martykl
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| Squeeze Concert including one odd tidbit Tostado,You raise a fair point in that Squeeze is essentially playing on the same musical field as did the Beatles - combining the rhythmic conventions of rock n roll with a richer harmonic approach. While The Beatles can fairly claim IMO a more s... | |
| Squeeze Concert including one odd tidbit Loomis,It's sad, but this is what tends to happen when someone decides to walk into the party and drop a turd in the punch bowl. It usually changes the conversation (and not for the better) and sucks the joy out of the room. Maybe that was Schuber... | |
| Squeeze Concert including one odd tidbit Schubert,Your passion for classical music is obvious when you post in threads on that subject, but....Do you participate in pop music forums simply to explain that, by virtue of your general distaste for pop music, you are the last bastion of good... | |
| Squeeze Concert including one odd tidbit Loomis,As per usual, I don't really disagree with anything that you've written, with one slightly different take on how a given songwriter might integrate a solo into a given song.The solo in SFP is an example of what I meant by "playing in servic... | |
| Squeeze Concert including one odd tidbit Sorry about the first word of the last post. It autocorrected from "Bfd" to "but". I wasn't taking exception to anyone's commentary with my post, merely starting off with a response to Bfd.BTW, thanks to all for the kind words in the responses here. | |
| Squeeze Concert including one odd tidbit But,I'm familiar with NTTC, but I'd never heard Iris D's cover. I agree that it's the best take on that (very moving) song that I've ever heard. As you noted, it captures a certain essential melancholia of life. It's a very successful commentary o... | |
| What is the best way to add subs in my system? I use Rythmik subs, so I'll second that recommendation. SVS also makes a good value subwoofer at about $1K/pair (and a pair is better than a single sub IMO).As to the best way to cross the subs, I'm going to go off script here and recommend a pre-... | |
| Squeeze Concert including one odd tidbit Loomis,"Up The Junction" is another personal favorite, but....It's a great example of narrative lyric writing. (What I believe that Mark Knopfler was referring to as "Making Movies" when he so titled a Dire Straits LP.) "Junction" effectively tell... | |
| Gene Simmons says the rock business is dead Re: large scale theatrical shows and KissIt's tough to recall who started the whole production intensive rock show thing. I remember that a bunch of prog bands were doing the full-blown production well before Kiss came along (+/-1973 IIRC). Yes, E... | |
| Gene Simmons says the rock business is dead I guess it depends on how you want to define it. On the basis of record sales, he's probably right. OTOH, touring is still big business for (mostly aging) rockers. U2 made over $700MM on their 2011 tour and The Wall was pushing about $500MM when i... | |
| Unlikely New Gem...ELO Philo,Sorry about the odd omission in my original post:"Alone In The Universe" it is! | |
| Artists that use the same song structure... Swamp,Your point is taken, but a dobro is actually just one brand of resonator guitar. Like "Kleenex", I guess that it has become synonymous with the product type and the resonator is very often considered its own instrument separate from the guit... | |
| Artists that use the same song structure... Czarivey,Doc Watson was a wonderful player, but Bluegrass is full of spectacular guitarists. Check out Jerry Douglass (primary guitarist for Alison Krauss and Union Station) or Tony Rice or Bryan Sutton, among many, many others. I understand that ... | |
| Rock with strings Spencer,Just a little heads up: Boxing Mirror is IMO an incredibly powerful record, but it won't necessarily grab you on first listen. It's both very honest and direct and, at the same time, deliberately artful. Escovedo's later stuff - whether th... | |
| Rock with strings Max, I agree that Boxing Mirror is a spectacular record - a top ten all-time favorite in my book. However, I don't think that the sawing cello Escovedo uses there is what the OP was referring to. Similarly, the use of a string quartet is a differe... |