That early Beck stuff is really different from what most people are familiar with. Kinda sparse folky-bluesy.
This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
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.
Jon B. - Jun 25, 2010 6:43:01 am PDT #3182 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
tommyrot - Jun 25, 2010 7:08:50 am PDT #3183 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
That early Beck stuff is really different from what most people are familiar with. Kinda sparse folky-bluesy.
Yep. I like it but it may not be everyone's cup o' tea.
What other pre-Mellow Gold Beck stuff is out there? Like, how were "Satan Gave Me a Taco" and "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack" released?
Jon B. - Jun 25, 2010 7:17:42 am PDT #3184 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The former was on the "Stereopathetic Soulmanure" LP, and the latter was on a 7".
Polter-Cow - Jun 25, 2010 7:49:22 am PDT #3185 of 6436
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Like, how were "Satan Gave Me a Taco" and "MTV Makes Me Want to Smoke Crack" released?
I grabbed the latter a year or two ago, and, yeah, a very different Beck. Sounded more like early Nirvana.
tommyrot - Jun 25, 2010 8:12:09 am PDT #3186 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Pete Quaife would be the first to admit he wasn't the greatest bass player in the world. When I interviewed him 20 years ago on the occasion of the Kinks' induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame he joked that he became famous for playing the same two notes over and over on You Really Got Me, but he was a vital part of a band that survived the '60s with its legacy virtually untainted (so help me, I love those Preservation albums from the '70s). He just seemed a perfect fit between the sibling rivalry of Ray and Dave Davies, deftly handling the rapid shift from teen rage to middle age wistfulness, only to bow out when the pressures of the musical money-go-round overwhelmed the pleasure of playing those two notes and providing the rhythmic anchor chain to Mick Avory's drums on Ray's visions of England's vanished golden age.
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Pete passed away in Denmark on Thursday after a decade of struggling with kidney disease. You can read a CBC obit here, or just do what I'm going to do and put on The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society and quietly mourn the loss of a well respected man.
Trudy Booth - Jun 25, 2010 8:19:56 am PDT #3187 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The song my buddy Rob Kleiner wrote/produced with Cee Lo Green for the Twilight soundtrack is being released as a single.
I realize I'm biased, but What Part of Forever is simply gorgeous.
msbelle - Jun 25, 2010 8:33:03 am PDT #3188 of 6436
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
DX is gonna be so sad.
Hayden - Jun 25, 2010 8:43:44 am PDT #3189 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Pete Quaife played the hell out of the bass on Something Else and The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, though.
DavidS - Jun 25, 2010 8:25:11 pm PDT #3190 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Cor, you'll appreciate this.
My upcoming writing lineup for Hilobrow:
Iceberg Slim
Buck Owens
Nicholas Roeg
Diana Rigg
Junior Kimbrough
Hayden - Jun 26, 2010 9:36:12 pm PDT #3191 of 6436
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I especially like the jump from Buck Owens to Nic Roeg.