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I'm digging this. It's quite something, no? Very varied and imaginative. I'm struggling to pin down what makes her her and not an amalgam of Kate/Bjork/Joni/Madeleine Peyroux and various others. She's certainly very talented, sings and plays beautifully, and Mike Garson is a lovely addition. Like a dork, I deleted the one with Apocalypse in the title when iTunesing, and also managed to reorder some of it when writing to CD! Thanks again for the code. Love the idea of this.
I'm digging this. It's quite something, no? Very varied and imaginative. I'm struggling to pin down what makes her her and not an amalgam of Kate/Bjork/Joni/Madeleine Peyroux and various others. She's certainly very talented, sings and plays beautifully, and Mike Garson is a lovely addition. Like a dork, I deleted the one with Apocalypse in the title when iTunesing, and also managed to reorder some of it when writing to CD! Thanks again for the code. Love the idea of this.
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Being a major fan of Mike's taste (up there with WSS for me , I too would welcome more info on this chap!Otis Westinghouse wrote:Never heard of it or him, in any way I can remember. I see he did loads of session stuff, scores, etc. What's this LP like? Do tell more about its awesomeness.
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You will have all heard him , just on other peoples records , piano session dude supreme. This is his second solo record from 1973. I really like his voice too.
Excerpts from his Wikipedia entry -
Played with The Kinks, Donovan The Rolling Stones (Between the Buttons, Their Satanic Majesties Request, Beggars Banquet ,Let It Bleed, Goats Head Soup too I think). The Who's debut LP My Generation, solo albums by John Lennon, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane.
As a session player, Hopkins was renowned for his effortless ability to give accomplished performances with little or no rehearsal, and was well-known around the studio scene for his perennial habit of reading comic books at recording sessions. The classic Kinks song "Session Man" (from Face to Face) is dedicated to (and features the playing of) Hopkins -- the Kinks' Ray Davies wrote a memorial piece that appeared in the New York Times after Hopkins's death.
Hopkins died on September 6, 1994 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN of complications from a previous intestinal surgery. He was 50 years old. .
Excerpts from his Wikipedia entry -
Played with The Kinks, Donovan The Rolling Stones (Between the Buttons, Their Satanic Majesties Request, Beggars Banquet ,Let It Bleed, Goats Head Soup too I think). The Who's debut LP My Generation, solo albums by John Lennon, Jeff Beck, Jefferson Airplane.
As a session player, Hopkins was renowned for his effortless ability to give accomplished performances with little or no rehearsal, and was well-known around the studio scene for his perennial habit of reading comic books at recording sessions. The classic Kinks song "Session Man" (from Face to Face) is dedicated to (and features the playing of) Hopkins -- the Kinks' Ray Davies wrote a memorial piece that appeared in the New York Times after Hopkins's death.
Hopkins died on September 6, 1994 at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN of complications from a previous intestinal surgery. He was 50 years old. .
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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The distinctive piano playing on songs like "Jealous Guy" and "Loving Cup" are all Hopkins. I also have that record and it's quite good, though I like it more for its novelty value. Don't really know what to compare it to; there are elements of 50's rock 'n' roll, ballads, etc.
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Its quite Elton Johnny , with a bit of classical and a big of boogie. The piano, as you would expect, is brilliant. George Harrison plays guitar and Mick Taylor, and its a wonderful set of songs.
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
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I've just been watching Ryan Adams and The Cardinals on a BBC4 Sessions show from the usual lovely church (St Luke's or something). Hmmmm. Great singing, impeccable band, some genuinely impressive songs. But I got bored after a while and switched over. It was all very much at the same pace and almost too well-behaved. I was comparing with Ron S, and wondering if, as often happens with understated music, you played it several times over, would you get the same sort of emotional connection, and I couldn't really see it, just something agreeable to listen to and technically well put together. Would be interested to check out some of the LPs though, to see how they compare.
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I finally went ahead and got a Midnight Oil album (I asked about them on here a long time ago).
It was only £1.50 and after several listens I'm glad to find out I got a great bargain . The production is great! It's quirky but in a good way. Mixing synth drums with real ones and featuring strange guitar effects thrown in rather randomly it would seem. But it works for some reason and doesn't feel like it was just thrown in for fun.
One or two songs that aren't particularly memorable. Lyrics are a tad predictable but still good I guess. Overall, very good listen.
It was only £1.50 and after several listens I'm glad to find out I got a great bargain . The production is great! It's quirky but in a good way. Mixing synth drums with real ones and featuring strange guitar effects thrown in rather randomly it would seem. But it works for some reason and doesn't feel like it was just thrown in for fun.
One or two songs that aren't particularly memorable. Lyrics are a tad predictable but still good I guess. Overall, very good listen.
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Love this band. Have been following them since downloading their early EPs, which are all brilliant, especially "Raised by Wolves". This is their debut, and is suitably fantastic.
"Cheer me up , cheer me up, Im a miserable fuck..."
echos myron like a siren
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load
with endurance like the liberty bell
and he tells you of the dreamers
but he's cracked up like the road
and he'd like to lift us up, but we're a very heavy load