Posted: 8/12/15 at 7:33pm
I know we've discussed him in passing on the board before, but why isn't Duke Special a huge deal? He's brilliant, and in an era when Rufus Wainwright, Tim Minchin and Hozier can be fairly mainstream successes, what's holding The Duke back?
Posted: 8/12/15 at 8:00pm
What's the guaranteed panties dropper, darquegk? One song. Guaranteed to convert me?
Posted: 8/12/15 at 8:55pm
Agreed, darquegk.
One song. Guaranteed to convert me?
My own favorite is "Last Night I Nearly Died"...or perhaps "Our Love Goes Deeper Than This", or maybe "Everybody Wants A Little Something"...
Okay, I'm going with - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZytjspI5IsU
Updated On: 8/12/15 at 08:55 PM
Posted: 8/12/15 at 9:12pm
I think I like "Last Night I Nearly Died" the most personally, because it's the first song on his first CD, so it's the one I most associate with his sound.
Overall, "Freewheel" is the big hit for a reason, I think- it's the blend of his more eccentric style and orchestration with his most mainstream tendencies. But my personal favorites are "Salvation Tambourine" and "Diggin' An Early Grave." Not many people could combine the genres of klezmer, 90s-style alt pop and Halloween music successfully in a single song.
Posted: 8/13/15 at 7:56am
Thanks for the recommendations, boys, but my panties remained up, I'm afraid. Perfectly pleasant, but I feel like Harry Nilsson, Badly Drawn Boy, Van Morrison, even Rufus did this baroque piano orchestral pop thing a bit more convincingly.
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