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 Peace QueerSales Rank:1002List Price: $8.98 Lowest New Price: $5.59 Lowest Used Price: $4.99 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 Total Reviews: 7 Customer Reviews:Rating: 5 Rolling Stone... ...gave him a 5 star review and said he played with guts. This music is an alternative to alternative. Rating: 5 Awesome CD Awesome Todd Snider, I have been listening to Todd since about day one, and have seen him in concert a few times, i love his music, but on occasion have been disappointed a little in his published efforts, not this on though, I must have listened to it 10 times in a row before I moved on. It is great, it is also one of those albums that benifits from listening to the entire album, straight through, in the order it was intended. He does a couple of old standards, Cape henry, and some awesome covers, Fortunate son. The only disappointment I have is that it wasn't longer by about 10 songs, but that is usually how I feel about all of Todds albums, the guy is a modern day troubador!!! Rating: 5 Because they rhyme... Clocking in at just under 30 minutes, PEACE QUEER is a powerful little record. It starts off with a Bo Diddley acoustic beat, dissecting the philosophy of Will Rogers. That acoustic rhythm flows on into a haunting rendition of CCR's "Fortunate Son" (the only non-original here), then the wry recitation "Is This Thing Working?" (re-worked later at "Is This Thing On?"). The first four tracks of PEACE QUEER dig under your skin, playing around in the dark, searching for your nerves. When the gritty electric guitar kicks in at the opening of "Stuck On the Corner," the nerve is struck. It's like a gentle massage turning into a full-on assault on your senses. Snider eases back into a more laid-back beat for the remainder of the record, but the damage is done--you're awake, you're alert, and by God you're listening. PEACE QUEER, like all of Snider's more recent releases (as he himself acknowledges here), is not for individuals afraid to look within themselves. Snider seems to suggest that we are all guilty of something, that we are all culpable--but also, more importantly, that we are our own salvation, that we can rise above and beyond whatever unconscious guilt we possess. It's not the happiest of messages, but at least Snider is talented enough to find a positive spin in all this madness. Listen cautiously...but listen carefully. Rating: 5 Huck Finn's Continuing Journey Toward Becoming Mark Twain Once again dedicated to the proposition that the losers also have a history worth hearing, this baldly non-commercial (title, cover, distribution strategy, spoken word pieces, frequent and casual profanity, length), roughly carved yet tightly assembled little piece of heart, mind, humor and humanity qualifies for "Required Listening For Citizenship" status. The sincerity of the two vocalists on cut #3 is the clue that this is not just a toss-off, as some have suggested it is. But having said that, who could be the intended audience for such an intentionally anti-capitalist ramble-tamble folk-rock product (including spoken word pieces) as this? My theory has to do with the dissonance experienced by the "Beer Run" fan when trying to sing (speak?) along to "Is This Thing Working?/Is This Thing On?" in concert. Subversive every step of the way; thought, word and deed; past, present and future; which, friends and neighbors, he's not sure we're gonna have. Rating: 5 Snider is great again! I bought the first TS cd based on a newspaper article about Talkin Seattle Grunge Rock Blues. I have bought all the cds since. A couple of them disappointed me. This one did not. I can not believe he is not famous. Todd keep telling us stories. I enjoy your perspective and sense of humor. |