{"id":329,"date":"2013-09-10T17:04:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T17:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=329"},"modified":"2013-09-10T18:13:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T18:13:03","slug":"rs-471-richard-and-linda-thompson-i-want-to-see-the-bright-lights-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=329","title":{"rendered":"RS #471: Richard and Linda Thompson, I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>#471<\/p>\n<h3>Richard and Linda Thompson,\u00a0<em>I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight<\/em><\/h3>\n<div id=\"yiv8756997158yui_3_7_2_17_1358531694665_587\">\n<figure style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Richard and Linda Thompson, I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/f\/fe\/RT_Iwtstblt.jpg\" width=\"179\" height=\"179\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What font is that?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a01974<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv8756997158yui_3_7_2_17_1358531694665_587\"><strong>Previously Owned:<\/strong>\u00a0No<\/div>\n<div><strong>First Time Listen:\u00a0<\/strong>Yes<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Impressions:<\/strong>\u00a0 I only know of Richard Thompson vaguely from\u00a0years of listening to WXRT, but I won&#8217;t hold that against him. I&#8217;ve never ran into this album. Let&#8217;s put it on. Holy cow, &#8220;When I Get To The Border&#8221; is an awesome opener! Doomed optimism. Stellar guitar work. Big, crisp, drum work. Well used accordion. Lyrics like &#8220;If you see a box of pine with a name that looks like mine\/Say I drowned in a barrel of wine\/When I got to the border&#8221; oddly makes me want to go out and get hammered. They slow things down nicely with guitar showcase &#8220;The Calvary Cross.&#8221; Oh man, &#8220;I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight&#8221; is the fucking jam. Horns, guitar, ooohs&#8230;. it&#8217;s just all perfect. Linda&#8217;s voice\u00a0is up to the challenge on that song and and the spare &#8220;Down Where The Drunkards Roll.&#8221; Many of the songs have an acoustic, pastoral quality but never seem lame &#8211;although the mandolin-driven &#8220;The Little Beggar Girl&#8221; flirts\u00a0with musical theater. \u00a0This seems to come from a post-hippie, pre-punk era of music (1970-1976) that&#8217;s a\u00a0blind spot of mine so maybe that&#8217;s why it sounds so fresh to me, but, still, this album hit me just right. Penetrating, affecting lyrics, kick-ass guitar work, chock full of tunes that have aged well and the whole deal clocks in at a sharp 36 minutes. Thumbs up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"yiv4121096262yui_3_7_2_30_1372878016843_52\"><strong>Starred Songs:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;When I Get To The Border&#8221; &#8220;I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><strong>Sneaky Track:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;The Calvary Cross&#8221;<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv4121096262yui_3_7_2_30_1372878016843_52\"><strong>Should this album be on the\u00a0list? <\/strong>Yes.<br \/>\n<strong>Will you listen to this again?<\/strong>\u00a0Yes.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Verdict:<\/strong>\u00a0 Solid songs, wicked guitar playing, depressing\/uplifing lyrics in an\u00a0Irish\/folk\/rock wrapper does the job nicely.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Rating:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2605\u2605\u2605\u26051\/2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_hlHrj1ci_Y\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#471 Richard and Linda Thompson,\u00a0I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight Release Date:\u00a01974 Previously Owned:\u00a0No First Time Listen:\u00a0Yes Impressions:\u00a0 I only know of Richard Thompson vaguely from\u00a0years of listening to WXRT, but I won&#8217;t hold that against him. I&#8217;ve never ran into this album. Let&#8217;s put it on. Holy cow, &#8220;When I Get To &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/?p=329\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">RS #471: Richard and Linda Thompson, I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[95,30,96,94],"class_list":["post-329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rolling-stone-top-500-albums","tag-95","tag-4-5-stars","tag-folk","tag-richard-and-linda-thompson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/batterymedia.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}