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So I just got the album ROGUES GALLERY, a collection of pirate songs and sea chanteys performed by Bono, Sting, Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Loudon Wainwright III, Rufus Wainwright, Richard Thompson, Teddy Thompson, Joseph Arthur, Ricky Jay, Ralph Steadman, John C. Reilly, and a bunch of folk I've never heard of.
The reviews for this album have been mixed, a lot of people decrying the "in-authenticity" of the songs, or the songs being really hit or miss and way too eclectic. Some people negatively described some songs as sounding off-key, uneven, drunken, even spoken rather than sung. Yes, people, that is because you're listening to NICK CAVE AND LOU FUCKING REED. Fools.
No, not every song works. But every song is interesting, every song is bold and different, and that's what's most important. Because the good ones here are... really, really good. My favorites include John C. Reilly's (surprisingly, and yet not so surprisingly), Loudon Wainwright's ("Turkish Revelry" is beautiful, while "Good Ship Venus"* is one of the dirtiest songs I've ever heard), Brian Ferry's "The Cruel Ship's Captain" (sounds like a nautical version of Harry Chapin's "Taxi") and Bono's (the sole reason most people would have to pick this album up).
Now I really, really, really wanna produce a version of Eugene O'Neill's ANNA CHRISTIE, just to play this entire album throughout the production. It's a hell of a show anyway, and one of the few O'Neill plays the Rudes could actually do (it's under three hours).
*I really want to hear![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rosinslady sing "Good Ship Venus"
The reviews for this album have been mixed, a lot of people decrying the "in-authenticity" of the songs, or the songs being really hit or miss and way too eclectic. Some people negatively described some songs as sounding off-key, uneven, drunken, even spoken rather than sung. Yes, people, that is because you're listening to NICK CAVE AND LOU FUCKING REED. Fools.
No, not every song works. But every song is interesting, every song is bold and different, and that's what's most important. Because the good ones here are... really, really good. My favorites include John C. Reilly's (surprisingly, and yet not so surprisingly), Loudon Wainwright's ("Turkish Revelry" is beautiful, while "Good Ship Venus"* is one of the dirtiest songs I've ever heard), Brian Ferry's "The Cruel Ship's Captain" (sounds like a nautical version of Harry Chapin's "Taxi") and Bono's (the sole reason most people would have to pick this album up).
Now I really, really, really wanna produce a version of Eugene O'Neill's ANNA CHRISTIE, just to play this entire album throughout the production. It's a hell of a show anyway, and one of the few O'Neill plays the Rudes could actually do (it's under three hours).
*I really want to hear
rosinslady sing "Good Ship Venus"
