Steve Goodman - Anthology: No Big Surprise
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Artist: Steve GoodmanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-09-15
Music Label: Red Pajamas
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Between The Lines
- Take Me Out To The Ballgame
- Go Cubs Go
- City Of New Orleans
- Would You Like to Learn To Dance?
- Souvenirs
- Red Ball Jets
- The One That Got Away
- Talk Backwards
- If She Were You
- Danger
- You Better Get It While You Can (The Ballad Of...)
- Yellow Coat
- Banana Republics
- California Promises
- Bobby Don't Stop
- My Old Man
- This Hotel Room
- Where's The Party
- I Just Keep Falling In Love
- Watchin' Joey Glow
- The Dutchman
- In Real Life
- Chicken Cordon Bleus
- The I Don't Know Where I'm Goin', But I'm Goin'...
- Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
- Turnpike Tom
- Elvis Imitators
- Lincoln Park Pirates
- Wonderful World Of Sex
- Vegematic
- A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
- Men Who Love Women Who Love Men
- The Auctioneer
- The Broken String Song
- Just Lucky I Guess
- I'll Fly Away
- It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
- Medley: Born To Be Wild/Teen Angel/Tell...
- You Never Even Call Me By My Name
- Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
- As Time Goes By
Music reviews of Anthology: No Big Surprise
Music Review: Grossly inadequate tribute to an exemplary musician
Rating: 1 Stars
I really, really wanted to like this compilation. Steve Goodman's music has affected me for three decades: his lyrics, his humor, his consummate musicianship...why one star? Briefly, the first disc (studio recordings) doesn't have some of his best stuff, and the second disc (the "live" stuff) is indifferently recorded and (even worse) sometimes indifferently performed.
I'm not prejudiced against live recordings: many are excellent, such as "The Weavers at Carnegie Hall" or "Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison". This live disc sounds like it was recorded in a small bar with a small circle of yahoos whose whoops and hollers get really annoying after a while. Now if you were one of those yahoos present, you'd like this CD as a souvenir; for the rest of us, it's fairly tedious. It also shows Goodman singing some of his stuff in a fairly bored I-gotta-finish-this fashion or in a cynical style ("As Time Goes By" is almost unlistenable). Several of of his more popular songs are on the live disc: "Chicken Cordon Bleus", "Turnpike Tom", "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" (another indifferent performance), "Men who Love Women Who Love Men"--they just aren't up to the standards of his studio recordings. I can't believe his estate approved this release.
I was fortunate to see Goodman twice in the seventies. At one huge outdoor Country Music festival that had big names like Willie Nelson, he got up on stage in front of 20,000 people with just his guitar--that takes guts--and wowed 'em. Then he sang a song about a Vietnam War widow ("The Ballad of Penny Evans")--sang it a capella, no less--and brought those 20,000 people to a standing ovation. Steve Goodman live was an incredible experience--an experience which this disc (sadly) does not capture at all.
The one saving grace of this compilation is the notes in the booklet, which has a bunch of his old pals reminiscing about him. Interesting stuff, but doesn't make up for the fact that if you want a good introduction to his music you really ought to look elsewhere. Try the original Buddah recording, "Steve Goodman" and then maybe move on to "Words we Can Dance To" and "Jessie's Jig and other Favorites". His pals got together some years back and made "A Tribute to Steve Goodman", which is excellent.
Pet Peeves department: How could any decent compilation leave out the aforementioned "Ballad of Penny Evans"? Not to mention his fine cover of Big Bill Broonzy's "The Glory of Love". And how about the one he wrote with Jimmy Buffett, "Door Number Three"?
I've enjoyed the notes on this album far more than the album itself. If it's the only introduction to Steve Goodman available to you, enjoy it with the understanding that there's a lot more to Steve and his music than this sloppy compilation delivers.
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