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A thread about me, I'm flatterred

stonebeard wrote: meurglysIII wrote: A thread about me, I'm flatterred I think it's obvious that everyone's just clamoring to talk about you!

Of course, who wouldn't want to discuss my profound affinity for Soft Machine, Nucleus, Cluster, The Residents, and related projects, etc..

I've definitely heard it elsewhere, I need another listen!

Maybe we're talking about a different riff here... the riff I am talking about does not start until a fair way into the track.

Having yet to hear "Rift Valley", I cannot say if it's the same riff as I am talking about.

It's either from "Ibrahim" by Queen, the first track on their "Jazz" album, or it's from Derek Trucks Band and off a track from their "Joyful Noise" album.

I shall get back to you on this.

Edit: Derek Trucks Band - Kam-ma-lay.

I believe that's where I've heard it.  This is from 2003 or something, so VdGG had it first.


Edited by Geck0

Geck0, Queen's 'Mustapha' is probably the song you are thinking about. It came out on 'Jazz' in '78.

The wonderful 'Meurglys III' is from 'World Record' and that album is from '76. But I can't hear any riff that that sounds similar.

Geck0 wrote: That's because I mean Derek Trucks Band - Kam-ma-lay. The riff I mean runs from 8 to 12 minutes (approx.) in the original version on World Record.  I've just played both and they're very similar.  I think it maybe a Latin-American riff or something, as the Derek Trucks Band song has vocals sung by Rúben Blades. And yes, I did mean Mustapha and you're probably current Rocktopus, I've not heard Mustapha in about 8 years or so. I'm pretty sure pH used it first, I was just curious, as I knew I had heard it somewhere before. Thank you for the assistance Friede.

I know which riff you mean now. The riff to which Hammill sings the following lines:
"Talking in tongues is easy
when you know how quite pleasing,
but still nothing works out right.
Pressurized lungs, heart bleeding,
you gotta slow down and show that
you can make it through the night.
However dark it seems,
the present is just the present;
beyond it no further darkness lies concealed.
And through these desperate dreams, this longing
for friends and comfort you know that
in the end all will be revealed.
When no more plants or dogs or rooms
are there to hear you
and no-one is left near you then you'll see.
Well, in the end
there's only you and Meurglys III,
and this is just what you chose to be, fool!"

 

And another question - why "Songwriter's Guild"? Perhaps it is just homonyme to "Songwriter's Guilt??" - for me it fits more to the lyrics.

The ending reminds me also of the ending of a Neil Young track (the last on on the Zuma album if memory serves), with the style of guitar.  I could be wrong with this though.

Gov't Mule do an amazing version of "Lively Up Yourself" in concert.

I personally love "Meurgly's III (The Songwriter's Guild)", but a lot of people don't seem to rate World Record too highly, I think it's an excellent album and for once, they haven't put the longest track as the last track.

An underrated album for sure.

Thank you RaphaelT.  World Record is definitely underrated.  I don't think people underate it per sé, but they just don't like it as much as VdGG's previous efforts and I think it's on par with them easily.  It is also the last album by the classic lineup.  There is not a bad album or track by the classic lineup in my opinion.  Opinions differ though, I understand that.

Although having said that, Killer isn't my favourite, I mean: Fishes can't fly?

But I digress, all hail the might VdGG!

Fine, that's taking it too far...