I heard this joke on a cartoon my kids were watching: How did the hipster get burned by his coffee? He was drinking it before it was cool...
For some reason, I used to think that Leon Redbone was actually Frank Zappa in an alterego disguise. Partly because Redbone never seemed to appear without a hat and sun glasses in photos, and looked like Zappa that way, and sang in a raspy hard to detect voice. Then Frank died while Leon soldiered on, so that bubble burst.
Great, talented, very brilliant artist. He's among a small (but growing!) echelon of contemporary recording artists who've managed to make tasteful use of current production values (most of which I am not particularly partial to, at least not in the realms of pop and rock) in a way that is exceptionally appealing to me. Trafalgar Square happens to be one of my favorite new songs right now. Great post ! thanks for sharing
Aphrodite's Child, It's Five O'Clock ¹⁹⁶⁹⎻¹⁹⁷⁰ ⏐no barcode⏐ ➠ ➠ ➠ WPC6-8505 Originally released by Mercury, this 2007 CD reissue-edition, dist. World Psychedelia, Ltd./ mfg. SungEum Ltd. was issued under license, regist.'d no.3 by the Ministry of Culture, South Korea. I've not yet heard the 2010 remastered CD by Esoteric by which to make a comparison on SQ; if anyone here has made a side-by-side comparison I'd be very interested to know others views on how the 2010 CD turned out sounding
Luis Alberto Spinetta live at the Exact Sciences University of Buenos Aires, 1990. Sophisticated renditions of classic and brand new (and never to be recorded again) songs. My favorite track in the album:
More Luis Alberto Spinetta. Mondo di cromo, released in 1983. Usually considered a lesser album, I don't know why, because it's great. I've always thought that the artwork (I couldn't find a higher resolution image, sorry) had a Storm Thorgerson atmosphere.
Rne - besides you love for Zappa, your wonderful love of interesting rock music of the 70’s is very similar to my interests when I was much younger - ranging from Roxy/Eno to Crimson, etc.
I might end listening mostly to improvised music in the future, then (I don't know your age, so I can't tell whether it is an immediate future or a more distant one)
I’m 58 on April 25th and I started listening to “classic” or “historical” jazz ~1990 or 91 and within a year or two it was serious and by the late 90’s it was very VERY serious and by then my listening had expanded to all things modern & free and I started seeing the Giants Who Walk This Earth TODAY up close and personall and so it began... Now Playing: Evan Parker with John Edwards & Mark Sanders The Two Seasons - Disc 1 which is “Winter” recorded on 2/15/99 76:20 of some of the greatest saxophone playing that has ever existed. Parker 100% on tenor on disc 1 - some soprano on the second disc/show. Disc 2 or “Summer” from 7/28/99 is even hotter. Emanem 4202 - 2 CD set available at a fair cost on-line Released in 2000 and at that time it was no doubt my record of the year no questions asked. Very VERY glad Evan is visiting Stateside and NYC specifically first week in April so I’ll get to a show or two when I figure out where and who he is playing with / only 1 show I’ve found out about so far on April 3rd
I've had lots of different phases in my life as a music fan, which started when I was a little kid thanks to my elder brother. I've listened to a lot of things in my 35 years, but I think the defining moments, those that were crucial in my musical education, were: *Listening to diverse Argentine rock bands when I was 3/4. *Discovering Black Sabbath (classic line-up only) when I was 11. *Getting for real into the whole Pink Floyd discography when I was 14. *Listening to Coltrane's Blue Train and becoming a jazz fan when I was 15. *Discovering Astor Piazzolla when I was 15 and abandoning the stupid thought that tango was something for old people only. *Listening to Live At Leeds and becoming a Who when I was 16. *Discovering Frank Zappa when I was 17 and having my head blown off. *Discovering Grateful Dead by the Zabriskie Point soundtrack and buying Anthem of the Sun a year later when I was 23. *Same as above, but applied to John Fahey. *Joining this forum at 32. And I really mean it! I can't tell what awaits me in the future. The only thing I know for sure is that it ain't KISS .
Listening to disc 2. I love this show, with Hendrix fighting against the technical difficulties while making a lot of noise.
Interesting he spent much of last year in Roger Water's band. He just left for a European tour and I am hoping there will be live shows from over there showing up on Dimeadozen.
Dylan and The Band, live at the Isle of Wight Festival, 1969. It's hard to believe we're listening to the same musician that had enraged so many British folk purists three years before with caustic electric sets. A truly great show, but you're talking to a big Self Portrait fan here, so beware.
I will second that motion. Parachute and Diamond Head are progressive mastertrokes of the 70's. @Rne always dips into an interesting wine cellar of musical vintages. NP: Another classic of the 70's in an americana vein, this one is astounding in its breadth and depth, playing and lyrics. Reminds me of a Band record.
