on this day, at this moment, in 1996 i am probably on the el going to work and im probably feeling a little light headed and/or a sharp pain in my side. the reason for these brief yet all to real ailments is that 35 year old me is gonna post something related to jackson browne. you have to understand that 22 year old me wouldnt have any of this kinda 70′s soft rock/singer songwriter bullshit, it was all about living in the present, embracing “today’s” music, man. how some dope smokin jive turkey thats twice my age gonna teach me something or better yet how can even enjoy their music? see where i am going with that? that was pretty much my way of thinking until about 25. although, thats probably a bit over dramatization but not that far off. anyway, honestly, this is my first introduction mr browne’s music other than the obvious singles i have heard of the years, and i gotta admit this stuff is pretty damn good. this stuff being the criterion demos, just like the title suggest. you can read a bit about it here and im assuming i should probably check out his first record since these are the demos to it?
1. last time i was home
2. jamaica say you will
3. song for adam
4. doctor my eyes
5. low road
6. door into the morning
7. another place
8. birds of st marks
9. mae jean goes to hollywood
10. gone to sorrow
11. hot like today
12. a child in these hills
13. the top
14. my opening farewell
15. the times you’ve come
16. from the silverlake
17. there came a question
18. rock me on the water
19. nightingale
sweet!
i loves me some jackson browne. unlike 22 y/o you, i dug jackson (and other singer/songwriters) all through college. i remember playing jamaica say you will a lot.
yes, you definetely should check out his first album. he’s never done any one better than that one.
Thanks for posting this. I didn’t really get into JB until about eight years ago. I inherited his first few albums from my father when he gave up his vinyl collection in favor of CDs, and they’ve spent countless hours on my turntable ever since.
i have not been able to stop playing jackson browne every day for about a year now.i love dylan more than anything but jb is indispensable too…check out the new record
People often write him off but Jackson Browne is THE shit. Saturate Before Using and the three albums after that are indelibly and fearlessly soulful.
Late for the Sky 1974; The Pretender 1976; Two of the best albums ever recorded. Im hopelessly hooked. I listen to JB every day and have for 35 years.
As my boys would say” He’s the f*ing man” Hi solo acouatic tours are good but his band concerts still are awesome. Go see him live – he’s touring right now – will be in Atlanta in August.
I am playing this as I write. Love your work. Been playing NICO’s Chelsea Girl which has a 67′ Browne track, “these day’s” … much to my suprise.
This is like finding buried treasure. It’s like meeting a friend you haven’t talked to in thirty years and finding out that you still click.
Thanks!
JB…I call him the poet laureate of the human condition.
Bright Baby Blues may be one the best songs ever written and Late For The Sky one of the best albums ever. I started with JB at about 16 and still listen to him today at close to 40.
I have a lot of JB boots but have not seen this one. Thanks.
Jackson Browne is my all-time singer since I was 15 years old. I am now nearly 46. I don’t think loving him has anything to do with age, just the frame of mind.
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