I feel like I’m not in on the joke. The best song on Backspacer isn’t better than the worst song on Ten. What’s next? Gonna See My Friend vs Rearviewmirror? Got Some vs Lukin? The best song on Backspacer is Speed of Sound. I will say that any song on Backspacer is better than Mankind. But the sound of explosive diarrhea splattering the bowl is better than the sound of Mankind so the standard isn't that high. I’m not smart enough to get the joke that is this thread.
Lukin is way better than Got Some...
Agreed. And RVM vs Gonna See My Friend? How is that even a question? What the hell drug is this lady on?
Gonna see my friend opened spectrum night 4, 'nuff said.
They had to do that to bring the excitement level down a notch. If you start at ten there is no where to go but down.
Gonna see my friend is just a dumb song. Not a bad song, just a dumb song. Backspacer is just not that good of an album. Some good to great songs but I will never sit down and listen to it again in it’s entirety.
In all seriousness, I think Unthought and Amongst the Waves come off pretty well live. While im not thrilled when they start, I'm fine with hearing them. Nothing else from BS. From LB, I think the song LB is excellent live, especially the ending jam. They can table the rest of the record.
Unthought known, amongst the waves and lb are all phenomenal live.
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Well, after 11 years I felt it was finally time for me to take a side in this debate. I picked Johnny Guitar. Ultimately, it wasn’t the musicality or the melodies, but rather the emotion you could feel in Ed’s delivery in JG. The lyrics just come from the heart. I think that is what Black lacks. I still have no clue what Black is even about. Tattered sheets from too many laundry cycles? No clue. But JG, you can just feel the pain of jealousy and unrequited love. Ultimately JG taught me to be content with who I am as a person and not try to be some guitar gunslinger ladies man. Thank you, Ed, for that wonderful insight into humanity.
Well, after 11 years I felt it was finally time for me to take a side in this debate. I picked Johnny Guitar. Ultimately, it wasn’t the musicality or the melodies, but rather the emotion you could feel in Ed’s delivery in JG. The lyrics just come from the heart. I think that is what Black lacks. I still have no clue what Black is even about. Tattered sheets from too many laundry cycles? No clue. But JG, you can just feel the pain of jealousy and unrequited love. Ultimately JG taught me to be content with who I am as a person and not try to be some guitar gunslinger ladies man. Thank you, Ed, for that wonderful insight into humanity.
Well, after 11 years I felt it was finally time for me to take a side in this debate. I picked Johnny Guitar. Ultimately, it wasn’t the musicality or the melodies, but rather the emotion you could feel in Ed’s delivery in JG. The lyrics just come from the heart. I think that is what Black lacks. I still have no clue what Black is even about. Tattered sheets from too many laundry cycles? No clue. But JG, you can just feel the pain of jealousy and unrequited love. Ultimately JG taught me to be content with who I am as a person and not try to be some guitar gunslinger ladies man. Thank you, Ed, for that wonderful insight into humanity.
Great post here. Compelling and rich. Thank you for taking the time...
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Well, after 11 years I felt it was finally time for me to take a side in this debate. I picked Johnny Guitar. Ultimately, it wasn’t the musicality or the melodies, but rather the emotion you could feel in Ed’s delivery in JG. The lyrics just come from the heart. I think that is what Black lacks. I still have no clue what Black is even about. Tattered sheets from too many laundry cycles? No clue. But JG, you can just feel the pain of jealousy and unrequited love. Ultimately JG taught me to be content with who I am as a person and not try to be some guitar gunslinger ladies man. Thank you, Ed, for that wonderful insight into humanity.
Well, after 11 years I felt it was finally time for me to take a side in this debate. I picked Johnny Guitar. Ultimately, it wasn’t the musicality or the melodies, but rather the emotion you could feel in Ed’s delivery in JG. The lyrics just come from the heart. I think that is what Black lacks. I still have no clue what Black is even about. Tattered sheets from too many laundry cycles? No clue. But JG, you can just feel the pain of jealousy and unrequited love. Ultimately JG taught me to be content with who I am as a person and not try to be some guitar gunslinger ladies man. Thank you, Ed, for that wonderful insight into humanity.
I don't think Hemingway could have put it better.
Seeing as he was likely hammered out of his mind, he couldn't have.
Well, after 11 years I felt it was finally time for me to take a side in this debate. I picked Johnny Guitar. Ultimately, it wasn’t the musicality or the melodies, but rather the emotion you could feel in Ed’s delivery in JG. The lyrics just come from the heart. I think that is what Black lacks. I still have no clue what Black is even about. Tattered sheets from too many laundry cycles? No clue. But JG, you can just feel the pain of jealousy and unrequited love. Ultimately JG taught me to be content with who I am as a person and not try to be some guitar gunslinger ladies man. Thank you, Ed, for that wonderful insight into humanity.
I don't think Hemingway could have put it better.
Seeing as he was likely hammered out of his mind, he couldn't have.
I ve done some of my best work while sipping on absenta.
Well, after 11 years I felt it was finally time for me to take a side in this debate. I picked Johnny Guitar. Ultimately, it wasn’t the musicality or the melodies, but rather the emotion you could feel in Ed’s delivery in JG. The lyrics just come from the heart. I think that is what Black lacks. I still have no clue what Black is even about. Tattered sheets from too many laundry cycles? No clue. But JG, you can just feel the pain of jealousy and unrequited love. Ultimately JG taught me to be content with who I am as a person and not try to be some guitar gunslinger ladies man. Thank you, Ed, for that wonderful insight into humanity.
Great post here. Compelling and rich. Thank you for taking the time...
I remember that huge JG sign campaign at MSG in 2010. On the heels of the successful Breath campaign from a decade earlier, fans really thought it could work again, but nonetheless, Ed didn't feel they were the right crowd to share that intense experience with. Showing once again that Hartford is where it's at.
I remember that huge JG sign campaign at MSG in 2010. On the heels of the successful Breath campaign from a decade earlier, fans really thought it could work again, but nonetheless, Ed didn't feel they were the right crowd to share that intense experience with. Showing once again that Hartford is where it's at.
It was incredible in Oslo 2014. Ed was setting up playing a rare tune and I saw some folks getting excited. They started playing strangest tribe and the group was bummed. I asked, “why so glum?”
They looked back at me like I had asked the dumbest question ever and I just said “ah, Hoping for Johnny Guitar right?”. I felt some such an idiot for asking that question.
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Force of Nature, however....
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
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"I know I was born and I know that I'll die, the in between is mine"
That is all.
I have to ask, "Is there a DEFINITIVE live version of JG?" Bootleg nerds, get to work!
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