Mr. Soul: Neil Young vs. MMJ's Jim James

[BH]

Great article in Crawdaddy magazine!   Now this is a well thought out, insightful article!  (Also, very ironic after the recent comments from Mr. Ego.)

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=6660&page=1&cpage=1

[.Walt]

Cyrus Philbrick likes Jim James.

[sweatboard]

Great article in Crawdaddy magazine!   Now this is a well thought out, insightful article!  (Also, very ironic after the recent comments from Mr. Ego.)

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=6660&page=1&cpage=1

Yeah, great post.

I think it does speak to the whole Dave Berman deal, in a really interesting way.

[Bigsky]

Great article in Crawdaddy magazine!   Now this is a well thought out, insightful article!  (Also, very ironic after the recent comments from Mr. Ego.)

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=6660&page=1&cpage=1

Yeah, great post.

I think it does speak to the whole Dave Berman deal, in a really interesting way.

That article broke it down nicely.
I would be curious to hear Young's thoughts on JJ & MMJ.

[Kimbos_Evil_Bread]

great article, thanks for posting it.

[Don Dante]

That was a fantastic article.  Great imagery.  And I do agree that those two believe in music's power more than your average frontman, much more.

[Penny Lane]

great article--i've always thought of phil spector when i've listened to MMJ

[DaFunkyPrecedent]

wonderful

[Jaimoe]

Good article, although Neil's lyrics are in a different class all-together. It's a little lazy to say Young collided folk with grunge, since grunge is a 90's term. It's like calling The Grateful Dead or The Allman Brothers "jam bands". Still, it's high praise to compare anyone with Neil, but MMJ have earned it.

[The DARK]

Indeed a great read. I agree that Jim often considers music a higher form of communication than words. But when he wants to, he can really write lyrics that both break hearts and stimulate the mind. Cases in point: "I Needed It Most", "Wordless Chorus", "Steam Engine", "Smokin from Shootin", and "I Will Be There When You Die".

[Jaimoe]

Indeed a great read. I agree that Jim often considers music a higher form of communication than words. But when he wants to, he can really write lyrics that both break hearts and stimulate the mind. Cases in point: "I Needed It Most", "Wordless Chorus", "Steam Engine", "Smokin from Shootin", and "I Will Be There When You Die".

I agree, not to mention Jim has the ability to sell some of his less-than-stellar lyrics too, which is a lot tougher to do than it sounds.

[vespachick]

Great article in Crawdaddy magazine!   Now this is a well thought out, insightful article!  (Also, very ironic after the recent comments from Mr. Ego.)

http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=6660&page=1&cpage=1

Yeah, great post.

I think it does speak to the whole Dave Berman deal, in a really interesting way.

It really does. I have a hard time with people I commune with who just don't get MMJ.  I've forwarded this article to them.  I think this guy really puts it into perspective in a way that I wish I could have.  A nice job he's done.  

[ChiefOKONO]

most excellent write up! thank you!!