mytehawk
Has friends who are psychos
Do unto others-and then split.
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Post by mytehawk on Mar 10, 2009 16:30:08 GMT -8
Yeah, I printed the 20 pages. I think it would be helpful to have a compact version available. And I wrote notes on mine, too.
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Post by antoine on Mar 12, 2009 13:46:54 GMT -8
The song that Robbie calls the "Golden Turkey" of the set is actually my favorite song (Just Too Easy To Cry). Overall, I think it's great. About 20 outstanding songs, 20 good/decent songs, and maybe 10 songs that don't work for me. If someone put a gun to my head and made me compare it to some recent RF album, I'd say it's, on the whole, more Couples in Trouble than Georgia Hard.
I think the use of the background singers was phenomenal -- the songs that Kelly Hogan sings on are perfect for her, the ones with Nora O'Connor are perfect for her, etc.
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Post by lazyranchhand on Mar 12, 2009 14:11:35 GMT -8
I'd agree with all of the above, except to say that my favourite song changes each time I play the set. Today it's 'Pretty Girls'.
I'm still working on a 3-CD set, ordered by style, with a logical running order Robbie couldn't be arsed to work out.
And yeah, I don't get the problem with 'Just Too Easy To Cry' - it's easily in the top 10 for me.
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Post by Diglerdee on Mar 12, 2009 15:09:00 GMT -8
I'd agree with all of the above, except to say that my favourite song changes each time I play the set. Today it's 'Pretty Girls'. I'm still working on a 3-CD set, ordered by style, with a logical running order Robbie couldn't be arsed to work out. And yeah, I don't get the problem with 'Just Too Easy To Cry' - it's easily in the top 10 for me. Since purchasing the downloads, I've listened to doberman pretty much everyday. Like Lazy my list of favorite changes and I find that some of the songs I didn't warm to instantly are the ones that stay in my head after I switch it off. List of favorites: Angela: Reminds me of music from a particular Los Angeles Band I loved loved loved in the 90's. The lyrics especially. The band; Possum Dixon I'll Trade your Money for Wine: The simplicity of the sound and the play of the words along with what I hear as soft tapping or clapping remind me of songs of dust bowl times. Anyone want to join me down at the tent city. Look at her Cry: vivid story, interesting meter, not my favorite at first but is right up there now. Never Been Hit: Because Robbie used the words sexual miscreants in his description. That was enough for me. I'm Waiting on These New Things to Go: What does stroke the lady beard mean? Whitetail Woods Incident: Reminds me of Violent Femmes Country Death Song. not so much in sound but story. You Never Were Lonelier: There is something in the lyrics that reminds me of something that happens when I go back to visit Tucson. When I run into old friends they ask what would seem to be a normal question but there is just a hint of snottiness that tells me that somehow they think I couldn't possibly be happy living anywhere else. "How's California? "
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Post by elvisfontenot on Mar 12, 2009 15:15:40 GMT -8
It's a different headstick every day - highlights so far -
Irreplaceable Check out the career Goodbye Virginia Keep those cards and letters coming in
...and a big vote for - On the corner of I love and you.
I love the cheesiness of that song.
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Post by F0|50M PR|50N 88 on Mar 12, 2009 16:03:42 GMT -8
While we are on the topic of what reminds us of what, I was struck by how Anything For Love reminds me of the hopelessness of Hills Like White Elephants (a story, not a song). Probably the "stop talking about it" line.
And on the topic of On The Corner Of I Love And You ... I have a friend named Schmidt. You all can meet him when he joins assfacebook, but never mind that. What I wanted to say is that I found a signed print of a painting called "Gemuktlikeit at Schmidt's" featuring a burly man with red hair and bushy eyebrows holding a stein of beer in his meaty hand. Schmidt has reddish hair and makes his own beer. I had to buy him this print. Of course now when I see it I will imagine him all boozy and goggle eyed trying to court the wife he forgot he married. I won't imagine a cheerful German restaurant in Milwaukee or Ohio or wherevers.
I'll be seeing Our Man and his entourage in Evanston. Old Folk School gets some good shows, but the atmosphere... I don't know. Fiftysomething wine snobs in Earth shoes talking about enn pee arr. It's like a library book sale and I just don't feel like I can tear it up the way I wanna.
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Post by F0|50M PR|50N 88 on Mar 12, 2009 16:18:56 GMT -8
I guess I should point out that I'm Gonna Take You Home (the song, not the msg board person) put a dent in my enjoyment of that poster and for some reason On The Corner Of really ruined it. Not that both of those songs aren't good songs... It's just that one has a drunk guy singing to his wife and the other has ... uh. The same thing?
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Post by †Xgr@ybaLLz on Mar 12, 2009 20:32:04 GMT -8
My favorite of the new e-lbum is "The Ballad Of Nick & Don". I almost can't make it through that one without trying to hang myself from a cable strewn across some body of water!
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Post by barstool on Mar 17, 2009 20:39:02 GMT -8
we have downloaded the songs but I have to say I'm a bit daunted by all this. 50 songs? In alphabetical order? How am I supposed to carve out the vast swaths of time required to listen to all of them, and then sort through and put things in an order I like, and then put it all on a cd, and then transfer it to a cassette tape so I can listen to it in my "new" 1998 ford taurus station wagon, which is what I really want to do anyway? I feel like I'm really having to work for this ... perhaps this is the album that should have been titled "Revenge."
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Post by barstool on Mar 17, 2009 22:53:33 GMT -8
ok, we've started listening and I think it's going to turn out to be worth the trouble. smiley.
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Post by tommylee on Mar 18, 2009 12:03:16 GMT -8
Downloading not too popular with Country listeners: www.tennessean.com/article/20090306/TUNEIN/903060370/-1/If Robbie wants these folks to buy his stuff I guess he needs to split the Doberman into five classic country albums (LP, CD and cassette formats!) with ten songs on each. Slap on some generic cover art and sell 'em for $5.00 at WalMart and the Cracker Barrel.
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Post by F0|50M PR|50N 88 on Mar 18, 2009 15:07:08 GMT -8
I seen Bill Kirchen at the Cracker Barrell. I mean, one of his CDs. I think he had it for sale when he was at Old Folk school for Secret Country, too--The Barrel might come down hard if they knew that. (so don't tell them)
My mother in law loves the Barrel. You might think the place'd be full of actual crackers--Nascar dudes in mullets, but not so. I did see a large table of Pentecostals in their Sunday go to meetin duds once, though.
Anyone else think Robbie should have hit up his fans for cover art?
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Post by Bad Dad on Mar 19, 2009 8:59:04 GMT -8
I for one like The Barrel. It's dependable wherever you are. And, I don't go very often. I'm ready for a good Cracker Barrel breakfast, the kind where you need a nap afterwards no matter how much coffee consumed. I ate White Castle's three days last week coming back late from the studio. I used to never be able to eat them without gastric disruptance, but now feel hooked.
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Post by erikaherzog on Mar 21, 2009 20:18:51 GMT -8
i wish the notes were embedded in the tracks -- as well as the lyrics -- like they should be for all songs. it would make this a less difficult process.
tonight i am pasting the notes into each track so i can read them as i listen on my ipod. another reason to be frustrated not to have actual product.
maybe eventually robbie will release this physically....?
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hd28vr
Psycho in training
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Post by hd28vr on Apr 6, 2009 17:23:04 GMT -8
I'm sitting here trying to strum along to Charles Thomas Samuels and not doing to well. Can anybody help me out here?
[C]Charles Thomas [G7]Samuels [C]died a disapp[E7]ointed [F]man [?] Senseless to the [Fm] scholar [?] ship he [C]loved [G]mmm [C]While his widow [G7]grieved that morn [C]Then the rain such [E7]sad cli[F]ches And did the figures of his reviews Ever get the news? Daddy’s in a coal mine deep underground Mama’s in the sweatshop getting thin [E7] [Am7]Robert’s in a [D7] film school [G]way up[E7]town [Am7] Christ how being [D7] Dallas’s [G]rolls in [A7] [D] [B7] [C#dim][Dmaj7]
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