Gift of Screws - random post

[juniper]

Since LB board is slow – just a random shout out for Gift of Screws album---put in on in car after a long time without hearing – What a great album – and I mean ‘album’ – a real set of songs that work together even though each one unique. The rockers really rock and the slower ones just have beautiful guitar and vocals. Lyrically, also, just fab.
These songs have just gotten better and better to my ear, and now that I know LB’s whole solo catalog, I find myself very jealous of those who are superfans of more prolific artists – I wish LB had 5 GOS’s!!! And I'm also jealous of those who went to see LB solo on the GOS tour - wish he would incorporate more of it into his shows!!

It’s funny bcz I originally had a couple of dislikes on the album – TPT and Treason. TPT I thought, although the guitar is impressive and pretty, I thought was almost too much like a technical finger exercise/drill. And the chorus was so jarring, when he first comes in with ‘..TIIIME…’ I thought was kind of unpleasant. I used to skip it. Now, and esp after seeing his tutorial on it, I just kinda focus on the guitar, and I find it cool.

And I originally didn’t care for Treason. Had never heard it until live on Small Machine tour. I thought it was ok-sounding, but did not like the 4-line rhyme on the chorus – freedom, reason, season, treason. I remember thinking, by the time he sang ‘..reason,’ I was like ‘no please don’t continue with the words (which of course had to be) season and treason. It seemed kind of obvious. I contrast it with how I feel about the song now, which is a 180. Now that I know the song, I think the lyrics are some of his best and most heartfelt, and he sings it with much emotion. I love it. It’s such a simple strummer (which I also like), but bcz of that allows his vocals to be really expressive.
Anyway, it’s too bad the ‘original’ GOS got broken up, but even so, GOS as it is, is pretty close to a perfect listen for me.

Loving On With The Show, but also looking forward to solo LB again!