{"id":2155,"date":"2021-05-09T19:47:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T19:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joeviglione.com\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2021-05-09T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T19:48:00","slug":"ian-hunter-strings-attached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/?p=2155","title":{"rendered":"Ian Hunter Strings Attached"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The DVD of Strings Attached could \nalso be called Ian Hunter Lite, a nice bookend to the singer’s Just \nAnother Night: Live at the Astoria, London disc. The orchestration here,\n recorded in Oslo back in January of 2002, doesn’t have (or require) the\n bombast found on Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro Tull, but it \nis fun to see the always serious Hunter actually indulging in a more \nspirited, humorous, and playful mode. Of course, “Twisted Steel” is all \nbusiness, and with more distance in time and space from the 9\/11 \ntragedy, how many outside of Hunter’s hardcore fans realize that this \nartist is effectively articulating the insanity of that day? The \nR.E.M.-style delivery works well in this setting, as does the rise and \nfall of the accompaniment in “Boy” and the pure pop of “23A Swan Hill.” \nAs with the Just Another Night DVD, there are some delicious soundcheck \ncuts and valuable interview material. And while Rod Stewart is selling \nmillions of “Songbook” albums like a Columbia House special in the 1960s\n supermarket racks, one might think it parody for Ian Hunter to follow \nsuit. Remarkably, the Mott the Hoople frontman successfully dips into \nthat arena, providing a pleasant diversion from the mission at hand. \nBrook Benton, Bobby Darin Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, and Bing \nCrosby have all sung the Eric Maschwitz\/Manning Sherwin classic “A \nNightingale Sang in Berkeley Square,” and that gem provides a nice segue\n into Hunter’s own “Michael Picasso.” Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott keeps \nshowing up on Hunter’s DVDs, and he provides the intro on a collection \nof orchestrated folk-rock that touches upon key moments in the \nsongwriter’s prolific career. The haunting approach to “Roll Away the \nStone” breathes new life into a song that has never received the \nappreciation it deserves. To see this Oslo audience mouthing the words \nto “Saturday Gigs” provides another clue to what the U.S.A. missed when \nthe song wasn’t pushed in America, and when Mott the Hoople couldn’t \nrejuvenate themselves with the addition of Mick Ronson. The insightful \ninterviews add much and the rendition of “All the Young Dudes” is so \ncampy gay that it could be considered politically incorrect in this era \nof Brokeback Mountain, when gay without the glitter is definitely the \ntrend. Perhaps because Hunter is merely acting the part (where \nGyllenhaal and Ledger might not be — acting, that is), Strings Attached\n reminds viewers that the times they are a-changing. ~ Joe Viglione<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2.\n \n \n All of the Good Ones Are Taken\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 3.\n \n \n I Wish I Was Your Mother\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 4.\n \n \n Twisted Steel\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 5.\n \n \n Boy\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 6.\n \n \n 23A Swan Hill\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 7.\n \n \n Waterlow\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 8.\n \n \n All the Young Dudes\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 9.\n \n \n Irene Wilde\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 10.\n \n \n Once Bitten Twice Shy\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 11.\n \n \n Rollerball\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 12.\n \n \n Ships\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 13.\n \n \n Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 14.\n \n \n Michael Picasso\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 15.\n \n \n Wash Us Away\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 16.\n \n \n Don’t Let Gos\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
    • \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 17.\n \n \n All the Way From Memphis\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n <\/li>
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      \u5408\u8a08\u53ce\u9332\u6642\u9593 | 01:42:36 The DVD of Strings Attached could also be called Ian Hunter Lite, a nice bookend to the singer’s Just Another Night: Live at the Astoria, London disc. The orchestration here, recorded in Oslo back in January of 2002, doesn’t have (or require) the bombast found on Ian Anderson Plays the Orchestral Jethro […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2159,"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions\/2159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeviglione.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}