Fed Up And Feeling Strange - Live And In Person 1993-1998: 3CD Capacity Wallet

90年代アコースティック・ライヴ号泣モノの3枚組。
ダイナソーJR.を率いる愛すべき我らのオルタナ巨人=J.マスキス。Cherry Redから90年代アコースティック・ライヴ3枚組(『LIVE AT CBGB』『MARTIN + ME』に未発表ライブ)が登場。安心安定の胸を打つ涙腺直撃メロディが、より繊細にアコギで響き渡り、轟音じゃない素っ裸なダイナソー楽曲もまた素晴らしいのです。The Smithの"THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE"カヴァーも最高!この時期染みるJの歌心が堪能できる逸品。
(C)オンライン:巻本 拓也

As the central force in Dinosaur Jr., J Mascis defined the band with his mumbly baritone vocals and god-level guitar work heavy on volume, distortion, and technically impressive soloing. With much of his solo output, however, Mascis goes acoustic, leaving his trembling singing sitting naked atop melancholic open chords. Fed Up and Feeling Strange: Live and in Person 1993-1998 presents three of Mascis intimate solo concerts, two previously released sets, and one that had gone unreleased before this collection. One of the three volumes was originally released as Martin + Me, and pulls highlights from a 1995 solo acoustic tour that include shambling versions of Dinosaur Jr. tunes as well as covers of the Wipers Greg Sage, Carly Simon, and an especially spirited rendition of the Smiths The Boy with a Thorn in His Side. New to this collection is the previously unreleased outtake Grab It. Another disc previously released as Live at CBGBs captures Mascis first solo acoustic show, recorded at the legendary punk club in 1993. The audio is a little rougher and the set list is similar to the selections from Martin + Me, with the addition of Where You Beens eerie centerpiece Not the Same. The previously unreleased Copenhagen concert was recorded after the release of 1997s Hand It Over, and includes several songs from that album and material from as far back in Mascis catalog as Youre Living All Over Me opener Little Furry Things and Repulsion from Dinosaur Jr.s 1985 debut. The crowd sounds more enthusiastic here than on Fed Up and Feeling Stranges other volumes, audibly singing along with Mascis falsetto vocals on Goin Home. This concert also includes an out-of-tune rendition of Too Hard, which is introduced as a new song and would show up in a far sludgier version as the B-side of a J Mascis + The Fog single in 2001. Without his signature soloing or the backing of a full-blast rhythm section, Fed Up and Feeling Strange emphasizes Mascis particularities and unique talents as a songwriter. His fumbling stoner persona struggles with social interactions and emotional complexities on almost every track, and in these stripped-down acoustic forms, the bittersweet beauty of his songs is one of the only things on display. ~ Fred Thomas