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Five 960 posts |
Nov 02, 2009, 20:04
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IanB wrote: Five wrote: It's good to hear someone else is diggin on the Billy Cox action - one of my biggest bass influences to be sure! Likewise the bottom end on any Burning Spear disc... And come to think of it, you're no slouch yourself!! You are too kind. Billy Cox's playing on Isle of Wight is economy in action. I don't know how much it is true that Jimi coached him note-for-note but he has a restraint that very few rock bass players in that era had. He would have made a great reggae bassist come to think of it. And it is hard to think of too many Americans who can play that music well. One of a kind Mr Cox for sure. Yeah - Billy Cox is really Aston Barrett in another not-too-distant dimension. My impression has always been that Billy and Jimi worked out the riffs and patterns together through hours of jamming both plugged in and quietly late-night. Interesting too - I was saying just days ago that reggae was one of the few areas Jimi never touched on, probably the timing was wrong, although his influence on dub or at least synchronicity with it is considerable. And yeah, D1, knowing each other for awhile definitely built up the psychic brainwave connection between those two dudes, there's nothing like it for sympatico musico!
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IanB 6761 posts |
Edited Nov 02, 2009, 20:51
Nov 02, 2009, 20:42
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Noel Redding fans tend to paint Billy as a puppet who got told exactly what to play. I don't buy that. His playing is far too natural and confident sounding to be that closely tutored and I love the way he leans right into those pedal points. He has the confidence to not overplay and his sound is all bass, which is totally against the received wisdom that the sound has to cut first and boom second. You can really hear him working with that big column of sound, like Family Man. Maybe he was a one trick player but, if so, what a trick!
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machineryelf 3681 posts |
Nov 02, 2009, 21:06
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bubblehead2 wrote: SOULSAVERS - Broken - Worth hearing for Mark Lanegan's considerable and consistently excellent contributions alone. One minor quibble, after playing the BEAK record a lot this week it does seem a bit over produced in comparison though. how much Mark Lanegan is on this,Percentage wise, more than 50, less than, keep thinking about getting it but don't want to shell out if he's only on a coupla tracks p.s Gong the musical, that is so not a good idea
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Five 960 posts |
Nov 02, 2009, 21:45
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IanB wrote: Noel Redding fans tend to paint Billy as a puppet who got told exactly what to play. I don't buy that. His playing is far too natural and confident sounding to be that closely tutored and I love the way he leans right into those pedal points. He has the confidence to not overplay and his sound is all bass, which is totally against the received wisdom that the sound has to cut first and boom second. You can really hear him working with that big column of sound, like Family Man. Maybe he was a one trick player but, if so, what a trick! Amen.
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Five 960 posts |
Edited Nov 02, 2009, 22:54
Nov 02, 2009, 22:06
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IanB wrote: Noel Redding fans tend to paint Billy as a puppet who got told exactly what to play. I don't buy that. His playing is far too natural and confident sounding to be that closely tutored and I love the way he leans right into those pedal points. He has the confidence to not overplay and his sound is all bass, which is totally against the received wisdom that the sound has to cut first and boom second. You can really hear him working with that big column of sound, like Family Man. Maybe he was a one trick player but, if so, what a trick! Amen. edit: (only meant to post this once, but it's worth saying twice)
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Monganaut 2375 posts |
Nov 03, 2009, 00:32
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Not done this for a while, having teenage daughters means don't get to the computer as much as i used too. Pere Ubu - Long Live Pere Ubu This is nuts, but it's grown on me massively. Basically it's Pere Ubu's musical retelling of Alfgred Jarry's Ubu Roi, sounds an iffy premise but it's great, and the lyrics are hilarious in parts. Kraftwerk - Computer World, Trans Europe Express & Man Machine. The recent Beeb 4 docu had me pulling these off the shelf. Had forgotten how ahed of their time they sound. Was great listening on the motorway back from a friends to, fitted the 'autobhn' perfectly. Not sure i'll shell for the remasters though. Bahaus - Mask (3 CD box) Shamelessly DL'd this, as i've already forked for it on Cassette, Vinyl and CD over the years. Not sure the additional discs are worth the money, but it's s'posed to be a tasty (LTD) package. The final live disc is the only thing i'd not heard on this, as most of the 'unreleased' stuff i'd had on various boots from way back. Still, good album nontheless Oneida - O Rated Love this, think it's the best stuff they've done in a while. Cate Le Bon - Me Oh My Quite like this, prefer it to the Neon Neon stuff anyhoo. Broadcast & the Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age I Luuurvve Broadcast, just about everything they've done does it for me, but i've listened again and again and again to this looking for a chink and i just can't get into it. Wether it's the over archness of the Ghost Box compadres Focus Group i dunno, but it sounds like a bunch of half formed ideas wraped around a dodgy concept. Nice vid though! Johnny Dowd - Temporary Shelter This is just about the wierdest ole Johnny gets, part alt country, part electro trip hop, part backwoods confessional, it's great, in a flawed masterpiece kinda way. SFA - Radiator Got this out mainly for Demons and Herman Loves Pauline, two great pop singles of the period, don't think they've come close to this record since truth be told. Gary Numan - Pleasure Principle My eldest is making me drag her to see him do the record in it's entirity at the end of the month, so i've been reaquainting myself with the record, which was a fav' of mine way back when. It's kinda disturbing though that she's gradually harvesting all the cool stuff i used to listen to as a kid, and nicking it all for herself. Still, she's got better taste than most of her mates (well i would say that wouldn't I !) DVD Made In Sheffield The recent Synth Brittania doc' made me have a nose at this too. The Martyn Ware and Phil Oakey interviews are pretty in depth, and the guy from ABC/Vice Versa seems like he woulda talked for ever. Would have been nice to see a bit more Cabs though. 12" Wooden Shjips - Contact / Vampire Blues Love both these records, but i think the Contact 12" has the edge. Saw em' do a fantastic gig a few months ago in Manchester in this tiny venue (can't remember the name...Ice Crream FActory or something?) was a great night, Gnod supported, they were on a real 'Kraut' trip that night, better than the records i forked for, that's for sure.
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Squid Tempest 8763 posts |
Nov 03, 2009, 10:00
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bubblehead2 wrote: Edit - GONG - 2032 - Still enjoying this but as the concept becomes clearer in my head i find myself imagining this as some kinda weird West End musical production as its story's so coherent. Er, and yes, in my minds eye the lead rolls of Zero and Yoni are played by a be-wigged Michael Ball and Elaine Page. Don't think i'll be petitioning Cameron Macintosh to bring said production to reality just yet, mind. Hehe! Bring it on! A chorus line of dancing PHPs! Teapots floating over the stage! Witches on broomsticks!
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Squid Tempest 8763 posts |
Edited Nov 03, 2009, 10:49
Nov 03, 2009, 10:09
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Gah - triple post, server seemed to hiccup. sorry.
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Squid Tempest 8763 posts |
Edited Nov 03, 2009, 10:50
Nov 03, 2009, 10:44
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Gah - triple post, server seemed to hiccup. sorry.
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The Sea Cat 3608 posts |
Edited Nov 03, 2009, 17:27
Nov 03, 2009, 11:30
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In no particular order: Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking/Leige and Leaf Incredible String Band - 5000 Spirits/Hangman's Beautiful Daughter/Wee Tam & The Big Huge Pentangle - all the original line-up albums Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again.. Hawkwind - Space Ritual King Crimson - ITCOTCK/Lark's Tongues/Red Soft Machine - Vol. 1 & 2 Pink Floyd - Piper at The Gates Of Dawn The Beatles - Revolver/White Album The Doors - Strange Days Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years Yes - Close To The Edge Gong - Radio Gnome Trilogy. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire Grateful Dead - Live Dead Bill Hicks - Rant In E Minor Howling Wolf - Anthology Kate Bush - Hounds Of LOve Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Miles Davis - In A Silent Way Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness ( nice one Squid T !) Can - Tago Mago Peter Cook - The Misty Mr. Wisty. Amon Duul 2 - Yeti Sandy Denny - Northstar Grassman and the Ravens Stooges - The Stooges..... Board Of Canada - Campfire Headphase Pixies - Doolittle Mercury Rev - All Is Dream Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin.... ah feck it. MY IPOD. I was born in '68, and my tastes will always remain older than me re. the general mainstream. I think that says something. You have to dig for the good stuff now or rely on tips from the good taste brigade.
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