J.J. Cale – Troubadour

- A1 Hey Baby
- A2 Travelin’ Light
- A3 You Got Something
- A4 Ride Me High
- A5 Hold On
- A6 Cocaine
- B1 I’m A Gypsy Man
- B2 The Woman That Got Away
- B3 Super Blue
- B4 Let Me Do It To You
- B5 Cherry
- B6 You Got Me On So Bad
This just pisses me off after the third track because its all a bit samey with some chugga chugga wah wah guitar and some screaming lyrics. What are you shouting about? Shut the fuck up. I much prefer the slower, ploddy stuff even though it’s pretty tuneless, 3 chord stuff. I think I might get rid of this, I can’t imagine a time I’d need to hear it again.
Charity shop bargain with a tiny scratch that makes no difference to play. Bought in 2013. It’s got the original of War Pigs on it but I always expect to hear the slight differences on the Faith No More version.
Label:
Hard Rock, Prog Rock, Heavy Metal
The Beat still gig and I bet they are still good, they are one of the few bands who I’d go and see 30 years after they made it.
In the 80’s they never pretended to be anything they were not, they just played great music and seemed to have a whole lot of fun doing it.
Even though the content is sheer 80’s – ‘Stand down Margaret’ isn’t relevant any more, the music is timeless.