tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008676106895750175.post1877681706627396504..comments2023-11-03T05:07:21.312-05:00Comments on Songs In The Key Of Bob: Records In Review: Sam Roberts--Chemical CityRobert G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03286266545106699998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008676106895750175.post-72913681322640202032008-06-30T10:11:00.000-05:002008-06-30T10:11:00.000-05:00This albumsvwas so brilliant you need to listen to...This albumsvwas so brilliant you need to listen to it more then once to get it. for you to think the lyrics are simple is rediculous.<BR/><BR/>Sam Roberts band continues to push the bar for canadian music and is one of the only good bands on the horizon.<BR/><BR/>You have just proven this album is too good for shallow pop fans, who dont understand the concept of not understanding an album and that is what makes it brilliant.Peter Janzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01964242752532844448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008676106895750175.post-68178615069002939102008-05-13T13:52:00.000-05:002008-05-13T13:52:00.000-05:00I felt quite the opposite. I think the album rocks...I felt quite the opposite. I think the album rocks an only came accross the review while looking for chords and lyrics to my personal favorite - "An american draft dodger in Thunder Bay." For me this album is what post modernism was to architecture, a break for the paradigms of the current. Moreover as a proud Canadian SR has always struck a chord with me the same way the hip do with songs like "Thompson Girl" "Bobcaygon" and "50 Mission Cap" etc, etc, etc.<BR/><BR/>Chemical City is like an impressionist painting - it captures feeling and emotion. Music can be so much more than tricky chord progressions and complex lyrics... Some times less is more (just listen to any Stones song) and I think that Sam Roberts has hit it with Chemical City. I call it Canadian Impressionism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com