Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I've been listening to podcasts of the Steve Earle radio show, and they are fantastic.http://www.steveearle.net/radio/Basically, the format is that he has a different guest on each week playing their favourite records. Invariably however the highlights are the chat between tracks.Just listened to the one with Les Paul, which was awesome, but some other favourites were the shows with Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell and Chuck D.Unfortunately the radio station that broadcasts the show has just gone bankrupt, so it looks like there may be no new episodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Steve Earle is God-like! Anyone read his biography "The life and near death of...."?It is incredible how fucked up he really got on smack and crack in the early 90's!A few good tales in that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Steve Earle is God-like! Anyone read his biography "The life and near death of...."?It is incredible how fucked up he really got on smack and crack in the early 90's!A few good tales in that book.Yep, great book. Kind of amazing that he was living on the streets and in crack dens.On the radio show he says stuff like "I missed Uncle Tupelo when they came out because I was in jail." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Yep, great book. Kind of amazing that he was living on the streets and in crack dens.And more amazing he came out the other side and has been making some of his best music since his recovery - politically sharp too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 And more amazing he came out the other side and has been making some of his best music since his recovery - politically sharp too!I think he's the most consistant artist working today. Both Jerusalem and The Revolution Starts Now are amazing albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I think he's the most consistant artist working today. Both Jerusalem and The Revolution Starts Now are amazing albums.I love his covers album "sidetracks" - features Sheryl Crow, Abbie Hoffman, Tim O'Brien, and Darrell Scott! Great version of Nirvanas Breed too.But I agree J and RSN are amazing!! "People say you're cold but i think you're HOT!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Steve Earle is God-like! He must be one step below Bruce Springsteen then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I love his covers album "sidetracks" - features Sheryl Crow, Abbie Hoffman, Tim O'Brien, and Darrell Scott! Great version of Nirvanas Breed too.Being pedantic - not strictly a covers album, lots of Earle originals on there too. 8-) I actually didn't like the cover of Breed - I thought it was pretty similar to the original and therefore a bit pointless.The Revolution Starts Now is one of my favourite albums ever, not a duff track on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 He must be one step below Bruce Springsteen then Yes. As I told you while I was "refreshed" on monday night: Springsteen = God! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Yes. As I told you while I was "refreshed" on monday night: Springsteen = God! A fine Springsteen Missionary you are! Nice A nae bad cover of State Trooper that Earle does. RSN is indeed a quality album start to finish. Fuck the FCC, Fuck the FBI, Fuck the CIA..... The cover of Breed is too similar to the original. I was surprised when I heard it was Earle though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I think he's the most consistant artist working today.Speaking of consistancy - I think that Thea Gilmore is the most consistant female artist around at the moment, an album a year for 6 years or so! Never caught her live tho Any fans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Speaking of consistancy - I think that Thea Gilmore is the most consistant female artist around at the moment, an album a year for 6 years or so! Never caught her live tho Any fans?Consistent average female singer songwriting blandness?! Again, one good thing she did was a cover of Springsteen's "Cover Me". She took it literally. Can't escape the boss...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Consistent average female singer songwriting blandness?! "....you are like a child that wanders into the middle of a conversation, You have no frame of reference here. Shut the fuck up Shaki!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfe Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Being pedantic - not strictly a covers album, lots of Earle originals on there too. 8-) I actually didn't like the cover of Breed - I thought it was pretty similar to the original and therefore a bit pointless.The Revolution Starts Now is one of my favourite albums ever, not a duff track on it.I dunno about warrior, but other than that yes, it's a crackin album.In fact, there isn't an earle album i can't listen to start to finish.He's also one of the most consistant live acts i've ever seen. 12 times i've seen him now and he's been superb at every single one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 I think Warrior is a great track.Would love to see him live. Ironically when he came to Aberdeen for the first time in 2003 I was going to Texas for the first time. Boo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 I think Warrior is a great track.Would love to see him live. Ironically when he came to Aberdeen for the first time in 2003 I was going to Texas for the first time. Boo.Doh! gutted! I never know SE was in Aberdeen, :down: must have been the same time he played solo acoustic in Shetland and visited The Lounge Bar afterwards (for the session!) and it was the first time he had been in a pub in years!suppose I didnt really get into him until Sept 04 when I supported his sister Stacy in Shetland - she is very good also!I didn't like Warrior to begin with but now I love it!Fantastic lyrics!This is the best time of the day—the dawn The final cleansing breath unsullied yet By acrid fume or death’s cacophony The rank refuse of unchained ambition And pray, deny me not but know me now, Your faithful retainer stands resolute To serve his liege lord without recompense Perchance to fall and perish namelessly No flag-draped bier or muffled drum to set The cadence for a final dress parade But it was not always thus—remember? Once you worshipped me and named me a god In many tongues and made offering lest I exact too terrible a tribute Take heed for I am weary, ancient And decrepit now and my time grows short There are no honorable frays to join Only mean death dealt out in dibs and dabs Or horror unleashed from across oceans Assail me not with noble policy For I care not at all for platitude And surrender such tedious detail To greater minds than mine and nimbler tongues Singular in their purpose and resolve And presuming to speak for everyman Oh, for another time, a distant field And there a mortal warrior’s lonely grave But duty charges me remain until The end the last battle of the last war Until that ‘morrow render unto me That which is mine my stipend well deserved The fairest flower of your progeny Your sons, your daughters your hopes and your dreams The cruel consequence of your conceit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Assail me not with noble policy For I care not at all for platitude That's my favourite bit. The track makes me think of The Doors. Certainly a long way from Guitar Town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Mulhern Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Perchance!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-matthEw- Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 while i love The Revolution Starts NOW, i think Jerusalem is a far better album (Amerika V.6.0, John Walker's Blues, Conspiracy Theory, Ashes to Ashes and Jerusalem are just incredible).saw him live in 2003 at the lemon tree and its easily one of the best gigs ive been to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 while i love The Revolution Starts NOW, i think Jerusalem is a far better album (Amerika V.6.0, John Walker's Blues, Conspiracy Theory, Ashes to Ashes and Jerusalem are just incredible).Each to their own. Those are all great songs, but there are a few tracks on Jerusalem that aren't up there with his best work IMO (The Kind, The Truth, Go Amanda, Shadowland), but every track's a gem on TRSN (again just my opinion).You can watch a cool acoustic Steve Earle set here:http://www.rte.ie/tv/othervoices/20050424otherv.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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