Thursday, January 17, 2019

The 1983 Listening Post - Bruce Cockburn - The Trouble with Normal

Bruce Cockburn - The Trouble with Normal

#273
1983
Bruce Cockburn
The Trouble with Normal
2.5 out of 5

I really appreciate the sentiment. Bruce is hitting on some very important social and political issues here. Trouble is, he comes across as so paternal because his production, playing, style, is all so…history teacher. He lacks the edge that even a Billy Joel has and that is saying something.
If you wanted to know what Warren Zevon sounds like occasionally impersonating Bob Dylan while fronting a Dire Straits band, who only listen to Genesis records, look no further.
This is as MOR as it gets, whatever messages are mired deep in these meandering tunes.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-trouble-with-normal/1308749140

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