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New Music Report: Todd Snider

6/24/09, 5:50 pm EST

Christian Rock! kicks off this week’s New Music Report with the latest from Todd Snider. Rolling Stone’s Christian Hoard says Snider’s “America’s Favorite Pastime” is definitely the best song written about the no-hitter pitched by Doc Ellis of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1970 while he was on acid. It’s a track on Snider’s new album The Excitement Plan, a record stocked with detailed story songs and the bluesy countrified folk of his earlier records. Most characters on the album are down on their luck, and one admits to murder on “Unorganized Crime.” And while Hoard admits Snider’s everyguy vibe may be a bit of a shtick, he says the rocker gets a lot out of the persona, including some awesome lines: “I’m broke as the 10 Commandments, and sometimes I’m harder to follow.”

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timmy duncan | 6/24/2009, 11:15 pm EST

todd snider should have been named godd snider. if you don’t know his music find it!

or | 6/25/2009, 2:21 am EST

dee snider…what a phony, and not like michael jordan

Anonymous | 6/25/2009, 8:19 pm EST

Right on.

j.lewis | 6/25/2009, 8:53 pm EST

Todd Snider is the most under rated singer songwriter and in my opinion one of the greatest, if not the greatest live show I have ever seen! He is also one of the best writers of my generation.If you have not heard of him check out his live album from a few years back and then go see him live and you’ll know what I’m talkin about!

paul b | 6/26/2009, 1:03 am EST

i first saw todd and the Nervous Wrecks on the Songs From The Daily Planet Tour, and yes hes had some dark periods but its no shtick. hes the real deal! i have seen him over 20 times and always great. to paraphrase kristofferson…” If you dont like todd snider you can kiss my ass”

Lazlo | 6/26/2009, 7:42 pm EST

Selfishly, I hope he stays underdiscovered. I routinely “steal” lines from Todd’s songs, use them in conversation, and bask in the joy of people saying how clever I am. Money, compliments, publicity … it’s still an issue for me. Don’t take that away.

Anonymous | 6/30/2009, 11:54 am EST

I never understood why people would cut their hair when they joined a cult, but if Todd asked me too, I would.

Wix Wichmann | 6/30/2009, 11:55 am EST

I never understood why people would cut their hair when they joined a cult, but if Todd asked me too, I would.

Matt Anderson | 7/7/2009, 1:17 pm EST

Todd Snider is a lyrical God!! I have seen him numerous times and love every time as though it is the first! I dig him completely!! I can’t wait for the next album and show!! He is the Barefoot Philosopher of our time. Embrace his words and dig his vibe!!

Rzqgzhfg | 7/13/2009, 10:36 am EST

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caribric | 7/28/2009, 4:18 pm EST

todd snider is a lunch money pimp

listenin slug | 8/12/2009, 10:53 am EST

Listen to Todd Snider’s music is like doing a puzzle. His lyrics are very tight. He finds a single point, a single theme and the rest of the song is wound tightly around that theme. The theme may not be obvious. The Highland Street Incident is on his The Devil You Know CD. It sounds like its about a couple of thugs bragging that their botched robbery went OK. Its really about a guy who robbed Todd. Todd wrote a song about a looser thug who didn’t have the good sense to know he didn’t have a dime (something not lost on the college women in the bar).
Find the thread, enjoy the groove, exhale. Todd Snider is the best.

todd a roo | 8/29/2009, 5:48 pm EST

saw him at bonneroo. now i am a fan for life. if you’re not a fan after seeing him live, you have no soul.

grassman | 10/5/2009, 11:05 pm EST

saw him at hardly strictly bluegrass. now i am a fan for life. if you’re not a fan after seeing him live, you have no soul.

de dah de | 11/8/2009, 5:42 pm EST

LOVE todd snider….first saw him with the nervous wrecks, on songs of the daily planet tour…..have seen him over 20 times over the years…..can never get enough of his music

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