[boodi]

I just got myself "Forever Blue" .. what a beautyful big & deep voice pop album is it ; it has great blue and bit sad mellow lyrics and sound , but who cares .. great blues !

I suspect he's an understimated great artist , isn' it ?

n o o n e liking him here ?

 

[viator122]

Hmm, the only things I know about Chris Isaak are that he had a TV show and that he likes to put HOT women in his music videos.

 

[catachresis]

He's got a big lush country-noire sound. At it's best it's pretty damn compelling. I think, for instance, about his song "In Beautiful Houses" in which two cute young things break-up and moan to themselves about wanting each other ['s hearts, lips, bods, ever-lasting souls? - who knows]. What I think is great is that the repeated guitar riff is a kind of looney, desperate, frantic motif. After a while, I felt like I got it -- 'These young lovers are probably not too bright, but - boy - they're really nuts they're so desperate for one another.' And love is just like that sometimes (thank god!).

So, yeah, I think he is a mite underestimated. He can be quite clever, though he can also be cloying. I think his Baja Sessions album, with the more minimal production is well worth the cost of entry. Regards.

 

[Jose Perez]

I'm a bit of a Chris Isaak fan, caught him in concert two summers ago with Lisa Marie Presley. Hell of a showman and a pretty good artist overall

 

[HiWire]

The music on his show is great... so I'll pick up one of his albums later on.

 

[Oliver :)]

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Originally Posted by boodi n o o n e liking him here ?

Pardon?! Wicked Game is among my all time favourites! The corresponding album is well worth a listen, quite a nice recording. Safe for the Wicked Game "Instrumental" where you can faintly hear the lyrics.

 

[boodi]

Got also Baja Session now

still have to listen to them

 

[Riordan]

country noir, like catachresis said... that's chris isaak. no wonder david lynch used wicked game... both walk a narrow (but looong) road between kitsch and darkness...

i love some songs, hate others. maybe when he's old and gnarly enough, he'll get the rick rubin treatment that he deserves

 

[markl]

I think Forever Blue is his best, I can also recommend San Francisco Days.

 

[taoster]

i found it hard to listen.. once in a while on the radio is great but I just can't eat the whole cake.

 

[Archangel]

I like his music, got two of his cd`s.

Favorites are "Wicked game" and "Blue spanish sky"

 

[NiceCans]

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Originally Posted by boodi n o o n e liking him here ?

Like him? . . . . he makes me melt he has such a sexxy voice.

 

[PSmith08]

He's OK, which is to say that I won't turn the station when one of his crossover songs comes on my local college-rock station. However, his kind of music is not really my thing. Interesting voice though.

 

[kunwar]

Always Got Tonight

sweet album, gr8 voice nice guitar player

 

[DaHoboFest]

Wicked Game