The River In Reverse
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The River In Reverse
Do you like it?
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No. The main problem is the dull production sound. I think Joe Henry fell between two stools trying to keep both Elvis and Allen happy, if the sound had been much punchier I'd still be listening to this. Indeed I'm more likely to listen to the bootlegs from last summers tour, they sound much better.
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Elvis sounds a trifle contrived and inhibited, as if he was too scared to take sufficient charge of procedings and really "get down", probably because of a treading-on-eggshell-like reverence for Allen and his musicians. And overall I think it lacks fire. Barely satisfactory. It could have been great.
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In retrospect, they should have recorded the album after last summers tour. In that way, the sound of the album and the playing of the musicians on the album could have benefitted a lot from these concerts.martinfoyle wrote:No. The main problem is the dull production sound. I think Joe Henry fell between two stools trying to keep both Elvis and Allen happy, if the sound had been much punchier I'd still be listening to this. Indeed I'm more likely to listen to the bootlegs from last summers tour, they sound much better.
Since you put me down, it seems i've been very gloomy. You may laugh but pretty girls look right through me.
When the tracks for RIR were revealed I compiled a disc of originals of the older Toussaint tracks . I listened to it again recently and , wow, but they are so much better than Elvis' n Allen's covers. Of course that may well have been the whole point of the exercise ie. point us towards them. By the way , the 'dull' sound is just as evident on the vinyl edition.
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The only thing I have to say about Joe Henry is... "what's with the "trapped in the 80s" haircut. Not that I'm dialed into fashion or anything. Someone told me my hair looks like a 70s cut. That wasn't cool, I had vision of feathered hair... terrible image, really. Anyhow, the way I see it, as long as you don't look like a burn out and conform to meet "semi-normal" standards, then your cool. JH is cute. I think he could be hotter if styled his hair differently. How that's for commentary? Yeah, I know, shut up.
The only thing I have to say about Joe Henry is... "what's with the "trapped in the 80s" haircut. Not that I'm dialed into fashion or anything. Someone told me my hair looks like a 70s cut. That wasn't cool, I had vision of feathered hair... terrible image, really. Anyhow, the way I see it, as long as you don't look like a burn out and conform to meet "semi-normal" standards, then your cool. JH is cute. I think he could be hotter if styled his hair differently. How that's for commentary? Yeah, I know, shut up.
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