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It’s amazing that just a few simple instruments – a sax, drums, and a two-string bass – can come together to create something as complex and ingenious as Morphine’s music. I sincerely regret that I never had the opportunity to see them live before vocalist Mark Sandman died doing what he loved the most – on stage in 1999. Morphine had so much more left to teach the music world – and Sandman’s death was every music-lover’s loss.
Yes is an excellent album – one of my all-time favorites. It’s driven by the band’s trademark sax – which seems to have a mind of its own. And Sandman’s hypnotically playful vocals are dark and distorted – part spoken, part sung.
The songs are erratic and slurred. They feel pleasantly intoxicating – like a few too many gin and tonics. “Whisper” is lazy and seductive – like a Caribbean sunset. “I Had My Chance” sounds like the drunken ramblings of a street-corner bum. The entire album is a collection of experiments – concluding with a curveball. “Gone for Good” is quiet, peaceful, and acoustic – sad, but sweet. It’s so unlike the rest of the album, but it’s absolutely beautiful.
If you’re musically open-minded and looking for something out of the ordinary, Yes is the album to buy. You won’t be disappointed. It’ll give you a great buzz – and you won’t have to deal with the headache the next morning.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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