The Who, Jackson Browne, Randy Newman, Tom Waits, The Church, The Cure, Lloyd Cole, The Wallflowers, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Police, U2, Peter Himmelman, Jesse Winchester, Loudon Wainwright III, Todd Snider, Chris Isaak, Dave Alvin, Jimmy Buffett, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker, Steve Goodman, The Dubliners, The Pogues, The BoDeans, The Crash Test Dummies, Bruce Springsteen, Mary Gauthier.
風格近似
Jules Shear, Lloyd Cole, Steve Kilbey, Jakob Dylan, David Gray, John Prine.
"Rob writes songs that are alternatingly sarcastic, self-aware, and heartfelt. He delivers lines with a kind of guarded openness. In one moment he may be cursing the world for all its faults, in the next admitting that the faults he sees in the world are really his. This may sound like heavy stuff but he won't let the moment stand too long before cutting the whole thing apart with some sly observation that leaves you laughing aloud. He's a rock 'n roller and raconteur with an acoustic guitar." --Tim Riordan
"Rob Roper's music is filled with wry observations of the world around him and us. He shares his unique viewpoint of personal stories and makes each audience member sit and think...'Hey, I've been through that.'" --Robert Mattson
"There's nobody these Boston songwriters would rather bum a beer off of than Rob Roper. He's a producer, a sideman, and singer-songwriter-wiseguy. Originally from Mississippi, the same state that other hip-swiveling guy is from, he can do country, he can do rock, and he'll remind you of Randy Newman, Neil Young and your funniest best friend." --Charlene DiCalogero
"His thoughtful, yet playful tunes invariably have you tapping your foot to the beat. Loves lost, destroyed and found, along with drinking songs like "The Screwup Song" make for a great evening of entertainment." --KG Morris
You are so original it hurts." --Natalie Illeana
"...wittily sarcastic, poignantly emotional, and humorously edgy, with moments of beauty and grace and sadness and reflection." --Patrick Nagel
"...paints pictures of lost lovers, dreams of adventures, little girls emerging as women, and guys seeking their own niches in a tough world." --Sam Kunkle
"...funny in a self-deprecating way, reminds me lyrically of Greg Brown [and singing style] reminds me of John Gorka." --Dayna Scott
"...lyrical style is clever and insightful, with a strong sense of song structure and likable original melody lines." --Ken Langford
"Roper's literate pop/folk tunes are furnished from the same emotional stores we shop at. The songs look like us and ask 'Is this me?' And by implication is this you? Is this what you intended in your life?" --Melle Johnson
"Rob is the troubadour of the misfit...and bless him for it. He has the voice for those of us who ran into road construction on the highway to life's grandest hopes and dreams. Rob sings of the humor and disappointment most of us encounter on our less than perfect journeys through this life. But even when the subject matter turns the darkest, even in his bleakest laments, there is a human voice of solidarity and of hope showing at the edges of the despair...the kind of hope and solidarity that could actually save a life. Rob's best tune on the album is 'You Could Have Had Me.' If it isn't speaking to a universal for the rest of us less than winners, then what the hell is music for? Buy his EP and listen to it when it when it actually matters...when you need a little hope at the edges of your darkness." --Kurt Loken
For more info go to www.robroper.com. To get on my email list, send an email to rob@robroper.com.
Ah...as my 40th birthday crashes down upon me, I have indeed enjoyed listening to your Screw-Up song as you suggested. What an amusing place this world is...I suspect it might have been created for the sole purpose of creating material for songs. ;)
Are you down for some Halden Wofford this Friday night? We're doing some b-day celebrating.....can't say my age online...lol, but we hope you can join the wife and I:)
It was good ol' Brian who turned me on to the song Kilkelly, Ireland. I can't get through it without crying my eyes out...to be honest, I don't think I have ever listened to it without doing so. I would loooovvee to hear you play it!
I finally uploaded your disk to my iPod. My favorite song of yours is still "A Special Request," but a very close second, now, is "When They Go." ...yet another great tune of yours I thought that I had heard...that I hadn't. Jeez, man, I'm missing your very best stuff. ;)
