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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 09:14
 
 cohifi wrote:
I had given it a 4 before, but for multiple reasons it now gets a 7. 

 
I've gone the other way around on account of yer man's rasping, grating voice. Nice backing, though, which sort of makes up for it.


a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 15:42
 
 coding_to_music wrote:

 
{#Roflol} . . . a little 'loopy' . . . {#Stupid}

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 18, 2010 - 05:00
 
I get the feeling every Joseph Arthur song has the same vocal sound as this, i know just a few... Even if that's not the case, i'm tired of hearing it...

5


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 21:17
 
I had given it a 4 before, but for multiple reasons it now gets a 7.  Killer set regardless!


fergie348
Posted: Dec 23, 2009 - 14:52
 
When I hear the opening drum track for this song, it always puts a smile on my face.  Thanks Bill..

{#Bananajam}

vandal
(arriving somewhere, but not here. . .)
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 12:45
 

7 {#Arrow} 8


a_genuine_find
(not me, Radio P) (3rd stone, sol, orion belt, milkyway)
Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 12:44
 
Saw him live this year in NY, great show.

ROSSinDETROIT
(Detroit, more or less. By teh Zoo.)
Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 20:16
 
 Welly wrote:
Is it just me or does he sound like Bono?
 
It's you.  I'm still listening.  If it resembled The Goggled One in the least it would be silent in here.


cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Jul 20, 2008 - 11:42
 
Jack_Jefferson wrote:


I saw him do the looping of guitar and synthesizer at a Mountain Stage show a few years ago. The looping resulted in a really cool sound. I thought to myself: "That sound would be perfect for a police, fire or ambulance siren."


I saw Peter Elkas do a similar thing at the Media Club a few years back, looping instruments and his own vocals to build up songs in layers. Very cool. Actually got video of that show, I should dig it up and watch it.
kysmet
(Discombobulation Nation)
Posted: Mar 16, 2008 - 12:29
 
never heard of this guy before but definitely enjoying it!
Jack_Jefferson
(Columbus, OH)
Posted: Jan 29, 2008 - 06:23
 
Monster wrote:
This guy is Genius..when I saw him he was alone...placed a huge canvas behind him which he painted on the entire show while playing..he would smack the guitar and loop that for drums..then loop his voice doing the backing vocals...he could just walk back and paint while the loops played..awesome..when he was done he had painted an incredible, huge painting. Super nice guy...


I saw him do the looping of guitar and synthesizer at a Mountain Stage show a few years ago. The looping resulted in a really cool sound. I thought to myself: "That sound would be perfect for a police, fire or ambulance siren."
lettucelove
Posted: Jan 28, 2008 - 17:52
 
Monster wrote:
This guy is Genius..when I saw him he was alone...placed a huge canvas behind him which he painted on the entire show while playing..he would smack the guitar and loop that for drums..then loop his voice doing the backing vocals...he could just walk back and paint while the loops played..awesome..when he was done he had painted an incredible, huge painting. Super nice guy...


I just can't wait to get a chance to see him!
Monster
(Shittown Kentucky)
Posted: Jan 13, 2008 - 13:56
 
This guy is Genius..when I saw him he was alone...placed a huge canvas behind him which he painted on the entire show while playing..he would smack the guitar and loop that for drums..then loop his voice doing the backing vocals...he could just walk back and paint while the loops played..awesome..when he was done he had painted an incredible, huge painting. Super nice guy...
EssexTex
(MAGNOLIA CAFE DAY!)
Posted: Oct 11, 2007 - 08:39
 
Tis a pleasant tune
themotion
(rehab is the new black)
Posted: Aug 09, 2007 - 12:03
 
Welly wrote:
Is it just me or does he sound like Bono?


... you and everyone else
dogdokken
(los angeles, ca)
Posted: Jun 07, 2007 - 14:56
 
Welly wrote:
Is it just me or does he sound like Bono?


I thought (this song - not much of his other work) sounds like Beck.
maxmox
(Broome, Western Australia)
Posted: Apr 21, 2007 - 10:50
 
This guy's dyslexia really does it for me and his album Big City Secrets is fairly definitive.
Nicoblue
(Spain)
Posted: Mar 05, 2007 - 09:19
 
Love this song
coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Jan 04, 2007 - 11:29
 

DigitalJer
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 - 14:05
 
starcloud wrote:
Knows what he's doing, great lyrics and commanding stage presence. He uses a device mounted on his acoustic guitar to create percussion and then layers this with rhythm loops, all generated live on stage, no recordings.
(click here) - explains it very well
Welly
(Lotusland)
Posted: Oct 23, 2006 - 14:00
 
Is it just me or does he sound like Bono?
fuh2
(I think I'm in the USA)
Posted: Jul 27, 2006 - 17:39
 
Powerfully good.
jruhnke
(Houston, TX)
Posted: Jun 07, 2006 - 19:26
 
middleagedhipster wrote:
well done Joe, very similar sound to the latest Ryan Adams, sounds like a Replacements outake like much of Ryan’s album did. Great little piece on Joeseph arthur in the latest Paste magazine
Funny. I only caught the last 45 seconds or so of this song, but I was thinking, "Is that Bryan Adams' guitar riff from 'Run to You' floating around in the background?"

Maybe it was just the mushrooms I had with dinner...
starcloud
(Coordinates Unavailable)
Posted: May 15, 2006 - 14:38
 
Knows what he's doing, great lyrics and commanding stage presence. He uses a device mounted on his acoustic guitar to create percussion and then layers this with rhythm loops, all generated live on stage, no recordings. He's truly an AV spectacle that rivals his studio performace. I saw him Oct. 2005 at the World Cafe in Phila. Great 2 hour solo performance. I would stongly recommend seeing him and would do so again without reservation.
JCEntMan
(Land Of Cold and Snow)
Posted: Jan 12, 2006 - 09:10
 
thewiseking wrote:
good luck seeing this knucklehead live.

I tried to see him in 2003 only to have the concert cancelled because he had bronchitis. Still haven't been able to see him live.


Zweiblumen
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Jan 12, 2006 - 09:05
 
The cover art is freaky, at least....
brickdog
(vancouver b.c.)
Posted: Dec 05, 2005 - 18:38
 
Drunq and like it. 7.5.
brickdog
(vancouver b.c.)
Posted: Dec 05, 2005 - 18:38
 
Drunq and like it. 7.5.
fuh2
(I think I'm in the USA)
Posted: Dec 05, 2005 - 18:36
 
Frightfully good
DocGuy
(SoCal)
Posted: Oct 16, 2005 - 21:34
 
thewiseking wrote:
good luck seeing this knucklehead live.


Hmm.. when I saw him live ('02 or '03, I think), he put on a great show.. even got to sorta meet him before the show.. he commented on my Peter Gabriel shirt.. or rather kinda pointed and nodded.

My only complaint was with the venue.. I'm not much into the overcrowded club thing...
thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Sep 23, 2005 - 11:25
 
good luck seeing this knucklehead live.
i saw him back in the summer of 01 up in woodstock. he took the stage over an hour late. apparently there was great difficulty for him and his backers to simply tune up, combined with the usual narcissistic/histrionic artiste bullshit. anyway, the show was o.k. at best.
his opening act, josh joplin, totally stole the show.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 12, 2005 - 16:37
 
Yeah, a bit like Pete Yorn. Still, something about this just makes me turn it up and listen...

Man, I'm hearing so much stuff I'd never heard before... RP is pulling me out of the armpit of the backwoods and into the main vein of the slipstream.

Uh, forget I said that.
fuh2
(I think I'm in the USA)
Posted: Sep 08, 2005 - 16:45
 
MaleFunktion-stop overANALyzing and take some Viagra for god sake. Forget the misty past and go with the flow man! This song rocks!
maLeFunKtion
(Scotland)
Posted: Sep 02, 2005 - 14:20
 
Is it me, or am I listening to the lead singer from the Stereophonics aged 30 years from now? :-k

And what's with the possible tinge of Tom Petty in there?...

Don't like this one... too confusing...
rah
Posted: Aug 18, 2005 - 17:44
 
randomprime wrote:

To me he looks like Buster from Arrested Development ...


haaaaa...buster. that makes my experience of this song entirely different now...
merkin_muffley
(Down the rabbit hole.....)
Posted: Aug 04, 2005 - 00:14
 
His best album yet, his music is so well played and produced. I'm seeing him soon here in London, can't wait.
apecat
(Helsinki, Finland)
Posted: Jul 11, 2005 - 09:16
 
anyone noticed that this guy sounds a bit like (the present day, older) Robert Plant?
ChardRemains
(Pepperland)
Posted: Jun 30, 2005 - 15:55
 
Gregorama wrote:
I'm thinking of a number between 6 and 8...

That makes two of us. Yummy way to close down my office for the day.
Fat_Man_Flo
(Whitehorse)
Posted: Jun 15, 2005 - 22:48
 
Is this the UK guy that recorded all the instruments in his basement?

EDIT: just did my homework, i see he's not. little off. Although in my journey I found out that he was discovered by Peter Gabriel, another Radio Paradise resident.
winter
(hither and yon (mostly yon))
Posted: May 17, 2005 - 14:35
 
trekhead wrote:
"Half a bee,Philisophically,
Must ipso-facto half NOT be."


Good one!
fuh2
(I think I'm in the USA)
Posted: May 13, 2005 - 15:28
 
This tune rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrocks
randomprime
(Midwest)
Posted: Apr 14, 2005 - 08:38
 
rah wrote:
just got thrown into the "wish i didn't know what you looked like" category along with christopher cross, toto, and rick astley...


To me he looks like Buster from Arrested Development but more disturbingly, he sounds like Pete Yorn, or at least this song does?
Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 14, 2005 - 08:37
 
Tux wrote:
In my perception this is a very annoying voice, which is enough reason to rate it a 2

At least you weren't the guy that gave it a one...I'm thinking of a number between 6 and 8...
rah
Posted: Mar 24, 2005 - 15:32
 
just got thrown into the "wish i didn't know what you looked like" category along with christopher cross, toto, and rick astley...
Old_Pool_Skunk
(Whayyy out there.)
Posted: Mar 22, 2005 - 19:28
 
Never heard this before. Rock on.
radiojunkie
(a sleepy bordertown (NY/CT))
Posted: Mar 09, 2005 - 22:18
 
This really kicks it up a notch toward the end. Compelling listening.

(And I just noticed he has a real Bono kind of thing going on with his voice)
ChardRemains
(Pepperland)
Posted: Feb 18, 2005 - 10:14
 
middleagedhipster wrote:
well done Joe, very similar sound to the latest Ryan Adams, sounds like a Replacements outake like much of Ryan’s album did. Great little piece on Joeseph arthur in the latest Paste magazine
Somehow I didn't get that out of Ryan Adams' lastest. I got slicker poser wanna be rough like the Placemats but can't cut it....his idea of camping is no mint on the pillow...but I like this Joe stuff.
rah
Posted: Feb 08, 2005 - 09:40
 
you know, the first couple of times i heard this, i really wasn't in to it, especially because it seemed like such a departure from the joseph arthur stuff i already know (and liked well enough)... but i have to say, this has really grown on me a lot.
ANNE_MARIE
(The Ozark Mountains)
Posted: Dec 17, 2004 - 11:09
 
very nice.
RichardPrins
(earth.ca)
Posted: Nov 26, 2004 - 13:23
 


I like his double, triple voices... and kick-ass guitar...
Tux, I'll raise you with a 9 ;)