Posts Tagged With: solo
Mark Knopfler’s “Privateering” Full of Puzzles, Ballads, Corned Beef
What strikes me most about modern Mark Knopfler albums is his tendency to sing about topics that are specific, obscure, and unusual. Songs that often seem unremarkable or even goofy at first turn out to be incredibly evokative and unique when you hear it for the 20th time and finally the lyrics click for you […]
Joe Walsh Back in the Fast Lane With “Analog Man”
The title track on Joe Walsh’s new “Analog Man” kicks the album off with one of the unfortunate tropes of contemporary classic rock — lamenting the newfangled stuff the kids are doing and pining for simpler times. The first line contains the groan-inducing term cyberspace, and the song contains crotchety old man lyrics like: The […]