The waiting is over so let's roll int he clover
Time for a head full of stars
Let's pull back the curtain, only one thing's for certain
Well we don't have very long
Don't look back my wounded bird
there's nothing for you here
Need no wings just set your mind to fly
(from "Wounded Bird")
I love the Black Crowes and I've seen them five times. I especially love "Southern Harmony and Musical Companion", but that was released in 1992, 18 years ago. Look, these guys are getting old.
But so am I.
I'm not the kind of guy that likes to live in the past. I like to remember the good old days as much as the next guy, but I like to think I'm moving forward. Yes, I know all the songs on "70s on 7" on Sirius, but I need something new.
I like this album because it's not the Crowes trying to recreate some kind of glory days -- it's them right now making music that matters to them right now. So, yeah, it takes on a little balding salt-and pepper haired aspect when Chris Robinson sings (in "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution"):
"To give up now would be such a pity,
Don't you wanna see the ship go down with me?"
Lost love, lost opportunities, in the end all we can hope for it to have enough energy and gumption to keep trying, to do it one more time (from "Oh Josephine"):
Waited for redemption
No leaving love behind
You've got to know where you wanna be
It gets cold outside
It's too late to play it safe
So let's let it all ride
Yeah, let's let it all ride
Let it all ride!
You've got to like the instrumental jam on the end of that song that just says, "OK boys, let's finish strong," but not in an exhausting, frenetic way; in a measured, meaningful way.
You may be a big Crowes fan but you might not appreciate this album if you're under 40. That's ok, the Crowes love you. I do too.
Sometimes a road is rocky and hard
Full of dangers unrelenting
Just take great care to follow your stars
Let the good times come a plenty
Whoa mule, whoa mule, we're dirty but were dreaming
Whoa mule, whoa mule, we'll both get there someday
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1 comment:
I think I had difficulty with liking this album right away because it was so clean. Even 'Lions' gets way down dirty greasy grass river sounding. Yet, over the last week I have been hanging out with a Crowes fan who is my age! Whoa! And he said he 'fixed that problem' of not liking the album by listening to it eight times in a row.
Eight? I'm not that kinda girl, but over the two thousand miles of hearing this album, it get more cohesive. It would be such a pity to give up now.
I do love the song Josephine with an intense passion. That song means so much to me, because 'i've never seen the sun rise like this.' Yeah, in life you get a lot of great, awesome love days, but this song pulls deep the 'heart string strum' lyrically and musically ; Well I lost at love climbing down the ladder, Just looking for the song to set me free.
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