Danielj Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 La De Da - Joel Plaskett 1. Absentminded Melody 2. Happen Now 3. Lonely Love 4. Lying On A Beach 5. Television Set 6. Truth Be Told 7. Wishing Well 8. Non-Believer 9. Nina And Albert 10. Paralyzed 11. Natural Disaster 12. Love This Town This is an album with an interesting story. Joel, after recording two VERY rocking cd's with his band The Emergency, received an email from a fan in Mesa, Arizona to come record a cd for free with him. So he packed up, left Halifax with a few songs, wrote a few more on the trip, finished some more in the studio. Joel plays tenor, acoustic and electric guitars, drums and keyboard on this album. He has a bassist and a Lap-Steel player with him. The album starts out very intimate and relaxing with Absentminded Melody and quickly bursts into a song that really makes you go "WOW", Happen Now. Those first two songs, after listening to Joel's previous albums that were really rockin', really showcased how how diverse Joel is. Although there are more folk songs on the album, such as the very personal and epic Non-Believer, and the closing song, Love This Town, there are also some upbeat songs. Natural Disaster is the epitome of folk-rock in my opinion, the opening riff with the distorted guitars were really surprising, pleasing, after pretty much all acoustics. La De Da incorporates great songwriting, musicianship, and lots of different musical styles. Give it a shot, it's like a breath of fresh air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Sounds like good stuff. I know a lot of people who listen to this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted July 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Really? Where do you live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 a suburb of Portland, Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted July 30, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 Wow, I didn't know he was popular even outside the Maritimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 A lot of artists who are unpopular in most paces are popular in Portland. He's not top 40 popular here, but popular enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted July 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 I hear Portland has a good scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 You heard correctly. Unfortunately, I won't be able to fully appreciate it until I'm 21, a lot of the venues are 21+ it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 Basically the Pacific Northwest is still one of the best music scenes in America. Sure, there's still a lot of crap to sift through, but it's a lot better than, say, California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 California gets more famous bands, though. Radiohead did, like, 6 shows in California, and not one in Oregon. Which is silly, because there are plenty of Oregonian Radiohead-heads. They should have done a show in Euguene, because U of O is there, and they'd have a big college audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 However, locally, the pacific northwest is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielj Posted July 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 (edited) Does Seattle still have a good scene? Thats near Portland isn't it?..... Radiohead-heads lol.. Halifax has a pretty good scene I think, good jazz scene at least, and some good bands have come out, Sloan, Joel Plaskett. PLUS, I only need to be 19 to go to bars and etc. Edited July 31, 2006 by Guest I cussed accidentally :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 Seattle is great. I lived in the Tacoma area before I moved this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Seattle is about three hours from Portland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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