| | Paolo Nutini - These Streets (Music CD) | |
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Nutini’s songs suggest he knows an awful lot about the vicissitudes of life
and love, and demonstrate his unique gift for expressing in song the attitudes
and experiences of someone his age. ‘These Streets’ records his experiences
of moving to London, a song which wistfully name checks the places in which he
grew up and is sure to strike a chord with anyone who has ever lived in bedsit-land.
"Feeling good, feeling down, telling a few white lies. Its a very personal
record," says Nutini, "but hopefully other people can relate to the
feelings." Many of the songs on the album, including ‘Last Request’ and
‘Rewind, were inspired by a turbulent relationship with a girlfriend, and ‘Jenny
Dont Be Hasty’ is a true story about encounters with an older woman.
Despite the Italian name, the Nutini family have lived in Paisley for at least
four generations. Paolos great-grandfather opened the fish and chip shop in
Paisley, which his parents now run. Nutini grew up hanging out and later working
in the shop but was always surrounded by music. His grandfather - commemorated
in the elegiac ‘Autumn’ on the album - played him Scottish folk songs by the
Corries and a local priest would often come round to play boogie-woogie on the
family piano. Exposure to 50s rocknroll came via his fathers love of the
Drifters, and amongst an aunts record collection he found a Ray Charles album,
which began his love of classic soul. Further influences inlcude the work of
such classic troubadours as John Martyn and Van Morrison. When the opportunity
arose to tour the UK as a roadie for a friends band, Paolo quit school in
Glasgow and the die was cast. After moving to London, he performed regularly at
the Bedford in Balham, later signing to Atlantic Records shortly after his 18th
birthday.
1. Jenny Don’t Be Hasty
2. Last Request
3. Rewind
4. Million Faces
5. These Streets
6. New Shoes
7. White Lies
8. Loving You
9. Autumn
10. Alloway Grove
Genre: CD - Rock
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