I love the added flute. My favorite song was Thin Line. The universal, unsolvable problem of being friends and do you cross the line into more.
I agree with the reviewer this was a “truly challenging listening experience".
Compared to the previous Punk albums I prefer the musicality of Talking Heads.
I enjoyed this album and was pleasantly surprised that 3 of the songs I knew from my high school years.
Trivia from Uncle Dale, a Zeppelin fan from the first days.
Black Dog was a jam session, making up words, that got recorded. Someone saw a black dog running while at the studio, giving it the Black Dog title.
It was put on the album never anticipating it would become a popular hit. The band had to go back and listen to the recording to know what the words were and chart the music in order to play it at their concerts.
I didn't appreciate this album but after conversation with 1212026-fam I can see what DJ Shadow was attempting, and props for his efforts.
They utilized many of the folk music instruments. The mouth harp, harmonica , banjo and organ blended in the classic folk music sound.
I remember Green Day making a slash and their one song I recall hearing on the radio was “The Reason.”
The sound of a generation.
The music was nice but his lyrics seems like “stream of consciousness” .
I enjoyed the many instruments that were included beyond the guitars, drums and keyboard.
"Without You" was, and remains, one of my favorite songs. With complete surprise I found it here. I found "Without You" completely different musically and lyrically from the rest of the album.
I was familiar with "Coconuts" but only the chorus line. Listening to the rest of the lyrics was interesting.
The synth sound is high pitched and I don't find it melodic enough to pull me into listening to an albums worth of songs. .
This was a smooth, jazzy-esque, easy listening experience.
This was the sound of the 60s-early 70s, the hits played on and I knew them. Listening today the tense, plucking guitar riffs are too strong for my listening pleasure.
I really like the lead singers voice. Road Trippin is the song I liked the best, more melodic, the harmony was smooth and the swell of additional instruments was a nice and different choice from the other songs on the album.
A pretty lead singer with a soft, one dimensional tone. Each song seemed the same in melody, timing, inflection. Harmonies or backup singing would offer variety and more. It wasn't bad but a whole album was more than I was interested in listening to.
Stephen Stills is solidly the 'voice of a generation' and the group, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young are legendary. Stills voice is iconic and in the harmonies of CSNY I enjoy it more than solo.
In the review it was interesting to read the album was titled after a movie and the songs an alternative movie score. I enjoyed the instrumental only songs, didn't care for the singing or lyrics.
