Zitat:
Zitat von Vollmondpetra
Ich mag diese etwas heisere, wehmütige Stimme, das Bearbeiten seiner Gitarre (fast Bruce verdächtig, aber keinesfalls vergleichbar...jeder für sich  )...einfach das komplette Paket - genial! |
Ja, das siehst nicht nur du so.
Hier ein Artikel aus der
Times vom 13.07.2010:
David Ford at Koko
For five years David Ford fans have expected the singer to suddenly become a household name. Two exceptional albums made critics’ best of the year lists for 2005 and 2008 but still commercial success eluded him. Now without the backing of a major label, Ford has self-released his latest album, Let the Hard Times Roll.
Yet all is not lost. Let the Hard Times Roll is Ford’s most upbeat, accessible set of songs to date, boasting several, Springsteen-esque, potential singles crying out for radio play. Moreover, he is currently pulling the biggest crowds of his career. When Ford picks up fans, he has them hooked.
The reason? Probably the passion he pours into his music. Ford is a smart, sharp lyricist whose socially conscious songs are often packed with aspects of life that annoy him. Yet the cleverly crafted, catchy compositions are a long way from the rough’n’ready, protest pop of the likes of Billy Bragg. The opener Panic set a tireless tirade of guts-spilling lyrics to a ticking metronome, tambourine, xylophone and piano. St Peter was a gruffly delivered, but startlingly beautiful ballad accompanied by harmonica and trombone. The new songs, Making Up for Lost Time, Surfin’ Guantánamo Bay and the Faces-style She’s not the One for Me had singalong pop choruses and upbeat, bluesy guitar that belied Ford’s reputation for being relentlessly downbeat.
What Ford had saved on staging — a pot plant and a stand-up lamp were the only props — he had spent on a five-piece band, although mid-set, he proved he could be as captivating solo. Alone at the piano, he made To Hell with the World sound like the year’s best, and least soppy, love song. His ode to the wife of the murdered Irish policeman Stephen Carroll was greeted with stunned silence and the odd sob. The highlight, however, was State of the Union, for which he built an invisible band by playing and looping snippets of guitar, piano, shaker, guitar and tambourine. As the music continued on its own, a scruffy Ford in his trademark trilby jumped into the crowd to sing. Pop star or not, Ford remains one of Britain’s best performers.
Ich hoffe ja noch immer, dass mal irgendwo ein Video von "State of the Union" auftaucht.
Hoffentlich werden einige Leute bei dem Haldern Pop Festival im August erkennen, was für ein großartiger Musiker er ist.
Und überhaupt: könnte er denn nicht den Support machen für Herbert in 2011
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