is that he still does good music here and there but the best stuff ends up as B sides or on compilations. Even the covers he's recorded recently are pretty powerful. Some of the best songs he's done over the past few years:

So Lost
Empty Room
Shine Through the Dark
Black Sheets of Rain (cover)
Nutshell (cover)
Wasted Years (cover)

didn't even appear on proper albums. Meanwhile we get adult contemporary releases like Cardiology and Ashes & Fire. Between the two, there are a handful of decent songs. I'm really hoping he revives himself soon...

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you forgot that horrible piece of shit born into a light.



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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

Ugh, shut up balv.
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okay.

sorry
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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

Well that was easy enough...
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i was just joking...but i know you're a senstivie-guy-of-90's-type-rainbow-unicorn-humping-shroom-eating-shrugshisshoulders-kind-of-fella.
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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

Alright, whatever that means.
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i think you take me too seriously.

which makes you not like me....

don't take me as seriously.

and remember, we can't all be perfect....



unless you're shadow.
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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

haha, it's not that I don't like you. I just can't always keep up with your randomness. And yeah I guess I take you seriously. I'll have to stop that.
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Finally some acknowledgement!

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black sheets of rain? he did a bob mould cover? when did he do that?

Paul Ryan made a record?

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"I honestly think that ghosts are more real than unicorns."
-Kjo

I'm glad Ryan Adams can still spark some amount of hostility on this board.

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"What if he really never did penetrate anyone ever?" - Gringo

Who are you guys talking about?

You forgot 'Star Sign.' I love that song.

idon'tbelieveyou, he played Black Sheets of Rain at a Bob Mould tribute and did a live recording of it for some vinyl single. He played it a few times on the last tour too, including the Letterman online show.

And nick, Star Sign is decent. Better than some of Ashes & Fire.
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and hey waves the teacher....you misspelled current.

it has a "t" in it. you Sonuvabitch.

no one else is with me on "Do I Wait"

that's a good song.

fuckfaces.
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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

Assholes On Fire is a shitty, phone it in piece of crap.

It should have been titled Cardinology II/III



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i like lucky now and i like do i wait.

that's about it. other than that it's velveeta suburban dad soft cock rock.


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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

Seriously, even I have concerns about you obsession w/ cock.

AND I LOVE COCK!

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A&F is pretty good considering he had more or less been in a 5/6 year slump. He's never been the most consistent guy in the world. I thought this was his most honest effort since 2005, but I think what would be great would be a record where he mixes it up a bit instead of a whole CD with the same instrumentation (still my complaint about Cold Roses). So what I'd like to hear is Easy Tiger with good songs and better singing (although how his singing could be worse than on that CD is beyond me).

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I actually think Easy Tiger is better than Assholes On Fire.

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Well, I don't. guess that's that.

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neither are as good as III/IV

I love the song Ashes and Fire.


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For there are brighter sides to life
And I should know, because I've seen them
But not often

I think if you took the best songs off Tiger and Assholes, you'd have a pretty good Marc Cohn album.

HA!

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I guess he has trouble emoting and writing meaningful stuff unless he's brooding. Still, he's gotten too caught up in over production and phoned in songwriting. I think if he recorded an album on his own, either lo-fi or maybe in his own studio, he'd be better off.
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Needs more speedballs....

I hope he gets a good band together and gives us another middle of the road masterpiece like Gold.

I can't wait to hear his collaboration with Mandy Moore!!!

Yes you can.

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I was talking about their sex tape...

Ooooooh

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The frustrating thing about Ryan's current output is the moaning of people about it. If you don't like it, than listen to something else.

Yeah bitches!

Oh piss off. It's not anything critical to make the comments made here.

Nobody is really bitching. If you don't like people making the statement about a musician on a "music" message board than you can gladly go to RAA.

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I forget who said it when Ashes & Fire released, but it's amazing how true this statement has become. Someone said "have fun listening to 'Ashes & Fire'(the song) for the next [so and so months].' That's kind of how I feel about the album. That song is great on the album. Most of the other songs are way better on Live After Deaf.

Darkness and Till I Found You are the only memorable things he's done the past years.... lovely Love Is Hell-esque tracks..

...is that it sucks.

re: Bob Mould covers, Ryan also did Heartbreak a Stranger

DARKNESS, empty room, shine through the dark...all great....but not the beauties we used to get.

i still stand by "Do I Wait"

it's a great tune.

"Shine Through The Dark"

One, two, three, four
Whatever happened to the old me
Whatever happened to us
Whatever it was it doesn’t matter now
Those days went speeding by
And left us in the dust
The car's on empty
It rattles and rusts

Whatever misses is permanent
A red wine stain or a scar
Like one of those if you flip the negative
Knew who I was, and even before
I even knew
Now just look who we are

And these wheels turn fast
These wheels turn bright
Reflecting every blurry moon that long goes shining
Shining through the dark of the night
Shining through the dark of the night

You know that house I don't want to buy
I want to buy it for you
The walls are made out of the wishes I make
When I close my eyes
And I’m lying here with you

Whatever misses is everything
My feet are sore and blue
Everything I ever said I did before
Was just to get me here
Get me here next to you

And these wheels turn fast
These wheels turn bright
Reflecting every moon that long goes shining
Shining through the dark of the night
These wheels turn fast
These wheels turn bright
Reflecting every moon that long goes shining
Shining through the dark of the night
Shining through the dark of the night
Shining through the dark of the night
Shining through the dark of the night

Shining through the dark of the night
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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

Just doesn't sound as good when you sing it.

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you should hear me cover brandi carlile!!!!!



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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

cover her with what?

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your jism.


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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

Not a single Paul Ryan joke yet?
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Towards the top of the thread.

WHERE AT?


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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

Of course, the cash man.
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so frustraTING!
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“When I was young, a teacher had forbidden me to say "more perfect" because she said if a thing is perfect it can't be more so. But by now I had seen enough of life to have regained my confidence in it.”

Tomorrowland. Best thing he's done in 7 years.