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Cat??? Oh... you mean Cat Stevens! Yes, he made some excellent cuts too (including the first and deepest one).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kue6ycG3q_k

There's only two types of music for me; those that I'm willing to pay money to hear and those that I'm not.

Really? The lion's share of the great music I've discovered in recent years hasn't cost me a red cent and I'd rather like to keep it that way.

And it's nice to see Gertie back, with a new, improved signature. :=)

Brian Wilson has reached 73. Brian is a survivor.

Thank you, Mr Wilson, for changing my life. Bless you, sir, and may your day be filled with peace. :=)

Dennis and Murry, when they were getting closer. With a football game on the telly.

Amen to that. A knowledgeable man and a gentleman.

I have taken over his signature in his memory.

Great little article. Thanks for that, R.

I like the comment by Paul Dacher: "Yes, there was a time marriage was the subject of pop songs. And producers knew what a celeste is." 

Definitely every day----and some nights. I'm constantly visiting this and another BB website, multiple times per day, so for that reason alone they are never far from my thoughts.  

[Side One:]

Here in what for me is a more listenable, single-LP format:

Side One:
1. Overture
2. Amazing Journey
3. Sparks
4. The Hawker
5. Cousin Kevin
6. The Acid Queen

Side Two:
1. Pinball Wizard
2. Go To The Mirror
3. Tommy Can You Hear Me
4. Smash The Mirror
5. Sensation
6. I'm Free
7. We're Not Gonna Take It

Bonus track: Underture

I discovered this yesterday----Beefheart's true heirs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWWNJG4lEMk

Who are these Fendertones people anyway? Do they post here?

Didn't they do "Mule Skinner Blues" back in the early '60s?

Someone posted a link to this on another MB i read:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y33Z2O2vT5I

An outstanding groove, just listen to that rhythm.

If anyone tried out Free Jazz and didn't like it, try this link instead.

That is one awesome track! Thanks for the link, Loaf. :=)

I see Coleman is all over Mike Barnes's Beefheart book. Must check that out later...

1. Is there are a God or are we living in a world without a stable centre wherein each and every human act is devoid of meaning as we hurtle, unstoppably, into a dark, empty abyss?

2. What do you like better, dogs or cats?

Seriously though... Mike, is that you playing sax on "What'd I Say" in Sydney?

[Quadrophenia]

I saw The Who in their original lineup twice, once in London in '73 and the second time in the Netherlands in '75. On one of those occasions (unless I'm greatly mistaken or was pissed at the time) Moon sang lead on a song, accompanying himself on the tympani. Something tells me it was from Quadrophenia, although I get the impression it was too slow and contemplative to be "Bell Boy". Does anybody have any idea as to what that song might have been?    

If it was at the 1973 Quadrophenia show, then it was most definitely Bell Boy. I'm not sure what it would have been if it was at the 1975 show. Possibly Fiddle About? Or Tommy's Holiday Camp? I'd LOVE to hear any memories you may have of the shows, if you wouldn't mind sharing.

I'm sure you're right about it being "Bell Boy" and that it was at that show. My memory playing tricks on me, no doubt...

This is a memory (reworked from a post of mine on another board) of the Dutch show that is nowhere else to be found online. Most baffling. And I refuse to believe it's a lapse of memory this time...

It seemed Townshend had recently gone teetotal! He sang a song about it (accompanying himself on acoustic guitar) called "The Day I Gave Up Booze".  "You'll note that Mr Moon hasn't joined me in my venture", Pete added, and to be sure, Mr Moon didn't give the impression that he had.  Not that this dalliance lasted long. If I remember correctly Pete had some marital problems and hit the booze again with a vengeance...

Was it "However Much I Booze" (a song on all the set lists) with new lyrics? After listening to "HMIB" on Youtube, it doesn't seem likely. "TDIGUB" had more of an upbeat folk tune feel.

Regrettably, that's the sum total of my recollections of that show...

[Quadrophenia]

I saw The Who in their original lineup twice, once in London in '73 and the second time in the Netherlands in '75. On one of those occasions (unless I'm greatly mistaken or was pissed at the time) Moon sang lead on a song, accompanying himself on the tympani. Something tells me it was from Quadrophenia, although I get the impression it was too slow and contemplative to be "Bell Boy". Does anybody have any idea as to what that song might have been?    

Brings tears to the eyes----the rest has all been said...

[Volume 3: A Child's Guide To Good And Evil]

"Weasels Ripped My Flesh" by Frank Zappa (oh, come on, it works so well)

It certainly does! Good call.

How about:

"Tribute To World War III"----The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band (Volume 3: A Child's Guide To Good And Evil)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc_0cii5o7c

Welcome to Smiley, Hushabye. Sorry to hear about your dad.

[Blood Sugar Sex Magic]

Another tack might be to consider pairings of LP side closers (such as the aforementioned "Stairway" and "Levee"), how they relate (if at all) and what their purpose is. 

When the CD format became truly realized as the new artistic format for programming albums (which I've always seen as happening with the Red Hot Chili Peppers', Blood Sugar Sex Magic) -- I have occasionally lamented the loss of the LP format's "two movements" -- with the flipping of the album functioning as the intermission, similar to the great epic films.

Agreed. When listening to CDs that were originally recorded in the pre-CD era,  you have to somehow build in that break in your mind.

An astute move by the reissuers (maybe some have done it?) would be to make the gap between "sides" at least a minute long, just to give the feeling of the LP's original two arcs. Surely then, for example, "Sloop John B" would make sense even to its detractors as the last track on side one, rather than the song just before "God Only Knows" (which itself suffers by following "SJB" far too quickly).         

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt5YhYuJfr0

I could never get into Coleman's music myself but he evidently made a great impression on one of my heroes, Captain Beefheart, which puts me firmly in his debt. Rest in peace, sir.

Another tack might be to consider pairings of LP side closers (such as the aforementioned "Stairway" and "Levee"), how they relate (if at all) and what their purpose is. 

if I had to choose a showbiz-related personality for candidate #3, Landy would be trailing way, way behind this monster (thankfully also dead):




 

So, who is that? I thought maybe  it was Soupy Sales at first, but I don't think that's him.

It's Jimmy Savile. Read about him here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile

But mainly here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile_sexual_abuse_scandal

 

Seems I've struck a nerve in another thread. Hoping the project is not misunderstood as endorsing abusive parents, but an attempt to preserve the legacy of a key player in the history of the BB's

I'm sure no one here misunderstands your project. Nice going, JS. I've linked it to "my" other MB...