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Post by B.E. on Aug 14, 2020 21:33:25 GMT
I was about to test your reflexes on behalf of the Byrds, but then you threw a few bones (e.g. great highs and performances) so I'll let you off the hook! (Wait, did I just skip from ducks to birds to dogs to fish?)
Anyway, I'd agree that it's not a masterpiece, and that it's a step down from their debut, but I still regard it as a very good (nearly great) album and one of their best. The title track, Gene's "Set You Free This Time", Dylan's "Lay Down Your Weary Tune", and "He Was A Friend Of Mine" are my personal favorites. So, side one is impressive! The final two tracks are probably my least favorite, but not bad. One thing I noticed when I revisited the Byrds recently is that McGuinn's lead vocals aren't always top notch (or even particularly good). I thought he was quite poor in spots on "The Times They Are A-Changin'", and that's a problem, and not something I noticed as a teen. Another minor criticism is that there were phasing issues on "It Won't Be Wrong". Those types of issues, and effects and such, were a problem here and there in their work (IMO).
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Post by Kapitan on Aug 17, 2020 13:47:54 GMT
With a few mentions of disco lately, my ears perked up when this 2010 Apples in Stereo song popped up on shuffle. The verse pilfers from "Billie Jean," but the refrain is much more akin to some kind of ELO semi-disco thing with the vocal parts (the "I don't wanna..." part). I haven't listened to this album in quite a while, though I recall one of the Jons (from the old Smile Shop), or maybe J Penick?, really liked it.
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Post by jk on Sept 3, 2020 21:16:04 GMT
Most Soviet electronic stuff I've dipped into over the past few weeks is too wishy-washy and goes nowhere fast. A couple of minutes was always enough for me. Edward Artemiev's 1984 album Moods is another matter. What gorgeous synth sounds! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Artemyev
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 3, 2020 23:10:29 GMT
First, your post is hilarious (in a good way). "Most Soviet electronic stuff I've dipped into..." as if that were something everyone, everywhere could relate to immediately. But I love your openness.
That said, I listened to a few minutes of this and can't say it grabbed me, probably because (like all Soviet AND non-Soviet electronic stuff I've dipped into) electronic stuff just tends not to appeal to me. In fact, this post makes me remember a trip to the Rocky Mountains with a girlfriend years ago. We stayed a couple nights with some of her friends, and the guy was hugely into some sort of electronic dance music. (I won't hazard a guess: techno, EDM, blah blah, I don't know.) He talked to--at?--me for what seemed an eternity about the differences between Detroit's and Chicago's and New York's scenes, but all I heard were blips and bleeps and effects and THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD. He was a great guy and I felt bad for being entirely uninterested, but there you have it.
I just need melody, or at least chord progressions.
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Post by jk on Sept 5, 2020 10:37:51 GMT
First, your post is hilarious (in a good way). "Most Soviet electronic stuff I've dipped into..." as if that were something everyone, everywhere could relate to immediately. But I love your openness.
That said, I listened to a few minutes of this and can't say it grabbed me, probably because (like all Soviet AND non-Soviet electronic stuff I've dipped into) electronic stuff just tends not to appeal to me. In fact, this post makes me remember a trip to the Rocky Mountains with a girlfriend years ago. We stayed a couple nights with some of her friends, and the guy was hugely into some sort of electronic dance music. (I won't hazard a guess: techno, EDM, blah blah, I don't know.) He talked to--at?--me for what seemed an eternity about the differences between Detroit's and Chicago's and New York's scenes, but all I heard were blips and bleeps and effects and THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD. He was a great guy and I felt bad for being entirely uninterested, but there you have it.
I just need melody, or at least chord progressions.
Wow, thanks Cap'n for the compliment! So you're not into ambient music. Both this and techno (which was what your man must have been talking about) fall into this category -- what I call "mood before melody". So once again, we agree to differ! I've been branching out in the Soviet music department into the comical likes of this:
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Sept 7, 2020 11:08:21 GMT
Coverdale Page "Pride And Joy"...a good synthesis of their respective talents...this song rocks!
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 7, 2020 11:47:47 GMT
Coverdale Page "Pride And Joy"...a good synthesis of their respective talents...this song rocks!
You're gonna get KDS all hot and bothered!
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Post by jk on Sept 16, 2020 19:42:00 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 16, 2020 19:57:29 GMT
I love that song. That album, really. And I haven't listened to it in ages, but I really ought to.
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Post by kds on Sept 17, 2020 12:58:12 GMT
I love that song. That album, really. And I haven't listened to it in ages, but I really ought to. That's some peak Clapton there. He apparently rarely plays it, but I was lucky enough to see him do it in 2001. What have I been listening to? Well, summer's just about gone, so I've been getting in my last doses of Buffett. But, I've also been on an original Sabbath kick.
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 17, 2020 13:00:50 GMT
I don't know if this would be considered a hot take or not, but I think that Derek & the Dominoes album is my favorite album Clapton ever was a part of. I prefer it to the Bluesbreakers, to Cream, to Blind Faith, to his solo work, and believe it or not, even to GIOMH!
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Post by kds on Sept 17, 2020 13:03:37 GMT
I don't know if this would be considered a hot take or not, but I think that Derek & the Dominoes album is my favorite album Clapton ever was a part of. I prefer it to the Bluesbreakers, to Cream, to Blind Faith, to his solo work, and believe it or not, even to GIOMH! Actually, my favorite might be Roger Waters's Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking.
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Post by B.E. on Sept 17, 2020 13:53:59 GMT
I don't know if this would be considered a hot take or not, but I think that Derek & the Dominoes album is my favorite album Clapton ever was a part of. I prefer it to the Bluesbreakers, to Cream, to Blind Faith, to his solo work, and believe it or not, even to GIOMH! Actually, my favorite might be Roger Waters's Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. Sorry to go there, but technically, I gotta go with The Beatles followed by All Things Must Pass. (Shocking, I know.)
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Post by Kapitan on Sept 17, 2020 13:57:17 GMT
Actually, my favorite might be Roger Waters's Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. Sorry to go there, but technically, I gotta go with The Beatles followed by All Things Must Pass. (Shocking, I know.) I thought about the white album as the most serious competitor for the honor, but especially since that's a single song (as is GIOMH, but on that one I was making a joke!) that I don't even really like that version of, I had to go with D&tD.
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Post by kds on Sept 17, 2020 13:58:48 GMT
Actually, my favorite might be Roger Waters's Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. Sorry to go there, but technically, I gotta go with The Beatles followed by All Things Must Pass. (Shocking, I know.) While better albums than Waters's solo debut, I know EC only plays on one White Album track. I'm less sure about the number of track on which he appears on ATMP. Here's a semi hot....maybe warm...take on All Things Must Pass. It would've been a far better single album.
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