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@LWjetta wrote:
forged ahead and just placed my order for 7609 with Amazon.ca for $69.99 plus sales tax and included free Super Saver shipping.Still don’t understand the $20.00 price differential between Amazon US and Canada.
Alas, my 7609 isn’t going to be shipped for another week-June 22nd.
Quite often on record release day Tuesday’s, we in Canada have to wait another week compared to you USA guys and gals.
I remember this happened 2 years ago with Little Honey.
lwjlwj, in response to your JM homework for Windsor, and what you can probably expect…
John, typically, does not pull out songs from early in his career. The last time we heard “I Need A Lover” was in 2005 (other than a special semi private show he did a few years ago) and that was shortened, at best.
Count on ‘Pink Houses,” “Small Town,” “Crumblin’ Down,” “Jack and Diane” (althought he did not perform this last year on Dylan ballpark tour), “Love and Happiness, “Paper In Fire” as staples of his shows. He was performing a few songs from the upcoming new record, including “Save Some Time To Dream” (he recently performed this at a Dalai Lama event and the Dalai Lama used lines from the song and incorporated them in his talk to 10,000 followers). I think he will throw in another new song or two. I’m also hopeful he will perform “If I Die Sudden” and “Troubled Land” both from 2008. “Authority Song,” “Rain On The Scarecrow,” “Check It Out” and “Cherry Bomb” are other favorites.
I am very familiar with the concert posted on Wolfgang. A totally different time and era from what John delivers now. He’s much older and not so much John Cougar as he was back then. Once again, the time period I started following him 8)
One thing with JM and his setlists. He re-arranges songs to keep them fresh and to keep him from getting so bored with performing them ( as mentioned in an old interview.) I’ll never forget the year he was rapping Jack and Diane (not exactly my favorite), with the assistance of a former keyboard player with rap roots. The keyboard player was actually a fan favorite for his stage energy.
Check out this video of “If I Die Sudden”, very different than the studio version, and it kicks butt as a live peformance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U3Xe32jS8M
Here is a great EPK interview featuring JM and TBone Burnett, along with various band members, discussing the 2008 making of “Life Death Love and Freedom.” TBone talks about his (code) process and bring fidelity back to recorded music.
@Lafayette wrote:
Check out this video of “If I Die Sudden”, very different than the studio version, and it kicks butt as a live peformance.
Great performance, and me being a professed newbie JM fan, I’m sure I noticed thru other videos the violinist.( Miriam-Is she still in the band? )
So me and my faithfull Google, googled JM band members.
Something funny came up. A photo bucket page with all the band members plus Elaine and Matt all pictured with someone I think hails from West Chester, OH@Lafayette wrote:
lwj, in response to your JM homework for Windsor, and what you can probably expect…
Thanks “Teach” for taking the time to provide so much great detail for my homework and with the e-mail received today announcing 7609 from JM’s web site, I’ve got lots of stuff to explore before the big concert.
lwj
“LWjetta wrote:Great performance, and me being a professed newbie JM fan, I’m sure I noticed thru other videos the violinist.( Miriam-Is she still in the band? )
So me and my faithfull Google, googled JM band members.
Something funny came up. A photo bucket page with all the band members plus Elaine and Matt all pictured with someone I think hails from West Chester, OHYES, Miriam is still in the band. Amazing, fluid violinist adding beautiful texture. John has great respect for her, IMO. The band is still intact with the newest addition being the keyboard player, some 5 years ago.
Those photos you found were from a band M & G through the fan club. 😉
A hint was thrown out on Mellencamp’s website. A recent Billboard article stated JM would be out later this summer with Dylan. The forum more or less confirmed this with most shows west of the Mississippi and pretty far west, at that. Eeesh, these may be hard for me to make with all the anticipated fall shows of my top five artists.
The Dylan fans can now start semi officially groaning. 😈
Update. Tour dates are posted on dylan.com. I will have to live this tour through YouTube.
A listening jumpstart, lwj, on the box set. All songs are full length.
http://www.myspace.com/johnmellencamp/music/albums/on-the-rural-route-7609-15969864
@Lafayette wrote:
Eeesh, these may be hard for me to make with all the anticipated fall shows of my top five artists.
Update. Tour dates are posted on dylan.com. I will have to live this tour through YouTube.Eeesh(love that word Lafayette) , I am still waiting to receive the box set any day now.
I really enjoyed the full sampling of 7609.Thanks for the link.
lwjLafayette;
Just received 7609 the box today.
As I’m posting this I’m listening to Disc # 1′, with “Big Daddy of Them All’ now playing as I explore the book.
Really good stuff for a JM newbie like me.
Only 3 weeks to go to see John live in Windsor and only approx 7 weeks to go before we can listen to “No Better Than This”
Thanks again for your link to your great articles in the Herald Times newspaper.
lwjJohn’s upcoming record was recently leaked, and with the posting of this link now on his forum, I am passing along. 30 second clips of each song. This record is “off the hook” for me.
The person, wearing the cowboy hat, pictured on the album cover, is his oldest son.
http://airplaydirect.com/music/bands/33596/index.php
@Lafayette wrote:
John’s upcoming record was recently leaked, and with the posting of this link now on his forum, I am passing along. 30 second clips of each song. This record is “off the hook” for me.
Kool. How do these things get leaked?
Enjoyed the teaser clips. The 55 year young Ampex reel to reel sound is great.
JM is certainly innovative with the equipment and for his upcoming fall/winter tour to promote “No Better Than This”. Imagine, instead of dinner and a show you get live music and a show with the “It’s All About You” movie being shown during his theater tour.
Great stuff.
Thanks for posting this Lafayette.
lwjHere is “No Better Than This” (under “Cool New Music”) which went out yesterday to AAA radio as the first single. If you scroll down, you can hear a Ray LaMontagne song as well 8)
http://www.allaccess.com/triple-a
@Lafayette wrote:
Here is “No Better Than This” (under “Cool New Music”) which went out yesterday to AAA radio as the first single. If you scroll down, you can hear a Ray LaMontagne song as well
Enjoyed both songs, thanks Lafayette.
I received JM’s e-mail today-lots going on.
His son appearing on a 2nd album cover shot. He has a most interesting name of Hud, wonder if there is a story behind the name.
Still enjoying my 7609 set. Got disc 2 in the car CD now.
lwj
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