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Originally Posted by silvercharm
not sure what your expectations are but I think his new stuff is good. Saw him live in Sept. of last year and he/they played;
The world as I see it; really good, jazzier/funkier live than studio
93 million miles: very similar to studio
I won't give up: he did this with Toca to open the encore, real nice song
Frank D. Fixer: this is a song about his grandfather and it was good
listen to it a few times and let it set in. I think he's great live; don't let the mellowness of the studio turn you off.
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I'm actually pretty okay with the music. There seems to be much more going on as far as guitar work and textures, and less awful horn lines. It's a personal taste thing, but he almost completely lost me the last time I saw him when his horn line had horrible horrible dance moves. I just don't like that sound at all.
Some of the songs are pretty good, but I just find I'm having trouble taking him seriously as an artist lyrically. I thought he used to be a good, or at least clever, lyricist. On the new album examples of lyrics are:
- Makes me feel good, and when I feel good I sing.
- Living in the moment, living my life, easy and breezy, peace in my mind.
- Let's sing to be happy, to feel things, to communicate and be heard
- It's not hard for me to love you, hard for me to love you, no it's not a difficult thing.
They just feel delivered extremely cheesily. I really like a few songs, like 5/6, 93 Million Miles, and Who's Thinking About You Now. And I really liked the first single. But there are just songs on there that make me cringe. It is definitely a more mellow album, and I like most the music, it just seems very straightforward and I'm used to him being a little more adventurous.