Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Son Volt: American Central Dust
Tina said: I first listened to this album while running errands. My first impressions of this album were positive. I like Son Volt; I like their “modern country twang”. What I really like about Son Volt is the use of instruments throughout the album. I like the guitars, pianos, and the raspiness of Jay Farrar’s voice. My first impressions of this album left me feeling very pleased.
As I dug deeper into the album, I started listening to the lyrics of the album. I soon realized that the lyrics were extremely cheesy. In Dynamite, he says…”This love is like celebration…forth of July dynamite”. There are more of these corny/cheesy one liners through out the entire album. These lyrics which remind me of a trashy country album, were the lead singer is singing about losing, his wife, his dog and is house. However with that said, I do think that he is trying to appeal to all citizens and bring our country together. I think this was his Springsteiness attempt to start bringing the country together in song. On the Tina/Charlie deny it, lend it, promote it scale, the album is not worth the celebration…4th of July and dynamite….I deny it.
Charlie said: Son Volt is the country half of what was Uncle Tupelo, the other half, obviously is Wilco. It is amazing to me that two such greatly different and important bands come from the same origin. Where Wilco has experimentally expanded, Son Volt continues the alternative country vein.
Son Volt continues to write smart thought-provoking lyrics. You missed the boat on this one Tina. Where you see cheese, I see depth. In the song Dynamite the correct lyrics are “This love is like celebrating 4th of July with dynamite.” This is a love that is not working just like trying to celebrate with dynamite.
There are several worthy songs on this album; “Dynamite”, “Down to the Wire”, “Roll On”, “When the Wheels Don’t Move”, and “No Turning Back”. The last two were my favorites. Where the CD falters in not with the lyrics, but its lack of energy and ambition. I felt as if I had heard most of this before from Son Volt and I wanted more. The only reason I am down grading this album is that their album Trace is so much better doing exactly what this album does.
On the Tina/Charlie deny it, lend it, promote it scale, the album deserves another listen from Tina and a lend it.
As I dug deeper into the album, I started listening to the lyrics of the album. I soon realized that the lyrics were extremely cheesy. In Dynamite, he says…”This love is like celebration…forth of July dynamite”. There are more of these corny/cheesy one liners through out the entire album. These lyrics which remind me of a trashy country album, were the lead singer is singing about losing, his wife, his dog and is house. However with that said, I do think that he is trying to appeal to all citizens and bring our country together. I think this was his Springsteiness attempt to start bringing the country together in song. On the Tina/Charlie deny it, lend it, promote it scale, the album is not worth the celebration…4th of July and dynamite….I deny it.
Charlie said: Son Volt is the country half of what was Uncle Tupelo, the other half, obviously is Wilco. It is amazing to me that two such greatly different and important bands come from the same origin. Where Wilco has experimentally expanded, Son Volt continues the alternative country vein.
Son Volt continues to write smart thought-provoking lyrics. You missed the boat on this one Tina. Where you see cheese, I see depth. In the song Dynamite the correct lyrics are “This love is like celebrating 4th of July with dynamite.” This is a love that is not working just like trying to celebrate with dynamite.
There are several worthy songs on this album; “Dynamite”, “Down to the Wire”, “Roll On”, “When the Wheels Don’t Move”, and “No Turning Back”. The last two were my favorites. Where the CD falters in not with the lyrics, but its lack of energy and ambition. I felt as if I had heard most of this before from Son Volt and I wanted more. The only reason I am down grading this album is that their album Trace is so much better doing exactly what this album does.
On the Tina/Charlie deny it, lend it, promote it scale, the album deserves another listen from Tina and a lend it.
