The song that seems to keep spinning through my head this morning is "Lucky Now," off Ryan Adams' recent release Ashes & Fire. This is a straight-forward, catchy, acoustic-driven piece with country echos. I especially love the last couple lines of the chorus, "The night will break your heart/But only if you're lucky now."
It's a classic Adams-esque philosophical musing about love, almost as if actually falling in love would be a worse fate than striking out. It reminds me of the line in Treasure Island when Long John Silver declares, "Thems that dies will be the lucky ones."
A lot of the reviewers for Ashes & Fire have commented that it seems to be a "safe" Ryan Adams record, almost as if this makes it a disappointment. While it's not Easy Tiger or Cardinology (my two personal favorites), Ashes & Fire has some strong songwriting and great piano contributions from Norah Jones. So far, I have found a lot to sink my teeth into.
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