God, this is really gorgeous. I might like it more than Abbey Road, and certainly much more than anything they did before Rubber Soul. Too Many People and Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey are among the best songs the guy has ever written IMO.
This little baby is not even on the site. I'm baffled by what Vega can pull up with such limited means. He can do only one or two things, but boy what he does with them...
This album is splendid. For one thing, it contains "Juxebox Babe", solo Vega's most "famous" anthem. One chord wonder indeed. The level of emotion Vega reaches on "Ice Drummer" ("bye-bye, bye-bye") almost equals "Dream baby Dream" on Suicide's second album.
Most of the emotion is carried through what you can perceive of Vega's persona. He's so totally out there that he is a commentary on the music all by his lonesome. Keeping the romanticism, raw-edgedness and simplicity of early rock 'n roll, but in 1980, he manages to make the roots feel perfectly emotional, and yet sounds totally postmodern 100%. A Daniel Johnston with attitude, a yelping (hallucinating "Bye Bye Bayou", a strong favourite in my son's songbook) rockabilly pioneer lost in the post-Velvet era.
Fuck this record is a neigh masterpiece, joining Suicide, Martin Rev and Saturn Strip in the Ensemble of Sublime Things These Two People Have Done.
Less is so much much much more.
EDIT: among other people who this might appeal to, I'm thinking Cymro is gonna love this record, so Cymro if you're reading this, strong advice right here.
This reminded that this song took one of the most refreshingly strange journeys ever in pop music, being written and performed originally by Suicide, and then later covered by Neneh Cherry in collaboration with Swedish free jazz trio The Thing, whose version was then subsequently remixed by Four Tet.
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