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Easy Tiger - Ryan Adams. Get Stoked. [05.15.07]Okay, I'm pumped.
Ryan Adams just added a new song, "Two" to his MySpace page.
I think it's amazing. It gives me goosebumps. I'm a bit of a Ryan Adams maniac, if you didn't know. I'm ecstatic for this album. I know there's a lot of bootlegs floating around the internets, but I just have to wait for June 26th and take it in all at once. And then over and over and over again...
Stephen King (yeah, that dude!) wrote a a little bit about Ryan that's currently displayed in the product description for Easy Tiger on Amazon. Apparently he's a fan, and I kind of love it:
It was, Ryan Adams says, this girl he's been spending time with; the title of this album is her fault. "She wanted to go out to dinner at eight; I wanted to go right away. She said, 'Easy, Tiger.' And that hit me. It stuck with me to the point where I called up Neal [that would be Neal Casal, guitarist of The Cardinals] and left a message on his answering machine with those two words. 'Don't forget this,' I said, 'cause I want to use it.'"
Adams laughs and adds, "I think he's still got that message." And I understand that. Some things you just save, because they're worth playing over again. I think there are really only two kinds of pop music CDs these days. There are the ones you listen to only once or twice, maybe downloading the single good song to your iPod or computer; then there are others that grow stronger, sweeter, and more necessary each time you play them. Gold was that way; Cold Roses was that way; so was Jacksonville City Nights. I won't say Adams is the best North American singer-songwriter since Neil Young...but I won't say he isn't, either. What I know is there has never been a Ryan Adams record quite as strong and together as Easy Tiger; it's got enough blue-eyed, blue-steel soul (with the faintest country tinge) to make me think of both Marvin Gaye and the Righteous Brothers. Probably ridiculous, but true. And the songs themselves are beautiful-- the lyrics tightly focused and brief, the feeling one of melancholy calm that will probably be a revelation to fans that remember the old, sometimes angry Ryan Adams. He agrees that the tone of Easy Tiger is different-- not dark, just different-- and suggests in passing that it may have something to do with both sobering up and growing up (he's 32). Then he goes on to talk about the process, which is clearly something close to his heart. "I write on a manual typewriter," he says. "I get up, I have a cup of coffee, I sit down at the typewriter. I never spent a useless day behind a typewriter." I say amen to that, but he's already going on. "It's like-- I don't know, sometimes it's like chasing a pretty girl on the beach. And things I never thought I could do...I can do." I mention how prolific he is, aware that I might be touching a sore point. After all, there are plenty of critics who seem to think that's a bad thing. Adams, however, just laughs. "Yeah, yeah, in America people give you shit for working hard," he says. "But...it's process, that's all. I process things. I went into the dream business. If people need 'em, I've got extra." He talks enthusiastically about all the unreleased material he hopes to set free in a box set, maybe at the end of the year ("If people hear it all, then they'll get the connections," he says), but that's then. Now there's this, maybe the best Ryan Adams CD ever. And I know you want to listen to it right away. But slow down. Take your time. This album asks for that, and it will reward your full attention. In other words-- easy, Tiger. --Stephen King Oh heyyyy tracklisting:
Track Listing
01. Goodnight Rose 02. Two 03. Everybody Knows 04. Halloweenhead 05. Oh My God, Whatever,Etc. 06. Tears Of Gold 07. The Sun Also Sets 08. Off Broadway 09. Pearls On A String 10. Rip Off 11. Two Hearts 12. These Girls 13. I Taught Myself How To Grow Old I'm interested to see where tracks like 4 & 5 (which sound like titles off his hilarious website project) fit in with song titles like 11 & 13.
Am I the only one who's completely, out-of-my-mind STOKED?!
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i'm crossing my fingers he tours this summer, or fall. i just want live ryan in my life.
Live Ryan makes my life. OH MAN! When it comes out, I hope you'll be around, and we can have a total RA Geek-Out fest. YEAH!