Peace Queer

Todd Snider | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 14, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mri Associated
• ASIN: B001CITQPE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,026 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #58 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Alt-Country & Americana
  • #87 in Music > Rock > Roots Rock

Editorial Reviews

Hailed by the NY Times as 'the troubadour for our times, an inventive cross of Dylan and Kristofferson, with the right dash of Tom Petty thrown in,' Snider writes songs that get people talking. Peace Queer no doubt follows suit, as the 8-song effort comments on the world around Snider's East Nashville home. Political, social, economic, moral-take whatever themes you want from the lyrical storytelling, Snider prefers his intentions remain less clearly defined

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Snider does it again, September 4, 2008

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Adam Lee Harris "DrSickness" (Charleston, WV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peace Queer (Audio CD)

In his own clever way, Todd Snider never fails to surprise. Just when you think he might rest on his hind legs and write something innocuous, he fires back with his most confrontational and poignant record yet. He starts off with a Bo Diddley beat cradeling a metaphor between a maniacal president and someone who "Drove us off a cliff and called it 'flyin'." Snider softens the blow to CCR's "Fortunate Son" while adding to the depth of the lyrics with his hushed reading. He touches on the life awaiting soldiers who return from the war in "Cape Henry" and another character piece, "Is this thing workin?", draws a line between a high-school hallway bully and the chief executive officer through a Gil Scot Heron style recitation. The piece appears again in song form later as "Is This Thing On?". The perils of middle age parenthood inspire "Stuck on a Corner" with it's rompin' rock & roll beat that berates a daughter who "Can't Stand the sight of the car I bought her." Anyone who works in a cubicle and can never seem to satisfy everyone, this is your new anthem.
Just like George Carlin before him, Snider's funniest material is also the most truthful.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Snider is great again!, October 21, 2008

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Rob H (Anniston, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peace Queer (Audio CD)

I bought the first TS cd based on a newspaper article about Talkin Seattle Grunge Rock Blues. I have bought all the cds since. A couple of them disappointed me. This one did not. I can not believe he is not famous. Todd keep telling us stories. I enjoy your perspective and sense of humor.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Huck Finn's Continuing Journey Toward Becoming Mark Twain, October 24, 2008

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Gregory Morton "gmort" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peace Queer (Audio CD)

Once again dedicated to the proposition that the losers also have a history worth hearing, this baldly non-commercial (title, cover, distribution strategy, spoken word pieces, frequent and casual profanity, length), roughly carved yet tightly assembled little piece of heart, mind, humor and humanity qualifies for "Required Listening For Citizenship" status. The sincerity of the two vocalists on cut #3 is the clue that this is not just a toss-off, as some have suggested it is. But having said that, who could be the intended audience for such an intentionally anti-capitalist ramble-tamble folk-rock product (including spoken word pieces) as this? My theory has to do with the dissonance experienced by the "Beer Run" fan when trying to sing (speak?) along to "Is This Thing Working?/Is This Thing On?" in concert. Subversive every step of the way; thought, word and deed; past, present and future; which, friends and neighbors, he's not sure we're gonna have.