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@uberwaltz @reubent I suspect you know Karl Wallinger and Mike Scott were bandmates in the early days of The Waterboys but the old creative differences bugaboo ensued leading to KW forming his own band: World Party. As far as that WB track being inspiration for KW’s band’s name, this wouldn’t surprise me (he’s credited as co-writer of it). BUT I’ll also point out that "World Party" is used as band name and/or song title and plays an important role at the end of Phillip K. Dick’s 1976 novel, Radio Free Albemuth (Fisherman’s Blues was released 1988). Personally, I suspect THIS is the ultimate source for both track name and KW’s band name. BTW - long time World Party fan myself. WP is one of the very few bands I’m "completist" about (not that their/his output is all that large). I’ll pretty much buy without audition anything KW does. FWIW you might enjoy the ARKEOLOGY collection. |
Never owned any Heart...heard plenty of ’em on the radio back in the day. Always impressed by the vocals, like Uberwaltz says. But only knew them through those FM hits and those probably don’t do justice to the depth of their song-writing skills. Mistral that Nutty just turned me on to being a case in point, I think. Anyway, right now, Elton John’s Honky Chateau (immediately after listening to Tumbleweed Connection). Not a huge EJ fan by any means but do like a lot of his early stuff. Well written, great arrangements, excellent musicians. Sonics on this "The Classic Years" edition CD are good too. Favorites: Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters, Hercules (A cat named Hercules). |
@reubent These 3 are essential and the place to start Private Revolution Goodbye Jumbo BANG! Egyptology Dumbing Up Both worth owning but a little more uneven or possibly just more varied than the first three OR possibly just not quite as consistently accessible and take a little more time to "get". High end on Dumbing Up is a bit hot...kind of tizzy though ripping it tamed that somewhat. ARKEOLOGY An interesting 5 CD collection of new, demos, out takes and live (to quote from Wikipedia). Maybe not "essential". A lower priority "buy", in my O-pinion. I don’t own and don’t plan to get "Best in Show" or the other greatest hits compilation. Don’t have World Party Live! but maybe I should. Hope you will not mind my unsolicited advice for how you spend your money! :-) |
Thanks for the recommendation, @arcam88. I'm probably repeating myself. Only heard their hits. Never owned any of the LPs. Will do some more listening at the least. Tidal doesn't have too much of their earlier discography (which is definitely what interests me). Spotify has quite a bit although the SQ is not as good as Tidal. Guess I'll have to suffer with that ;-) |
Steve Smith & Vital Information - Come On In Cat Walk, Track 4... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CCyXOw8Ybw&frags=pl%2Cwn |
Returning the favor to the N man... from BLS's Dangerous Situation..."Endless" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwmpiR16yDc |
Joe Bonamassa - Different Shades of Blue. Track 4 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FjVfX7_KvQ&ab_channel=AllOfJoeBonamassa |
Crowded House - Woodface Weather With You (track 5) here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ymg6t12Eqw |
Chris Stamey - Euphoria Track 10 here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqeYQw2S4-E&ab_channel=ChrisStamey crank it up |
Hey there @slaw Hope you are having a good day. By the looks of how much music you are playing, I'd guess you are. Saw your post that included Ozark Mtn. Daredevils. Was that a typo? Did you mean, '13' instead of '3'?? I was in school in Springfield, MO back when the OMDD were breaking. They were hometown heroes, of course. Songs from their first LP getting a lot of local airplay. I have their first 4 releases on old but good condition vinyl. Didn't follow them much after Car Over The Lake, actually. Gonna have to check out '13' if that's what you meant - don't know it at all. The "Quilt" album is probably my favorite. Love the outro on Colorado Song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul-LHILJ_EM |
@slaw "..farmers on the field" I wonder if you might be referring to "Men From Earth"? (That one is their 4th; Thank You Wikipedia). See album art images here: https://www.google.com/search? q=men+from+earth+ozark+mountain+daredevils&source=lnms&tbm=isc... Is this the one? Thanks for the recommendation of "Don't Look Down". That's their 5th and by the time it came out, I wasn't following them. Thanks to Tidal & Spotify, there's a good chance to catch up. |
Neil Finn - Dizzy Heights Track 6 here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFbqFZzXqOg&ab_channel=NeilFinn |
Apologies to Gustav and Leonard... Make way for some fairly recent (2017) Robin Trower, "Time and Emotion" Track 7, You’re The One.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMwy27oaCmE |
Hey Nutty - Got Resonate cranking now and LOUD. Thanks for your note about it. Playing it the second time now back to back (streaming from Tidal). Not too many things that hold my interest all the way through these days, let alone twice in a row. Not much of metal head and while I hear that in this, it’s well mixed with other influences. Like the "prog" break half-way through Flow and the Deep Purple organ at the start of (Steady?). The chord sequence on the (refrain?) of When I Fall Again is gorgeous. Glenn has got to be pushing 70! Dunno how much they fix his voice in the studio - if at all, but doesn’t sound like he’s lost anything. Got to see if it draws me back over the next few days. Thanks again. It’s a good ’un. PS - Forgot to mention the Hendrix style guitar licks at the beginning of Landmines. More good. |
Pinback - Blue Screen Life (Thanks to Pokey77 for turning me on to these guys a few years back) Prog here (track 8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3QUuAWqEWo |
Glenn Hughes, "Resonate" Track 5, Steady... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSXdTqIsmT4 Love GH's bass work on this track Thanks for the introduction N-man. |
Hey über...looking at your Rainbow Rising "avatar", you might really enjoy the organ on Resonate (assuming that RR image also means you like/liked Deep Purple). Keyboard guy on Resonate... http://www.lachydoley.com/2016/07/08/recording-with-glenn-hughes-and-chad-smith-in-copenhagen/ |
@uberwaltz Appreciate the feedback. Glad Resonate worked for you. Nutty had recommended it a while ago but it took me some time to be in a place where I could "hear it"...if you know what I mean. Yup, Steady is a strong track I just mention GH’s bass work on that one because it really stood out to me. Guess I will have to check out some Heep. Never got into them though I do generally enjoy prog. I remember when they were getting a bit of airplay on "underground" FM radio. Right now though, Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards...Satriani (again). Track 4 Light Years Away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmuNOpihXTI |
No time yet for UH. Still exploring Satriani. So far everything I’ve tried is golden... What Happens Next S/T Crystal Planet Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards Strange Beautiful Music Track 13 The Traveler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMRdEpUXefk Okay...SBM is over. I DO recall this one by Uriah Heep. Still sounds pretty good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKxZY0DIxIk Songs are stronger and sound is better than I remembered. Love that upfront organ [(Hammond?) with Leslie]. Will have to try the others you mention. See if any brain cells fire up in recollection. |
uber- Yup...strong keyboards. Didn't remember UH had that focus but it surely do. Long time fan of "keyboard" oriented bands like Procol Harum, Yes and ELP, and, to a lesser extent, Deep Purple ("lesser" because with Blackmore's guitar it's more 50/50 keyboard/guitar). Add Traffic and Lee Michaels to the list. Who'm I missing??? One other thing I was struck with sampling tracks from UH's extensive discography... those guys could SING! Good, IN-TUNE vocals (and this before "Auto-Tune"!) and great, great harmonies. I was impressed by the arrangements. You look back at that stuff done 40 years ago and it's easy to understand why some people today despair about the state of contemporary popular music. |
The Band covering Dylan's, "Blind Willie McTell. Sets an appropriate tone given the recent departure... "Well, I heard the hoot-owl singing As they were taking down the tents The stars above all the barren trees Were his only audience...." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AygowPLl06k |
Something old... Blind Faith - Sea of Joy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZQXvUeHmjQ Something less old... Bozzio Levin Stevens - Endless https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwmpiR16yDc "They like it loud too...." - FZ Hey nutty - Thanks for the Ian Moore show notes. Sounds like it was a real good time. |
The Bad Plus - These Are the Vistas Track 3, Smells Like Teen Spirit There are covers and then there are COVERS. Plus the sonics on this whole recording are pretty good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ6Xo1mYSJg&frags=pl%2Cwn |
Joe Satriani - Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards.... Track 2 here... Dream Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE4FsuJvP_8 |
Hey Nutty - Glad you picked up on the keyboards. I was going to mention them but did not. It’s Lou Martin, formerly of Killing Floor. I enjoy his playing a lot. He can burn up that electric piano. There’re a few clips of him in a great Rory Gallagher concert film, "Irish Tour ’74". Worth watching if you have not seen it (although in the DVD I got, the sound isn’t all that great). http://www.rorygallagher.com/#/news/2012/08/a_blue_day_for_the_blues_-_lou_martin_rip Never heard Defender. Trying to find it for a listen. See it on Amazon but not seeing it on Spotify or Tidal. Will try YouTube. Killing Floor if you are interested...pretty raw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CAycS7OAsg&ab_channel=mandikhoras |
Genesis - A Trick of the Tail Last track - Los Endos (!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EWa_yV1JDE Have listened to this across decades now. It never ceases to amaze me. A masterpiece in my O-pinion...from cover art, to song writing to musicianship and production. Just superb. |
Happy to read that, Nutty. Gave Killing Floor a listen myself last night. Hadn’t in a while. It was way better than I remembered - especially the lead guitar work. You get a chance do check out that Irish Tour ’74 Film. Used to be on YouTube but no longer. I’ll have to give Andy Timmons a listen. Don’t know that name. Ahhh...wait. Pokey 77 had mentioned him to me in the past. In fact he recommended "Resolution." Did check him out briefly back then. Great player but, for me, didn’t connect on an emotional level. Maybe give another listen tonight. |
Joe Bonamassa - Leftovers (from Blues Deluxe) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCSkMpXdqA&ab_channel=badcelt Hey Nutty - yes...the music CD from Irish Tour '74 is still up on YouTube. Used to be the entire film was uploaded there. That's what I meant as ain't there any longer. Hope you like that RG music, regardless. |
"...stumbled across Springsteen's, Darkness on the Edge of Town." I'm sure that reflects something of an age difference, N. DotEoT was THE Springsteen album for me when it came out. Greetings, ...E-Street Shuffle, & Born to Run all had their moments, but that one always hit me as something deeper. He was going through a tough personal/business situation at the time. Seems like the struggles made the writing better. Never followed him too much after The River and Tunnel of Love. |
