{"id":1703,"date":"2021-06-25T13:09:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1703"},"modified":"2021-06-25T13:13:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:13:13","slug":"bones-and-love-bombs-paul-banks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/?page_id=1703","title":{"rendered":"”Bones And Love Bombs” – Paul Banks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paul Banks<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Paul Banks \u2013 whom you can read about elsewhere on this site \u2013 got the offer to make a remix in LP-format of an old album from 2003, he just couldn\u2019t resist. He told he wasn\u2019t particular happy with the original mix of a couple of the tunes, so here was the opportunity to make things right. We are glad that he accepted the offer! But how can one find anything to criticize after two mixings? It just gotta come out perfect\u2026. And so it did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s also good for all the people who didn\u2019t know Paul and his music in 2003, myself included. Here he presents a totally different side than the Paul we are used to, and love, from The Blues Jamboree and various duos in the blues format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These eleven tunes are from his own pen and really exposes the great musical variety this American expat possesses. Often it goes towards jazz, lounge jazz, sometimes towards Nina Simone, sometimes towards Van Morrison, sometimes towards\u2026. Paul Banks. These moods are greatly supported by the horn section; Jakob Dinesen on tenor saxophone, Mads Hyhne on trombone and Kasper Tranberg on trumpet, not forgetting the rhythm section with Fredrik Damsgaard on bass, Kresten Osgood on drums and a lampshade (!) and Rune Olesen on congas, guiro, shaker and tambourine. Assisting Paul Banks on the guitar is Aske Jacoby as well as Gustav Ljunggren on mandocello, violin and guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first song \u201cMeet the Folks\u201d is laid back rhythmic piece that brings the listener a relaxed good mood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second one, \u201cHannah\u201d is obviously about his girlfriend (she appears in the first song as well). It starts out in the same cool way but then suddenly there\u2019s a dramatic change in the soundscape that makes one thing of Van Morrison. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third song \u201cRattle Your Bones\u201d is a very rhythmic thing that brings thought to Dr. John, not just in the music but in the lyrics as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No 4 is a quite cynical text on \u201cWhen Denmark Won The War\u201d. The content reminds me of the Irish folk song \u201cThe Irish Navy\u201d but the groove of the music reminds one of Nina Simone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No 5 \u201cLooking In My Baby\u2019s Smile\u201d is a sweet tune and no 6 \u201cI\u2019m Disappearing\u201d is typical Banksy. This is how I know him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No 7, the beautiful but melancholic \u201cOcean Liner\u201d tells of two children traveling across the ocean in big storm, but it\u2019s unclear if the they ever reach their destination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No 8 is slow bluesy jazz in a smokey midnight bar in Copenhagen and is also called \u201cCopenhagen Moan\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No 9 \u201cRain On Bear Mountain\u201d is an intense folksy blues telling a tale of, I guess, Paul Banks own background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No 10 \u201cLao Tse And The Book Of Ecclesiastes\u201d starts out with a fateful mood but suddenly explodes into a funky piece with driving horns. The final song, \u201cWhen I Take The Floor\u201d ends of this session appropriately in a humble way that reveals the mind of Paul Banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who haven\u2019t got a vinyl record player it\u2019s available on Spotify as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Banks When Paul Banks \u2013 whom you can read about elsewhere on this site \u2013 got the offer to make a remix in LP-format of an old album from 2003, he just couldn\u2019t resist. He told he wasn\u2019t particular happy with the original mix of a couple of the tunes, so here was the… Forts\u00e4tt l\u00e4sa ”Bones And Love Bombs” – Paul Banks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1703","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1708,"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1703\/revisions\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/folksyblues.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}