"I will follow you," she concludes, in a plaintive confessional tone that simply rocks the heart.įrom the June 2004 Sony Release "De-Lovely: Music From the Motion Picture" This time it leads her to a soaring heart-felt ballad that balances Dylanesque wordplay "Lightweight, too straight, no reaction / I don't care if I'm out of fashion" with a pure, heart-on-sleeve quest for something to devote herself to, be it her lover, her art or perhaps just herself. A talented multi-instrumentalist (she plays violin, piano, etc.) who dabbles in a variety of styles (electro-folk, string-laden pop, piano soul and atmospheric synthesizer noodling) and a vocal range that can soar effortlessly from alto to soprano, Bonham refuses to be pigeonholed - she follows her muse where it leads. I mean, you gotta hand it to a guy who can rhyme "Master of disaster," "ask her," "Telecaster" and "mean old bastard," and still never miss the beat in this ode to, um, the heady early days of the LA punk scene, the middle-aged blues, a long-ago love, and uh, gee, Mexican professional wrestling? Who knows? Who cares? Just play it again.įrom the June 2005 Rounder album "blink the brightest"ĭoncha just dig when the song title more-or-less writes its own review? The lead cut off this classically trained Boston gal's newest release, "Something Beautiful," may have toned down the anger of her earlier work but that doesn't mean she shortchanges emotions. Johhny gets his groove back and revels in the sort of clever, irreverent wordplay and killer musicianship that was his pre- Bring the Family forte. No heart-wrenching domestic epiphanies here or socio-political clenched fists - just a feelgood piece of pure pop goofiness and singalong catchiness, as Dr.
From the June 2005 New West Records album " Master of Disaster"
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