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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 2:27 am
by THE_DEAN_001
Folker and the Mono/Stereo combo are the best. I can see why some people aren't crazy about Folker but I love it. Even songs like 'When Will We Arrive' I didn't like at first but it is probobly one of my favorite songs from anyone in the last three or four years. The whole album is kind of like that, a grower.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:30 am
by flippedcanvas
The Folker is very good but ain't crazy about it though!
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 1:29 pm
by wilcoduck
It took me a while to really like Folker. On my first listen, I thought it was terrible. But, reading all the posts made me dig it out and listen to it again. Eventually I really liked it, still not as good as Mono but itss good.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:28 pm
by Fatelvis
I for one adore Folker, I'm not a massive Mats fan(like em though) and I think pauls other solo stuff is good, but I really got caught by folker, it just seems so sadly personal
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:43 pm
by Feelgone
Folker, in some ways, feels like Paul's "Blood on the Tracks"... a weary singer/songwriter reaching middle age and taking stock of his life and regrets and joys. As such, it's a much more challenging, affecting record, and one that is probably going to reveal its hidden depths to people much, much more slowly than some of his other work. It's definitely an album to be absorbed oneself, perhaps while drinking oneself into a stupor late at night, looking at old photographs.
For flat-out, balls-to-the-wall rawk fun though, nothing beats Mono, cranked up to 11 with the windows down.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 6:19 pm
by El Santo
Feelgone wrote:For flat-out, balls-to-the-wall rawk fun though, nothing beats Mono, cranked up to 11 with the windows down.
Hey, I did that today on my lunch break!
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:15 pm
by Dinosaur1
ooh, Mono is greatness. good stuf.
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:30 pm
by HighPlainsDrifter
Somewhat off-topic, but I'm digging the hell out of 'Making Me Go' (off CMFT) today...