Comments on: Can’t get enough Richard Thompson? https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:14:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Landt https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-115615 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:14:02 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-115615 You guys have got to be kidding: Bruce Cockburn doesn’t even carry hod for a guitarist/songwriter like RT. No one else can put that kind of poignantcy and wit into a song. Devonside, 1952 VBL, Beeswing, Dimming of the Day, I feel so Good, and on and on. Perhaps you weren’t really listening.

]]> By: ligneus https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93965 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:50:39 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93965 He’s very good. I prefer Bruce Cockburn.

To prefer the execrable Bruce Cockburn puts RT in his proper place. He’s OK, that’s all.

]]> By: Whig https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93961 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:04:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93961 Richard Thompson is the greatest! One of those hidden (to most people) treasures.

I’ve said it here before: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

]]> By: Tim Kyger https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93959 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:40:12 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93959 Ah, another Richard Thompson fan.

We all crop up in the most mysterious places, eh wot?

For my money, RT is the best electric guitarist alive today. “Slow Hand?” I fart in his general direction. Feh!

]]> By: Tom https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93939 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:08:11 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93939 The bass is indeed terrific, but so is the full trio, instrumentally.
Why is it so many skilled musicians are considered “songwriters” when their lyrics are simply so stupid? I’d prefer the unadorned instrumentals to crap lyrics as here, about Brando, and Mingus eyes.

]]> By: PapaMAS https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93937 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:56:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93937 Always liked his stuff. “Shoot out the lights” is such a great album I still play it, although now in its varied electronic formats rather than the original vinyl.

]]> By: chuck https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93936 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:50:34 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93936 …his bass player steals this number.

Yeah, the bass caught my attention right up front.

]]> By: jackscrow https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93929 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:19:57 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93929 He’s very good. I prefer Bruce Cockburn.

]]> By: Cappy https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93920 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:40:21 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93920 Never heard of him before. Was he in Question Mark and the Mysterians?

]]> By: dane https://thenewneo.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93913 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:45:56 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/11/23/cant-get-enough-richard-thompson/#comment-93913 As someone who has done a lot of writing and recording (and playing with some incredibly talented musicians) I can certainly appreciate his artistry. But I gotta tell you Neo – his bass player steals this number.

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