If I've already done Ryan, get over it, I'm going it again sorta.
Ok so I love Ryan Adams. (That's RYAN for all you crazies who thought was talking about that ya-hoo Bryan Adams) No no no, Ryan is my favorite singer/songwriter. Infact, he is the best in the world. I'm not effing around here, he really really is. But he's more adult oriented, so I guess it takes a certain maturity level to really be into his music. I'm not saying you suck if you aren't, I'm just saying you may not be quite ready.
Alright so Ryan's new release is Cold Roses. Actually, it's Ryan Adams and the Cardinals because he totally has a band backing him on this one. Well he always does, but they never had a name, poor guys (and gal). So anyways the new album is a two discer so it's double the delight. Disc Two is my favorite, but I haven't really listened to Disc One as much so yeah it could just be that.
The best song on disc one is "Sweet Illusions" it is incredible. I mean some songs in the world are good, some songs are great, but very very few can compare to songs like this.The music, the words, the voice all melt together so beautifully. The best lyric is "I ain't got nothing but love for you now."
"Beautiful Sorta" is kinda rocking. I could dance around to it when no one's looking. I don't know all the words yet. Don't you just hate it when you love a song but don't have all the words quite down so when you sing you have to mumble and stuff. I hate that when you haven't mastered it to perfection, it's frustraiting.
Awww... "Cherry Lane" is great too. (Sorry, I'm just listening to the songs on disc one for essentially the first time so I'm discovering that they're JUST as awesome as disc two. It just said "I wanna be the one to walk you home tonight." How friggin sweet is that? Ryan's songs are songs I want a boy to dedicate to me.
On to disc two... "Let It Ride" is the new single. Saw him play it on Conan. (Ryan looked SCARY! He had this beard and it was just plain wrong, but it's gone now, thank god, because Ryan is actually quite attractive under all that dirt, sweat, and hair.) Anyways, as I was saying "Let It Ride" is
rocking, sorta cheesy, but I just love the line "Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels until it brings me home."
"Cold Roses" is of course the title track. It's probably one of the songs where Ryan's voice sounds the absolute BEST. It has every aspect of his singing that I love. That pained scratch on some words, the awesome falsetto, and the stretched out vowels. I just love it so much.
"If I am a Stranger" is actually the one I loved the most upon first listen. It's not nessicarily true now, but it means it's catchy, it shoulda been the first single. But it's a great song, I love the lyrics and the faster-paced music. I love this line "Stronger now than me, stronger than you, are love will always be and if we let it go, I will try to be there for you if I can... but what if I can't?"
"Dance All Night" is great. "I ain't lonely now. Yeah I got someone I love. Someone to think about. Someone to take care of." It's just so cute and loverly.
"Life Is Beautiful" has a really really strong chorus. It's really beautiful, like the title, bwahaha. Anways, I love love love any song where they do two recordings of Ryan so it has him backed by him. It just sounds really really cool and they do it often. "If I don't believe love, then I don't believe in you. And I do."
And because I know you're all going to listen to me (haha, just joking I know NO ONE will go buy this) but for your reference here's the album cover: