Friday, September 28, 2007

BIG DUMB GUY "The Bedroom Tapes" (2000)

Big Dumb Guy
After a long songwriting layoff, Simon has returned with the brilliant, confident THE BEDROOM TAPES, which she wrote, recorded, and produced in -- you guessed it -- a bedroom in her home. Musically, it's her most upbeat album in years, full of anthems and bluesy funk, as well as the now-classic folk rock that was her trademark in the early 1970s. Lyrically, she juxtaposes vulnerability with a ferocity of spirit. "In a way, I'm a very private person," Simon admitted to bn.com's Douglas Clegg, "but I don't think there's very much that I couldn't disclose about myself or that I'd be ashamed of."

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