I like the ukulele album a lot, though I haven't listened to it for a few years. EV has done a lot of moneygrabby things over the past x number of years but an album of all ukulele music doesn't seem like one of the moneygrabbier ones.
I'm really hoping that Ed drops a solo album this year. After the track from I'm Not There I thought he'd do an album with some session guys. Eddie and the Heartbreakers would be nice.
And then the next PJ album may not have so much EV written material and have more band material.
Kevin Davis wrote:I like the ukulele album a lot, though I haven't listened to it for a few years. EV has done a lot of moneygrabby things over the past x number of years but an album of all ukulele music doesn't seem like one of the moneygrabbier ones.
I liked the muffled recordings that came out yonks ago better than the album. At heart, those are crooning songs, and his modern hiccupy singing does them no favors. Also, there’s really no reason to keep them uke-only, other than that it gave the project a theme that was comfortably creatively limiting, and served to keep it from requiring much effort beyond “relearn these old songs.”
Not that I want all those songs to get band treatments, but none of them are *served* by the complete lack of support. A gentle bit of piano on Without You would have been nice, for example. Light touch stuff...Love Love Love, Idylls of the King, and Game Shows Touch Our Lives by The Mountain Goats come to mind.
McParadigm wrote:I liked the muffled recordings that came out yonks ago better than the album. At heart, those are crooning songs, and his modern hiccupy singing does them no favors. Also, there’s really no reason to keep them uke-only, other than that it gave the project a theme that was comfortably creatively limiting, and served to keep it from requiring much effort beyond “relearn these old songs.”
Not that I want all those songs to get band treatments, but none of them are *served* by the complete lack of support. A gentle bit of piano on Without You would have been nice, for example. Light touch stuff...Love Love Love, Idylls of the King, and Game Shows Touch Our Lives by The Mountain Goats come to mind.
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durdencommatyler wrote:And that's what life is all about. I've spent yonks trying to better myself. And all it took was a defunct Pearl Jam message board.
We got defunct that you can dance to. We don't mind if you choose not to.