Off Topic Saints Not606 Music Thread

The Beatles Child of nature which became John Lennons Jealous Guy

 

The two offerings from The Beatles in the 90s

 

I somehow missed this NYC band but I guess there was so much else going on in 1990!....

Yes that is Kim Deal from Pixies singing back up....

 

Here are the stories of two of my favourite axe wielders, firstly the man who Bowie described as his "very own Jeff Beck" who just happened to be a superb arranger and arranged the legendary early Bowie albums plus Lou Reed's Transformer...

 

Next is the man that Hendrix said was the best guitarist in the World!...the brilliant Rory Gallagher..

 

Utterly wonderful guitarist, crowd favourite and all round nice guy. Had the absolute pleasure to meet him (in a pub) once. I was a 16 year old fan (I was drinking lemonade of course) utterly in awe of the great man, yet he sat and talked to all of us for ages and was genuinely impressed with the fact we were fans, loved his music and saw him whenever we could.
The quote from Hendrix is urban myth, I believe. Although Jimi did see him play with “Taste” at the IOW festival, so, I guess, it’s possible (and the LP “Taste - Live at the IOW” showed Rory at some of his best. I still find his self-titled first solo album to be quite extraordinary in its depth and sheer talent. Loved Rory - I think he’s the artist I’ve seen the most times ...... he’s influenced players like Brian May and Slash (though I personally don’t think he’s much good) .......
He should have been a huge star, but he was happy keeping his fans happy and just loved being on the road (at least, that’s what he said!)
Thanks for posting something by one of my heroes!

 

Just got myself a new mug ....

 

So many great guitarists around, but sadly only two ears and finite time! I noticed that a journalist recently claimed Robert Fripp was the greatest ever. Hype of a huge order. Love his work, but come on. In fact I hate this 'who is the greatest' and was discussing this with my son, himself a pretty useful guitarist. He revealed that one of his heroes is Paul Kossoff of Free fame. This came as a surprise. I love Free's music but never thought of Kossoff in this light, but this goes to show what I know.

Still, gave me an excuse to post this (great vocalist too!)

 

Koss was a unique guitarist with his ability and tone, but I agree with you about “the greatest” label - especially for musicians, as it’s such an individual choice. There are SO many great guitarists, vocalists, keyboard platers, drummers, etc ...... but I’m not sure I could put any of them in any particular order (well, I have my favourites, but I’d guarantee that I wouldn’t get many to agree!)
Let’s just leave it, appreciate their ability, music and enjoy their legacy.

 

Totally with you. I find awards a weird thing in the arts on the same basis. For example, I've read some great Booker winners (this years is brilliant in my view) while others have left me cold. I'm not even sure they 'highlight' the arts.

I've noticed that the American music magazines are particularly fond of this. My son plays in a band with an American drummer. Just before lock down the band were playing 'Freebird', and did it well. Chatting to the drummer at the end he offered the view that the solo was 'the third best' on the 'list'. Really? Presumably Hendrix occupied number one, I said. No, believe it or not on the list he showed me Jimi didn't feature in the top 20. Well, that's credibility shot!

Mind you, this is a good song, so with no further ado:

Scroll to about 4.50 for the solo if you don't like the song that much.

 

Speaking of Robert Fripp, his fingerprints are all over my favourite Peter Gabriel album as he played on it and also produced it...

He co-wrote this track and utilised one of his innovations the "Frippertronics" tape delay system on it..

 

He got around, didn't he? Some nice work on Bowie's Heroes album - but obviously at his best with Crimson (IMHO!).

 

Played fairly regularly with one of my favourites, Peter Hammill and Van Der Graaf Generator. He was (and, I think, still is) a very hard-working musician.

 

Love this song - absolutely brilliant. I have a great story about how I managed to buy the single for 30p. Back in 1976, I was doing my accountancy studies at the Royal Army Pay Corps training school up at Worthy Down, just north of Winchester. I was staying in a boarding house in Harestock in Winchester with a bunch of like-minded, long haired weirdos (didn’t bode well for MOD finances!). We used to drink in the March Hare pub (was a dive then and hadn’t changed the last time I went in - to vote - a few years ago). The public bar had a jukebox stacked full of the “usual suspects” (Engelbert, Val Doonican, Jim Reeves .....) but, occasionally, a ‘decent’ tune or two. One day, we went in, there was “Freebird” by Lynyrd Skynyrd. My mate said “oh that’s good” (I hadn’t heard it then), so he put it on. 5+ minutes of bliss ....... So, after that, every night we’d be playing it over and over again. About a week later, we went in one lunchtime and, disaster, it wasn’t there! I went to the bar and asked and the landlord said “well, the jukebox plays in the lounge bar too and the people in there asked for it to be taken off as it was too long, too noisy and they prefer quieter songs .... However, the bloke who changed the records on the jukebox left them for me. Do you want it?” I offered him 30p and still have it (and play it) to this day .....
One of the great songs of all time .....

 

Still married to Toyah too, 35th anniversary this year.

 

They’ve been doing YouTube videos of songs from their house over lockdown, haven’t they? The one I saw was “interesting”

 

It's a Mystery to me Dave...