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26,571 - Total Helpful Votes: 29 of 30
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
For a man of sometimes dubious taste and a remarkable lack of irony - Mellencamp has written and performed some stunning songs. In my knowledge of popular(?) music you'll find nothing as unremittingly bleak and beautiful as this album, certainly not this side of Townes van Zandt anyway. The sound of a man who has already died and singing for himself on the other side. Extraordinary.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
A masterpiece. Unlike Scorcese whose relationship with Robbie Robertson distorts `The Last Waltz' into a dishonest albeit lasting piece of film making, Peter Bogdanovich does not allow himself to get in the way of his muse. For over five hours the director of `The Last Picture Show' lets the protagonists do all the talking, without voice-over or any agenda besides telling the story. If Bogdanovich only had access to the hundreds of hours of archive Petty and Heartbreakers footage this would have been a great film, but with the addition of Jim Lenahan's pre Heartbreakers 8mm footage this becomes quite unique. The foresight, or luck, involved with finding that early stuff - clearing the yard… Read more
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Simple, clean, uncluttered, concise and catchy, all the things his peers: the verbose, self important and over produced Eagles or muddy, trying too hard Springsteen never could be. On `Broken Down Cowboy' JCF hits home harder and truer emotionally than he has ever done - with the possible exception of `Someday Never Comes'. Along with the infectious title track, cool `Gunslinger' and a few short sharp sweet rockers `Broken Down Cowboy' finds the West Coast rocker at his best, the gospel inflected `River is Waiting' is reminiscent in spirit to the terrific `Sail Away' (from the otherwise undistinguished `Zombie' album). Perhaps the material overall on `Revival' is not as good as that great… Read more
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