Necktie Second [Original recording reissued]

Pete Droge | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000JT3T
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #337,844 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give it a try ,you'll love it..., January 15, 2000

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Buddha's Ghost (Western Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Necktie Second (Audio CD)

Pete Droge brings us music in the style of Counting Crows and Big Head Todd. Accoustic 90's style driven by emotionally delivered lyrics. A brilliant effort that one never grows tired of listening to. As different from "Spacey and Shakin" as night and day. Droge flows at his finest here ,highlighting his real talent, whereas "Spacey" is a loud, obnoxious, disjointed effort by Droge trying to sound like something he isn't: Big Arena Rocker. "Necktie Second" fills a space on my top albums list of the 90's.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rockin' folk with a huge heart !, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Necktie Second (Audio CD)

Droge presents his musical narratives of love and loss, personal loneliness on the road, a best friends suicide and other matters of the heart in a spirited, richly textured manner. A Pacific Northwest artist deserving of a much wider audience.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time capsule, April 23, 2005

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New Kiddintoun (Someplace Elsewhere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Necktie Second (Audio CD)

This album is a songwriter's mid-90's time capsule; it tells you just where the singer-songwriter sound had gone since the genius of musical and lyrical authors like Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, and James Taylor had disappeared from the mainstream and the overall public eye. Unfortunately, Pete Droge & Co. only released one single (the tongue-in-cheek "IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME"). A song-by-song review follows:

1. If You Don't Love Me (I'll Kill Myself) - ***** - To youths, this could easily be referred to as the 'Dumb & Dumber' song. Definitely, one of the more underrated songs of our time. Might be the best song on the CD. It speaks to the average, love-sick, southern high-school student like a choir to a congregation.

2. Northernbound Train - ***** - A song for the brokenhearted. I could listen to this song over and over and over. Pete sings to fit a mood of someone who's downed over an already-leaving loved one, and you can't help but sing along to ever lyric. I'm shocked that this song wasn't a Top Forty hit; then again, as earlier stated, Necktie Second only sported one single.

3. Straylin Street - ***** - The second song I heard from NECKTIE SECOND. Another easy sing-along song. Such an immaculate "nineties\seventies-mix" sound should be illegal.

4. Fourth of July - ****1/2 - This song shows just how much Pete Droge and Tom Petty sound alike (vocally, as well as musically). Another tune for the broken-hearted. The traditional Tom Petty sound, shown in full greatness here, adds a heartland-glossed image that makes you want to strike your lighter.

5. Faith In You - **** - Similar to Northernbound Train; but this song doesn't have a depressed or sad mood to it. Just a mellow, Hootie & the Blowfish-fried, bar-band subjected mood, buried under a blur of overlapped vocals.

6. Two-Steppin' Monkey - **** - Based on the offbeat, obscure adventures of Dr. Grey (and a rocking drum beat!)

7. Sunspot Stopwatch - ***** - I'll get right to it: this song is hilarious. Even if it was meant to be serious (though I doubt it was, considering the lyrics don't have a point), you can't sing it without cracking a laughing smile. On the musical side, cudos on the intro electric guitar.

8. Hardest Thing To Do - **** - Continuing the string of Tom Petty-like songs on this CD, 'Hardest Thing' emphasizes the difficulties of "having faith".

9. So I Am Over You - ***** - Okay, this is the last time: this song SCREAMS Tom Petty. It always reminds me of Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing", from the verse vocals and chord changes. I have to agree with another viewer, saying that Sheryl Crow could definitely cover it. Probably the most depressing song from the entire record. But listen to it anyway!

10. Dog On A Chain - **** - You gotta love the guitar that starts the song off (the mild-distorted guitar directly after the chorus could draw tears). A sad story about Davy (and his lesson), 'Dog On A Chain' unleashes Pete Droge in full maturity.

11. Hampton Inn Room 306 - ***** - I sang this to a tape recorder once, and then deleted it.............back to relevence, it's another open melody that speaks to a certain group of people (songwriters).

So, if you plan on going on a road trip anytime soon, be sure to bring plenty of drinks, cash, and NECKTIE SECOND blaring from the stereo! It's definitive Top-Ten Nineties material.