Vida Blue

Vida Blue
Elektra Records (West Coast)
General | Jul 2002

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2002-07-18
The keyboardist from Phish hires the drummer from the Meters and the bassist from the Allmon Brothers Band ... the sum is a mildly funky album of enjoyable, if light, rock songs. It reminds me of Paul McCartney a little bit (just a LITTLE bit -- don't run away!) or, if you know 'em, Phil Manzanera's 801, because of the constant swirling keyboards and the friendly white-guy vocals.

Not particularly gritty or soulful, but there's some catchy tunes and a few reasonably funky beats (track 2 especially).

1- Floaty singing in a forest of keyboards. Nice.
2*- Hard midtempo funk.
3*- Singer/songwriter pop with background horns. Light.
4*- Mildly funky, upbeat instrumental. Try not to think of old video games...
5*- Nice spacey funk, reasonably fast
6- Very Phish-y, pleasant, slow
7- Overdone sentimental mush

Recent airplay

Who's Laughing Now
Most Events Aren't Planned
Memory SelectSep 06, 2002
Electra Glide
Memory SelectAug 30, 2002
CJ3
Come When I WhistleJul 29, 2002
Electra Glide
Memory SelectJul 26, 2002

Track listing

1. Most Events Aren't Planned
2. Where's Popeye's
3. Electra Glide
4. CJ3
5. Fresh Tube
6. Who's Laughing Now
7. Final Flight