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 | Title : Jerusalem
Author : Earle, Steve
Release Date : 20020924
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
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Editorial Reviews :
On 1997's El Corazón, Steve Earle wished for the return of Woody Guthrie to a world sorely lacking voices of righteous dissent. Here, Earle stops pining for ghosts and gruffly makes his own claim to the agit-folk crown. The controversial 'John Walker's Blues' drew attention to the album and the ire of many who misunderstood it, but it's only one of many topical tunes on a disc that issues a kind of call to arms: over the distorted guitars and garbage-pail drums of 'Amerika v. 6.0' and in the spare and creepy satire 'Conspiracy Theory,' Earle rallies listeners to resist such corrosive cultural forces as consumerism, xenophobia, and apathy. And as Earle's songs often do, several cuts offer sympathetic portrayals of folks on the margins: a busted Mexican migrant writes a letter home as organ chirps and guitars blaze through 'What's a Simple Man to Do?' and in 'The Truth,' Earle's fuzzed-out drawl depicts life behind bars. Though nearly every moment of this ambitious album is laden with meaning, there's room enough for simple beauty--like the velvet voice of Emmylou Harris on 'I Remember You'--and, more importantly, hope. 'I believe there'll come a day,' Earle affirms in the closing track, 'when the lion and the lamb will lie down in peace together in Jerusalem.'
Buyer Reviews :
The first four songs on this one will knock you on your kiester if only for their political comment.
In the powerful opener 'Ashes to Ashes,' Steve snarls out a tale of a ruthless god destroying his creation (the dinosaurs), the vanity of the human species, and the impermanence of our hopes, dreams and accomplishments. Images of Sept 11 come through in the last verse...'every tower ever built tumbles, no matter how strong, no matter how tall, someday the great walls will crumble, every idol, every race falls.' And the bass is cranked up so it kicks.
'Amerika v.6.0' paints a disgusting but amusing picture of corporate corruption and cultural mediocrity. 'Conspiracy Theory' satirizes the mind-numbing media, with a chorus cooing reassurance not to believe our darkest fears have come true. And 'John Walker's Blues' puts a human face on the American Taliban, the young man whom the guns-and-bibles crowd would so like to hang.
The rest of this isn't bad either...track 6 replicates the Tex-Mex sound of the Sir Douglas Quintet, behind a tale of a modern border desperado. Emmylou Harris graces track 10, and the final title track echoes the biblical imagery again.
Steve Earle has been on a roll since El Corazon, and this may be his best yet.
(by godless1)
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