Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Iggy & the Stooges (1973) Raw Power remastered (2010)

by D. Jacob Ryals

Enter Iggy Pop as the Godfather of Punk

This album was evidently the beginning of the end for Iggy and the Stooges but was the rumbling beginnings of Punk Rawk!  When the album came out, it wasn't recieved well and while it was being recorded the band was having bruised ego problems.  You can really feel the anger at times and the drying up of the creative pool as a band.  This may sound like garbled mesh to the masses but to the little punk kids in training this was one of the records that taught those kids how to break the rules of rock so they could remake it in their own image.  This isn't one of those albums that is observed for its intricate musical detail, but its attitude.  

The remastered version is the original David Bowie mix and contains a bonus live recordings of a show in Atlanta.


The Tallest Man on Earth (2010) The Wild Hunt

by D. Jacob Ryals

Swedish Americana?!!
I don't play an instrument and do not call my self a musician.  I can carry a tune, and so it is this aspect of a band I listen for.  This is a significantly distinctive voice.  He does have a strong simularity to Dylan, but he still pulls off his own sound and keeps diving deeper into that Americana plains sound that as of a couple of years has become my new favorite genre.  His lyrics are full of story, which is another thing about music and songs that captures my attention and imagination.  The fact that the singer is Swedish doesn't even enter your listening experience because his songs are so relateable, no matter where you might hail.  This is the sound you thought Jakob Dylan was going to come up with before he opened his mouth and dissapointed.  Pick this album up and take a long drive.
Did Dylan ever tour in Sweden?  I think I know where he stayed the night.