Comments on: Let’s make blog…all night long!! http://www.thegobblersknob.com/2007/08/lets-make-blogall-night-long/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:27:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kelly http://www.thegobblersknob.com/2007/08/lets-make-blogall-night-long/comment-page-1/#comment-634 Kelly Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:01:41 +0000 http://thegobblersknob.com/2007/08/31/lets-make-blogall-night-long/#comment-634 Thanks Colin, I agree with your asessment of the difference between commentary and being hit over the head, ala Neil Young. However, I still think at worst, "City of Immigrants" is a nerdy, way-too-idealogical tribte to a city that Earle seems to think he discovered and is letting the rest of the wolrd know that ...gasp..New York has a diverse population. I still would not put it into the "Tripe" category (because I really hate tripe, had it once, never again!!) Thanks Colin,

I agree with your asessment of the difference between commentary and being hit over the head, ala Neil Young. However, I still think at worst, “City of Immigrants” is a nerdy, way-too-idealogical tribte to a city that Earle seems to think he discovered and is letting the rest of the wolrd know that …gasp..New York has a diverse population. I still would not put it into the “Tripe” category (because I really hate tripe, had it once, never again!!)

]]> By: Colin http://www.thegobblersknob.com/2007/08/lets-make-blogall-night-long/comment-page-1/#comment-635 Colin Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:09:16 +0000 http://thegobblersknob.com/2007/08/31/lets-make-blogall-night-long/#comment-635 Yes, it's great when artists try out new things, especially when it goes well. Steve Earle's foray into straight bluegrass, for example, turned out brilliantly. But you have to admit, sometimes the new things turn out badly. And Steve's latest song is bad. <em>The Revolutions Starts Now</em> was a great protest album firstly because it ROCKED, but also because there were no songs called "Let's Impeach The President" (hey Neil Young, pay attention). It was a scathing commentary on the current political scene couched in simple, honest stories, not didactic tripe. "City of Immigrants," depsite its good intentions, is didactic tripe. It's a moral without a story, and that's just bad songwriting. Here's hoping that the rest of the album is better. -Colin [from Iceland Spar] Yes, it’s great when artists try out new things, especially when it goes well. Steve Earle’s foray into straight bluegrass, for example, turned out brilliantly. But you have to admit, sometimes the new things turn out badly. And Steve’s latest song is bad. The Revolutions Starts Now was a great protest album firstly because it ROCKED, but also because there were no songs called “Let’s Impeach The President” (hey Neil Young, pay attention). It was a scathing commentary on the current political scene couched in simple, honest stories, not didactic tripe. “City of Immigrants,” depsite its good intentions, is didactic tripe. It’s a moral without a story, and that’s just bad songwriting. Here’s hoping that the rest of the album is better.
-Colin [from Iceland Spar]

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