What? Another Matt Good song? What is wrong with Barrie, you must be asking. No Mog posts in ages and then two about the same guy?!Well, Matt Good is rather unique in my music pantheon, someone who came along right at the beginning of my teenage years, whose songwriting has matured along with me. His songs always seem relevant to me, especially since they always change their context.So here is ...
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Every couple of years this Canadian troubadour (and blogger) arrives with an album that reminds me of why his songwriting has been so important to me for over ten years now.This new album, produced after a difficult divorce, is especially frank, and contains some of his darkest songs since "The Audio of Being," an album that caused the break-up of his own band.This stuff is earnest and heart-fe...
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As Deadmandeadman insists, live music is better - here is the live version of Avalanche, a tune which I posted on earlier. The intensity of Matthew has always bowled me over, and danmed if he doesn't have one serious Canadian following.
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I had a Matt Good craving and I had to share - nothing too deep there One foot in front of the otherOne foot back to counter itDays like these you've got to find it in some other wayIt's all or nothing babyAvalanche, start inside of meAvalanche, down through the treesAvalanche, start inside of meAvalanche, hell down through the treesIf everyone's a casualtyThen take your time there ain't no tro...
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Keeping Canadian, Matthew Good covering Josh RitterI love Matt GoodLike a good protest song, "A Girl in the War" infuses the unacknowledged threads of our national conversation with poetry. But it also gives voice to the righteous anger of those excluded from the discussions of policy and power brokering. As the song's worried lover declares to the political leaders, "If they can't find a way ...
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matthew's pain is so evident in his vocal. beautiful but painful.Roger Waters is certainly appreciative. If you like any of Roger's (Pink Floyd) stuff, this is right there with it. Roger lost his dad and Matthew, well, he's lost a lot...
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I've held off but hell. Matt is a personal indulgence and sharing usually does not come with personal. We are exceptionally tight and I appreciate him for his endurance.Powerful songOn nights like tonight when no one's aroundI put on the record, the record I foundWhen I was a kid and the world was a townAnd Heartbreaker weren't nothing painfulCarry me Mother Mary, I'm faithlessLike Sister Ther...
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| 1 Champions of Nothing |
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| 2 A Single Explosion |
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| 3 Metal Airplanes |
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| 4 99% of Us Is Failure |
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| 5 Born Losers |
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