L.A. Times Review – 4 Stars – Highly Recommended

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  • March 1, 2011 at 8:02 pm #46023
    tonyg
    Keymaster

    Holy shit. A rave review, after slamming an entire decade worth of albums. With friends like him….
    🙄

    March 1, 2011 at 8:06 pm #46024
    parkerca
    Participant

    Glad “Blessed” received 4 stars, but he makes it sound like everything she has released in the last 10 years as insignificant. I’m a little biased because i’m a fan, but what she has put out in the last 10 years could rival her past records.

    March 1, 2011 at 9:00 pm #46025
    punchdrunklove
    Participant

    It’s been rough being a Lucinda Williams fan for the past decade

    condescending tone alert. i’m sure the “bad vibes” reference was for WEST. this superb album is condemned to be tagged as such forever.

    but:

    “To Be Loved,” a tender ballad that every mother should sing to her children before bedtime (“You weren’t born to be mistreated/You weren’t born to be misguided/You were born to be loved”)

    i like this image he proposed, never thought of that (the “bluesy” tone definitely doesn’t invite a mother and her kids to my mind). didn’t i read somewhere that this was LW’s love letter to the world? certainly feels like one indeed, but the funny thing is that the most moving letter on blessed for me, as a causal listener (not really), is “sweet love”, which is focused on a single person and not on the world.

    March 1, 2011 at 10:58 pm #46026
    Lafayette
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    @punchdrunklove wrote:

    …but the funny thing is that the most moving letter on blessed for me, as a causal listener (not really), is “sweet love”, which is focused on a single person and not on the world.

    Here you go, mr. casual listener (not really). As performed at Stuart’s Opera House:

    “Sweet Love”

    March 1, 2011 at 11:16 pm #46027
    tntracy
    Participant

    @punchdrunklove wrote:

    “To Be Loved,” a tender ballad that every mother should sing to her children before bedtime (“You weren’t born to be mistreated/You weren’t born to be misguided/You were born to be loved”)

    i like this image he proposed, never thought of that (the “bluesy” tone definitely doesn’t invite a mother and her kids to my mind). didn’t i read somewhere that this was LW’s love letter to the world? certainly feels like one indeed

    You are correct; Lucinda introduced it as such in both Bloomington & Nelsonville…

    Tom

    March 2, 2011 at 5:36 pm #46028
    Los Doyers
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    Hey, critic, ÂĄQue te den por el culo!

    March 2, 2011 at 5:39 pm #46029
    tntracy
    Participant

    @Los Doyers wrote:

    Hey, critic, ÂĄQue te den por el culo!

    I’m not sure if, as moderator, I am obliged to censor profanity in another language. Especially when I agree with the sentiment… 😉

    Tom

    March 3, 2011 at 7:20 am #46030
    punchdrunklove
    Participant

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2cT73At0kc

    thanks for posting!

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