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Black Coffee Blues

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Henry Rollins comes at you with a new view. He astonishes the listener with many mind twisting phrases. Rollins goes into a deep thought about life on the road and the way people all over the world act. He takes you to a place that most people see as glamorous, but he shows the truth behind grueling tours and life in a hotel. Henry makes you think of your own life and how it can be perceived as a new. New life revalations are unearthed as you follow Henry down the dim lighted path of your mind.

This turned out to be a surprise. I thought I was buying one thing for my son's 48th birthday and it turned out to be something else, this CD. When he received it, he said that he thought to himself, "how in the world did my mother hear of Henry Rollins?" Well, I had never heard of Mr. Rollins but my son, the music lover had and said the CD is very good and he was happy to have it to add to his vast collection. So my son, a one time member of a band himself, says it's "good."

Rollins weaving his spoken word craft with unrelenting frankness. Dark, perhaps, but this is Rollins. Always worth the purchase price to have a glimpse like this at someones thoughts and experiences.

These are not music CD's or one of Rollins' more comedic Spoken Word CD sets.

These CD's are depression, loneliness, pain, loss, hatred, and disgust-- focussed at himself and the rest of the world. It reads like a diary-- leaving you wondering who he is to publish it and who you are to listen to it. Recommended.

If you're a fan of Rollins Soken Word, this is a fantastic CD. It is much in the ilk of "Get in the Van", only instead of just a tour diary, he throws in more personal observations of the world he sees around him. If you read/listen to Black Coffee Blues, then read the next two in the series ("Do I Come Here Often" & "Smile, You're Traveling") you will really see how his writing evoloves through time. The sitar in the background give a nice Jim Morrison ambiance to the CD.

I enjoyed this CD because of the genuine pain and resent I felt in Henry Rollins' angry prattle. But, I think Henry's trying just a little to hard at being a sophisticated intellectual type. His lyrics are kind of inept and silly, and the first CD is really repetitive. But, some parts are certainly interesting, such as when he talks about what it's like being on the road, and his experiences with women. Moreover, Henry's voice and his descriptions of mental anguish and personal torment have a kind of subliminal effect. You start listening to him and pretty soon you can relate to what he's saying.