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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: David Bowie R.I.P.
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on: January 12, 2016, 02:12:46 AM
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I think many of us can chart personal relationships and various periods of our life according to albums and certain artists, & I believe it's very powerfully true of David Bowie because of the artistic depth of his music. I have been listening to him all day and feeling deeply his brilliance and his absence. The song Heroes is my all time favorite, but I don't think that Robert Fripp ever played it live. There is a YouTube video of Robert flip playing it with Adrian and King Crimson, but I don't believe he ever performed it live with Bowie which is a shame because even the great Mick Ronson, struggling so profoundly against his cancer, cannot approximates a specific and rather abstract artistry of Robert Fripp which is so critical to that song. How noble of Mick to have played his heart out that day and I do not mean to diminish him, but there is something unique about that experience of David Bowie playing together or I should say recording together with Fripp on that magical song. Now it's just one of those things that can never happen.
My opinion is that songs like "Heroes" and "Joe The Lion" were unreproducable on stage for that reason. Fripp flew in, overdubbed his parts in, I believe, one take and flew out again. Magical indeed, but not to be repeated. In King Crimson, Fripp could reproduce the most complex and technically demanding parts note for note every time but this was different. In my opinion, of course.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Long Versions that are better than the shortened Versions
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on: January 08, 2016, 03:27:16 AM
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Another favorite of mine is Neil Young's "Sample and Hold" 12" which features an extended alternate version of "Sample and Hold" as the a-side and the "Mr. Soul (Dance Mix)" as the b-side. Great stuff that makes the versions on Trans sound tame.
Thanks for the heads up, VM. There are some gaping voids in my acquaintance with Mr Young's music and the Trans era is one of them. As for the topic in general: I think it depends a lot on which version you heard first. I bought The Doors' debut album (after listening to "The End" in the shop) because they were on the same record label as Love (Elektra) and loved it, not least the spectacular end to side one. Later I heard the 45 of "Light My Fire"----and to me it was a travesty of the original, emasculated beyond belief. Not to say a downright insult to the band.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Happy New Year!!!
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on: January 07, 2016, 04:47:02 AM
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That was tongue-in-cheek response. But hey, thanks for early Christmas wishes. We will celebrate it on 7th Jan.
I got the day right this year, RR----С Рождеством Христовым!
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: BEACHB-oysters' (sand-corny) POETRY PEARLS - YULEtide-edit...
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on: January 07, 2016, 04:35:22 AM
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I've been racking my brains for days trying to organize a palindrome based around Anna Lee. This is as far as I've got----the middle sentence needs working on. Any ideas, Rasmus?
<Al was Anna Lee's exam pupil. "Saga" slip-up maxes eel. Anna saw L.A.>
Maybe, John. Here goes: >PUPIL SLIP-UP< [an irregular haiku-palindrome by John k/Li'l~palin'drom'erBoy] >An 'Al' was Anna Lee's exam pupil. "Saga slip-up" ... maxes eel. Anna SAW Lana!< And without being too anal-retentive about it, there is the old one from Quzi: "Lana deified anal" - and my follow up: "Anna Lee a.k.a. 'Eel-Anna'!" with the unavoidable non-palindromic conclusion: - which WOULD make them 'anna-lee: The Healers ...' You nailed it, Rasmus, as always. :=) Speaking of being anal-retentive, I have a naughtier Lana palindrome----involving Al in L.A.----which I shall leave to everyone's imagination.
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Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The First Punk Song
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on: January 06, 2016, 03:56:50 AM
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The term "punk" was first used (to my recollection) by rock critics like Lester Bangs to refer to Nuggets era garage rock, which was of course a big influence musically and aesthetically on the 70s punk movement.
You means stuff like "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "Psychotic Reaction"? Bangs dreamed up an entire career for one-hit wonders Count Five----it makes fascinating reading!
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