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| From | KCGraham74@aol.com |
| Subject | killer middle eights - Jack Lee |
| Date | Sun, 23 Feb 2003 03:01:08 EST |
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In a message dated 2/20/03 7:00:38 AM Pacific Standard Time,
audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
> >3. Songs with killer middle-eight sections: anyone else out there think a
> >song can be lifted to new heights by a transcendant middle eight? My vote
> >goes to Badfinger's "Baby Blue". Any other suggestions?
> >
> >B^)
>
> Not sure if this qualifies strictly as a middle-eight, but the instrumental
> bridge of The Byrds "Bells Of Rhymney", with that high pitched 12-string
> section, absolutely slays me every time!
> --
> Pop Rules!!!!!
> Take Care,
> David
>
> 3. Songs with killer middle-eight sections: anyone else out there think a
> song can be lifted to new heights by a transcendant middle eight? My vote
> goes to Badfinger's "Baby Blue". Any other suggestions?
>
> B^)
Not sure if this qualifies strictly as a middle-eight, but the instrumental
bridge of The Byrds "Bells Of Rhymney", with that high pitched 12-string
section, absolutely slays me every time!
--
Pop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David
I can't agree with you more David,
My contribution to Killer Middle Eights is Jack Lee's, GIVE ME SOME TIME, on
Jack Lee's (self-parodicly entitled) Greatest Hits album. I swear it moves
me almost as much as the Beatles TRY TO SEE IT MY WAY middle eight). It's
somewhat willfully obscure, yet I think it fits in with the Owsley "useless
overproduction", cheaply made records, topic. Because it was done in only a
few takes (at least it sounds that way), I really feel griped by his
seemingly pained and shredded vocals, I don't believe with further
production that the urgent emotion of the song would have been felt to the
same degree.
If any other person on this list has any further information on what happened
to this early fave of mine I'd be interested to know, as far I know he only
released this one LP, and promptly vanished. I think I read some twenty
years ago that he was selling his belongings in front of a Safeway
Supermarket in L.A., I might be spreading malicious rumours. Anyway, a
seemingly bitter end to the major songwriter of Blondies' Parallel Line
album. His history has many paralles to the strange semi-legendary Eden
Ahbez case many years ago.
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