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Richard and Linda Thompson — Shoot Out The Lights
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DanO-1
(Sandia Park, New Mexico)
Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 09:22
 
 dogpound wrote:
this is so terrible. And it just keeps getting worse.
 
Off to the pound with you!                        {#Guitarist}

hbs47
(SE England)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 02:07
 
Richard is a genius, we are also seeing him again in July  at Bath.

akiml
(Cambridge, MA)
Posted: Jun 04, 2012 - 14:11
 

I am surprised at all the negativity. RT's songs and characters are dark- they bring you down to the depths of your soul- truth and beauty mingle to reveal something REAL. His guitar work is masterful, his songwriting is sublime. Yes - his voice is recognizable and unique, but that is why he stands out.

To those who are not fans- go see him play solo live and you will be blown away- guaranteed!  



Bozo
(Steeler Penguin Pirate land)
Posted: Jun 04, 2012 - 14:10
 
 dogpound wrote:
this is so terrible. And it just keeps getting worse.
 

Dogpound, obviously, you have never seen him live:  your attitude would change immediately.  Ask any guitarist their opinion of Richard Thompson:  anyone who knows their chops treats him like the royalty he is.

Bobert_ParkCity
(Park City Utah)
Posted: May 03, 2012 - 20:17
 
When it starts - I always think this is gonna be Link Wray. But it's O-K.

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 03:18
 
All bow down!  Seeing him in July (for ??th time) - a guitar great!

Nuance
(Winnipeg)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 11:02
 
 dingusbother wrote:
Guitar master.
 
That was a joke right? Horrible solo train wreck.

dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 10:59
 
this is so terrible. And it just keeps getting worse.

gosvimmink
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 10:58
 
painfully boring

dingusbother
(Silver Spring, MD)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 10:56
 
Guitar master.

fatcatjb
(Sunny Sacramento)
Posted: Jan 29, 2012 - 18:42
 
I am not a fan of this song, whether is the Thompsons or Los Lobos. It's a dirge that just drags me down, crashing and tumbling...problem must be on my end, because I love everything else both groups come up with.

Carl
(The Summit City)
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 16:16
 
FWIW, I think that Richard Thompson is extremely talented and clever; however, I mostly dislike his vocal style, but I like this better than most of his output. I like most of what he sang with his ex more than most of his other stuff. I really like much of his 2006 1000 Years of Popular Music release.


Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 16:12
 
I just love music. If it makes me dance, I love it. If it depresses me, I love it (within reason.) I try very hard not to analyze the technical aspects of a song or an artist, so when I read comments about whether Thompson used a moog or a wa-wa or whatever all else could influence a song's sound, I still just listen to what I'm given and base my love or hate on that.

Sorry if I fail to to meet up to those huge expectations of those who can't just take a song at ear-value and have a little fun.

I am a loser.

bailey_comus
(Phoenix, AZ)
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 16:08
 
I love his voice so much...I'd even listen to him sing the pina colada song, the macarena song, baby one more time - all sorts of craptastic songs - but this one is pretty dull.

cellomangler
Posted: Sep 24, 2011 - 23:45
 
Now that's shredding !  {#Bananajam}

kmullinax
Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 17:00
 
Mesmerizingly boring.

Felix_The_Cat
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 11:10
 
{#Sleep} o gosh...

MoM$CooKin
(AnAlteredState)
Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 11:08
 
Wiki: At the end of 1982, many critics placed the album on their year-end "best of" lists. In 1987, Shoot Out the Lights was ranked #24 on Rolling Stone magazine's "100 Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years" and in 1989 it was ranked #9 on Rolling... Stone's list of the The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80's. In 2003, the album was ranked number 333 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In March 2005, Q magazine placed the title song at number 99 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.

gabrielle7nt
(4.7 miles from my summer home)
Posted: Mar 19, 2011 - 22:42
 
 JaySea wrote:

Verbosely said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression

Simply said: 

Compression is used in broadcasting so people don't get scared when quiet music suddenly gets loud.

While this is good for folks who scare easy, it's kind of a drag for musicians and producers who like to scare people, and the folks who like a good jolt now and then.
 

I think my husband invented this stuff. He says it has to do with things sounding different in big theaters versus people's home theaters.

ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX)
Posted: Feb 16, 2011 - 14:08
 
 JaySea wrote:

Verbosely said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression

Simply said: 

Compression is used in broadcasting so people don't get scared when quiet music suddenly gets loud.

While this is good for folks who scare easy, it's kind of a drag for musicians and producers who like to scare people, and the folks who like a good jolt now and then.
 
I would imagine in the context below they were referring to digital and mp3 compression, considering they were comparing CD audio vs. Radio Paradise vs. a live performance.  There's this link for the wiki article, but I'm afraid it's long on specifications and short on explainations.

But I love how you break down dynamic compression for industry usage!  Even though radio stations compress the hell out of advertisements so they blast your ears out while still falling within legal parameters - and that crap always startles me.  :(


1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Feb 16, 2011 - 13:58
 
{#Yes} mamerjamer wrote:
I had only heard the Los Lobos version, which I dig.

I like this version as well, my understanding is that this is the original.  Salute!

Radical guitar has a bit of a Roy Buchanan feel to it.

 



beamends
(UK)
Posted: Jan 16, 2011 - 08:01
 
Strange that so many Richard (& Linda) Thompson songs have been 'sorried'.

mamerjamer
Posted: Oct 13, 2010 - 11:33
 
I had only heard the Los Lobos version, which I dig.

I like this version as well, my understanding is that this is the original.  Salute!

Radical guitar has a bit of a Roy Buchanan feel to it.


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 11, 2010 - 17:03
 
 musickat wrote:
RP plays the coolest stuff!!!  {#Clap}
 
{#Clap} Joining you in applause. You should hear Richard Thompson's "I Agree With Pat Metheny." He's so devilish and fearless - wickedly funny.


JaySea
Posted: Aug 10, 2010 - 16:33
 
 Giselle62 wrote:
what does "compressed" "uncompressed" mean?
 
Verbosely said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_range_compression

Simply said: 

Compression is used in broadcasting so people don't get scared when quiet music suddenly gets loud.

While this is good for folks who scare easy, it's kind of a drag for musicians and producers who like to scare people, and the folks who like a good jolt now and then.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jul 09, 2010 - 19:44
 
I just love the hell out of Richard Thompson. He did a song called "I Agree With Pat Metheny," and another one dedicated to Janet Jackson (and her fashion malfunction.) Neither of these would be appropriate for RP, but I might just submit them anyway, because I'm an I'll-be-go-to-hell kind of person...

Xstar
(Florence, Kentucky)
Posted: Jul 09, 2010 - 19:38
 
 flipfish wrote:
Is that Pete Townsend sitting in the corner?  Just a little humor RP snobs, just kidding!
 
If only you had made any sense {#Rolleyes}

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jul 09, 2010 - 19:37
 
what does "compressed" "uncompressed" mean?

Giselle62
(many bear, big rock, estuary California)
Posted: Jul 09, 2010 - 19:36
 
oh yes, very nice after "Happiness is a Warm Gun" as soon as I git some money I'm sending to you guys, sorry.

musickat
(Lake of the Ozarks)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 05:54
 
 flipfish wrote:
Is that Pete Townsend sitting in the corner?  Just a little humor RP snobs, just kidding!
 
Are there snobs on here??  {#Rolleyes}


musickat
(Lake of the Ozarks)
Posted: May 07, 2010 - 05:50
 
RP plays the coolest stuff!!!  {#Clap}

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 13:29
 
 ezzyme wrote:
Wow, just bought the cd and listening to the uncompressed version on the same stereo, it's amazing! RP probably has the best sonic quality out there but this song uncompressed rips like you would never know.
 
Its a great song and sounds even better with even less compression when he does it live {#Mrgreen}. I try to catch his shows whenever he is playing reasonably nearby.



RParadise
(Hastings-on-Hudson, NY)
Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 13:24
 
OK.  Is it just me?  Where's Linda?

boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 13:07
 
Richard and Linda have a very gifted son.....Teddy

ch83575
Posted: Apr 05, 2010 - 13:05
 
I much prefer this one to the Lobos

ezzyme
(Santa Barbara, CA)
Posted: Mar 14, 2010 - 14:38
 
Wow, just bought the cd and listening to the uncompressed version on the same stereo, it's amazing! RP probably has the best sonic quality out there but this song uncompressed rips like you would never know.

flipfish
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 21:57
 
Is that Pete Townsend sitting in the corner?  Just a little humor RP snobs, just kidding!

DrLex
(Belgium)
Posted: Feb 01, 2010 - 10:06
 
Los Lobos would say “needs more crash cymbal!”

Aksh
Posted: Dec 31, 2009 - 23:29
 
Start is so much like 'Rumble'

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 15:33
 
 lemmoth wrote:

Which remake, X or Bob Mould?

 
Los Lobos: RP LINKY HERE


lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 14:50
 
 rollo_tomasi wrote:
Heard Link Wray's 'Rumble' at the beginning...
 

check this out - http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:kzfexxldldfe

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 14:49
 
 coding_to_music wrote:
Wow, I hate the remake
now I can hate the original
lol
 
Which remake, X or Bob Mould?


rollo_tomasi
(32° 49' N 116° 58' W)
Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 14:47
 
Heard Link Wray's 'Rumble' at the beginning...

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 14:46
 
Wow, I hate the remake
now I can hate the original
lol

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 14:45
 
Can't believe I get the first (er second) comment on the title song from one of the most highly critically acclaimed albums of all time.

What a great tune.  Richard is an amazing musician.


DaveInVA
(In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA)
Posted: Nov 30, 2009 - 14:44
 
Love it!{#Music}