Random Music Thoughts

[axolotl]

Van Halen - Atomic Punks - Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Side One On Fire Feel Your Love Tonight Runnin’ With The Devil Atomic Punk Little Dreamer Side Two Somebody Get Me A Doctor Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love Eruption DOA You Really Got Me Note: Although it’s obvious that the optimum deal I coulda dealt ya woulda been a thorough and cohesive analysis of...

www.headheritage.co.uk

Julian Copes riffs on Van Halen (from 2003)

I am still parsing this sentence-paragraph, which starts with a conjunction and ends with a preposition.

And yet here was a man who’d spent his whole career giving the impression to the public that to have been seen to have been emitting anything less than a truly transcendental shallowness at all times would have meant appearing before the Great Wazzir of the Things that Creep Guild and having his ‘License to Drywank’ revoked, a man whose determination to haze the line between womaniser and woman molester allowed almost no-one with their own IQ to even approach his band’s music without severe Inner Questioning; whose Bound & Chained Godself (photographed by Helmut Newton, no less – Ross Halfin who he!) appeared on a 3’ x 2’ poster in all copies of WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST, and whose slavish commitment to his whole deplorably self-serving Dave TV schtick got him ejected from the group he so obviously adored playing with.

It's apparent that I need more drugs.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I am still parsing this sentence-paragraph, which starts with a conjunction and ends with a preposition.

And yet here was a man who’d spent his whole career giving the impression to the public that to have been seen to have been emitting anything less than a truly transcendental shallowness at all times would have meant appearing before the Great Wazzir of the Things that Creep Guild and having his ‘License to Drywank’ revoked, a man whose determination to haze the line between womaniser and woman molester allowed almost no-one with their own IQ to even approach his band’s music without severe Inner Questioning; whose Bound & Chained Godself (photographed by Helmut Newton, no less – Ross Halfin who he!) appeared on a 3’ x 2’ poster in all copies of WOMEN & CHILDREN FIRST, and whose slavish commitment to his whole deplorably self-serving Dave TV schtick got him ejected from the group he so obviously adored playing with.

It's apparent that I need more drugs.

Mr. Cope has written at least one book that was lavishly praised by historians.

 

[Nickyboy]

What did Pete Townsend do with all those guitars he would smash on stage? https://www.guitarworld.com/news/th...exzdcRnoTNHZpfioAhIHWuIw2tWXyGcFogsNlvdfqyjj9

 

[Nickyboy]

"Excuse me, but do you know how to get to Grand Central Station?"
"No, but hum a few bars and I'll see if Google recognizes it"

Google Now Lets You Hum, Whistle or Sing a Song to Search For It

Can’t remember the name of a song, but you can hum a few bars? Google has felt your pain — and now has a solution to this particular first-world problem. The company today announced “hum to search,” which lets users hum, whistle or sing a melody to the Google app, which then tries to track […]

variety.com

 

[axolotl]

"Excuse me, but do you know how to get to Grand Central Station?"
"No, but hum a few bars and I'll see if Google recognizes it"

Google Now Lets You Hum, Whistle or Sing a Song to Search For It

Can’t remember the name of a song, but you can hum a few bars? Google has felt your pain — and now has a solution to this particular first-world problem. The company today announced “hum to search,” which lets users hum, whistle or sing a melody to the Google app, which then tries to track […]

variety.com

Oh, goody. Now I can find that drone-y, ambient, 20-minute tune I've been looking for.

 

[axolotl]

This likely only has interest for me.

Well, Melodious Thunk... but he don't swing by here no mo'.

The Enduring Appeal of Rose Melberg, Indie Pop’s Most Prolific Songwriter

Her bittersweet tales of (mostly lost) love have spanned a laundry list of bands and made her into a legend for legions of romantically-minded fans.

daily.bandcamp.com

 

[axolotl]

I know you've all been breathlessly waiting to find out what Jon "Bowser" Bauman has been doing in his spare time (i.e., old age).

Jon Bauman - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Spoiler

Older voters are blowing the political establishment’s collective mind. If you’d gone to a Washington, DC cocktail party just before the COVID pandemic and predicted that Donald Trump would lose older voters by nearly 30 points, you’d be laughed out of the room. Yet, according to recent polling, that’s exactly what’s on track to happen.1

Since 2004, I’ve been speaking to roomfuls of older voters—many of whom remember me as “Bowzer” from Sha Na Na—as a surrogate for progressive Democratic candidates. This year, all of my events are virtual. But even over Zoom, I’ve never seen older voters this enthusiastic about voting (and volunteering) for Democrats.

 

[axolotl]

Dolly Parton Made Stephen Colbert Cry With an Old Folk Song on 'The Late Show'

Dolly Parton unexpectedly brought Stephen Colbert to tears with an impromptu rendition of the folk song, "Bury Me Beneath the Willow."

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano (Published 2020)

The pathbreaking musician reveals the health issues that make it unlikely he will ever again perform in public.

www.nytimes.com

 

[axolotl]

Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano (Published 2020)

The pathbreaking musician reveals the health issues that make it unlikely he will ever again perform in public.

www.nytimes.com

This is heartrending. I only saw him perform once, at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in D.C., and it was wonderful.

So many of those with whom he has played in ensembles have passed on.

Ima gunna go to bed now.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

This is heartrending. I only saw him perform once, at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in D.C., and it was wonderful.

So many of those with whom he has played in ensembles have passed on.

Ima gunna go to bed now.

 

[JazzyRandy]

This is heartrending. I only saw him perform once, at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in D.C., and it was wonderful.

So many of those with whom he has played in ensembles have passed on.

Ima gunna go to bed now.

I'm glad you got to see him perform live. I bet it was a kick-ass memorable show.

 

[axolotl]

I'm glad you got to see him perform live. I bet it was a kick-ass memorable show.

It was. I was sitting in an left center aisle seat about 20 rows back from the stage. Some clown came hustling down the aisle with a camera, crouched, and clicked a picture. Jarrett slammed a dissonant chord on the piano and stopped playing. I remember he stood up and started shouting (no mic) on him to remind us not to do that.

When you consider that he was improvising at the piano the whole time, it is understandable that he is playing off the vibe of the audience. A shutterclick or flash would disturb that. He was back at the piano in about three minutes, though.

 

[Nickyboy]

Neil Young's older brother, Bob, releases first song at age 78: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-brother-bob-young-song-1082862/

I detect the faintest of similarities.

 

[axolotl]

Neil Young's older brother, Bob, releases first song at age 78: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-brother-bob-young-song-1082862/

I detect the faintest of similarities.

He must have switched to Sanka.

 

[axolotl]

Jimmy Page on His Vision for Led Zeppelin

Jimmy Page discusses his new 'Anthology' book, the excellence of John Bonham, his admiration for hip-hop, and more.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Each time I listen to Ill Communication by Beastie Boys, I appreciate what a rich album it is. It’s one of the best deep funk albums out there(not surprising as they were influenced by Miles 70 albums during this time like On the Corner)

on a related note, the Beastie Boys documentary on Apple + is really good

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

For some reason, I am always struck by the way Kurt Cobain says “That was a David Bowie record” after “The Man Who Sold the World” on their Unplugged Album. I suppose he could just be giving credit where credit is due in a detached grungy slow drawl, but it always seems to have some attitude kind of like “That was a David Bowie record, which I shouldn’t have to explain to you, you pedestrian MTV Unplugged crowd”

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Speaking of MTV Unplugged, a liitle Wiki rabbit hole reading mentions that MTV recorded over 101 Unplugged performances and yet though I’m sure i saw several, few stick in my mind (again I blame the hazy craziness of the 1990s

there are somewhere in the 20s of Unplugged albums released which would May an interesting (though suspected disappointing) listening series. For every Nirvana or Paul McCartney there were subpar releases by Dylan and Alice and Chains. Even Springsteen’s was done “plugged” after one acoustic song and featured his 90s E Street Band replacement band (meh)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Speaking of MTV Unplugged, a liitle Wiki rabbit hole reading mentions that MTV recorded over 101 Unplugged performances and yet though I’m sure i saw several, few stick in my mind (again I blame the hazy craziness of the 1990s

there are somewhere in the 20s of Unplugged albums released which would May an interesting (though suspected disappointing) listening series. For every Nirvana or Paul McCartney there were subpar releases by Dylan and Alice and Chains. Even Springsteen’s was done “plugged” after one acoustic song and featured his 90s E Street Band replacement band (meh)

The Alice In Chains is considered to be great by many people and it's known by audiophiles to have excellent sound quality.