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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 8, 2018 22:36:48 GMT
The mighty Jam, not just a great band but like a lot of British acts a great stand alone singles band. One of their most frantic, forward thinking singles and an all time "air drumming" song too.
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 9, 2018 17:21:00 GMT
I promise Russell Crowe will eventually shut up and introduce him.............
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Post by Viced on Nov 9, 2018 17:22:55 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 10, 2018 19:21:25 GMT
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Post by Viced on Nov 13, 2018 15:30:38 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 15, 2018 22:42:29 GMT
Every instrument stands out.......including the voice..........including the silence.
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 17, 2018 19:12:40 GMT
The height of glorious arrogance - best songwriter of his era, fronting the best band of his era, showing off his acting in selling this song, his lyrics and very rarely here his searing guitar playing. Bastard.
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 18, 2018 18:38:25 GMT
"If you want to get to Heaven, it takes all sorts, I'm guessin"......vampiric song and performance/camera movements/and eerie background singer
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 19, 2018 20:37:49 GMT
An amazing performance.........
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 22, 2018 15:23:25 GMT
One of the best indie Rock songs of the 80s - and memorable lyrical phrase "What poor Gods we do make". This is the live version by a band that was better live.......
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 23, 2018 14:56:46 GMT
On the one hand, this is Morrissey in peak d*ck form - no interaction with bandmates - not even the rarely seen 2nd guitarist Craig Gannon - on the other hand........one of their best songs and less cloying than usual.
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 24, 2018 15:11:30 GMT
Greatest frontman ever, arguably the greatest guitarist ever, playing a Howlin' Wolf song for the (then) President of the United States....about being poisoned by your woman (in a way like Robert Johnson's death).
The iconography and the themes of power, murder, the entire Blues history are running all over the place.
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 27, 2018 21:51:42 GMT
They knew how to put on a show right from the start which this is........
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 28, 2018 18:13:24 GMT
Davies shares his timeless cool with Albarn and even generously does HIS song at the end. Albarn does the best he can because well he knows Davies is too kind.
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 29, 2018 10:43:43 GMT
Once you get passed the intro, it's all great.......the closest he ever came to being a big time star.......
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Post by pacinoyes on Nov 30, 2018 15:35:38 GMT
Stones on SNL from their biggest album ever (still, an astonishing comeback a great artistic success too) acting like out of tune sloppy punks in their mid 30s (catch Jagger spitting on stage during Respectable) - when John Lennon was baking bread or whatever, McCartney was in fncking Wings, Keith Moon had passed, Dylan was a soon to be newly converted Christian and Ray Davies was slipping.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2018 20:56:20 GMT
Do y'all remember when Da Brat couldn't even get a beat goin at the BET Stevie Wonder tribute? (It starts at around 2:30):
LOL at Stevie saying, "I wanna hear you rap!"
That thing hasn't rapped since...
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 5, 2018 14:35:06 GMT
Kind of a mixed bag act to me - a somewhat boring band actually but good at what they do though I don't much care - but that didn't apply in the Alligator/Boxer era where they were young enough to still be an intelligent but somewhat woozy/drunken band with an edge who had the ability to spin out of control.
Even when they didn't, they were more exciting when they could. Nowadays ........not so much.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 8, 2018 19:54:28 GMT
On record, I never thought he had too much in the way of great songs and his voice can sometimes be a bit shaky to............BUT he always has the right idea, the right attitude and you'll never see him live and feel ripped off. Ever.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 27, 2018 16:19:04 GMT
Released on vinyl and CD in January 2019 for a new cleaned up version of "Big Star Live" from the early 90s release, the 1974 radio broadcast that contained their famous version of Motel Blues.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 31, 2018 16:33:00 GMT
Happy 59th PW - never read the label now.......
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Post by Viced on Jan 1, 2019 1:06:35 GMT
Many happy returns, GOAT.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 1, 2019 1:36:40 GMT
That is one of his very greatest performances and I'm not talking about the song: Moses forgets to mention him at the end (what else would you expect for a Replacement?).........Westerberg is telling him "Don't worry about it"..........then sarcastically coughs into his hand before shaking Heston's with it............ ) Total Rock and Roll dick move but hey......that's showbiz
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Post by Mattsby on Jan 1, 2019 8:20:12 GMT
and Heston after the handshake wipes his hand on his pants.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 6, 2019 13:54:17 GMT
Every member of the band is involved, the singer is lucid, committed, pissed off and he's brought a pretty great song with him, together its magic but its also professionalism - not many bands actually have this - they don't believe what they are selling, but this band knows how to put it across for an audience and that's important because it matters and because well to quote the singer .........out on the street your chances are zero.
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