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erlenst

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 06:14

Nice picture, USAGirl.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 05:40

The mars volta-scabdates is a study in great live improvisation!

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 05:35

I'm no expert on Gong, and what I've heard I've not been keen on, but it sounds as though they were great improvisors live. Most of the bands I like were not really improvisors on stage. I can spot moments of what I would regard as 'great communication' between musicians, but these moments were composed, rather than improvised. The 'communication' came at the writing and rehearsal stage. Good examples of this can be heard during Close to the Edge by Yes, numerous Genesis tracks, especially instrumentals.

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Posted: March 22 2006 at 05:15

I just listened to the version of "Radio Gnome Invisible" from the "Gong Live Etc." album and noticed that there is an amazing moment of perfect communication between Didier Malherbe and Steve Hillage in it. At the end of his sax solo Malherbe plays an ascending scale that sounds like laughter, which is picked up without any pause by Hillage and answered with a "laughter" from his guitar on a descending scale, mocking the sax slightly, before he starts with one of his typical solos. That's what I call a moment of "perfect communication". This high-level (probably in a double-sense) communication between the musicians is what made Gong such an excellent live band, in my opinion. Does anybody else know such examples of "perfect communication"?

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erlenst Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 17 2005 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 387	Posted: March 22 2006 at 06:14
	Nice picture, USAGirl.

Lindsay Lohan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: May 25 2005 Location: Norway Status: Offline Points: 3254	Posted: March 22 2006 at 05:40
	The mars volta-scabdates is a study in great live improvisation!
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Blacksword Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130	Posted: March 22 2006 at 05:35
	I'm no expert on Gong, and what I've heard I've not been keen on, but it sounds as though they were great improvisors live. Most of the bands I like were not really improvisors on stage. I can spot moments of what I would regard as 'great communication' between musicians, but these moments were composed, rather than improvised. The 'communication' came at the writing and rehearsal stage. Good examples of this can be heard during Close to the Edge by Yes, numerous Genesis tracks, especially instrumentals.
	Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

USAGirl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: July 16 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 70	Posted: March 22 2006 at 05:15
	I just listened to the version of "Radio Gnome Invisible" from the "Gong Live Etc." album and noticed that there is an amazing moment of perfect communication between Didier Malherbe and Steve Hillage in it. At the end of his sax solo Malherbe plays an ascending scale that sounds like laughter, which is picked up without any pause by Hillage and answered with a "laughter" from his guitar on a descending scale, mocking the sax slightly, before he starts with one of his typical solos. That's what I call a moment of "perfect communication". This high-level (probably in a double-sense) communication between the musicians is what made Gong such an excellent live band, in my opinion. Does anybody else know such examples of "perfect communication"?
	Peace on Earth