Members locust tree Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 I'm with Seif on this one. Between the Whiskeytown catalog and his solo stuff, the dude is scary prolific. With such a huge discography I've been looking for the dud album for a very, very long time. Haven't found it yet. If anything it's Gold which of course Rolling Stone jocked like it was the second coming of Christ. Anyway, when did he become the singer everyone loves to hate? Ok, so he's a bit of a prima donna, but what about the music? Saying that you didn't like X album doesn't count... his albums vary so wildly, they might as well be by different artists. Idk. People love to point and laugh at his antics, but I honestly have yet to see someone really posit a solid critique about him as a songwriter or lyricist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules-RM Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 Yeah! Summer of 69 is a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kidgloves Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 Interesting. I think I've found my album listening project for the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zer0beaT Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 But Neil Young matters... He was around at a time when what he was doing mattered to people (I'm talking about the late '60s early '70s output and even beyond but nothing in or after the 80s except Harvest Moon) and just think about the competition at that time!!!!! Try to put it into perspective, because it makes a huge difference when you compare Neil Young to Ryan Adams (or in your case declare Ryan Adams, who has done nothing, as equal to Neil Young, good god!) These days there's plenty of people who sound like someone from those days, but is their music in any way important like it was back then? Is it really genuine like that? Is it a new sound among a world of new sounds? Big difference there. Big {censored}ing difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 wtf is with all the ryan adams hate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChrisFFTA Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 wtf is with all the ryan adams hate? people expressing opinions. thats a good thing. the ryan - neil comparison IS valid on the output side of things perhaps but the similarities really end there... that isnt a good or a bad thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted November 2, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 wow, seriously keyboard warriors, calm down i said similar not equal.who says the music people make today doesnt matter? to me it was the 80s and early 90s, but for others, its right now. wow, chill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 6StrngStrangler Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 this. I have yet to hear a Ryan Adams tune that I like enough to listen to again. any suggestions? who the {censored} is ryan adams? and why would he be compared to neil young??? is that the dude that sings cut like a knife???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 sorry, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 wow, seriously keyboard warriors, calm downi said similar not equal.who says the music people make today doesnt matter? to me it was the 80s and early 90s, but for others, its right now.wow, chill i don't know anything about ryan adams; how are he and neil young similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jules-RM Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 who the {censored} is ryan adams? and why would he be compared to neil young??? is that the dude that sings cut like a knife???? Here's another classic: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d4rk0 Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 Since Adams isn't likely to be as eclectic as Neil Young I would say the answer is no. After all Young has put out folk, country, blues, hard rock, technopop, and concept albums over his career. dude... wtf are you talking about? Ryan Adams put out 11 albums in 11 different genres in one year.... he is an eclectic song factory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Trashbag_Travis Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 not even close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratotastic Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 Neil Young is a legend. Ryan Adams is some obscure guy that writes good songs, but nobody's really even heard of the guy. He'll likely be forgotten in about 10 years, unless he dies of an overdose or something, then he'll suddenly become the best thing evar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 Yeah! Summer of 69 is a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cancer face Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 I think Tweedy and wilco make a better Neil type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hiwatt Bob Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 when ryan adams develops a truly unique and immediately recognizable electric guitar toan--maybe...maybe..i'd begrudgingly agree with you. i mean--imho--neil's songwriting pwns anything i've ever heard from ryan adams, but i realize that's kind of subjective. but apart from writing a huge volume of great songs (mainly folk/rock songs)--neil also came up with one of the best guitar sounds of all time (microphonic p90, modded tweed deluxe, reverb unit, etc). his electric guitar toan is {censored}ing iconic (not to mention his voice, songwriting, etc). ryan adams isn't really iconic of anything as far as i can tell. i concur with tweedy being a much better comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members machine gunner Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 Ryan Adams isn't remotely in the same class as Neil Young. Neil is a legend, RA will never be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Friendly Ranger Posted November 3, 2009 Members Share Posted November 3, 2009 I've never heard any Ryan Adams tunes so I checked out a few. The tunes were good but in just about every case they made me think of other artists. Yeah, I'm hearing Neil Young, Roy Orbison, Todd Rundgren, Billy Joel, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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