Jackson Browne - Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1
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Free Music Notes for Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1
Free Music Review: SHUT UP AND SING!
Hit: 1 Stars
I would give this a ZERO except you cant rate it that low.
I used to be able to seperate JB from his views, no nukes etc.
No more, after seeing this tour and listening to the typical liberal whining, I cant take it any more.
He is now officially off the deep and is a wack-job liberal.
Hey JB and ALL libs: Get over the 2000 and 2004 elections, you LOST...........We are SICK of hearing about how upset you are with the elections. Get a clue about the issues, get a QUALIFIED candidate and try again. You will lose but at least you wont make such Jack-azzes of yourselves. It is now wonder your party has a donkey for it symbol!
Take your own advice and MOVE ON!
Free Music Review: Jackson Browne Acoustic is great, except.....
Hit: 4 Stars
What a talent for the ages. I've grown up listening to Jackson play some of the greatest ballads ever recorded. His songs literally tell stories and take you to special places. And even though this CD contains mostly his previously recorded music, in this live and acoustic format once again you can alomst feel his music. My ONLY complaint is that in recent years Mr. Browne has seen a need to express his liberal political views. Now I know that most in Hollywood and in the music industry are liberal, and we shouldn't expect that zebra to change his stripes. No, I just don't want to hear about their views - especially if they include them in their music like Jackson did on this CD. As one well known radio personality put it in a book she wrote - just Shut Up and Sing!Free Music Review: AN ARTIST WHO HASN'T GROWN IN 30 YEARS COUNTS ON A SIMILAR AUDIENCE
Hit: 1 Stars
I was a big fan of Jackson's first three albums. But The Pretender and everything that followed only disappointed me. In fact, when Jackson began his career as a songwriter in the Elektra stable, one could say his work was very mature for his age and experience. Problem is, 30 plus years have gone by and Jackson hasn't grown a bit in terms of his artistry or overall maturity. And he works at a snail's pace!! If anything, he has become a static bore with an even more dull band (gone are the days of Lindley & co.). The man hasn't grown and is wad-shot on ideas. He is a tired old idealist wedded to extremely naive and intolerant political views. He's also a woman basher - yet sooo sensitive.
While Running On Empty was a themed live album and had it's share of moments, this new one is just as boring as his acoustic shows over the past few years. Tired uninteresting music for an adoring bunch of boomers who also have failed to grow to higher heights and greater maturity and better artistry.
This is the sensitive, caring music of hypocrites and knee-jerkers. They are both onstage and in the audience. Summed up in EMPTINESS, SHALLOWNESS masquerading as POETRY! C'mon!! Jackson's audience doesn't know what poetry is. And all those claims in Rolling Stome magazine about JB being the poet of rock during the 1970's were jive even then.
All this stuff has been done better before. Jackson is a very limited player. Intimate? I don't know. I've been dragged to enough of his fund raisers to realize that this set is pretty programmed. There is very little that is spontaneous about a Jackson show.
Only justification for this release is to put more product on the shelf - part 2 is on the way I'm sure. And I'm sure neither cd will be maxed out on time. But it does have Birds Of St. Marks, which may be the only saving grace here.
I'm sure Jackson fans will embrace this with an almost religious fervor. All I'm asking these fans to do is think about what it is they find so great about this guy. I know he's cute, but is he as deep as you think he is? Some of his latter day stuff just blows. I don't care if you're his stunning mystery companion or not.
How about a box set of unreleased gems instead?
Jackson needs to take himself and all of his causes less seriously and re-introduce us to his Redneck Friend!
Free Music Review: Blech!
Hit: 1 Stars
Browne's been quite successful, for decades, in getting starry-eyed college girls to sway along to those three chords he plays. And the lyrics? Well, Browne is probably the only person who can rhyme "pretender" with "ice cream vendor" and get people to think it's poetry. This master of the insipid and banal had the gall to say that Joni Mitchell is "a bitter old woman who never had a great album". Gee, Jacko, I think Blue is better than any of your pablum by a factor of about a zillion. And I'm not even going to MENTION Daryl Hannah. Oops. Don't support creeps, leave this drivel on the shelf.Free Music Review: Leaves me hoping for Volume 2
Hit: 5 Stars
I loved the original songs. Browne's musicianship and voice have in no way changed except to get better. I keep listening to this CD and loving the work and waiting not-so-patiently for the next go-around.