Steve Goodman - No Big Surprise: Anthology
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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 Ball Game
- Go Cubs Go
- City of New Orleans
- Would You Like to Learn to Dance?
- Souvenirs
- Red Ball Jets
- One That Got Away
- Talk Backwards
- If She Were You
- Danger
- You Better Get It While You Can (The Ballad of Carl Martin)
- 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
- Dutchman
- In Real Life
- Chicken Cordon Blues
- I Don't Know Where I'm Going, But I'm Goin' Nowhere in a Hurry Blues
- Is It True What They Say About Dixie?
- Turnpike Tom
- Elvis Imitators
- Lincoln Park Pirates
- Wonderful World of Sex
- Vegematic
- Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
- Men Who Love Women Who Love Men
- Auctioneer
- Broken String Song
- Just Lucky I Guess
- I'll Fly Away
- It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
- Born to Be Wild/Teen Angel/Tell... [Medley]
- You Never Even Call Me by My Name
- Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
- As Time Goes By
Music reviews of No Big Surprise: Anthology
Music Review: His Sweet Home, Chicago
Rating: 5 Stars
This album is an extract of the beating heart of Chicago- its music. Steve Goodman died just after I was born, so I never got to hear him live, sad to say, but I have most of this album half-memorized. Whether he was being comic or poignant (which I'm going to guess is a word he wouldn't have used himself) his music clearly comes straight from the heart. I grew up listening to "City of New Orleans" and "Lincoln Park Pirates" and anyone who wants to understand Chicago in particular or the Midwest in general needs to listen to this.
A note for the less informed: this is NOT country music. It is often folk and sometimes bluesy, but not country. I suggest saving this for a lazy summer night with no air conditioning- it'll transport you away from the heat.
Description of No Big Surprise: Anthology
Still best remembered for his evocative "City Of New Orleans," which brought Arlo Guthrie his long single hit, the late Steve Goodman was a gifted songwriter, affecting singer, and spirited acoustic guitarist who forged a link between the urban troubadors of the '60s and the "sensitive" singer-songwriters of the '70s. The elfin Chicagoan could tug heart strings as well as the latter camp (try his version of "The Dutchman," or fine originals like "Banana Republics" and "Yellow Coat"), but Goodman was never content to brood over mere heartbreak. His recordings and solo live performances were ripe with humor, from lively updates of old rags and Tin Pan Alley tunes ("It's A Sin To Tell A Lie") to topical parodies ("Lincoln Park Pirates," "Chicken Cordon Bleus," and the ultimate country song, "You Never Even Call Me By My Name," written with John Prine), and this generous two CD anthology captures it all, culling studio and stage tracks from throughout his career. --Sam SutherlandGeneral CDs
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