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| From | "Steve Turnidge" <stevet@arsdivina.com> |
| Subject | Re: Scott Walker |
| Date | Thu, 16 Nov 2006 01:07:04 -0800 |
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Yeah, Scott Walker rocks...
I discovered him as an influence on John Foxx on Rhapsody! When I first
heard "The old man is back again" everything fell into place.
Many of my heroes that sound alike - sound like Scott. Midge Ure (I didn't
know "No Regrets" was a Walker Brothers song until I saw an old bootleg
video of them I got from Roger J. Manning, jr), David Bowie, Jim Kerr, many
other deep voices...
Jason Falkner recommends Scott 4...
...Steve>>>
-----Original Message-----
From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
Mark Eichelberger
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:39 AM
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: Scott Walker...was Joanna Newsom - Ys
A documentary on Scott Walker was filmed during the recording of The Drift,
so if anyone wishes to actually view the raw meat percussion technique, go
to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYWGQMqC74
The closing of Tower Records in my area meant that I was able to pick up
most of the Scott Walker import reissues (Scott, Scott 2, etc.) at bargain
basement prices. It's kind of intriguing that these albums were such hits
in the UK. With their dark lyrics and the over the top orchestral
arrangements, it doesn't seem like they would have connected with a large
segment of the British pop audience, particularly when competing with the
then current psychedelic rock of the late 60's. I do like them quite a
bit....even if they are a bit pretentious and overbearing. You can
definitely hear the influence they had on David Bowie.
Mark E.
>
> I'm pretty sure it's going to be on mine: I actually far prefer THE DRIFT
> to TILT, which is an album I frankly *still* have a hard time wrapping my
> mind around, all these years later. But for some reason, THE DRIFT just
> automatically connected for me in a way I wasn't expecting: somehow, all
> of the freaky bits (the song with the rhythm section consisting of a guy
> punching a side of raw meat, the Donald Duck impersonation) made sense,
> likely because I had the sense that the songs were actually "about"
> something in a way that TILT wasn't. For such a supposedly insular,
> self-aborbed guy, an album that seems to be explicitly about the war and
> the rest of the current mess is just surprising.
>
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