tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post7590063046113158162..comments2024-03-28T14:09:53.330-07:00Comments on The Song In My Head Today: My 2013 Top Ten AlbumsHolly A Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-61890028669616461042014-01-06T16:42:29.844-08:002014-01-06T16:42:29.844-08:00Thanks for bringing this song and the one by the M...Thanks for bringing this song and the one by the Mavericks to my attention. The Willie Nile reminds of a fave from a couple years back, "The Green Hills of Summer," by Peter Wolf and Neko Case. (Although that one was melancholy, where Niles' is more upbeat - perhaps the difference between an adventure at its outset and one remembered many years later.) Happy New Year to you.wwolfenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-40853919446401670872013-12-31T10:31:24.138-08:002013-12-31T10:31:24.138-08:00I have to thank you. This year, in particular, you...I have to thank you. This year, in particular, your "best of" list has picked up a bunch of songs for which I, at least, really benefit from having a detailed introduction.<br /><br />This, the Mevericks, and the Greg Trooper are all songs that if I'd just happened across them I would have liked them, and thought they were well done, but would have moved on without giving them much attention. For whatever reason they aren't the sort of thing that reaches out and grabs me. But having them highlighted for me, I can easily appreciate their strength.<br /><br />In this case, I see what you mean when you say, "he tempo of this song ticks along exactly at 55mph."<br /><br />It has that rhythm of driving on the open road, lively but relaxed. It isn't trying to make you dance, just something to which you can nod along and tap your fingers on the steering wheel. <br /><br />I agree, also that part of its charm is that it doesn't try to oversell anything and it isn't pushy. It's just smart, knows what it's doing and rolls along.<br /><br />Going back to the intro of the post, I haven't seen <i>Inside Llewyn Davis</i> yet, but I'm looking forward to it. It reminds me that, having suggested the Holy Modal Rounders to you, I still don't know whether you will like them, but part of what I think you might enjoy is how distinctively New York that first album is. <br /><br />I don't know why I say that, obviously somebody like Dave Van Ronk (reportedly the loose inspiration for <i>Inside Llewyn Davis</i>) was a New York musical institution for decades, whereas the Rounders ended up moving west and yet their music evokes New York for me much more strongly.NickShttp://www.beforeyoulisten.comnoreply@blogger.com