Jeff Beck: new album is pretty good

So I picked up Jeff Beck's new album today, Emotion and Commotion.  It's much more subdued than what we've had previously from him lately, though on a few tracks he pulls out the old Blow By Blow chops.  He's still got it.  Really, the dude has no peers ('cept maybe Knopfler) in terms of just wringing pure emotion out of a guitar.  I'll put up a review once I've given it a few more listens.  It's a nice present for us old farts who bought Truth when we were 14 years old.

jammun wrote: So I picked up Jeff Beck's new album today, Emotion and Commotion.  It's much more subdued than what we've had previously from him lately, though on a few tracks he pulls out the old Blow By Blow chops.  He's still got it.  Really, the dude has no peers ('cept maybe Knopfler) in terms of just wringing pure emotion out of a guitar.  I'll put up a review once I've given it a few more listens.  It's a nice present for us old farts who bought Truth when we were 14 years old.

Not to mention, when it comes to having it, he's got Tal.



When it comes to bass players she's really got bassitis.

Slartibartfast wrote: jammun wrote: So I picked up Jeff Beck's new album today, Emotion and Commotion.  It's much more subdued than what we've had previously from him lately, though on a few tracks he pulls out the old Blow By Blow chops.  He's still got it.  Really, the dude has no peers ('cept maybe Knopfler) in terms of just wringing pure emotion out of a guitar.  I'll put up a review once I've given it a few more listens.  It's a nice present for us old farts who bought Truth when we were 14 years old. Not to mention, when it comes to having it, he's got Tal. When it comes to bass players she's really got bassitis.

 x 1 gazillion !!!!!

lucas wrote: If the whole album sounds like the song below, I am ready to rush and buy it :

Best head on out now and get it...or download it...or whatever. 

Oh, I can't wait to get this! Jeff Beck is one of my favorites - he is always evolving, always musical and very original...

Catch an exclusive live Jeff Beck webcast tonight Thursday, April 22 at 7:30pm PT at 955KLOS.com. Jeff will play a 7-song full band set followed by a Q&A with radio personality Jim Ladd, live the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles.

I was disappointed with his Grammy award winning album "Jeff".  I appreciated his exploration of the technology - but I just heard way too few actual chord-changes.  The sound exploration was cool - but if he had just made the experience a little more musically interesting to me I could have really bought into it.  As it was, I was disappointed.

The new one is a welcome relief from Jeff/Who Else?/You Had It Coming.  So far my only complaint with the new one is that on a few of the songs with vocals it's almost like he just shows up to play the solo, as if he's guesting on his own album

Edited by jammun - April 24 2010 at 00:26

Garion81 wrote: ^ I don't get that.  The songs that he gave to vocalists he supported as it should be.  I think it was great. I also suggest you go see the live show.  Less vocals more guitar. He will blow you away.

I stand corrected.  Just gave it another listen, the first of many.   Sorry to be misunderstood. 

Edited by jammun - April 24 2010 at 21:17