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| From | synthhtnys@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: old stuff I've just discovered |
| Date | Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:14:38 +0000 |
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From: "Jeff" <jeff.teez@comcast.net>
> Hey Gang! Great to see Chris Squire getting some props. I'm not a huge
> YES fan either, but I sure love listening and watching CS play. If
> anyone plays "lead bass", I think he may be the guy.
*Chris IS in fact the man. Yes is one of the few prog bands I have any interest in and he's a big factor in that.
>
> Recommended:
>
> You guys who've been here on list a while probably already own these
> books since you're all about the right age (uh, mine) and the first one
> was published during the height of the early to mid-90's powerpop
> revival. Canadian brothers Don and Jeff Breithaupt wrote "Precious and
> Few: Pop Music in the Early '70's" and then followed it up with "Night
> Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70's" in 2000. I've thoroughly enjoyed
> them both. Not brilliant critical essays or anything at all like that,
> just a whole lot of fun. You can get 'em both via amazon for literally
> next to nothing.
*I just picked the first one (Precious and few) up myself, enjoyed the hell out of it, really great stuff in there. Thanks for mentioning the second one I was unaware of it.
If you haven't read "Rock on: An office power ballad" by Dan Kennedy... run, don't walk to the closest bookstore and get it. The chapter where he has to come up with an ad campaign for "The 25 greatest love songs of Phil Collins" had me crying... I could barely see the book for the tears... I can't remember when I laughed so hard. He's mastered the art of capturing the internal dialogue.
>
> Lewis Taylor's "Stoned" cd (2005). Holy Cow. I'm now hip to this cat.
> The Lost Album is next. On the back of the Stoned record it says
> something like "all vocals and instruments by Lewis Taylor". How is that
> freakin' possible? I was searching for the names of some super studio
> dudes from Sade's band or Tower of Power or somesuch. Man, what a
> record!
*Get them all! You cannot go wrong. I am utterly baffled why he's so obscure over here. What a talent. The main bulk of his work is soul/R&B, but The Lost Album (as has been mentioned here a few times) is like finding a lost Rundgren / Wilson gem... amazing!
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