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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
No flies on Tyson...,
This review is from: All Good'Uns (Audio CD)
Ian Tyson is still a great singer and song writer. After forty years his voice has lost some range--I guess he found no foun-tain of youth--but his control is great and his writing is at least good as ever. Some of the songs on the CD don't appeal to me much, but its obvious Tyson takes the emotions serious- ly. Nothing ever seems false. As a singer, he's become quite matter-of-fact when dealing with subjects which are, for many of his story-telling personae, matters of great personal loss or nostalgia. "Old Double Dia-mond", "MC Horses" and "Fifty Years Ago" are songs with legitimately sad subjects, but Tyson's characters never cry in their beer--at least not while he's singing. Musically the CD seems like it's from another era--one when sidemen didn't have to show off every chance they got. Don't get me wrong, because there are some real examples of instru- mental prowess--the solo guitar break in "Old Double Diamomd" is absolutely perfect the same way the solo guitar break in the studio version of "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Stones is perfect. Properly, the music supports the songs. It's funny, but a lot of current country artistes would cer- tainly benefit from the kind of control Ian Tyson obviously brings to the studio. I'm betting he learned how to do it the old-fashioned way. He probably earned it.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Read the title again,
By A Reader (La Jolla, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All Good'Uns (Audio CD)
Thought I should clue folks into the fact that this is a CD of "all the good 'uns" - a "best of" compilation. Naturally I could quibble, because I think anything Ian does is really good. (And, unfortunately, really different - I wish other artists had his integrity; I wish other plain folks, walking the talk, had his musicality. We need more songs, more voices like his in our lives.)If you're wanting to give someone thoughtful a thoughtful gift, something that might challenge their overly civilized sensibilities but not leave their ears twanging, then this is a great introduction to great lyrics and good, memorable music, celebrating really good lives.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Father of All that is Western,
By A Customer
This review is from: All Good'Uns (Audio CD)
Ian Tyson is a true artist. I can even begin to describe his voice, his message, or his passion for what it is he sings about, which is western life and culture. The man is a creatice genious and his songs are melodic and haunting. The music stays with you long after the song is over.
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