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5476  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: David Bowie R.I.P. on: January 12, 2016, 02:12:46 AM
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.
5477  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Celebrating David Bowie - what are your favorite songs? on: January 12, 2016, 02:02:03 AM
Difficult. I tend to like Bowie albums rather than songs.

Perhaps "Fashion" or "Joe The Lion". Stunning tracks both.
5478  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Stargazers of SmileySmile on: January 12, 2016, 01:59:21 AM
342843 Davidbowie (2008 YN3)

5479  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Hard Rock on: January 11, 2016, 02:16:17 PM
Looking through the metal topic on my other board I bumped into this tasty morsel by Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1cdW-ba8Yw 
5480  Smiley Smile Stuff / 1960's Beach Boys Albums / Re: Surfin' USA on: January 11, 2016, 01:31:18 PM
Reading through the run-down of concerts in Ian and Jon's splendid book, I noticed to my great delight (on page 27) that the Boys' set list for the two August 17, 1963 shows at Wayne County Fair, Homedale, PA, which David Marks had saved, contains the 1958 Duane Eddy instrumental "Moovin' 'N' Groovin'". That intro sure sounds familiar: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lqFlxMiMfE 
5481  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Hard Rock on: January 11, 2016, 06:01:15 AM
I used to work at a rock station and got to meet members of Rush, Metallica, and the legendary Alice Cooper. 

Wow! I have been easing my way into hard rock/metal in recent years. It is a much larger and more varied area than I ever suspected!

Speaking of Metallica, Master of Puppets is one heck of a perfect album:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6LA7v1PApU
5482  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: David Bowie R.I.P. on: January 11, 2016, 02:42:28 AM
This was the LAST thing I expected to hear on the news this morning.

Poor David. It seemed as though he was blessed with eternal youth.

What a wealth of extraordinary music he gave us. Goodbye, sir. 
5483  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: San Francisco Film Critics named Paul Dano best actor! on: January 10, 2016, 11:32:37 AM
I trust all the Brits here and others able to receive BBC in their respective countries are following the new epic production of War and Peace co-starring Paul Dano as Pierre Bezukhov.

The second episode is tonight at 21.00 GMT... 

5484  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Favourite Beatles Song (Besides The Singles)? on: January 10, 2016, 05:30:41 AM
I'm so tired, she said

That reminds me of a remark made by someone I worked with in W.H. Smith's back in 1966. He'd just bought three recent 45s:

"I've got Mrs Appleby, I'm a boy and I can't help myself."  Cool Guy
5485  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Favorite instrumentals on: January 10, 2016, 04:08:45 AM
This is for NOLA BB Fan, who I hope hasn't deserted us entirely:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk0EyeuOPjs
 
5486  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The return of the "What are you listening to now?" thread on: January 09, 2016, 10:16:15 AM
One of my favourites right now:

5487  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Favourite Beatles Song (Besides The Singles)? on: January 09, 2016, 08:03:53 AM
Just one favourite?

"The Word".
5488  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Alternate universe: Mike chooses Scientology over TM in 1968 on: January 08, 2016, 04:47:20 AM
I only know of one pop group that embraced Scientology: Canadians Edward Bear, known in the US for their 1972 hit "Last Song". Their followup album in '73 has a blurb for Scientology on the back.

I see Chick Corea has been a Scientologist since 1968:

http://chickcorea.com/all-about-jazz-august-2009/ 

5489  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: New article on my part in helping Brian leave Eugene Landy on: January 08, 2016, 04:09:46 AM
What a heart-warming read, Peter. You saved Brian's life, period.

At http://peternreum.blogspot.nl/

I continued reading and eventually revisited your "search of the perfect record" article. Your first choice (they're in no particular order, but still) is one of mine, The Flamingos' astonishing "I Only Have Eyes For You". "Don't Worry, Baby" is another. It's hard to imagine a life without music.

5490  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: Long Versions that are better than the shortened Versions on: January 08, 2016, 03:27:16 AM
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.           
5491  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The return of the "What are you listening to now?" thread on: January 08, 2016, 03:15:39 AM


5492  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smilers Who Make Music / Re: All My Loving Piano Cover on: January 07, 2016, 02:03:02 PM
Lovely progressions there, Zach. I echo Hal's sentiments. What a great way to start the New Year. 
5493  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / Smiley Smilers Who Make Music / Re: \ on: January 07, 2016, 01:56:28 PM
There are lots more goodies to be found there----quite a treasure trove, in fact.

https://soundcloud.com/asamilbankx/
5494  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Happy New Year!!! on: January 07, 2016, 04:47:02 AM
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!

5495  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: BEACHB-oysters' (sand-corny) POETRY PEARLS - YULEtide-edit... on: January 07, 2016, 04:35:22 AM
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.  Cool Guy
5496  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / R.I.P. Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) on: January 07, 2016, 02:47:36 AM
Boulez looms large over the second half of the 20th century and beyond, first as a composer of (to my ears) pretty impenetrable stuff and later as a renowned conductor of mainly 20th-century music, including several pieces by Frank Zappa. R.I.P. both.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXkKdNCfFiU   
5497  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: Great Seventies Movies on: January 07, 2016, 02:34:43 AM
Two favourites of mine that haven't been mentioned yet are Barry Lyndon and The Last Waltz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feEBEpDLTKI

5498  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / The Sandbox / Re: BEACHB-oysters' (sand-corny) POETRY PEARLS - YULEtide-edit... on: January 06, 2016, 10:56:57 AM
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.>
5499  Non Smiley Smile Stuff / General Music Discussion / Re: The First Punk Song on: January 06, 2016, 03:56:50 AM
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!   
5500  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Thread for various insignificant questions that don't deserve their own thread! on: January 06, 2016, 03:52:58 AM
I have a second (belated) seasonal question, this time about "The Man With All The Toys". I swear I've heard another song with those background vocal accents on the second beat of the bar (they begin here at 0:30). Does this ring a bell with anyone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIRP4Xvu_bs

The ending of "Deep Purple" by Nino Tempo and April Stevens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkVqCS64joo

Lee

Yes! Thanks a lot, Lee. And NT & AS recorded and released it a year earlier, so it must have influenced "Toys". (It was all over the airwaves.) I'll sleep easier tonight. :=)

While looking for something else entirely I happened across another song with the same accents, "Five O'Clock World" by The Vogues from 1965:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXKRwqBmC4A
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