Re: Curtis Mayfield - There's No Place Like America Today (1975)

by Guest Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:11 pm

Ooh, yes, that's better…

by Nightjar Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:15 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:He's got a beautiful voice, and a great guitar sound/feel.

But this it was just so unbelievably lifeless. I've heard his earlier albums, they weren't like this.

Well, perhaps it's one of those albums that deserves a casual background listen or two?

Sometimes stuff sinks in and you start to dig/get into it.

I wouldn't call it lacklustre or half-hearted at all, bit it does have a very bleak, sparse quality.

Anyway, here's the undeniably awesome version of "Hard Times" by Gene Chandler.

You might've'd liked the record if it was all like this.

by Nightjar Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:21 pm

Do you people just prefer faster music? Sly

by Nightjar Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:23 pm

Or, more accurately, do you people, when you're listening to music you've not heard before, feel more comfortable when a song a song just chugs away at a fair tempo?