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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 11:05:41 GMT -5
Graham Parker is almost unknown these days despite glowing reviews in Rolling Stone back in the early 80s. Christgau eeven found him, gulp, sincere. I don't think I've listened to Squeezing Out Sparks in over a decade. I saw him do a solo acoustic show in Little Rock back in, I'm pretty sure, 9/97. Couldn't swear to it, but I remember being somewhat surprised that he didn't do anything from Squeezing. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 5, 2014 11:13:16 GMT -5
Did I mention that I saw Joe Ely recently? Great cover of great Billy Joe Shaver song.
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Post by Jesse on May 5, 2014 11:25:18 GMT -5
Believe it or not, in 1970 there was a band called Suck. And they rocked the house. I like that they covered 21st Century Schizoid Man. Makes me want to listen to In the Court of the Crimson King.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2014 11:32:56 GMT -5
A band that actually took its name from comics (a Silver Surfer panel caption, IIRC) --
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Post by Miss Fantastic on May 5, 2014 11:40:46 GMT -5
Believe it or not, in 1970 there was a band called Suck. And they rocked the house. I like that they covered 21st Century Schizoid Man. Makes me want to listen to In the Court of the Crimson King.
As a Crimhead, I love hearing/collecting different covers of King Crimson and Robert Fripp's offerings...and I honestly had never heard Suck's cover of Schizoid until just now. Not the absolute best I've heard, but certainly not the worst. Do dig the garage rock sound and how they made the effort to have the vocalist's voice sound 'electronic'. But my pick for the best Schizoid cover remains the one by Pressurehed, which I first heard about fifteen years ago and have never looked back. While I'm at it, another In The Court Of The Crimson King track cover I simply adore is this one. |
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Post by MDG on May 5, 2014 12:01:28 GMT -5
Graham Parker is almost unknown these days despite glowing reviews in Rolling Stone back in the early 80s. Christgau eeven found him, gulp, sincere. I don't think I've listened to Squeezing Out Sparks in over a decade. I saw him do a solo acoustic show in Little Rock back in, I'm pretty sure, 9/97. Couldn't swear to it, but I remember being somewhat surprised that he didn't do anything from Squeezing. I had his Alone in Philadelphia album on cassette (mainly because it was in a 99-cent bin) and played the hell out of it. If I dove into his work, I'd probably like a lot more of it. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 5, 2014 12:11:23 GMT -5
Wayne "the Train" Hancock is supposed to be coming to Boise soonish. Arguably the best Neo-Honky Tonk/Western Swing performer out there.
Can't wait.
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Post by Cherokee Jack on May 5, 2014 18:05:33 GMT -5
I'm also a big Graham Parker fan, especially the Howling Wind lp. Saw him back in the late 70s at Milwaukee's Uptown Theatre. I can take or leave Joe Jackson, and Elvis Costello? I've never been able to get past the "Ray Charles Incident."
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Post by Ish Kabbible on May 5, 2014 18:35:34 GMT -5
I'm also a big Graham Parker fan, especially the Howling Wind lp. Saw him back in the late 70s at Milwaukee's Uptown Theatre. I can take or leave Joe Jackson, and Elvis Costello? I've never been able to get past the "Ray Charles Incident." Please expand upon this. I don't know the reference |
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Post by Jasoomian on May 5, 2014 18:40:35 GMT -5
I just had a bunch of unloved vinyl dumped on me. Six entire symphonies, each individually bound. I thought there was seven, but the last one is actually a bound volume of old 78rpm records. A lot of orchestral and religious/choral pieces. Looks like one is the "Warsaw Concerto" which was a maguffin in a 1941 film called "Suicide Squadron" ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Moonlight ). The regular LPs are: a bunch of semi/classical compilations, Delta Rhythm Boys, Glenn Miller, Mills Bros, Tommy Dorsey, Mike Kellin, Hank Snow, Jerome Kern... some Chrisitan folk and even an anti-LBJ comedy album. But I think this is the real winner:  The title track being what O'Connor named the closing theme from All in the Family, when he decided to write lyrics for and start performing it. Which he does here: Now I need to figure out what to do with these. I don't really have room for more crap. I hate to destroy vinyl, so I will have to sell/swap them or donate them somewhere. |
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Post by ironchimp on May 5, 2014 18:45:11 GMT -5
A band that actually took its name from comics (a Silver Surfer panel caption, IIRC) -- years since i've read it but i remember really enjoying julian cope's books - head on / repossessed. |
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Post by Cherokee Jack on May 5, 2014 18:47:55 GMT -5
I'm also a big Graham Parker fan, especially the Howling Wind lp. Saw him back in the late 70s at Milwaukee's Uptown Theatre. I can take or leave Joe Jackson, and Elvis Costello? I've never been able to get past the "Ray Charles Incident." Please expand upon this. I don't know the reference Here's a link: ultimateclassicrock.com/elvis-costello-racist-remarks/ |
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Post by Miss Fantastic on May 5, 2014 22:03:55 GMT -5
But I think this is the real winner: The title track being what O'Connor named the closing theme from All in the Family, when he decided to write lyrics for and start performing it. Which he does here: Until tonight, I did not know there were actually singable lyrics written for that theme...but I do remember O'Connor's name coming up in the credits as one of the co-authors of the closing theme. As depressing as it to say, these lyrics honestly remind me of the episode where Edith died.  A band that actually took its name from comics (a Silver Surfer panel caption, IIRC) -- years since i've read it but i remember really enjoying julian cope's books - head on / repossessed. I like Julian Cope's take on "Five O'Clock World", even if the production is very blatantly 80's... |
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Post by Jasoomian on May 5, 2014 23:14:17 GMT -5
Until tonight, I did not know there were actually singable lyrics written for that theme...but I do remember O'Connor's name coming up in the credits as one of the co-authors of the closing theme. As depressing as it to say, these lyrics honestly remind me of the episode where Edith died. A couple more which people don't really know the lyrics to: The original Vogues' cut was used as the Drew Carey Show theme.... |
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Post by berkley on May 6, 2014 0:24:14 GMT -5
I like that they covered 21st Century Schizoid Man. Makes me want to listen to In the Court of the Crimson King.
As a Crimhead, I love hearing/collecting different covers of King Crimson and Robert Fripp's offerings...and I honestly had never heard Suck's cover of Schizoid until just now. Not the absolute best I've heard, but certainly not the worst. Do dig the garage rock sound and how they made the effort to have the vocalist's voice sound 'electronic'. But my pick for the best Schizoid cover remains the one by Pressurehed, which I first heard about fifteen years ago and have never looked back. While I'm at it, another In The Court Of The Crimson King track cover I simply adore is this one. |
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