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#50 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 15, 2006, 08:18:02 pm
As if by magic...



Often the last thing I see before crawling under my rock for the night.

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#51 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 16, 2006, 03:56:38 pm
1972 was a great year:  not only was it the year I was shat into the pan - but also the year this was released.



ZZ Top could have been the perfect rock trio.  There was a time when they were well on the way to achieving that aim (and then it all went wrong).  A great slice of Southern Americana.

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#53 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 19, 2006, 05:31:43 pm


That Rio Grande picture reminds me... I heard a story that Crispin Waddy was once arrested by US Immigration for trying to enter the country from Mexico by wading the Rio Grande despite having a valid visa. I was told that he just fancied doing it for a laugh and spent a night in a Texan jail as a reward for his daftness. Anyone know if it's true?

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#54 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 20, 2006, 08:28:09 am

ZZ Top could have been the perfect rock trio.  There was a time when they were well on the way to achieving that aim (and then it all went wrong).  A great slice of Southern Americana.


Their downfall was that people started to realise they were quite good and they got popular. Lowlight was them appearing in a Michael J Fox movie.

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#55 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 20, 2006, 09:55:36 am
1972 was a great year:  not only was it the year I was shat into the pan - but also the year this was released.



ZZ Top could have been the perfect rock trio.  There was a time when they were well on the way to achieving that aim (and then it all went wrong).  A great slice of Southern Americana.


I always take this CD with me to the US to play in the SUV  :great:

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#56 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 20, 2006, 10:40:10 am
You really need to experience I Wanna Love You Tender in all it's 3:43 mins of glory. The choreography is out of this world.

Check out the vid @ near the bottom of this page.

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#57 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 20, 2006, 11:03:28 am

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#58 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 12:15:41 pm
Come back from hols to find this thread making me feel completely mainstream! Anyway, for riffs and righteousness, I can't do better than recommend the MC5's Kick Out the Jams. Lost without trace nowadays in terms of recognition seem to be the American hardcore acts that dominated my listening in the 80s. Was in Tottenham Court Virgin store the other month (not exactly specialist but v. big) and there wasn't even a space in the racks for Husker Du. I also have very fond memories of extremely chaotic Butthole Surfer gigs and a blinder by firehose at the Duke of York (?) Leeds

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#59 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 12:20:42 pm
80's americana is just fine andy, post up some links!!

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#60 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 01:30:00 pm
Looking forward to seeing this film:

http://www.vh1.com/movies/movie/290070/moviemain.jhtml

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#61 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 01:42:36 pm
Check out Ian MacKaye and his Minor Threat crew back in the day:



That's a proper gig; and wait for the fat bloke moshing at the end too.

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#62 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 01:58:25 pm
Quality, can't wait to see that. On the subject of music history DVD's, has anyone seen Made in Sheffield? Think it was produced by Slackjaw. Interesting history of Sheff's music scene.

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#63 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 02:09:51 pm
God, that brings back some memories. I'd forgotten this tale. The morning after the aforementioned firehose gig in Leeds I was sitting in a car on petrol station forecourt in Stoke when the drummer (George Hurley?) walked right by. I couldn't believe my eyes. A very friendly chat followed.

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#64 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 03:08:28 pm
Andy - You might be interested in the recent Minutemen documentary 'We Jam Econo...' it's really good.

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#65 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 05:27:10 pm
Definitely - where's it available. Minutemen, Meatpuppets, anything on SST basically. I had an interesting SST album of instrumentals called No Mall or something once. Had some pretty dire stuff too - an album called Cop by band called Swans. A deliberate attempt to make something as unplesant as possible I think. Bad Brains were another good band though.

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#66 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 05:35:34 pm
Lets hear it for the mighty Bad Brains - one of the greatest live bands ever.

http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,46941,00.html

 :thumbsup:

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#67 Re: Neglected masterpieces
September 22, 2006, 05:42:10 pm


This is AWESOME.  Some helpful UKB chap helped me find it

Free mp3 somewhere if I remember rightly!


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#69 Re: Neglected masterpieces
October 01, 2006, 03:11:27 pm
I managed 15 seconds of "Leanover"...





EDIT - I'll try again in a mo'... ;)

RE-EDIT - OK, I managed 31 seconds this time!

RE-RE-EDIT - OK, nice use of repetition in Sydney... But their drummer blows from the deepest well of blowage.

RE-RE-RE-EDIT - Love the coverart mind!
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#70 Re: Neglected masterpieces
October 02, 2006, 01:10:26 am
Swans.

One time, Swans were a great band at the forefront of industrial music.  They ultimately turned into a hideous maudlin cabaret.  All very tragic.

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#71 Re: Neglected masterpieces
October 23, 2006, 12:30:36 am
Caspar david friedrich. 1774 - 1840.  Utterly original, a true maveric.  He paints  isolation & Darkness so well.



I adore this painting.Monastery burial gound under snow


The Tree of Crows


Goya-esque?  Moench am Meer


And my favourite: Sea of ice.


To my mind, this man transformed landscapes, more so than Turner.  I can sink into his paintings at will.
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#72 Re: Neglected masterpieces
October 23, 2006, 09:17:15 am
Thanks Houdini, I'd not seen all of those before. But I worry for you, I'm not sure so much German romanticism is good for a man's soul in the long run.

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#73 Re: Neglected masterpieces
October 23, 2006, 10:38:11 am
Fear not Herr Popp, that which does not destroy me, makes me stronger.  ;)

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#74 Re: Neglected masterpieces
October 23, 2006, 02:29:15 pm
See, that's exactly the sort of thing I'm talking about.

 

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