Shut Up...The Grownups are Talking
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(634479768224)
Record Label: Locust Street Taxi
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The songs and sound of LST have been pegged as "riotous," "spontaneous," "sophisticated," "charming" and "zany." One person described the group as a "college jazz band gone awry." The originator of this comment did not know how accurate he really was. At one time all of the band members were in fact performers in the same community college jazz band (Centralia College in Centralia, WA.) They decided to form their own group with little foreknowledge of the exciting turns the band would take. Now they delight audiences from Seattle to San Francisco and as far inland as Bozeman, MT. There is something about the unabashed goofiness and innocence of the band, as well as their undeniably impressive musical talent that simply makes people happy.
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Good, fun, unique album
author: Christopher Grant Harris
Shut Up... The Grownups Are Talking starts off with a bang with the hugely energetic Stairs, which breathlessly races through it's just-under-two-minutes running time (the shortest song on the album by over a minute). While the brass at times becomes more sloppy than succinct (it sounds like a big wet mess a couple of times), its energy is undeniable, and Stairs is a great opening song to get stuck under your skin and lead you into the album.
The album settles quickly into a groove, mixing medium-high energy songs with some slightly more mellow tunes, averaging about four minutes in length. At times the lyrics can be a little juvenile (College), but at least they're about more than, "Baby, you so hot that I wanna have the sex with you," which is what 99% of music is. Nathan gets to show off his lyrical gymnastics on the very fun Love, and to a lesser extent in Six. Hooks are good and catchy, and with the 60s lounge/jazz infusion they're usually more interesting than what regular rock/pop bands can put together. Some songs overstay their welcome a little bit, especially Hey, Hey, Hey, which at over six minutes is a couple of minutes too long. But the switching of lead singers from song to song gives a good variety that keeps you from getting worn out by the Locust sound.
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Fun, Silly, Quality Music
author: H. Uahomchaai
Love This Music
author: Tom Deeds
What amazing music
author: Allison Berglof
Taxi is tizzle tight yo.
This album is great and the horn plying is better than any i've ever heard on a rock album!
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