Brooke, since you didn't post anything here I assume you haven't been to Kansas 3 days ago? Look what you've missed :)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_zITaudlk[/ame]
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Brooke, since you didn't post anything here I assume you haven't been to Kansas 3 days ago? Look what you've missed :)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr_zITaudlk[/ame]
Finally got Keith's latest album, Defying Gravity, and have to say that I already love it from first play! In addition to the two hit singles, 'Kiss a Girl' and 'Sweet Thing,' I also really like 'Till Summer Comes Around' and 'Standing Right in Front of You.' The imagery in 'Summer' is reminscent of that in Bruce's 'Sandy' ('Fourth of July, Asbury Park') as well as 'Waiting in the Weeds'---kind of seaside Boardwalk meets Midwest fair...love it! And I would need no more than one chorus of 'Standing' to join right up with Keith, that's for sure!! :inlove::thumbsup:
ETA: Just listened again...the guitar work in the beginning of 'Summer' is very much like something John Mayer has done (another one of my favorite singer-songwriters), although I can't place it just yet. I think it may be from Continuum...I have to listen to it again and try to figure it out!
EF, no. No concerts for me lately. Blew my concert budget last fall and spring! :-(
Ev, way to go! I love the album and particularly the songs you mentioned.
John Mayer, huh? I might need to check him out. Any suggestions on where to start?
Just wait until TM and Live Nation merge... you'll have to blow your three-year concert budget with one show!
His debut album Room for Squares really is excellent. I'm not much for his subsequent offerings but "No Such Thing" et al are quite worth the money.
I first heard of John Mayer on TV, randomly stumbling across his initial Tonight Show appearance when Room for Squares had just come out and the song No Such Thing was poised to become his first hit single--- I was completely hooked, lined and sinkered :hilarious: (or whatever that fishing analogy is)! That song (and album) remain today one of my very favorites from him. He really is a great lyricist, and it comes through on that album...other faves of mine are My Stupid Mouth, 83, and Why Georgia (where he talks about his "quarter-life crisis," which I find quite amusing!) I also really like Back to You and Great Indoors from that album...heck, it's all good!
I also love his next two studio albums, Heavier Things and Continuum...many many great songs on those...a lot of variety in his musical style between them! (Actually, he may have had a studio album in between with the JM Trio that I'm forgetting about...)
I haven't yet purchased the live set, but it's on my list. I did see him in concert about 2 years ago, on the Continuum tour, and would gladly see him again sometime.
I guess I've got this thing for singer-songwriters, especially if they wield a guitar :guitar: !
I'm absolutely delighted that he's so happy in his life, though I no longer enjoy his music (I'm the "tear in my beer" type). The upbeat ones he's been turning out since "Somebody Like You" have shown a different side of him in which I have no interest, but millions have swarmed to him since his evolution so all the more power to him. I certainly wouldn't wish him unhappiness simply to suit my musical taste - jeez!
As for his lyrics, you ought to check out songs from his debut like "You're Not My God" - it's about his cocaine addiction, and it's the song that prompted my interest in him to begin with. Certainly not fluff.
Not crazy about his cover of TITTL, but I caught him opening for Kenny Chesney before he hit it big, and he does one hell of a "Free Falling" cover. Plus, it's believable, coming from him.
Not sure if I like this or not :eyebrow:... Keith and Sugarland doing Seven Bridges Road.
http://www.keithurban.net/kutube.html?ma_id=&mc_id=427
Thanks for the link, EF. Maybe not quite as good as the real thing, but not bad, not bad at all! :wink:
Aw, I like Sugarland! It's such a beautiful song, it's really hard to screw it up, unless you try to change the rhythm or something like that. I do like the original best...