Ray Lamontagne
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'Empty' live at the BBC-
Singing a cover of Gnarls Barkley's Song - Crazy
One of my favourites 'Hannah'
- set0
If you only check one, check the cover of Crazy
- moamoa0
I love it..
- Spookytim0
In Kezza's defense, I also wrote Ray Lamontagne off as a vending machine singersongwriter cash-in puppet dwackmeister simply because his UK record label decided to arrange his debut marketing true to that genre. That faux grainy 8mm cine footage of him singing like he was a real groover from the dark evening of the soul that followed Woodstock was a marketing manager's mistake.
It put me in mind of James Blunt et al, but even more horrifically it reminded me of that seven year old Devon girl who we were supposed to believe had Arethian levels of soul and depth (Joss Stone I mean).
So it was with reluctance that I bought my missus Ray L's album, but he's definitely quality. A great voice, a great tunesmith.
Shoot the marketing man.
- forcetwelve0
ray is so much more than james blunt. jeesus...
- harlequino0
One of the most moving and honest singers and songwriters I've heard in so long. The songs "Jolene" and "Burn" just kill me.
- pizzafire0
So, apparently he's got a spot on SNL this weekend. I was going to see him in Hamburg last night and was really looking forward to it (along with the girlfriend) ... but alas the end of the Europe tour was cut short with the last 3 (4?) shows here in Germany canceled.
I'm thinking it has some thing to do with the timing of the SNL show but haven't been able to find any reason for the cancellations. I'll be quite pissed if that's the reason.
- tymeframe0
He is selling out, but that's what he wants to do. He's quoted stating that he wants to write honest music with a mass appeal. Seems contradictory to me... then again I can be pretty cynical when it comes to this stuff.
but damn that boy can sing
- harlequino0
What makes you say that he's selling out? What does that even mean anymore?
- tymeframe0
What I got from that, and from what his latest album sounds like, is that he's compromising his sound to appeal to more consumers.
- harlequino0
Really? I never felt that way at all. It seemed more like he had a little more budget and was trying to expand his sound a little with some band members. Even if he was reaching out to a slightly larger audience, that's not the same as suddenly popping up in Pepsi commercials or doing duets with Byonce.
God help him if that shit happens.
- seansuth0
I like him. I'm thinking about taking the good ol' girlfriend to see him in April...
- tymeframe0
I see your point. His new album is nothing short of greatness.
I am still bitter at hearing You are the Best Thing played on the radio, I guess as a promo, before the album came out. It simply didn't sound like anything he had put out before.
- actually "three more days" has some of the soul sound that "you are the best thing" has.pizzafire
- BaskerviIle0
how the fuck could anyone compare lamontagne to james blunt?
they both sing and play acoustic guitars. that's where it ends.Lamontagne has an amazing, soulful voice, he could sing the phonebook and I'd love it. He also writes great songs. He's for real, he used to work in a shoe factory and is still incredibly shy, you get the impression that music is something he has to do, not a choice.
On a side note, I think James Morrison gets lumped in with James blunt too, mainly because they are both called James and play acoustic guitars. I'm not saying Morrison is incredible but he has a great voice and is miles above Blunt, it's unfair that Blunt's existence has dragged down people's perceptions of decent singer/songwriters
- Exactly. Dude sings anything and it sounds deep for some reason.thoughtandtheory