http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:27:32 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/04/002019.php#comment-187475 Well, its july and i just missed going to another of willie's picnics in texass. dylan played this year, guess it was at DFW. I first heard this album just when it came out. Been meaning to buy a copy for myself since then, maybe now i'll get the cd. Willie and Steve earle may be the best things to come out of texas. 187475@blogcritics.org Fri, 22 Jul 2005 20:27:32 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/04/002019.php#comment-10565 Willie Nelson is like a drug (gee wouldn't he approve of that comment). Once you hear him it alters your perception of things and just generally puts you in a great mood. And homely? I think any one who can manipulate notes in that manner is incrediably sexy all be it 70 years old, wrinkled as an elephants butt, grey haired and pig tails. I'd be his groupy any day. 10565@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Jun 2003 23:18:32 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/04/002019.php#comment-10563 J4 (and Nathan): After reading this review, I immediately went and listened to some clips of this album and my decision is the same: I need to own this. I think I'll wind up being in that category BJ mentions - I am by no means a country fan, but I do like what I've heard of Willie's (I do own and love Teatro a great deal, as well as Emmylou Harris' Red Dirt Girl and Wrecking Ball.) 10563@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Jun 2003 22:53:38 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/04/002019.php#comment-10558 J4 - by all means, surprise yr wife. Just remember, when you listen to it: it's really a suite of songs, and with the exception of Blue Eyes, they don't overwhelm. Instead, they sneak up on you as the record gets better with each listen. By the way, if you become an unlikely Willie Nelson fan, you'll have plenty of company. If I had a dime for every person that I've heard say "I don't like country music, but I dig Willie Nelson ..." 10558@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Jun 2003 20:11:52 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/04/002019.php#comment-10506 My enduring impressions of Willie are: (1) his forgetting the words of the national anthem at the 1980 Democratic National Convention [Jimmy Carter's renomination], (2) his IRS troubles, (3) Farm Aid, and (4) how homely can one guy be! (Lyle Lovett, anybody?) BUT ... this excellent review will make me consider doing something I never ever considered: buy a Willie Nelson album. At least that would prove I still have the capacity to amaze my wife! 10506@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:18:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/06/04/002019.php#comment-10496 Love this one, especially "Blue Eyes," one of my fave country tunes of all time. Thanks and welcome! 10496@blogcritics.org Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:11:12 EDT