| Author | Message | ||
     Wilson Davey Member Username: Wilson Post Number: 65 Registered: 05-2005 |
Am I alone here ? Great sense of melody, poetic, bittersweet lyrics and a very appealing off-kilter voice that I find emotional. Great critical plaudits but totally overlooked by the world generally...hmmmm that's a familiar story. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1610 Registered: 05-2005 |
He sound slike fuckin Paul Young!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh get me out of here, next he'll be doing a Joy Division cover! only joking, no he's ok, I ain't heard much, any recommendations? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1280 Registered: 03-2005 |
Sometimes I don't post on threads just because I get sick of seeing my name at the top but I've got to say something here. That is very funny Spence. I never thought about it before but you're right. He DOES sound like Paul Young! Fortunately he can write. I'm not convinced that the new album is particularly strong but even as a place-marker, in his league it's a good effort. | ||
| David Gagen Member Username: David_g Post Number: 78 Registered: 02-2007 |
He's a good song writer- no question about it. It's just that he writes the same song over and over again! | ||
| Wilson Davey Member Username: Wilson Post Number: 78 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'be been a huge fan for about 6 years and seen him around the country on his tours. I hadn't noticed the paul young thing until you brought it up, now I cannot help but hear it...Gee thanks Spence ! You could dip into his catalogue any point Spence and find quality songs, I'll send a suggested sampler after I've had me tea ! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 2083 Registered: 03-2006 |
I'm with you, Brother Wilson! I think Sexsmith is f-ing brilliant. I've seen him a few times and even met him once. He is, as you might've guessed, incredibly nice. I was standing in line to see Lucinda Williams, for whom Ron was opening, and he walked by. I said, "look there's Ron Sexsmith". He heard, and walked up and said, "Yep, it's me", and started chatting with us. The man is definitely not in possession of a high horse. The Paul Young comparison (dammit, Spence!) is there, though it'd never occurred to me, but it's not quite apt, since Sexsmith doesn't have any of that raspy bullshit going on. He's kept up a remarkably high standard of quality over the course of his albums, but his first two are still probably my favorites. Feist does a great cover of his "Secret Heart". | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 735 Registered: 08-2006 |
Not to change the subject, or veer it off course a bit, but whatever happened to Paul Young? I still think his cover of Marvin Gaye's "Wherever I Lay My Hat" is stone brilliant, and I believe I still own his first two records on cassette tape somewhere in the vaults. Maybe he's persisted over in the UK, but he's invisible Stateside. I confess to not knowing a ton about Ron Sexsmith. I have a lot of music-loving friends who think very highly of him. Didn't Steve Earle produce one of his records? Come to think of it, where the hell's Steve Earle been? | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1629 Registered: 05-2005 |
It was the slinky Pino Pallidino I deteseted, and that fretless bass that sounded like a wet fart! No, thanks Randy for Ron songs u sent me, I like him, not got any real opinions on his songwriting but forst listens he s has a nice way and a good voice. looks about 10 tho! | ||
| Wilson Davey Member Username: Wilson Post Number: 79 Registered: 05-2005 |
Rob, Who gives a flying shite what happened to him ? He hogged Channel 4's The Tube for weeks on end when we deserved better after spending hours searching the Oxfam shops for oversized plaid shirts to wear to the Friday nite "weirdo's" music spots...e.g.The Limit club in Sheffield, Once saw the Psychedlic Furs in there for £1.00 with about 50 other "weirdo's"...Nah then, wot tha doin wearin' thi ovvercoat int summer yer daft get ! quoth the Manager.. |