bam23 wrote:


I really like the Cowboy Junkies myself, but looking at the rating distribution, I'd hardly say that those who do not are "so many". More like so few. :-)

When I first moved to NYC in the early 90's, I lived in a small apartment in the East Village. Every once in a while I would hear someone playing the Junkies but the song would often stop in the middle, pause, restart, go into something else.  It was odd. Turns out someone in the band or crew lived right behind me and they were practicing. Never saw them on the street but it was kind of cool.

I keep waiting for the chorus to start up with the "common disaster" lyrics.

 forthbrdge wrote:

If Red Green wrote a New Country song, what would it sound like? 

you mean there's also a summer of discontent? To go along with the winter of discontent?

that's discontent all year!  We're doomed!

  

 keenevision wrote:

Thanks for the advice. Done!

 Mannick wrote: The album is now 

Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Members! Best cover, ever. of "Sweet Jane"! So said Lou Reed, writer of the tune, and leader of The Velvet Underground!!

Great band. Developed their sound to perfection. If you don’t like them just hit skip.

Summer of our discontent… no shit

For some reason, this is the only album I like from the Cowboy Junkies... And the only one that is NOT on Spotify!
Thanks for playing this song!

 bam23 wrote:
 

I can't quite grasp why so many "listeners" here really dislike this band because they sound like themselves. After this many years, if you don't like what they have spent their careers developing, let it go. I understand criticism that makes some point, but if "I'm bored" is the essence of what you have to offer, why bother? Somehow this band gets dissed frequently, for the reason cited above.

 SummitPlot wrote:
 
Hear who?

 forthbrdge wrote:
 
Discount music definitely with this band.

Cowboy Junkies é um grupo musical do Canadá cujo estilo se situa entre o rock alternativo e o country music. O grupo é formado por três irmãos da família Timmins, além do baixista Alan Anton. A banda se formou em Toronto, no ano de 1985.

I am a more of fan of Red Green’s Winter of Discount Tent.

 SummitPlot wrote:
 
I identify with this comment for nearly every  CJ song. Blasé to the point of extinction.

Well I have definitely heard this more than twice in the last 30 days. Enough to be bored with it though it will be OK on a chill playlist I suppose.

good!

 SummitPlot wrote: 
The last time I saw them i drifted off from start to finish...

The trouble with the CJs is that about 30 seconds into their songs, my mind drifts off and I don't hear them anymore.

 peter_james_bond wrote: 
Interesting.  Now that I own 3 Talk Talk CDs.... which I absolutely adore. 

Not sure I hear the connection but this is a fabulous CJ song all the same.  

 Cynaera wrote: 

lol

I might have to steal that one for awhile. ( ^ ;

Yeah, PERFECT, coming in a killer stretch with The Chameleons' Dangerous Land, Spacehog, Folk Implosion, and Massive Attack. Miss you, Lisanne L.!

Thank you Bill, saw them again last week, great show. Appreciate you playing them. 

Yeah, sorry, couldn't pass it up.

In supermarkets I can't find anymore.Origens Summa.It's a discontent.

Exquisite chord progression!

My favorite Can con.

 TerryS wrote: 
He must have been very discontent...

everybody in my homeless camps loves this groovy song...

hope you are having a marvelous time right now, TerryS... 

 (former member) wrote: 
Actually, he was buried under a car park.

 mbolch30307 wrote: 
They do have a comparatively large number of songs on the playlist but they don't seem to be played to extremes. 

big stud Romeo Tuma wrote: 

I be the holy ghost of big stud Romeo Tuma...  there is much discontent around the world this summer caused by relative deprivation...  love this song soooo much...
 

 motobecane wrote: 

Thank you!  Hope you are having a marvelous time right now...

we be dancing and looking forward to this summer...

 Lazarus wrote: 
Heh.  Great image!

We be dancing like bow-legged gypsy muleskinners...  love it...
 

Beauty

Everybody in my church loves this song...
 

Is Bill doing the nasty with the lead singer from Cowboy Junkies? It seems like every other song recently is from this group.

Wonderfully restrained arrangement.

It might also be derivitive of Steinbeck's last novel, which is, in turn derivitive of Shakespeare.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent

Much rather listen to them than the great mass of bands incapable of finding a good gear to begin with.  


 ThePoose wrote:
I will put it another way that might get through to you: Margo and the other Boring Flunkies have such a limited range of tempo and phrasing and tone that I groan when I see that they are Now Playing on RP. Scream a little, Margo, have fun, make a joke song, dance it up—whatever. Just break out of the ole lonesome whippoorwill mode you are stuck in.

And you ask if I have listened to any CJ. Ha. I was an associate producer in public radio in Montreal (Canada) in 1988 when a friend sent me this LP called The Trinty Session and said this was the hottest thing to come along in Canadian music in a long time. I was impressed for a while at their new sound—until LPs 2,3,4,5, etc. came along, with no change in range. They never did get out of the one gear they are mired in.

 

 ThePoose wrote:

I will put it another way that might get through to you: Margo and the other Boring Flunkies have such a limited range of tempo and phrasing and tone that I groan when I see that they are Now Playing on RP. Scream a little, Margo, have fun, make a joke song, dance it up—whatever. Just break out of the ole lonesome whippoorwill mode you are stuck in.

And you ask if I have listened to any CJ. Ha. I was an associate producer in public radio in Montreal (Canada) in 1988 when a friend sent me this LP called The Trinty Session and said this was the hottest thing to come along in Canadian music in a long time. I was impressed for a while at their new sound—until LPs 2,3,4,5, etc. came along, with no change in range. They never did get out of the one gear they are mired in.

 

Well, to be fair, that's their "sound".  If they like it, and their fans like it, then that's all that matters, even if others think it's formulaic.  I find a lot of their work to be too lethargic for my tastes, but others may find it to be "soothing" or "introspective".  They do have a handful of songs which have a tempo faster than their more common 40-60 beats-per-minute output, though.  Anyhow, this song is "quite likable".

I immediately thought of the scene in "Reality Bites" where Ethan Hawke answered the telephone with, "Hello - You have reached the winter of our discontent..."

Geez - I have too many movies I need to re-watch because of stuff like this.  I love the Junkies.

yep — i agree.  Now listening to summer of discontent - and love it!  BUT a whole album later...let me just slit my wrists now!  BUT...I still really like Margo  :) 
 HarvestMoon wrote: 

 Kristi wrote:
I will put it another way that might get through to you: Margo and the other Boring Flunkies have such a limited range of tempo and phrasing and tone that I groan when I see that they are Now Playing on RP. Scream a little, Margo, have fun, make a joke song, dance it up—whatever. Just break out of the ole lonesome whippoorwill mode you are stuck in.

And you ask if I have listened to any CJ. Ha. I was an associate producer in public radio in Montreal (Canada) in 1988 when a friend sent me this LP called The Trinty Session and said this was the hottest thing to come along in Canadian music in a long time. I was impressed for a while at their new sound—until LPs 2,3,4,5, etc. came along, with no change in range. They never did get out of the one gear they are mired in.

Nice segue from the Chris Isaak song.  Very similar vibe.

I like amost every CJ song if it comes as a singular musical event. But can hardly listen to an entire album without getting annoyed or depressed. They did great cover versions, too (Powderfinger, Sweet Jane, Blue Moon to name a few).

Yawwwwwn!

 westslope wrote: 
Agreed! The keyboards give this a bit of a Talk Talk sound, which really works for me.

Very nice!!

 Rickvee wrote: 
Actually, Trinity Sessions is certified platinum in the US, so they've sold at least a million...  Not exactly millions, but it's not bad.

Cowbow Junkies sound great after Chris Isaak. Excellent work.

To date, the only listenable Cowboy Junkies song.

Yesterday I heard the title track from this album.  It put into perspective how different this album is from other Junkies albums, say Trinity Sessions.  Miles is much more dense and has a polished, produced feel to it, and you really hear it here.  Fortunately, it does not diminish Margo Timmins' voice.

Brilliant.

I love the Junkies!  Another great job of programing tonight. Thanks Radio Paradise!

I might not like every tune, whatever. But Bill, you sure can spin a set!

Kind of like a "comfort food" for the soul . . . 

 Kristi wrote: 
Agreed.

*really* lame. 

sonofpick wrote: facetious much?

Wow, something upbeat from CJ.

Very interesting band. Another turn-on c/o RP. Thank you!

Kristi wrote: You tell 'em.

ThePoose wrote: Who says music has to "get out of first gear" ? And their songs are certainly not morose! Have you actually listened to any CJ? Their music is beautiful, dreamy, thoughtful.

keenevision wrote: You say ''without being over the top.'' More like without being over the bottom: almost all of their songs are slow and morose such that they don't get out of first gear.

In a just world The Cowboy Junkies would have sold millions by now. Glad Bill digs them cause I dig 'em too.

this sounds just like the fantastic band The Walkabouts!!And I like it :) Pls Bill play some time The Walkabouts. Barcelona,Spain

Despite the frequent rotation I have yet to tire of hearing this track. So I bought the disk and enjoy it even more on the Hi Fi.

Not their best song, by a long shot..but likable nonetheless

Excellent CD!

God bless the Junkies. This was a particularly good album - lots of memories while in a small cabin upstate on acres of land, waiting for my first nephew to be born ("Are You Born Yet?"). This song reminds me of a summer of discontent while there. "Crescent Moon" is a great song for a cool September/October night (yeah, I know that's a different album).

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

The Cowboy Junkies (more specifically, Michael Timmins, who does the writing) are most likely the most literate, thoughtful, band to come along in ages. It is nice actually knowing them a bit also. s Emmanuel wrote:

I like this band, but this song is sending a chill down my back, and it's not a good one. I think it's her voice.

Everytime I hear the junkies I'm taken back to the first time I ever did. I was working at Killington VT as a ski lift operator, there was this fantastic radio station out of White River Junction that I could only pull in from the top of the mountain. The DJ played something off Trinity Sessions (a brand new release at the time) and then unable to stop herself, played three or four more in a row. Margot's voice is almost as distinctive as Emmylou's.

KevDog wrote: True, but that's a double-edge sword, as well. I was huge CJ fan, starting with the Trinity Sessions, but after the fourth or fifth album, it all started to sound the same to me......

Not heard the Junkies before. Now I'm hooked.

Yep. With a smoke out the window.

Love them Junkies.

Please let me jump on the bandwagon to bash this post: Not exactly a quote, now, is it? Allusion, maybe. And if the Cowboy Junkies can't do it, then neither can the millions of others thru the centuries, Shakespeare included, who have ever picked up a pen. John Steinbeck would kick your right here and now.

thought the quote was... Now is the winter of our discontent

The whole album is well worth a listen.

Cheap: quoting Richard III in your song title. I bet they don\'t even know what it means exactly.

Hmmmmmm! I knew this girl who would just go WILD when Cowboy Junkies played.... :D needless to say i like the CB's ALOT!!! :p Margo has a great voice, and the band plays so tightly without being over the top!