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The more I listen the more I am sold that this is her best record. The addition of Bill Frisell, Jenny Scheinman, Hal Willner all added something magical. West is a masterpiece.
Where Is My Love?
Unsuffer Me
Lake Charles
King of Hearts
World Without Tears
There are so many gems.Yeah, I’d love to trade for the World Cafe Set. Email me at revenire@wi.rr.com … I have tons of Lu shows.
Scott
The first night seemed so loud — I was in front and I can still feel my right ear sometimes (not ringing but like I was swimming, slightly). Next time = earplugs!
I liked them both. Lu mixed up the setlists. The addition of Carrie Rodriguez on fiddle was beautiful. It also seemed the 2nd night was longer, plus she did World Without Tears.
The Chicago Tribune has a review of the first night and they list Heffington as the drummer! It reads like the person just was sent and told to write something down, anything — heck, hire me Tribune. I actually like music.
ps – did anyone see the support, Carrie Rodriguez? I’m off to see her play on her UK tour in a few weeks – how’s she looking?
She’s looking like “My, aren’t you a tall glass of water” — in other words: easy on the eyes and ears.I loved her solo set and playing with Lu.
Back to Black – Amy Winehouse
HEAVY ROTATION …
Just wish I could get a ticket to a show in Chicago on the 3rd of May!
I was thinking about the “live” versions, having the various Dime etc. stuff, and also thinking about any of her other live material compared to the polished work she releases on record. ALL of her stuff live unleashes her in a way rarely captured on CD — World Without Tears comes close to having that “raw” feeling translated into a studio.
When you get someone like Hal Willner producing you get this marvelous sonic sheen to the material. It’s unlike anything she’s done before isn’t it?
I’ve seen her quote that with the re-release of Car Wheels she’s competing with herself. I have a suggestion: release the demos as a CD instead of Best Buy, the Japan CD with two more demos and the indie outlets with two more demos. That’s six. The rest of it has to exist. PJ Harvey did this with Rid Of Me and 4-Track Demos. I doubt sales would suffer. I realize this isn’t going to happen soon but like with the original Car Wheels sessions I am hoping the demos will see the light of day.
To be fair, does anything compare to seeing her do these songs live? I understand the criticisms re: comparing live versions of the songs (I saw her do them with the full band — old band — last year and acoustic with Doug) but it is like comparing apples and oranges. The demos have a much more organic feel than the production of Willner. I like what he’s done with the scratch vocals by adding something different.
