Amazingly it is very possible that this dude's best material is yet to come...which is UTTERLY AMAZING considering how blisteringly damned fine his crop of songs is up to this point. Mind-boggling.
I love when the camera pans across the audience at the end of the song. I noticed a man in a light colored shirt wiping away tears: Real men aren't afraid to cry when a song speaks truth.
Checking in from 2023-just saw him in Raleigh w/Cardinals (new members of course) at Red Hat for my 60th BD with my 3 best friends. Had upfront tickets for Greenville SC and he has cancelled the solo tour. He's just exhausted right now.
I’ve always thought his piano playing is very unique, almost has a self-taught quality to it. And to me, it sounds intentionally like weather sweeping over or under the song; especially on this song, it’s like rain. Also noticed he throws in some piano licks from his song Rock & Roll into this performance.
For me, this version lays the lyrics so bare that it is almost impossible to think of it as a song solely about New York City anymore, as many people do. It's first and foremost a sad love song
Love, love, love Ryan Adams. There is a good reason why Letterman has him on his shoe so much.... WOW did I say I love Ryan Adams. What great talent...
This performance is once that cant be matched.. He was feeling it in a certain way that could only bring out a performance of this caliber. The energy was aligned.. Those are the nights my brother/s are particularly on another level where the music channels thru them. Those are the moments in music I seek. Ryan always delivers
Here here,!I'll second that! Ryan Adams music melts our hearts and souls with pure happiness when you listen to him as his music not only expresses his own heart and feelings but our own hearts and feelings as well with so many good memories.
I'm a big fan of his music, but I never cared that much for the original version of this song. It's great, but not one of my favorites. The piano version is the best version of this song. It brings out the best qualities of the song.
Gage King I agree. I'm a huge Adam's fan but could never get into Gold. If he did more of the album stripped down like this it probably would've been fantastic.
Nah - this song is in no way meant to be a ballad. This is a powerful statement about the strength of NYC. A ballad is a disservice to the song and the city.
Lyrics to sing along.."rote-learning during lockdown"😊😊😊😁 Well, I shuffled through the city on the 4th of July I had a firecracker waiting to blow Breakin' like a rocket who was makin' its way To the cities of Mexico Lived in an apartment out on Avenue A I had a tar-hut on the corner of 10th Had myself a lover who was finer than gold But I've been broken up and busted up since And love don't play any games with me, anymore Like she did before The world won't wait, so I better shake That thing right out there through the door Hell, I still love you, New York Found myself a picture that would fit in the folds Of my wallet and it stayed pretty good Still amazed I didn't lose it on the roof of the place When I was drunk and I was thinking of you Every day the children they were singing their tunes Out on the streets…
Out on the streets and you could hear from inside Used to take the subway up to Houston and 3rd I would wait for you and I'd try to hide And love won't play any games with ypu, anymore If you don't wanna 'em to The world won't wait and I watched you shake But honey, I don't blame you Hell, I still love you, New York Hell, I still love you, New York, New York I remember Christmas in the blistering cold In a church on the Upper West Side Babe, I stood there singing, I was holding your arm You were holding my trust like a child Found a lot of trouble out on Avenue B But I tried to keep the overhead low Farewell to the city and the love of my life At least we left before we had to go And love won't play any games with you, anymore If you don't want 'em to So we better shake this old thing out the door I'll always be thinkin' of you I always love you, love New York I always love you, love New York I always love you, love New York I always love you, love New York
My first concert at Red Rocks was not U2 but rather Iron Maiden-Tiki Torches etc etc etc I love music. To me, RA just blows me away time and again. Love. Love. Love. This. Love. Peace.
I stand by my opinion with the fury and determination of an Irishman..And this song was plagiarized .I take it back from Ryan Adams and give back to Caravan
well, I am going to give the people clicked that dislike button the benefit of the doubt, and I write all 6 votes off as an incorrectly pressed button, since i believe that anyone who would dislike this has no soul. What an amazing rendition (of his own son).
Well.. true but there are two sides to the story. I have nothing against MM. Hope both of them find happiness. Mandy seems to be doing very well these days.
Dave dropped too far down the rabbit hole on the politics side of his act in later years but from Day 1 at NBC until his very last show for CBS his eye/ear for musical guests was the best on TV with no close second, ACL exempted.
Ryan Adams...love him. He speaks like some lunatic who just escaped out of an old asylum and found a piano at the first pub nearby and you sit there thinking.."who the hell is this fool....whooooaaah...hang on a minute...i was WRONG...I WAS SO WRONG..this dude's amazing".... Like i said...I LOVE RYAN'S MUSIC...before some fool thinks i'm having a pop.
Unpopular opinion here, but I don't like how he's slowing down some of his best songs when he plays live. This one and Let it Ride need to be uptempo. The song is pretty boring this way.
