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One of the greatest records ever made - The Rainbow gives me goosebumps every time without fail. Mark Hollis has the most amazing voice -he conveys more emotion in one syllable that most singers do in a whole song.
"Oh yeah , the worlds turned upsided down..."
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
Totally agree. A masterpiece from one of Britain's great lost bands and one of its great singers.Mike Boom wrote:
One of the greatest records ever made - The Rainbow gives me goosebumps every time without fail. Mark Hollis has the most amazing voice -he conveys more emotion in one syllable that most singers do in a whole song.
"Oh yeah , the worlds turned upsided down..."
I think the follow up, Laughing Stock, is almost equally as good; it's a little looser and grainier than SOE, and contains 'New Grass', one of the most overpoweringly beautiful pieces of music ever written.
What odds on a Talk Talk revival?
Yeah Laughing Stock is just as great, perhaps even more so, its like a darker continuation of Eden - and the Mark Hollis solo album is wonderful too.
Nice article in the recent Mojo though Hollis refused to be interviewed for it of course.
Nice article in the recent Mojo though Hollis refused to be interviewed for it of course.
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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"Livin' on the Fault Line" - The Doobie Brothers.
The title track has some great changes...great quitar work by Skunk Baxter, and Michael McDonald is the perfect vocalist for this band during this time. I will forever love these two recordings by this band...better by a ton than anything that came before or after:
"Livin' on the Fault Line", and;
"Takin' it tothe Streets"
The title track has some great changes...great quitar work by Skunk Baxter, and Michael McDonald is the perfect vocalist for this band during this time. I will forever love these two recordings by this band...better by a ton than anything that came before or after:
"Livin' on the Fault Line", and;
"Takin' it tothe Streets"
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I saw The Doobie Brothers two months ago. Here is my review (under 'excuse me ma'am') http://www.doobiebrothers.net/phpBB2/vi ... =4181#4181
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So what do you think of Lloyd's cover of Dylan's immortal You're A Big Girl Now? One of my favourite singers covering one of my favourite songs. he writes he was after a Fleetwood Mac vibe, which figures. I like the fact that he went for a different feel, which at least justufues its inclusion, but the original is so manifestly unbeatable, it's easy to feel it isn't really worth the effort.
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Drunk On The Moon - Tom Waits
Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift
'Neath the cement stroll
Catch the midnight drift
Forgot you and Charlie
In the newspaperness
Grifting hot-horse tips
On who's running the best
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
And the moon's a silver slipper
It's pouring champagne stars
Broadway's like a serpent
Pulling shiny top-down cars
Laramer is teeming
With that undulating beat
And some Bonneville is screaming
It's way wilder down the street
(Chorus)
Hearts flutter and race
The moon's on the wane
Tarts mutter their dream hopes
The night will ordain
Come schemers and dancers
Cherry delight
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
And it cuts throught the night
And I've hawked all my yesterdays
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
Tight-slacked clad girls on the graveyard shift
'Neath the cement stroll
Catch the midnight drift
Forgot you and Charlie
In the newspaperness
Grifting hot-horse tips
On who's running the best
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
And the moon's a silver slipper
It's pouring champagne stars
Broadway's like a serpent
Pulling shiny top-down cars
Laramer is teeming
With that undulating beat
And some Bonneville is screaming
It's way wilder down the street
(Chorus)
Hearts flutter and race
The moon's on the wane
Tarts mutter their dream hopes
The night will ordain
Come schemers and dancers
Cherry delight
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound
And it cuts throught the night
And I've hawked all my yesterdays
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
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Actually I quite like Cole's version. Dylan is one of those difficult-to-cover songwriters, but for me Cole managed to make this rendition work very well.Otis Westinghouse wrote:So what do you think of Lloyd's cover of Dylan's immortal You're A Big Girl Now? One of my favourite singers covering one of my favourite songs. he writes he was after a Fleetwood Mac vibe, which figures. I like the fact that he went for a different feel, which at least justufues its inclusion, but the original is so manifestly unbeatable, it's easy to feel it isn't really worth the effort.
This album, though only a collection of outtakes and covers, is a very enjoyable effort, much better than some of his "regular" releases (definitely better than Bad Vibes). Some songs, like "Another Lover", "39 Down" or "Fool You Are" are among Cole's best.
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In keeping with the St Pats day theme - Van the Mans stunning 8 1/2 minute version of "Just Like A Woman" from 1971 Live in San Fran thanks to Dime.
If your a Van fan, there are a couple of great sounboards from 70,71 available at the moment, both are awesome - the former contains most of the Moondance album and the latter includes a great version of Hound Dog and the aforemention Dylan cover -
"..with her trips, her amphetamine and her pearls"
If your a Van fan, there are a couple of great sounboards from 70,71 available at the moment, both are awesome - the former contains most of the Moondance album and the latter includes a great version of Hound Dog and the aforemention Dylan cover -
"..with her trips, her amphetamine and her pearls"
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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I've been dipping into the Billy Bragg box set over the past few days. Lots of nice alternate versions, plenty of little surprises. Much improved sound over the old muddy-sounding CDs as well. Only disappointment was the almost complete absence of persepctive on the music from BB himself. I undertstand letting the music speak for itself, but I would have appreciated an EC reissues-style presentation.
Haven't been able to check out any of the DVD footage yet.
Haven't been able to check out any of the DVD footage yet.
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