Fiftymen
Wedding
Band 2:56 Laureen 4:40 Don’t Cry 4:32 Shake it (Like it’s on
Fire) 2:45
Band 2:56 Laureen 4:40 Don’t Cry 4:32 Shake it (Like it’s on
Fire) 2:45
Diesel
Fuel and Kerosene 5:18 The Fastlane 5:52 That Look on Your Face
5:59
Fuel and Kerosene 5:18 The Fastlane 5:52 That Look on Your Face
5:59
Already
Gone 3:34 I Always Get What I Want 6:10
Gone 3:34 I Always Get What I Want 6:10
Well,
I had a great day so far. I woke up and hit the beach for a few
hours, went swimming, body surfing, and just lay out to get some
color. But, that’s what you do during the summer where I live. I’m
going to say that I’ve never heard of this band but if there are
really fifty men in this group I probably have heard a few of them.
That statement alone makes me sound like an idiot to most of you I’m
sure. I’d better stop thinking and just begin the review.
I had a great day so far. I woke up and hit the beach for a few
hours, went swimming, body surfing, and just lay out to get some
color. But, that’s what you do during the summer where I live. I’m
going to say that I’ve never heard of this band but if there are
really fifty men in this group I probably have heard a few of them.
That statement alone makes me sound like an idiot to most of you I’m
sure. I’d better stop thinking and just begin the review.
The
Wedding Band, starts
off pretty quick electric guitars, rock and roll drumbeat and if I’m
correct a fiddle. I can just imagine some old country guys thinking
they’re going to play some old country ballad where they can drop
some tears in their glasses of bourbon, and find themselves turning
around with jaws on the floor. I really have no idea what to compare
it to. It’s a mix of rock and roll, hardcore country with a bit of
rock-a-billy.
Wedding Band, starts
off pretty quick electric guitars, rock and roll drumbeat and if I’m
correct a fiddle. I can just imagine some old country guys thinking
they’re going to play some old country ballad where they can drop
some tears in their glasses of bourbon, and find themselves turning
around with jaws on the floor. I really have no idea what to compare
it to. It’s a mix of rock and roll, hardcore country with a bit of
rock-a-billy.
Laureen,
begins and now that’s what I was expecting. It’s a bit softer
with a great deal of lyrically scenic country. The talk about Main
Street, Chevys, and skipping stones in rivers are things that any
country fan can relate to. The words bring you into the life of a
sixteen year old falling in love with the girl whom the song was
named for. Don’t
Cry, is
another great song I could see myself drowning in whisky to. It would
probably be a great singing telegram to send after a breakup,
although you may be seen as a total ass in her friend’s eyes. Hold
on, I just heard a reference to heroin I better listen to the lyrics
a little closer. I guess it turns into a story about a woman whom he
has left and she finds it hard to keep going. Her daughter leaves
her, she starts turning tricks, and eventually they find her with a
needle in her arm and a spoon.
begins and now that’s what I was expecting. It’s a bit softer
with a great deal of lyrically scenic country. The talk about Main
Street, Chevys, and skipping stones in rivers are things that any
country fan can relate to. The words bring you into the life of a
sixteen year old falling in love with the girl whom the song was
named for. Don’t
Cry, is
another great song I could see myself drowning in whisky to. It would
probably be a great singing telegram to send after a breakup,
although you may be seen as a total ass in her friend’s eyes. Hold
on, I just heard a reference to heroin I better listen to the lyrics
a little closer. I guess it turns into a story about a woman whom he
has left and she finds it hard to keep going. Her daughter leaves
her, she starts turning tricks, and eventually they find her with a
needle in her arm and a spoon.
Shake
it Like it’s on Fire gets
the album moving again. It adds an evil ghoulish rock-a-billy pace.
Desire, fire, soul rhythm, scarecrow are the key words that create
that feel. It’s the shortest song on the album so far but I bet it
gets the fans moving at shows. Diesel
Fuel and Kerosene,
fooled me with its title. I believed it would keep up that sound of
the previous song. It has a beautiful fiddle sound along with some
powerful lyrics. This is another song I had to listen to twice. The
story itself sounds almost as if it really happened.
it Like it’s on Fire gets
the album moving again. It adds an evil ghoulish rock-a-billy pace.
Desire, fire, soul rhythm, scarecrow are the key words that create
that feel. It’s the shortest song on the album so far but I bet it
gets the fans moving at shows. Diesel
Fuel and Kerosene,
fooled me with its title. I believed it would keep up that sound of
the previous song. It has a beautiful fiddle sound along with some
powerful lyrics. This is another song I had to listen to twice. The
story itself sounds almost as if it really happened.
The
Fastlane, is
about not realizing what you have until it’s gone. This song opens
up with a nice acoustic and amazing vocals, I have been extremely
curious about why the name “Fiftymen” was given to the band, and
with each song the more curious I become. The stories being told
through the vocals seem real, the events, visuals, and places bring
you into the mood they set. The guitar solos bring you down in that
‘fast lane to last call.’ This song is by far my favorite on the
album. That
Look on Your Face,
comes next. The vocals are run through haunting reveb. Already
Gone picks
up the pace again and almost reminds me of surf guitar in the
beginning. That feeling is quickly changed once the dark lyrics come
into play.
I
Always Get What I Want
wraps up the album. It’s a whisky chasing, cigarette smoking, tune
about how getting what you want is not always what you need.
Fastlane, is
about not realizing what you have until it’s gone. This song opens
up with a nice acoustic and amazing vocals, I have been extremely
curious about why the name “Fiftymen” was given to the band, and
with each song the more curious I become. The stories being told
through the vocals seem real, the events, visuals, and places bring
you into the mood they set. The guitar solos bring you down in that
‘fast lane to last call.’ This song is by far my favorite on the
album. That
Look on Your Face,
comes next. The vocals are run through haunting reveb. Already
Gone picks
up the pace again and almost reminds me of surf guitar in the
beginning. That feeling is quickly changed once the dark lyrics come
into play.
I
Always Get What I Want
wraps up the album. It’s a whisky chasing, cigarette smoking, tune
about how getting what you want is not always what you need.
What
I really love about this album is the stories in the lyrics. I found
myself on almost half of the songs listening over and over again to
grasp the meaning, the mood, and the tales behind each. The sounds
range from rock and roll to hardcore country, and rock-a-billy to
soft country twang ballads. The album itself is great but I’m sure
it doesn’t compare to the live shows.
I really love about this album is the stories in the lyrics. I found
myself on almost half of the songs listening over and over again to
grasp the meaning, the mood, and the tales behind each. The sounds
range from rock and roll to hardcore country, and rock-a-billy to
soft country twang ballads. The album itself is great but I’m sure
it doesn’t compare to the live shows.
Jeremy Frost for Country Music News International