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Harry Manx — Can't Be Satisfied
Album: Live at the Glenn Gould Studio
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5.3

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Total ratings: 216









Released: 2008
Length: 10:08
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Sounds like they're having a ball there!
Posted 8 months ago by Otomi    [ Reply ]
Can anyone tell me who played harmonica on this track?

TIA!

Roger
Posted 14 years ago by rspauldi    [ Reply ]
If this was perhaps a quarter the length it is, or was played once every month or so, I'd quite like it. As it stands... 2.
Posted 15 years ago by toomanyollys    [ Reply ]
{#Yawn}
Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
My girlfriend loves this guy. Not sure I get it.

Was that a harmonica or an effect-laden guitar solo? Either way, pretty impressive skillz...
Posted 15 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
This is no less intolerable than it was when I heard it on RP only 3 days ago
Posted 15 years ago by eprokopowicz    [ Reply ]
horrid
Posted 15 years ago by Verpeiler    [ Reply ]
Aaaahhhhhh!!! {#Stop}

Why does this song show up every time I sit down at my computer. Oh, yeah. I sit at my computer 9+ hours a day and listed to RP the whole time. Well, once a day is still too much of this song. {#Grumpy}
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Toooooooooooo Looooooooooooog{#Eek}
Posted 15 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Way overplayed. I hear this song on RP nearly every day, but I guess its a good thing as it forces me out of my office to take a break.
Posted 15 years ago by mmshock    [ Reply ]
OMG make this song end
Posted 15 years ago by eprokopowicz    [ Reply ]
Do. Not. Like.

I love Blues music.  This is more like someone clowning on the Blues.  Hotel lobby/Cruise ship/4th level of Hell appropriate.
Posted 15 years ago by Jimi_the_Saint    [ Reply ]
I'm between two stools here, I rate HM very high, but this doesn't work for me. The rest of the album is Ok, but his studio albums are far better, and worth a look, particularly Mantras for Madmen.

Posted 15 years ago by gumbo73039    [ Reply ]
I REALLY don't like this and have given it a rare 1. 

There are plenty of other RP listeners who think the same way. . . so why is this still on rotation? 
Posted 15 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Good but too long....as the actress said to the bishop
Posted 15 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
Sitting here at work, headphones on, head bopping to the beat...the perfect music to program HTML and CSS to.

Posted 15 years ago by camworld    [ Reply ]
 casey1024 wrote:

I appreciate the effort.  It does not make me like it, though.  My apologies for having likes and dislikes that don't agree with yours.  Although if you look at both of our rating lists, we agree more often than not.  Maybe I understand a little bit about how to appreciate music?
 

Agreed.
Didn't mean to insult. And I can see how this would not appeal to some.
As a mediocre (on a good day) guitar player, I sometimes focus more on the instrumentation than the song.
Posted 15 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
I caught Harry Manx w/ Kevin Breit at the Elora Festival last year.  Maybe one of the most self-indulgent shows I've ever seen.  I can appreciate that he is a technically accomplished musician, but spending a couple of years in India learning ragas doesn't guarantee artistic triumph...
Posted 15 years ago by Scott_Alic    [ Reply ]
 bronorb wrote:


Obviously you never picked up a guitar, mandolin, or harmonica and tried to play something like this.
You would learn to appreciate what it takes.
 
I appreciate the effort.  It does not make me like it, though.  My apologies for having likes and dislikes that don't agree with yours.  Although if you look at both of our rating lists, we agree more often than not.  Maybe I understand a little bit about how to appreciate music?


Posted 15 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
Some friends he's got,,   {#Yes}
Posted 15 years ago by HazzeSwede    [ Reply ]
 casey1024 wrote:
I cannot believe how much I dislike this song.  Worse than 1 IMO
 

Obviously you never picked up a guitar, mandolin, or harmonica and tried to play something like this.
You would learn to appreciate what it takes.
Posted 15 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
I cannot believe how much I dislike this song.  Worse than 1 IMO
Posted 15 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
...about 9 minutes too long.
Posted 15 years ago by bchartier    [ Reply ]
2 —> 1

This goofy stuff was probably funny to folks born in the 20's and 30's. Just annoying to me.
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 yin7yang64 wrote:
Don't mind the actual song, but the tired melodies that are featured in the harmonica solo bring my enjoyment way down.  How far down?  So far that I actually turned off Radio Paradise until the song was over and used that time to actually register here so I could voice my complaint.  This is one track that could benefit from an edit.  
 
Yes, just stick to the blues tune, please!

Posted 15 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Oh, come on, kids!  That harmonica solo is hilarious!

{#Dance}
Posted 15 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 yin7yang64 wrote:
Don't mind the actual song, but the tired melodies that are featured in the harmonica solo bring my enjoyment way down.  How far down?  So far that I actually turned off Radio Paradise until the song was over and used that time to actually register here so I could voice my complaint.  This is one track that could benefit from an edit.  
 
I agree.  The rest of the song is pretty nice, but the tired old melodies in part of the harmonica solo are boring.  If I could split my vote, I'd give the rest of the tune a 7, but the harmonica solo only gets a 2.

Posted 15 years ago by ghoffman    [ Reply ]
It do go on a bit
Posted 15 years ago by CafeRacer    [ Reply ]
What a pick me up!  Nice!
Posted 15 years ago by tiptoncat    [ Reply ]
Don't mind the actual song, but the tired melodies that are featured in the harmonica solo bring my enjoyment way down.  How far down?  So far that I actually turned off Radio Paradise until the song was over and used that time to actually register here so I could voice my complaint.  This is one track that could benefit from an edit.  
Posted 15 years ago by yin7yang64    [ Reply ]
Maybe you had to have been there.
Posted 15 years ago by Pieter    [ Reply ]
 AdyMiles wrote:

i'd rather be deaf than listen to this boring s**t

 
I'm guessing you forgot you made this phenomenally stupid comment a few days ago:

 AdyMiles wrote:
i think stevie wonder is overrated. had he not been blind i don't think he would've been very famous
 

Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
 Pyro wrote:
Interesting medley.  I was able to pick out "You Are My Sunshine" and "Oh, Susanna".  This isn't great but I don't think it's as awful as some of the previous comments seem to indicate....to each their own, eh?  6 from me
 
the musicanship is clever and the vocals are decent, but it is just darn long and BORING


Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
This is good.. and complaining the worst sport most dudes practice round here

Posted 15 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Guess who is on the bass .. with the usual awesomeness ....

Ah prejudiced me .. a Harry Manx fan from waaaay back ...

" I hear a train coming down the tracks .."  Whoot Whoot!


Posted 15 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Interesting medley.  I was able to pick out "You Are My Sunshine" and "Oh, Susanna".  This isn't great but I don't think it's as awful as some of the previous comments seem to indicate....to each their own, eh?  6 from me
Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
I could listen to this all day, and judging by the length of this song, I just may.
Posted 15 years ago by wycado    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

At least he's not blind.

 
i'd rather be deaf than listen to this boring s**t

Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
 AdyMiles wrote:
he may be talented and have won awards, but this is the predictable strumming kind of boring country music i wish you'd keep off RP
 
At least he's not blind.

Posted 15 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Please don't play this again...too much country bleech!
Posted 15 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
 AdyMiles wrote:
he may be talented and have won award, but this is the predictable strumming kind of boring country music i wish you'd keep off RP

 
Country?  {#Stupid}
Posted 15 years ago by ptooey    [ Reply ]
he may be talented and have won awards, but this is the predictable strumming kind of boring country music i wish you'd keep off RP


Posted 15 years ago by AdyMiles    [ Reply ]
 martinc wrote:
huh, I did a little research as I was enjoying this tune. Looks like a very well know artist up here in Canada, though I have to say I had not heard of him before hearing this song on RP.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2008 Maple Blues Award - Acoustic Act of the Year
2008 Canadian Folk ......................................................................................................................................
 
Yeah.  Lots of nominations and awards.  But winning an arts award in Canada (including literature, music, dance, film) is like being voted Prom Queen at the high school in Podunk, Saskatchewan.   Yes, might be award-worthy, but chosen from an extremely small pool. 

(and if you know Podunk, you will realize I am a canuck, too.)
Posted 15 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
If you like this try listening to porterdavis out of Austin, TX.  Went to their show in Buford, GA about a year ago and they are coming to Eddie's Attic in September and plan on seeing them.  They have a facebook and myspace...check them out.
Posted 15 years ago by Nanners63    [ Reply ]
 catsoup wrote:
It was OK the first time, but it seems like every freakin' day lately. Can we give it a rest for a month or so?
 
This is the first time I've heard it on RP, and I've been listening (daytime UK) to the station for a couple of years now. I quite like this but then I'm a big fan of 'back to basics' blues. I'm in a minority though with over 28 sucko-barfos registered, which surprises me as I can't see how this can be that offensive. Boring maybe, but offensive? Oh well, chacun a sa/son gôut.

Edit: Ok, it does go on a bit, and the last bit is pretty irritating. 7 -> 6

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
huh, I did a little research as I was enjoying this tune. Looks like a very well know artist up here in Canada, though I have to say I had not heard of him before hearing this song on RP.
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2008 Maple Blues Award - Acoustic Act of the Year
2008 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominations:
Pushing the Boundaries  
World Solo Artist of the Year 
(for "Live at the Glenn Gould Studio") 
2007 Juno Award nomination 
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (duo) for "In Good We Trust" 
2007 Maple Blues Awards: 
Songwriter of the Year
Acoustic Act of the Year (with Kevin Breit) 
2007 Maple Blues Award Nomination 
Recording of the Year (In Good We Trust) 
2007 Western Canada Music Award Nomination 
Outstanding Roots Recording - duo (In Good We Trust) 
2007 CBC Radio's Great Canadian Blues Award 
2006 Juno Award Nomination 
Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Solo (Mantras for Madmen)
2006 Maple Blues Award Nominations:
Acoustic Act of the Year
Songwriter of the Year 
2006 Canadian Folk Music Award Nominations:
Best Solo Artist 
Pushing the Boundaries 
2006 Western Canada Music Award Nominations:
Songwriter of the Year (Mantras for Madmen) 
Outstanding Roots Recording (Mantras for Madmen)
2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards Nomination 
Male Singer-Songwriter of the Year (for 2003's Road Ragas)
2005 Maple Blues Award - Acoustic Act of the Year 
2005 Canadian Folk Music Awards: 
Best Solo Artist (West Eats Meet) 
Jordy Sharp - Producer of the Year (West Eats Meet) 
2005 Western Canadian Music Award Nominations:
Songwriter of the Year 
Outstanding Roots Recording (West Eats Meet) 
2004 Maple Blues Award Nominations:
Acoustic Act of the Year
Songwriter of the Year
Recording of the Year (West Eats Meet)
2003 Maple Blues Award - Acoustic Act of the Year
2003 Porcupine "Lenny Breau Award" for Ultimate Musicianship
2003 Juno Award Nominations: 
Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - solo (West Eats Meet)
Best Blues Album (Jubilee)
2003 Maple Blues Award Nominations:
Album of the Year (Jubilee)
Entertainer of the Year
2002 - Penguin Eggs Magazine/Edmonton Folk Festival Award  
Album of the Year (Wise and Otherwise)
Georgia Straight Magazine Award
Blues Artist of the Year - 2002
2002 Maple Blues Awards
Acoustic Act of the Year 
2002 South Australia Blues Society Award
Album of the Year (Wise and Otherwise)
2002 Juno Award Nomination 
Best Blues Album (Wise and Otherwise)
2002 Maple Blues Award Nomination 
Songwriter of the Year 
2001 Independent Music Awards
Best Blues Album (Dog My Cat)
Penguin Eggs Magazine/Edmonton Folk Festival
Favorite New Discovery - 2001 
2001 Maple Blues Award Nominations: 
Album of The Year  
Best Acoustic Act 


Posted 15 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
Waaaaay too much of a good thing.

Posted 15 years ago by chudd    [ Reply ]
okay, I see that two others beat me to it, on the same day.  This song is getting lame... enough already.  Especially with that 'train a-comin and baby a-cryin' bit.... and slapping in the face with a pickle?? STOP!
Posted 15 years ago by Tagish_girl    [ Reply ]
really trying to wear us down with this one ... but I'm still not getting it.  
need an option lower than  '1' in the ratings
Posted 15 years ago by Dalebarely    [ Reply ]
It was OK the first time, but it seems like every freakin' day lately. Can we give it a rest for a month or so?
Posted 15 years ago by catsoup    [ Reply ]
this is STILL going on?  good lord. 1 for wankery  {#Cowboy}
Posted 15 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
I like this live!!
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]

very good if you like the art of the musician


Posted 15 years ago by Rich3D    [ Reply ]
My 1st 1 rating...
achhhh....Better to stick with Canned Heat for harmonica mastery...

Posted 15 years ago by df1489    [ Reply ]
great stuff
Posted 15 years ago by 5jotas    [ Reply ]
Getting OLD fast. 
Posted 15 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
please make it stop
 
Posted 15 years ago by Dalebarely    [ Reply ]
{#Eek}
Posted 15 years ago by casey1024    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
This was probably good live...oh, wait that harmonic solo ruins it. Time to go get a beer.{#Drunk} There, sounds better now.
 
Yup. But you gotta admit the train/baby riff is pretty damn good...
Posted 15 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
This was probably good live...oh, wait that harmonic solo ruins it. Time to go get a beer.{#Drunk}

  true


Posted 15 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
This was probably good live...oh, wait that harmonic solo ruins it. Time to go get a beer.{#Drunk} There, sounds better now.


Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 gcrumb wrote:
That was the most self-indulgent piece I've heard in yonks. After about 3 minutes I started thinking 'PLEASE MAKE IT STOP.'
 
Is there too much going on for your tender ears? This is very good music from a talented player, IMHO.


Posted 15 years ago by bknv    [ Reply ]
That was the most self-indulgent piece I've heard in yonks.

After about 3 minutes I started thinking 'PLEASE MAKE IT STOP.'
Posted 15 years ago by gcrumb    [ Reply ]
 Queue wrote:
The harp solo was kinda fun.  Reminds me of the little musical journeys Led Zep used to take in their live performances.

Q
 

Reminded me more of a Mel Bay "Learn to Play the Blues Harp" book (and I'm not knocking his skill, just the rather cheesy selection of riffs).

The rest of the song was great, but I could have done without that bit.  Different strokes, eh?


Posted 15 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Love the meld of songs in this track! Very cool.
Posted 15 years ago by leaf    [ Reply ]
So this is done "with friends"?  Does that mean it might be Norton Buffalo on harp, or is Harry that good?
Posted 15 years ago by ChicoCyclist    [ Reply ]
Should you admit that you're out there, tramping around with any old radio station?

 SweTex wrote:
Way to depressing and self-indulgent and the guy cant sing...oh, my bad, was listening to U2 on another station and had this screen up..hehehe...
 

Posted 15 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
waaaay HOt! 8
Posted 15 years ago by paulpaar    [ Reply ]
Like the song a lot, but only in small doses, please.  I feel like it's being played quite a bit lately.


Posted 15 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
The harp solo was kinda fun.  Reminds me of the little musical journeys Led Zep used to take in their live performances.

Q
Posted 15 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
gets a 6 just for the sunshine medley part
Posted 15 years ago by federico    [ Reply ]
Works for me!!
Posted 15 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}lets play some banjo!!!!!{#Guitarist}
Posted 15 years ago by Felix_The_Cat    [ Reply ]
Good jam....it gets an 8
Posted 15 years ago by wycado    [ Reply ]
 gregr79 wrote:
It's  real Toe Tapping Hand Clapping tune for sure  {#Clap}

 
{#Clap}    {#Clap}

Posted 15 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
It wouldn't be too bad once in a while, but it seems like we've heard this every day this week. So it gets a 3 for frequency.
Posted 15 years ago by catsoup    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing Oh Susanna and Ring of Fire...
Posted 15 years ago by planetclare    [ Reply ]

too much of everything I didn`t want to hear


Posted 15 years ago by chessie    [ Reply ]
Enjoying every minute of it...how long has it been playing? Nevermind!
Posted 15 years ago by claire_k    [ Reply ]
A little reminiscent of John Mayall's Turning Point at one point....

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
...anyone care to catalog everything in the medley?..
Posted 15 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 mikeb wrote:
I just saw Harry (along with Richie Havens) in Egg Harbor WI.  Harry has some good jokes. 
 

Cool! Did you happen to get to a whitefish boil?
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I just saw Harry (along with Richie Havens) in Egg Harbor WI.  Harry has some good jokes. 
Posted 15 years ago by mikeb    [ Reply ]
It's  real Toe Tapping Hand Clapping tune for sure  {#Clap}

Posted 15 years ago by gregr79    [ Reply ]
Anything that makes you turn up RadioParadise to get the room dancing....that's a good tune.  Harry and his harp...nice stuff
Posted 15 years ago by Rich3D    [ Reply ]