Comments on: Popdose Flashback: The Neville Brothers, “Yellow Moon” http://popdose.com/popdose-flashback-the-neville-brothers-yellow-moon/ your daily dose of pop culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:11:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Popdose Flashback '89: Daniel Lanois, "Acadie" | Popdose http://popdose.com/popdose-flashback-the-neville-brothers-yellow-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-36135 Popdose Flashback '89: Daniel Lanois, "Acadie" | Popdose Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:54:55 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10160#comment-36135 [...] same blend of ethereal atmosphere and smoky groove that characterized Lanois’s work with U2, the Neville Brothers, Robbie Robertson, Peter Gabriel, and Bob Dylan — projects that saw Lanois becoming, in effect, a [...] [...] same blend of ethereal atmosphere and smoky groove that characterized Lanois’s work with U2, the Neville Brothers, Robbie Robertson, Peter Gabriel, and Bob Dylan — projects that saw Lanois becoming, in effect, a [...]

]]> By: Pico http://popdose.com/popdose-flashback-the-neville-brothers-yellow-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-40354 Pico Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:47:48 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10160#comment-40354 I remember getting Yellow Moon when it first came out (one of the earliest CDs I purchased) and playing it a fair amount back then. It does get a ton of acclaim and there's some memorable tracks on it to be sure, but I'm a little puzzled at all the unrestrained accolades heaped on it. It's a little refreshing to read an alternative take on it.<br><br>I think maybe the reason it gets so much good press is something you touched on: Lanois' production. The songs tend to float along suspended that makes them seem weightier than they really are. When combined with good material (like the two Dylan covers, or "My Blood"), it works well. But sometimes, grit is called for and applying the same lofty production values to a funk tune like "Wild Injuns," they wind up taking the soul out of the song. I remember getting Yellow Moon when it first came out (one of the earliest CDs I purchased) and playing it a fair amount back then. It does get a ton of acclaim and there's some memorable tracks on it to be sure, but I'm a little puzzled at all the unrestrained accolades heaped on it. It's a little refreshing to read an alternative take on it.

I think maybe the reason it gets so much good press is something you touched on: Lanois' production. The songs tend to float along suspended that makes them seem weightier than they really are. When combined with good material (like the two Dylan covers, or “My Blood”), it works well. But sometimes, grit is called for and applying the same lofty production values to a funk tune like “Wild Injuns,” they wind up taking the soul out of the song.

]]> By: Pico http://popdose.com/popdose-flashback-the-neville-brothers-yellow-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-14719 Pico Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:47:48 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10160#comment-14719 I remember getting Yellow Moon when it first came out (one of the earliest CDs I purchased) and playing it a fair amount back then. It does get a ton of acclaim and there's some memorable tracks on it to be sure, but I'm a little puzzled at all the unrestrained accolades heaped on it. It's a little refreshing to read an alternative take on it.<br><br>I think maybe the reason it gets so much good press is something you touched on: Lanois' production. The songs tend to float along suspended that makes them seem weightier than they really are. When combined with good material (like the two Dylan covers, or "My Blood"), it works well. But sometimes, grit is called for and applying the same lofty production values to a funk tune like "Wild Injuns," they wind up taking the soul out of the song. I remember getting Yellow Moon when it first came out (one of the earliest CDs I purchased) and playing it a fair amount back then. It does get a ton of acclaim and there's some memorable tracks on it to be sure, but I'm a little puzzled at all the unrestrained accolades heaped on it. It's a little refreshing to read an alternative take on it.

I think maybe the reason it gets so much good press is something you touched on: Lanois' production. The songs tend to float along suspended that makes them seem weightier than they really are. When combined with good material (like the two Dylan covers, or “My Blood”), it works well. But sometimes, grit is called for and applying the same lofty production values to a funk tune like “Wild Injuns,” they wind up taking the soul out of the song.

]]> By: Malchus http://popdose.com/popdose-flashback-the-neville-brothers-yellow-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-14718 Malchus Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:41:46 +0000 http://popdose.com/?p=10160#comment-14718 "It’s become somewhat fashionable to rip on Lanois’ mid-to-late ’80s work as being poorly recorded flimflam in the guise of serious music"<br><br>Really? Who has said that? The guy co-produced "Unforgettable Fire" AND "Joshua Tree", Robbie Robertson's first solo album, "SO" and Dylan's comeback masterpiece "Oh Mercy" (which I know will end up in this new feature sometime soon). Not to mention his own solo record which has some fine songs. Whoever speaks ill of Lanois' great work in the mid-late 80's is nuts. “It’s become somewhat fashionable to rip on Lanois’ mid-to-late ’80s work as being poorly recorded flimflam in the guise of serious music”

Really? Who has said that? The guy co-produced “Unforgettable Fire” AND “Joshua Tree”, Robbie Robertson's first solo album, “SO” and Dylan's comeback masterpiece “Oh Mercy” (which I know will end up in this new feature sometime soon). Not to mention his own solo record which has some fine songs. Whoever speaks ill of Lanois' great work in the mid-late 80's is nuts.

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