Hey there, wise music people. I have a question for you - if I could only afford one Tim Buckley album, which one should I buy?
My love for me now / Ain't hard to explain / The Hero of Canton / The man they call...ME.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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.
Maysa - Apr 15, 2004 2:26:09 pm PDT #2175 of 10003
DavidS - Apr 15, 2004 2:28:48 pm PDT #2176 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hey there, wise music people. I have a question for you - if I could only afford one Tim Buckley album, which one should I buy?
Happy Sad - it's perfectly poised between his folkier/prettier (though occasionally precious) early stuff and his later jazzy experiments. From AMG:
Easily Tim Buckley's most underrated album, Happy Sad was another departure for the eclectic Southern California-based singer/songwriter. After the success of the widely acclaimed Goodbye and Hello, Buckley mellowed enough to explore his jazz roots. Sounding like Fred Neil's Capitol-era albums, Buckley and his small, acoustic-based ensemble weave elegant, minimalist tapestries around the six Buckley originals. The effect is completely mesmerizing. On "Buzzin' Fly" and "Strange Feelin'," you are slowly drawn into Buckley's intoxicating vision. The extended opus in the middle of the record, "Love from Room 109," is an intense, complex composition. Lovingly underproduced by Jerry Yester and Zal Yanovsky, this is one of the finest records of the late '60s. — Matthew Greenwald
But the Rhino compilation, Morning Glory is an excellent primer that covers his whole career and if you're going to jump in I think you'd probably find even more to enjoy there. He did a lot of good stuff.
Maysa - Apr 15, 2004 2:35:57 pm PDT #2177 of 10003
Happy Sad - it's perfectly poised between his folkier/prettier (though occasionally precious) early stuff and his later jazzy experiments.
But the Rhino compilation, Morning Glory is an excellent primer that covers his whole career and if you're going to jump in I think you'd probably find even more to enjoy there. He did a lot of good stuff.
Thanks so much! I know I never post in here, but I read this thread sometimes and I am just in awe of you guys.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2004 2:37:36 pm PDT #2178 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thanks so much! I know I never post in here, but I read this thread sometimes and I am just in awe of you guys.
Jump in any time - we've all got opinions.
One reason I'm pimping the Buckley collection is just because he went through many many different phases from straight folk to orchestral psych folk to very jazzy folk to pornagraphic funk (no kidding). Happy Sad is a great record, and I think finds the mean of his interests, but he ranged far to either side of that.
Maysa - Apr 15, 2004 2:44:57 pm PDT #2179 of 10003
Jump in any time - we've all got opinions.
That's the thing. You've got opinions. Whereas I have almost complete and total ignorance.
ETA: The pornographic funk intrigues me; I'm buying the collection.
DavidS - Apr 15, 2004 3:06:06 pm PDT #2180 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The pornographic funk intrigues me; I'm buying the collection.
It was very controversial at the time, but in retrospect it's kind of an interesting detour. It's on the Greetings From LA record.
joe boucher - Apr 15, 2004 7:28:24 pm PDT #2181 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
The pornographic funk intrigues me
"No Head No Backstage Pass", now there's some pornographic funk. (Yes, it's a real song.)
Jon B. - Apr 15, 2004 7:32:35 pm PDT #2182 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
How cool is it that the guy who reviews Funkadelic for Allmusic also reviews the Lothars?
DavidS - Apr 15, 2004 9:31:45 pm PDT #2183 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Our first endorsement is a good one. Back cover blurb #1:
"Scram's Capricious Guide is a genre-surfing Smithsonian of overlooked musical marvels. Without fetishizing obscurity for its own sake, the Guide sidesteps cynical cool vs. uncool upsmanship and celebrates castoffs -- by both the forgotten and the famous -- which exude trend-transcending merit. Each entry compels you to seek out the music."
Irwin Chusid
tommyrot - Apr 16, 2004 2:59:26 am PDT #2184 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ooooo - Irwin liked it!