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Chris Whitley — Big Sky Country
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sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Apr 23, 2011 - 11:19
 
 rivermantengo wrote:
Chris Whitley was a very interesting musician. Every recording had a completely different sound.
Bill and others check out War Time Blues and Rocket House. 
 
{#Clap}


Windspirit
(Fort Collins, Colorado)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 06:26
 
Great tune....he left way too early....

pauleywalnuts
(Ontario)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 06:24
 
I think this is a pretty good song. An overall lower rating than I would have guessed.

Windspirit
(Fort Collins, Colorado)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 06:24
 
Great tune....he left way too early....

rickhoran
(Eastern PA)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 06:23
 
 sirdroseph wrote:
10 One of my all time favorite songs........period.
 

its a favorite always forget about. then when i hear it, i want it to keep going.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Feb 25, 2011 - 06:22
 
10 One of my all time favorite songs........period.

clwguy
Posted: Dec 24, 2010 - 15:15
 
wow... it's like being stoned. but without the drugs. is there anything to eat around here?


Rotterdam
Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 22:20
 
 w3weasel wrote:
This song is just like a high-class, top-dollar call girl with syphilis.

I recognize that it's attractive, but I still want nothing to do with it.
 

Wow. What a beautiful simile. And one that I agree with. Don't even know why I dislike this so much. Always have. Something about the coldness of the music. See you in a few minutes...

bbryan
(Don't believe everything you think)
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 12:40
 

Din of Ecstacy is an absolutely amazing album. Amazing guitar sound. But defintely challenging and a million light years from this tune. Dark, dark stuff - on Din he sounds like he either needs an exorcism or an intervention (and possibly both). He changed his approach to music like most people change shirts. I love all of it - a truly gifted, if somewhat tortured artist.

 smdeeg wrote:

Chris Whitley was a very unusual musician, and this is probably his most commercial song.  You've always shown a breadth of musical taste, and I would suggest giving him a second chance.  I'm actually partial to an album of his called Din, which knocked my socks off, but is what you would call challenging listening.  In any event, more here then you might think.
 



w3weasel
Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 12:38
 
This song is just like a high-class, top-dollar call girl with syphilis.

I recognize that it's attractive, but I still want nothing to do with it.

michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON)
Posted: Jul 18, 2010 - 14:14
 
 toterola wrote:
I couldn't agree more. The album this  song comes from, "Living With The Law", is excellent. This song, "Poison Girl", the title track, and a song that was featured in the movie "Thelma and Louise" called "Kick These Stones (Out of My Bed) are as good as anything played on here. Definitely worth the time. {#Wave} 
 
Yep. A sleeper album for me. Surprised with the reaction. Solid southern acoustic blues/rock. My $0.03.

smdeeg
(SillyCone Valley)
Posted: Mar 13, 2010 - 13:22
 
 fredriley wrote:
Sadly, to the Nottingham jury this is about as interesting as East Anglia. A solid 3 {#Sleep}
 
Chris Whitley was a very unusual musician, and this is probably his most commercial song.  You've always shown a breadth of musical taste, and I would suggest giving him a second chance.  I'm actually partial to an album of his called Din, which knocked my socks off, but is what you would call challenging listening.  In any event, more here then you might think.

Nuance
(Winnipeg)
Posted: Jan 09, 2010 - 13:28
 
I live in the prairies with horizon to horizon blue sky. It doesn't sound this bad.

Neil66
((stav) anger)
Posted: Dec 09, 2009 - 04:52
 
"...., and keep in mind that we're very selective about what we add to the playlist. Expect to be puzzled by some of our rejections, .....

Bill, you should modify your note there - "Expect to be puzzled by some of our rejections in light of some of our acceptances...."

0.02p/c

Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio)
Posted: Oct 07, 2009 - 06:31
 
 toterola wrote:


The album this  song comes from, "Living With The Law", is excellent. This song, "Poison Girl", the title track, and a song that was featured in the movie "Thelma and Louise" called "Kick These Stones (Out of My Bed) are as good as anything played on here. Definitely worth the time. {#Wave} 
 
I'm partial to "Dust Radio" from the same album, but it's all good.


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 05:42
 
"Big Sky Country" is a term employed as spin by tourist associations for areas that are flat as pancakes, such as East Anglia in England. Sounds better than 'sh1t boring flatsville countryside', I guess ;)

Sadly, to the Nottingham jury this is about as interesting as East Anglia. A solid 3 {#Sleep}



RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Aug 05, 2009 - 05:41
 
 healyf52 wrote:
I first heard this song on an episode of 'Homicide (life on the street)'. It played as the victim of a violent rape finally succumbed to her injuries and passed away. I thought it was a really good tune and still do. It does suffer from some poor production though. It has world class hooks but some really annoying repetitive chorus stuff. I think they were shooting for a more commercial sound and it didn't really work out. I bet CW and his resonator just by themselves would have rendered this tune beautifully. Listen to 'Hotel Vast Horizon' or 'Dirt Floor' if you want to hear some more representive CW stuff. His music had a lot of space in it.
 
I did see Chris in a bar in my hometown.  Just him and his guitar.  Pretty good stuff!


toterola
(Further)
Posted: Jun 02, 2009 - 17:57
 
 rivermantengo wrote:
Chris Whitley was a very interesting musician. Every recording had a completely different sound.
Bill and others check out War Time Blues and Rocket House. 
 

I couldn't agree more. The album this  song comes from, "Living With The Law", is excellent. This song, "Poison Girl", the title track, and a song that was featured in the movie "Thelma and Louise" called "Kick These Stones (Out of My Bed) are as good as anything played on here. Definitely worth the time. {#Wave} 

Skarp
(Crooked River Ranch, Or)
Posted: Jun 02, 2009 - 17:54
 
 rivermantengo wrote:
Chris Whitley was a very interesting musician. Every recording had a completely different sound.
Bill and others check out War Time Blues and Rocket House. 
 
I moved from the DC area out to Central Oregon not too long ago...and this song resonates deeply with me. We have big sky here also...grin.


rivermantengo
Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 11:53
 
Chris Whitley was a very interesting musician. Every recording had a completely different sound.
Bill and others check out War Time Blues and Rocket House. 

KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 11:51
 
Ahhhhh.
Montana!
What a concept!

coolpeople_rule
(Winter wonder land)
Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 11:48
 
 Thistle wrote:
A neat song... came and went.  Never heard much else from this fellow. 
 

That's because he's making music in the Big Sky Country now, RIP Chris!

derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: Mar 31, 2009 - 11:46
 
I have several albums by Chris Whitley. Most are so so. But this particularly one eclipses them all. Every track is single handedly amazing, original and great to listen to. I highly recommend buying it.

Thistle
(Peg City)
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 09:19
 
A neat song... came and went.  Never heard much else from this fellow. 

coolpeople_rule
Posted: Jan 27, 2009 - 09:19
 
I've always liked this song...the rest of the CD isn't too bad either.

lost_kiwi
(lost gatos)
Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 15:29
 
makes me want to get behind the mule and listen to the bells ring in the big sky country

notremotely
Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 15:28
 
Has this been used as a Chevy commercial yet? Sounds like I should be seeing an American-brand truck climbing a rocky hill in the rugged West or something.


xc_para_puravida
Posted: Oct 24, 2008 - 15:27
 

Love this guy! Sad to hear he left this Earth, though.



tclodes
(the ether)
Posted: Aug 22, 2008 - 11:05
 
I saw Whitley near the end, at a place called the Blue Door in Oklahoma City.
It's the kind of place where you can byob and is extremely intimate.
So me and a bud were hanging around outside before the show and Whitley walked right up and bummed a smoke.



Gregorama
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jul 21, 2008 - 19:34
 
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Hey! I'm from California and I knew that.

Ashamed to correct you, but Darth Cheney was born in Nebraska.
Darlington
(Columbia, South Carolina)
Posted: Apr 18, 2008 - 08:50
 
Saw Chris open for Tom Petty way back in the day. His "live" sound was much better than the sound on this (although I have always liked this song).
KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.)
Posted: Mar 17, 2008 - 20:51
 
alux wrote:
Big Sky is Montana. Cheney is Wyoming born and bred. And no, they're not the same.

Sheesh. Californians...

Hey! I'm from California and I knew that.
healyf52
(Lower Manhattan)
Posted: Feb 15, 2008 - 12:53
 
I first heard this song on an episode of 'Homicide (life on the street)'. It played as the victim of a violent rape finally succumbed to her injuries and passed away.

I thought it was a really good tune and still do. It does suffer from some poor production though. It has world class hooks but some really annoying repetitive chorus stuff. I think they were shooting for a more commercial sound and it didn't really work out.

I bet CW and his resonator just by themselves would have rendered this tune beautifully.

Listen to 'Hotel Vast Horizon' or 'Dirt Floor' if you want to hear some more representive CW stuff. His music had a lot of space in it.


lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Feb 15, 2008 - 09:31
 
Having been born and now living here in big sky country, Montana is a little piece of heaven on earth. I never heard this guy before, but I must say he had excellent taste!
alux
(atop the pyramid)
Posted: Jan 14, 2008 - 22:08
 
Big Sky is Montana. Cheney is Wyoming born and bred. And no, they're not the same.

Sheesh. Californians...

MinMan wrote:
Given the state motto that appears on license plates - might this to be a favorite of Dick Cheney?

smdeeg
(SillyCone Valley)
Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 12:34
 
electronicshaman wrote:


a boring, uninspiring, Dodge/Chevy/Ford commercial written by a frustrated lounge singer?


Please try listening to Din of Ecstasy. You'll probably hate it (I think it's great, but even other CW fans don't like it), but you'll never think of him as a lounge singer again.

bam23
(Berkeley)
Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 12:31
 
This will be my first comment that is not praising the music. However, as long as I have ever been subjected to this piece, the grating, not really in tune singing that seems to wander around without finding its settling point, really is uncomfortable. It's not that I want music to make me comfortable, necessarily. This piece just never sounds sufficiently musical for my enjoyment.
smdeeg
(SillyCone Valley)
Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 12:28
 
Good song from an amazing and under appreciated artist. YMMV natch. Another who died too young (45). RIP.
kindermanltd
(American, man.)
Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 12:27
 
This sucks... a lot.
Sister_Vigilante
(London)
Posted: Nov 13, 2007 - 02:41
 
Nauseating
Paulbot
(London)
Posted: Nov 13, 2007 - 02:38
 
terrible....absolutely terrible.
GChevy410
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 16:51
 
lathyris wrote:


Alright, this is not the WORST song I've ever heard -- but who in the world would rate this a 10? This as good to you as the best songs ever written? No way!!


mfassett wrote:


Yea. Well, that would be me. I won't take this (easy) opportunity to look at your ratings and insult YOUR taste. Instead, I will just say this is a brilliant song, IMHO, and has always moved me since I first heard it 20 years ago.


I will. Lathyris, you're an idiot for rating any REM song higher than a 6. (I know other people like REM, but they aren't putting down other people's ratings)
Bosonator
(Nova Scotia)
Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 16:51
 
Pretty and peaceful.
MinMan
(Bay Area, CA)
Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 16:50
 
Given the state motto that appears on license plates - might this to be a favorite of Dick Cheney?
stevetipp
(Woodland Hills, CA)
Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 16:50
 
mfassett wrote:


Yea. Well, that would be me. I won't take this (easy) opportunity to look at your ratings and insult YOUR taste. Instead, I will just say this is a brilliant song, IMHO, and has always moved me since I first heard it 20 years ago.


I concur. I loved it when I first heard it and when it just came out of my speakers I was inspired to vote it up! This is just a wonderful soulful song by a truly great under-rated artist. RIP Chris!
mfassett
(Redwood City, CA)
Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 08:09
 
lathyris wrote:
Alright, this is not the WORST song I've ever heard -- but who in the world would rate this a 10? This as good to you as the best songs ever written? No way!!


Yea. Well, that would be me. I won't take this (easy) opportunity to look at your ratings and insult YOUR taste. Instead, I will just say this is a brilliant song, IMHO, and has always moved me since I first heard it 20 years ago.
MrStatenIsle
(Staten Island, New York)
Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 08:06
 
Gotta be one of the worst choruses ever. Awful.
electronicthroat
(The South)
Posted: Jul 10, 2007 - 08:05
 

rowdydaisy
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: May 08, 2007 - 14:30
 
You people are boring me with your car commercial analogies.

It's a good song.
Wizzuvvoz
(middle of the road in the groin of America)
Posted: May 08, 2007 - 14:28
 
Boring would be fine with me but it is a bit intrusive IMO