Old Futures Gone

Old Futures Gone

Editorial Reviews
Rolling Stone
"The preeminent male singer/songwriter of the New Folk Movement."

Product Description
John Gorka's most realised recording in a career of fine recordings, "Old Futures Gone" takes an intriguing look at our unexpected present and tomorrows. With fresh stylistic turns and band-driven gentle grooves, the sound remains pure Gorka...his voice, melodies and lyrics riding on infectious, well-conceived arrangements. Joining him on guest vocals are new folk artists Lucy Kaplansky and Alice Peacock and soul singer Kathleen Johnson.

Old Futures Gone

Old Futures Gone,John Gorka,Red House,Contemporary Folk,Contemporary Singer/Songwriter,Folk,Folk & Traditional,Pop

Average customer rating:

55:40 min pleasure.

Consistent John

One of the Best

I Didn't Know If I Needed This One

Old Voice Still There ...

Old Futures Gone
John Gorka
Manufacturer: Red House
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
General | Folk | Styles | Music
Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000BWVOP
Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

Dogs & Thunder
Always
Look The Other Way
Outside
Trouble & Care
Make Them Crazy
Old Future
Lay Me Down
Shapes
Soldier After All
Poor Side
War Makes War
If Not Now
Riverside

Album Description

John Gorka's most realised recording in a career of fine recordings, "Old Futures Gone" takes an intriguing look at our unexpected present and tomorrows. With fresh stylistic turns and band-driven gentle grooves, the sound remains pure Gorka...his voice, melodies and lyrics riding on infectious, well-conceived arrangements. Joining him on guest vocals are new folk artists Lucy Kaplansky and Alice Peacock and soul singer Kathleen Johnson.

Customer Reviews:

55:40 min pleasure........2007-07-28

Such a nice project. Buy 4! For the house, for the car, for your best friend and one extra for the heaven! A 14 tracks quality album.

Consistent John.......2005-10-13

If you like John Gorka music then you'll like this. It's that simple. John Gorka is very much like Sinatra. If you like Sinatra then you like all of his songs. I wish that other musicians and artists could recognize what they are exceptionally good at, enjoy it, expand from that base, and keep doing it, and doing it, and doing it.
I was painting my bedroom walls. It took me two days. I listened to this cd probably 9 times through. I didn't get sick of it. And that is a true testament, because if a cd can overcome being overplayed and still enjoyed then it is a keeper.

Nice work John. Keep churning out the songs....just like Frank did. And don't worry about your songs being too "down". We love it all...from Morningside.....to The one that got away.

Side note this CD has an obvious political, or social tone. But even if you disagree, and love war, or 'wars' then it is still good, because the songs are still great, his voice is still great, and it's beautifully Gorka.

One of the Best.......2004-08-15

Have you ever listened to a CD, and then you had to listen to it again and again, pulling out the lyrics and examining them, then realizing this is one of the best collections of music you have heard in your life. This is what John Gorka does for me. If you have seen him play live you are more hooked!

The music is wonderful and so are the lyrics, stirring emotions deep in the heart.

Lyrics like, "There are doors that you walk through, that only swing one way. Once you cross the threshold, there's nothing words can say." Then his characteristic MMM...MMM...

or lyrics from "Always"..."I will always be lonely, it's what I'm going on about. Love is hope without doubt, hate is fear turned out."

or lyrics from "Shapes"..."Words are just the shapes that the heart moves through. On the way to finding out if whatever there is true."

and undoubtedly the best lyrics:

"We can learn from everyone
How to or not to be
But we can learn the most from those
Who think differently
Who think differently.

War makes war. It won't bring peace."

"The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King Junior

I'm also impressed because this CD is dedicated to the late Senator Paul Wellstone and wife Sheila.

One not only gets a sense that Gorka is a great and sensitive musician, he is also intensely politically aware. He has a message through his music that more should be tuned into in this day and age.

FIVE STARS!!

Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"

I Didn't Know If I Needed This One.......2004-02-07

I wondered if I had moved on from John Gorka's music. It ocurred to me that perhaps I just didn't listen to "that type of music" anymore. Then I saw him play at a local pub. I marveled at his guitar playing. I was envious of his deep, rich baritone vocals. I was moved at his ability to write songs that were so easy for me to relate to. I plunked down the money for this album. By the time I drove home, I was singing along to "Dogs & Thunder" and "Always". It's true that there's not much different here. There is a bit more of a pop sheen to most of the songs. Kind of a melancholy James Taylor vibe going on. I would submit to you that it's okay that John is John and we need to know he's there from time to time. A lot of us feel a little less alone that way.

Old Voice Still There ..........2003-12-19

Okay, look, we don't buy Gorka to dance to, right? (Well, except for a few cuts on "Temporary Road".) Buy this collection if you remember Gorka's original boomy deep voice and you want it updated with his continually maturing lyrics and without the pessimism. If you're a first time Gorka, get the "Temporary Road" CD first. This is overall a bit slow and contemplative, except for 'Make Them Crazy' (my fave), maybe 'Shapes', and 'War Makes War'. This CD is a showcase for his fabulously dark deep vocals and is backed up by a variety of singers including the always lovely Lucy Kaplansky. At times a bit repetitive and silly (his trademarks after all), this is all very nice music.

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