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If you like the harder end of prog.. an absolute monster.
http://youtu.be/Z9IQnDRYIYU
Never heard of Big Star but Powder Finger is..... close to Like A Hurricaine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
(I've seen NY & CH live)
(Of course!)
You are a lucky man. Did you see Neil Young at his peak? Old Black is a very special instrument.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Big Star are an interesting band, their first couple of albums are quite good, but I prefere the material which came ater the song writing duo Chris Bell and Alex Chilton split.
Third/Sister Lovers was written by Chilton and is up there with Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue, when it comes to undiscovered gems from the 70s.
Chris Bell was killed in a car crash aged 27, but there is a collection of his post Big Star recordings called I am the Cosmos. Well worth a listen.
About 10 years ago. He sang some stuff that later went on Are You Passionate? like Goin' Home. I listened for that first time and thought this is Neil Young in all his pomp and glory. No one knew what it was and all the internet reviews later that night were "what WAS that?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
I was standing bang in front of him just under the stage. Mesmerising.
I have liked his stuff since he started but not much recently.
As the still brilliant Randy Newman says "I have nothing left to say. But I'm gonna say it anyway.."
His album about the Iraq war was interesting and very brave, but I'm more of a Tonight's the Night, On the Beach, Zuma fan myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
I never bought it. I was more impressed by his attitude towards the fans, who were sickened by his anti-war stance, than the album itself. There's some interesting documentary footage of the Living with War Tour, he alienated a lot of fans by slagging off G W Bush. It's a shame he couldn't have done it with a better record musically, but he did it nonetheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
A bit like Self Portrait then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dynamo Dan
I respect Dylan for releasing it which was brave (or for whatever reason because I doubt even Dylan knows why now) but it was and still is a pretty awful record.
I mean Blue Moon!!!
0n the other hand Presley released Blue Moon on his first "long player" in 1956 along with Tutti Frutti and Blue Suede Shoes.
Context is everything.
As it's Burns Night, a little trip North seems in order...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3tNylJr7Z4
Bit of mischief
http://youtu.be/JyvLsutfI5M
http://youtu.be/zThdTAWQFAQ
One of the best posts I have ever seen!
I have long been fascinated by the provenance of songs. But even bob dylan was not whiter than white.
I have loved Bobby Parker's Watch Your Step since 1961 when it was issued on London HLU 9393. Every UK R&B band played it then but it was never a hit in the UK and it only got to #51 in the USA (V Tone 223) and was Parker's only Hot 100 entry.
The riff was also plagiarised by John Lennon for I Feel Fine.
Just heard GZA is playing in town tonight, and i'm not there. Words cannot describe how gutted I am.
Bad do that eavesy, saw it late myself.. supporting liquid swords 2 produced by RZA..Quote:
Originally Posted by eavesy187
never mind.
http://youtu.be/wFSvUMxDWak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ZjiFFZOko Special MoM prize for spotting the 60s Brit in there....great voice and great song.
Ian McLagan?
Well done that man. It's only a fleeting glimpse. Plays piano for Patty a lot. You get a MoM pint at the next race I run...that you also run. It'll probably be Windmills Whizz for me.
Just a minute! His name is in the credits.Quote:
Originally Posted by manothemoors
Dom wasn't born when Ian was in his pomp.
It's a fair point, almost well made. I spotted the name in the credits and guessed that was who MoM was referring to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
Keeping it similar...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfKKBDFCiIA
He did well to know who the hell Ian McLagan was then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graham Breeze
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5ZMN...05RVAAAAAAAAAA
Fantastic stuff!
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Originally Posted by manothemoors
Nah!
Just another ingénu arriviste.
By the way Graham, did you see/hear the Charlie Feathers number I put up for you?
Yup.Quote:
Originally Posted by manothemoors
I once saw a TV programme which included an interview with an aged CF and I recall the sub-text was "could he have been as big as Elvis?"
Listening to their versions of "I Forgot To Remember..." (which Feathers co-wrote) answers the question.... (aka "the Carl Perkins question")
Sounds like a subtext contrived for television. Having said that, I prefer Charlie's version of "I Forgot...". Wasn't he sweeping the Sun Studios floor at the time?
My favourite version of "Promised Land" is Johnnie Allan's....he was never in danger of being bigger than Chuck or Elvis mind.