wow, get more details and pass it on
― velko, Saturday, 29 August 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
alfred u are NUTS
― butthurt (deej), Saturday, 29 August 2009 08:22 (fourteen years ago) link
his voice is 100% part of the appeal
― butthurt (deej), Saturday, 29 August 2009 08:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i love blasting this song while i'm driving around la
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMHiYrnYx64
― velko, Saturday, 29 August 2009 08:43 (fourteen years ago) link
got this today. is it bad if on first listen I like the Bambu sessions better than POB (though I do like that one too)?
― Phoenix in Flight (Cattle Grind), Saturday, 17 April 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
my favorite song is on the bambu sessions (it's not too late) and i adore POB.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 17 April 2010 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"It's Not Too Late" is gutting. the desperation just drips from his voice on that one.
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 22 March 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
Returning to this reissue this week as my car can only play CDs for the moment and I pulled this out.
There are really only a few songs in POB proper that sound purely 70s MOR – "What's Wrong," "You and I" and maybe one or two others. The rest tend toward really plodding, heavy orchestration, peculiar textural choices (such as the bass harmonicas and blaring brass on "Dreamer") and modal chord voicings that create something that is both bombastic and delicate – often at the same time. There is also an undeniable alcoholic sentimentality slathering almost everything here.
So I understand if this record isn't for everyone. Some may find it scattered or unremarkable. But for my part, I love its singularity and shamelessly big hearted and ramshackle nature – qualities I think aren't so much enhanced by the Bambu stuff as underscored.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 23 March 2017 13:24 (seven years ago) link