Not Hercules: I'm under arrest by the first song
author: Cavett Hughes
Anything in 5/4 pleases me, but I particularly like the simplicity, the ragged vocal, the somber loping waltz with an extra leg, and the wry storyline emerging from the imagery of the first song. I listen to it over and over, and keep returning for another hit of "Not Hercules".
I would write a real review if I could be objective. Right now I am hooked. I haven't listened to any of the other songs because I'm still stuck on "Not Hercules".
Help? Talk some sense to me.
Am I nuts? What do you think?
I think, "Good one, Dave!"
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The allure of shadows and light …
author: Maud Hudson
The first time I heard David Greenald, I was floored. Listening to “Not Hercules” made me drop everything to listen a few more times before venturing to Mr. Greenald’s other songs… you see, I was captivated! The spell was cast and now I have been enjoying many of David Greenald’s songs. Please be allured here as I am to one of the places where the ancients and the future meet with a rambunctious gypsy heart. Buy this cd!!! … and go ahead, sing along with the different shades of shadows in the light.
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Some real gems to be found here ...
author: wild child
The accordion can be a difficult instrument to accept in a band. It can sound harsh or ridiculously old-fashioned or just plain daft ... but here it blends strangely well with the medley of instruments that comprise World Upside Down. The singer has a voice that can be husky as a snowdog, smooth as caramel, rich as an aged whisky or raw as an open wound. The lyrics are at times arresting, enigmatic, ironic, but always eminently listenable. "Cancel all your suicides ..." the opening to James Bond ... need I say more!
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