The lowest point of the sixties

[Dravyk]

Originally posted by Vick@Nov 27 2004, 01:38 AM
PD - agree with you, for some reason it seems many artists early work is my favorite (Example - the first 3 Springsteen albums)

Have a rough theory - it's may be they had more time to create material, (who knows how long an artist was playing in clubs before they released their first record) lot of opportunity to refine their work (even though it may have a raw feel and edge to it - which can be a good thing) and have a larger variety of songs to record and choose from for the early records

Plus the artist may be more hungry so to speak and not go into the studio under pressure just to get a new product out

Good thoughts, Vick. Have to agree with you there.

One more thought, that follows yours ... the first few albums they're reflecting on their life before ... by album four, their "life" for the past several years has been tours, travellling, hotel rooms, etc ... and no longer a "real" or at least no longer an ordinary life ... so there's less "meat" for them to write about ... they start writing about their changes, or writing about their writing (singing about their singing) ... There's just less depth of experience there to "mine".

As for Bruce, I have to say I enjoyed the Tunnel of Love album a lot. Having fallen into that star trap and marrying a pretty Hollywood starlet (who I believe was very shallow) and having a bad marriage and divorce, that suffering made for a nice album full of raw emotion, anxiety, hurt, doubt, betrayal. Whereas later, while I was happy Bruce got back to things, married a compartively normal, down-to-earth "Jersey Girl", the tunes, while still enjoyable, have lacked something comparitively.