i love you. ;)8-)

    :D :oops:

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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    just bought 'Gold'. Where does it rank among his stuff?
  • DeckDeck Posts: 76
    Gold is probably his most successful, since it contains New York, New York and When the Stars Go Blue.

    It's also one of this best.

    Few people have mentioned Jacksonville City Nights which I think is a great album. It's a bit more country influenced. It would be hard for me to rank them in order but my favorites are:

    Cold Roses
    Gold
    Heartbreaker
    Jacksonville City Nights
    Easy Tiger
    Cardinology
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  • BenzorBenzor Posts: 886
    La Cienega Just Smiled is amazing
  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    Deck wrote:
    He's still very young. I'm hoping he eventually begins recording again. Definitely my favorite singer-songwriter of the last decade.


    I am in complete agreement, but he's not the guy who usually sits around for 4 years crafting a record. The guy is one of the most prolific artists of our time. He ALWAYS has a new record coming out. So I think its only a matter of time before the new record comes out.
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