Jon, I'm so sorry for your loss.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
lisah - Jan 27, 2006 5:21:02 am PST #2056 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
msbelle - Jan 27, 2006 5:32:51 am PST #2057 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
You know what is great way to start off the day? Sir Duke.
I've followed it up with a little Jackson 5 - I Want You Back and now some Marvin Gaye - You're All I Need To Get By.
DXMachina - Jan 27, 2006 5:36:47 am PST #2058 of 10003
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Kate P. - Jan 27, 2006 6:54:26 am PST #2059 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Jon, I'm so sorry to hear about your father. You and your family are in my thoughts.
DavidS - Jan 27, 2006 10:34:03 am PST #2060 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hec, if you haven't in a while, you might give Heartattack and Vine a spin. He's still working a lot of his 70's shtick, with many of the same characters, but the lurching, guitar-driven numbers on the album (the title track, "Mr. Seigel", "Downtown") sound like a direct pre-cursor to the howling, Beefheartian stuff he seemed to pull out of nowhere on i Swordfish. It's also got "Jersey Girl" which was probably his most stunningly gorgeous song to date.
You're absolutely right. I've come late to my appreciation of Heartattack and Vine as a transitional album into the Swordfish era, but I think that's exactly where Tom was straining at his leash. One From The Heart represents the other half of that transition, I think, where he explored a much broader range of instrumentation and composition.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 27, 2006 10:49:06 am PST #2061 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
One From The Heart represents the other half of that transition, I think, where he explored a much broader range of instrumentation and composition.
Also, although he's never really worked with another vocalist the same way, I think working with Crystal Gale really recharged his batteries a bit.
It's funny, a friend in high school introduced me to Small Change and Nighthawks at the Diner which I absolutely loved (the second more as a comedy album than anything, though there are some strong songs). So I was already a fan when Swordfishtrombones came out. I didn't even have to get to side two of that before a) I knew a big change was in works, and b) that I loved that album more than anything I'd heard by him up until that point. In fact, I think I might have ONLY heard Small Change and Nighthawks at that point. I didn't find Heart Attack until I was filling in the back catalog, but it struck me immediately that the seeds were there.
Jon B. - Jan 27, 2006 5:39:31 pm PST #2062 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
FAQWife just noticed something funny in Kim's NMH book (which is WONDERFUL, by the way). On page four of the photo section there is a picture of the horn chart for one of the songs. The picture is upside-down.
DavidS - Jan 27, 2006 5:41:10 pm PST #2063 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
On page four of the photo section there is a picture of the horn chart for one of the songs. The picture is upside-down.
Damned rassenfrassen music majors!
I'll inform the responsible parties.
(Though it's entirely possible Scott Spillane played his horn parts upside down.)
Fiona - Jan 27, 2006 11:49:05 pm PST #2064 of 10003
My condolences, Jon.
Fiona - Jan 27, 2006 11:51:46 pm PST #2065 of 10003
Also, congratulations to Hec and Corwood! Looking forward to reading those books. I'd be super-psyched to be interviewing some of those folks too.
Corwood, the BBC did an hour-long RT documentary a year or two ago. Did you see it? I can have a look, I may have still it on tape somewhere - a PAL VHS, but still. They looked at the SOTL tour in some detail, IIRC.