Can't comment on this. Richard Thompson is one those people everybody was always telling was a genius, but I never got around to listening -- and I remember when he was performing with then-wife Linda. Probably had something to do with my associating him the the folk-music scene to which I am unusually averse. All that peace, love and understanding causes me to break out in hives.
I'm not very familiar with his early work with Fairport Convention, but Mr. Thompson's later efforts with his then-wife Linda and subsequent work are definitely not of the peace, love and understanding variety. More like the dark tea-time of the soul, for the most part.
ReplyDeleteWell, I just saw something called "Shoot Out the Lights" in YouTube and I see what you mean.
ReplyDeleteOh, yeah, that's the title cut from the album I'm most familiar with. It also includes "Wall of Death" and a nice little ditty called "Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?" that talks about a woman "lying in a pool of herself with a broken neck". Always liked that song, but I'd stress that in no way do I find it inspiring.
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