jean lee and the yellow dog (part 2)

demolition
this is the love song/ballad on the album - a slow number with a familiar acoustic guitar feel
jeffrey w plays an almost military style drum beat and mr oxley does not much at all
there's some really random and unexpected noises coming and going
sounds like someone is having a bit of fun with a bass sax/clarinet thing
proving once again that ek can do whatever ek wants to do
shame
not sure about this one - it gets along quite nicely and has an air of familiarity about it
my feeling is that he has borrowed another riff (real wild life?) and warped it beyond recognition
which i think is something few artists could get away with without sounding out of ideas
but there's just so many tunes gone under the bridge that need to be put back in our faces
and as usual the updated production makes it as new - then again - maybe it is?
real to me (1)
beautiful use of instrumentation - violins, cello, banjo, acoustic guitar
sounding like something springsteen would have liked to include on his seegar sessions
but then again the boss lacks the subtlety that ed brings to the vocals in this tune
it's actually quite a gorgeous tune this one with some very poignant lyrics
a classic kuepper love song that he produces sparingly but very convincingly
real to me (2)
how many artists would have the freedom or strength of conviction to lay 2 versions of a tune side by side
and speaking of iconic american performers we now hear what neil young would do with this tune
full-on crazy horse backing, beat, sound, guitar - think hurricane and we're very close
a touch of genius really to give us 2 totally opposite versions of a very catchy tune
the fade-out on this version cleverly includes the sound of a huge crowd in rapturous mode
finding you
ed adds edge to what was a simple but beautiful tune from g w mclennan before his untimely death
probably one of grant mc's more accessible tunes and one i suspect he held dear
judging from a performance i have witnessed on the gobbies stripped sunlight sound dvd
here ed makes it his own with strummed solo electric guitar and cello
and as with the rest of this album his voice sounding clear, strong and lyrical
ambient piece
56 seconds of mix-up, backwards playing (?) violins, noise and noodling
that to me points to a possible future recording of such electronica
the mind boggles with possibilities of such an approach on the back-catalogue
more significantly it fills out the range of sounds and styles heard on this album
and segues very nicely back to track one when on repeat play

a blinder of an album that is multi-layered beyond belief
every listen exposes more and more of what lies beneath
i'm going to hammer this one to death and beyond
live it was staggering
recorded it's glorious
thanks ed
go for it