Looking for opinions on the new Ryan Adams album - Rock n Roll

rumguy

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Wed Jan-21-04 04:09 AM
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Looking for opinions on the new Ryan Adams album - Rock n Roll

I just saw the video for So Alive and was impressed. I'd written him off as a prima-donna pretty boy of an alterna-country rocker.

But this song and video were great. Neither followed the expected scripts. The song and video kinda reminded me of the really good alternative music of the late 80s and early 90s...

Is the rest of the album good?

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Wed Jan-21-04 07:47 AM
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1. well, he is a prima-donna pretty boy of an alterna-country rocker.

Edited on Wed Jan-21-04 08:37 AM by KG

but he does write some good music, too.

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emulatorloo

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Wed Jan-21-04 08:34 AM
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2. It ROCKS!

I would say most of the tracks are as good as So Alive if not better. Really nice. I have seen it around for pretty cheap. You should get it.

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Red_Storm

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Wed Jan-21-04 05:46 PM
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9. Yeah, I saw it at Tower Records.......

on sale for $9.99......definitely worth buying....

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sventvkg

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Wed Jan-21-04 09:01 AM
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3. sounds like he's trying to be like replacements, cure, influence.

ya know, that vibe and it's REALLY NOT my cup of tea as far as style goes but I have YET to hear ryan adams write a bad song..The guy is FLAT OUT talented...Got to give respect to the man. I think he will continue to reinvent his sound because frankly he can and he's a true artist...I would get anything he puts out...

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Red_Storm

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Wed Jan-21-04 10:28 AM
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4. I think........

it's some of the best music he has ever made......So Alive is my favorite song on the album.....I think it's better than Demolition and Gold......

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rumguy

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Wed Jan-21-04 02:25 PM
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5. kick for more comments

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mitchum

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Wed Jan-21-04 05:29 PM
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6. He shouldn't have played the guitars on the record

there are far better guitarplayers at his disposal.
Strike the "pretty boy" from the "prima-donna pretty boy" assessment, he's all bloated and chubby now. The prima-donna part still stands. Have you heard the answering machine message he left for the journalist who dared to take him to task for his bullshit?

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Red_Storm

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Wed Jan-21-04 05:43 PM
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8. So,

people are still hung up on his personality.....ok, so he's an asshole, I could care less, I like his music i'm not trying to be his friend........and he's no guitar whiz, so what? it's still a kick ass rock and roll album.....

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mitchum

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Wed Jan-21-04 06:22 PM
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10. Correction: he's an overrated asshole

F Chord Fitzgerald- the great could be, but still isn't yet (and he's had far more opportunity than just about anyone of the past decade)

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leftofthedial

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Wed Jan-21-04 05:32 PM
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7. It's a good record

straight-ahead neo pub rock.

especially considering it's his 3rd album of material in about a year.

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mlawson

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Wed Jan-21-04 06:33 PM
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11. Who knows?? We have no decent radio here.

But I have heard Three Doors Down and Linkin Park. And all I can say for them, is

:puke: We would have hooted their whiny asses off the stage, back in the old days!!!

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