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Sweet Talk
From the brain flow of Paste's Editor At Large:
Some nefarious music hounds from Decatur twisted my outsized ego into creating a dialogue littered with opinionated recommendations and myopic rants. Therefore, to put a smidgen of decency back into nepotism, I have stolen the title "Sweet Talk" in homage of my father who had a weekly sports and leisure column of the same in the early 70's that was syndicated in several small town newspapers in the land the gods made great, New England (sans Connecticut of course). Luckily this space will focus more on sporting leisure, my favorite kind.
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Being Editor at Large means, well, one is at large a great deal. When one holds such a post for a top notch music magazine, it generally means a lot of time is spent on the road, catching artists in their natural habitat. Over the course of 2008 Sweet Talk did just that. I manged to see shows in fourteen states and four countries, as a journalist, fan, rookie roadie, and even a producer of several festivals. While I did not manage to see as many club gigs as I once did ( a second child will do that to you), I obviously ingested my fair share of the world's best drug, live music. Therefore, I present my highly opinionated top ten songs experienced in the flesh in 2008.
Honorable Mention: "One" U2 3D 1/19/2008: Yes, I realize this doesn't exactly count, but seeing the US Premiere at Sundance with the band in attendance and saying hello to Larry Mullen at the accompanying cocktail party was as live as I've ever witnessed U2. In other words, better seats never existed and afterwards I felt complete sensory overload. This was as close to a visceral music experience as you can get without actually being there. I'm not even a real U2 fan but this version of "One" was chilling. If you want to read more about PASTE's review of being at the premiere click here:
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Not too bad a list
please post the other videos, of "murder in the city" and "bella donna!"
this is amazing. thank you.
I have been an Avett brothers fan for years....they are the truest of musicians. I have seen them play in a restaurant with less than 30 people and will see them open up for DMB in April. They are up and coming, that goes without saying, however, they keep their music genuine and their fans will remain loyal for as long as they stick around
PLEASE post Murder In the City and Bella Donna! We rode this Gondola with our girls when we took them to Yellowstone! To see the Avetts there too---ahhh! Wonderful.
Please let me know if there is ANY way to get a copy of all of that footage. One of my favorite things about the brothers' album, A Carolina Jubilee, is the hidden track where they are all talking when they are children. I love to hear them talking naturally, and to see this as adults would be amazing. I've seen them in concert many times, but to see that live interaction would be awesome. Wow, I sound a bit odd; sorry about that. Please e-mail at youngamerican221@gmail.com if this is at all possible.