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There he goes again, the man who does not care about melodies. Call it "Infamy,pt.2".

If that "Amnesia"-thing would not be a Keith-song, most people might say it is only a pain in the ass...

Isn't there a Led Zeppelin fan board you can go complain about Jimmy Page on instead of just being 100% negative here?

Maybe HMS is just in a bad mood today



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Could one of you be so Kind to send the link to

t.klimmer@afontis.de?

I'd appreciate that very much!!! Thank you!



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Amnesia sounds really cool.

Very late period Dylan.

How does Keith's voice keep improving in the last 20 years.
Its got this rich, deep velvet, growl to it.
Just seems unusual to me for a voice to improve so much, in ones latter years.

I listened to TIC earlier today. His voice, and how he uses it, has improved tremendously, imo.

Upon first listen, Amnesia is great swampy good stuff - I like it better than Trouble (which I also think is great).
Not too much of a Dire Straits fan, but it does have somewhat of a Mark Knopfler type feel to it imo.

Never heard any of the boot/snippets by choice, and am happily willing to hold out for the rest if this is what's in store.

Also, patiently awaiting word on a small tour!
Go Keith go!

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Rip this joint, gonna save your soul, round and round and round we go......



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Could one of you be so Kind to send the link to

t.klimmer@afontis.de?

I'd appreciate that very much!!! Thank you!

Can't wait:-))

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I listened to TIC earlier today. His voice, and how he uses it, has improved tremendously, imo.

Indeed. On some of the tracks on TIC, like Struggle, he does not sound nearly as good as on trouble or amnesia. In make no mistake however he sort of creates the balladeer we have come to love.

Amnesia to me sorta sounds Lou Reedish…and thats a good avenue for Keith to explore imo

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I listened to TIC earlier today. His voice, and how he uses it, has improved tremendously, imo.

Indeed. On some of the tracks on TIC, like Struggle, he does not sound nearly as good as on trouble or amnesia. In make no mistake however he sort of creates the balladeer we have come to love.

I wonder if Keith will ever do an album of all the old ballads he loves, like the ones he did on Longview farm in 81' and the ones he did while awaiting his sentence in 77'

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I listened to TIC earlier today. His voice, and how he uses it, has improved tremendously, imo.

Indeed. On some of the tracks on TIC, like Struggle, he does not sound nearly as good as on trouble or amnesia. In make no mistake however he sort of creates the balladeer we have come to love.

I wonder if Keith will ever do an album of all the old ballads he loves, like the ones he did on Longview farm in 81' and the ones he did while awaiting his sentence in 77'

This might be the closest we get.. mind you, there are many of those type of ballads on this album

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Amnesia was one of the tracks that stood out for me immediately, but it's even better in this quality. (Didn't catch Keith's "No @#$%&' way!" before!) There's a few other tracks that didn't fare very well with the bootleg quality (Blues in the Morning; Substantial Damage) and had a very muddy sound. So I'm expecting a similar revelation from those as well.

As for Amnesia, its slinky groove reminds me of Bodytalks. I also love that brief section where everything drops out except for Jordan's relentless beat.

I don't expect everyone to embrace this as Keith's best album, as it's difficult to compete with albums fans have been listening to for decades. However, I do think Crosseyed Heart might be his most cohesive album. It's certainly his most organic, with every track feeling like part of the whole. Swampy, soulful, and rootsy. Sure it could've been a tighter experience with 2 or 3 fewer tracks, but I'm not sure fans will have a clear consensus on which tracks should've been omitted.

Very well put and agree on all points.

Drew

After several listens, I think what this album really could've used is some co-writes with Rob Thomas and Lenny Kravitz

Well well, Amnesia sounds like fun. Great Guitars, that Voice, rocking great !!!
the line, did not know the Titanic sank, Hahahahahahaha

Come on Keith, get this shit on the road !!
jeroen

Listened to Amnesia four times now. Great lyrics. the first few lines alone are great. Just waiting till the shit kicks in!! Knocks on the head. Hahahaha.

Great stuff Keith . Indeed, you can hear the Bodytalks stuff.

Love Ya !!!

Jeroen

and Bobby.... Hope you have a good time in Heaven.



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Am I the only one worried that Amnesia lyrics were written about himself?
Guess I'm a sad sack lately, but that bums me out. Maybe 'Black-out' instead, like from too much booze...

I think his voice quality reflects cutting way, way down on cigarette smoking...

God I must be getting old, but I will always
LOVE KEITH!

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I listened to TIC earlier today. His voice, and how he uses it, has improved tremendously, imo.

Indeed. On some of the tracks on TIC, like Struggle, he does not sound nearly as good as on trouble or amnesia. In make no mistake however he sort of creates the balladeer we have come to love.

Damn I love his voice on Struggle, in fact all of TIC. Another month to properly compare/contrast!!

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Am I the only one worried that Amnesia lyrics were written about himself?
Guess I'm a sad sack lately, but that bums me out. Maybe 'Black-out' instead, like from too much booze...

I think his voice quality reflects cutting way, way down on cigarette smoking...

God I must be getting old, but I will always
LOVE KEITH!

Doesn't seem he's going the Glen Campbell route if I'm reading correctly. Amnesia is strange coming from Keith, it's so different than what he's done before. A nice curveball!!

hello, how are you I write one months ago, after someone criticized my pais.no care about my love for the Stones and Keef is more serious fuerte.alguien kind enough to transcribe the letter AMNSESIA please.
I'm from Argentina my English is not very good.
Thank you
Sergio><

I meant a month ago since I wrote

i'd like a link as well.....

Amnesia

you understand me?
you got it you got it you got it?


nowhere

nowhere

don't know who I am

you got no address
and who the hell's to blame

knocked on the head
everythings a blank

I didn't even know the titanic sank

nowhere

nowhere

check my bag parts(?)
but it seems I've been around
but I can't ??
my baggage must have found


thought I met my mama
but she said you don't belong to me

behind you must be trouble
broken hearts and misery

nowhere

i'm talking nowhere

remember

I try and jog my memory

its a futile exercise

when you come out from nowhere

you don't get a prize

how can I forget
its so easy to forget

I know nothing about you

I'm hearing:

Don't know who I am
Forgotten my name
I've got no address
And who the hell's to blame ...

Check my passport
It seems I've been around
But I can't remember China
Like baggage lost and found ...

When you're a man from nowhere

How can I regret
It's so easy to forget

"Robbed Blind" is such an understated gem. The noir county-western storyletter idiom seems so obvious for Keith, I can't believe he hasn't gone down that path before... Larry Campbell's pedal-steel fills in the spaces so beautifully. That guy is a consummate pro.

Someone stole some money
Who it is, it ain't quite clear
Stolen from my honey
She holds my stash 'round here

The cops, you know, I can't involve them
They'd only interfere

So I hit the usual suspects
But I drew a blank round there(?)

I'm robbed blind
Robbed blind

Found a letter to her
It was from a friend of mine
It was a plan to screw me
That's what they had in mind

The cops, I can't involve them
Don't want them coming near

'Cause the scene is getting personal
And the picture is not quite clear

I'm robbed blind
Robbed blind
Bled dry

The stash no longer matters
And he ain't hard to find
Cause we leave the money, honey
But the heart you stole is mine

The cops, I can't involve them
God knows what they could find

I've learned a lesson from that girl
Whose fate has yet to be defined

Been robbed blind
Robbed blind
Bled dry

That was a damn good try
Robbed blind



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You ain't got nothing on me
Nothing on me

They laid it on too thick
And couldn't make it stick

They ain't got nothing on me

You know they laid down with a charge
That's why I'm still at large

They watch me like a hawk
They took me for a walk
They tried to make squawk
But they got nothing on me

We've gone this through before
I can't do this no more
I'm walking out the door
Cause you got nothing on me

I don't resist arrest
I think it's for the best
Because they got nothing on me

Not a thing

I was in between
Something unforeseen
I was squeaky clean
They ain't got nothing on me

They got nothing

We've been through this before
I can't do this no more
I'm walking out the door
Cause you got nothing on me

Shooting from the hip
I'm gonna plead the fifth
Nothing on me

You can figure the odds
You can pray to the gods

Something for nothing

You can shuffle the deck
Until you're a wreck

Something for nothing

Money, they don't make anymore
At least not around me

?s don't beg from the poor

Pity for me

It's just a game
The rules never change

Just a roll of the dice
Put you on ice

Got to gimme a break
I'm losing my stake

Leave me alone
I'm stripped to the bone

Something for nothing ...

It's an illusion in my blood
But it's not the one you're thinking of

Illusion in my heart
Doesn't mean we have to part

Just an illusion
That's for sure
Nothing that you've seen before

An illusion
But not the one you're looking for

Between you and me

What's this illusion in my eyes?
?
A solution
But it's not the one you're thinking of

Such an intrusion
In my soul
But I never said I'd ever let you go

This illusion is haunting me
But it ain't the one you're looking for

Between you and me
What's the difference between you and me?

A confusion to my heart
Really tore us apart

She's an illusion
But not the one you're looking for

It's an illusion
And that's the difference, honey

I only got to hear it on my crappy Iphone with tiny speakers. At first Listen, it Sounds like Dylan vocally and also the Dylan beat of EVERYTHING IS BROKEN

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How does Keith's voice keep improving in the last 20 years.
Its got this rich, deep velvet, growl to it.
Just seems unusual to me for a voice to improve so much, in ones latter years.

A thick coating of tobacco tar on the vocal chords, probably 2 dozen takes in the studio to get it right with a composite of the best of each take used, a microphone selected to fit his voice perfectly, liberal EQ, compression, reverb and delay, and perhaps even some other studio tricks which are secrets never to be revealed.

I heard him sing this tour and didn't hear the quality he's getting on this record...he's set the mark pretty high if he plans to tour behind these songs. I suspect we will get something a bit less perfect when he performs them live but will be blown away if he all of a sudden is able to sing so much better and play his guitar at the same time. I'm wondering if he'll have an extra guitar player in addition to Waddy to pull it off?



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Looking forward to hearing all of it!

'Amnesia' means total or partial memory loss. Memory loss.

Didn't mean to imply a downer earlier, and upon reflection, Keith is still one of the most quick witted and funny, engaging conversationalist guys around.
Also can't wait to see the Netfix documentary Sept. 18th!