Henry Cow to play music of Lindsay Cooper
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Topic: Henry Cow to play music of Lindsay Cooper
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Subject: Henry Cow to play music of Lindsay Cooper
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 10:57
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For two nights in November (in London & Huddersfield) four bands will reform to play the music of Lindsay Cooper.
The bands are Henry Cow, Music For Films, News From Babael and Oh Moscow
http://www.serious.org.uk/events/series/lindsaycooper" rel="nofollow - http://www.serious.org.uk/events/series/lindsaycooper
The confirmed lineup features:
Alfred Harth ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 11:17
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What a nice idea. I love her compositions. If they decide to release the recordings of these shows, I would buy it. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 14:50
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Wow! That's fantastic. I wish I could be there. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: N-sz
Date Posted: June 17 2014 at 16:46
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That's such a great thing though for them to do. I would love to hear/ see recordings too if they release something from it. Sooooo wish I could go! Sadly I'll likely never be able to see these artists perform here in the US  ------------- https://blankspacerecords.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - Blank Space Records |
Posted By: cemego
Date Posted: June 19 2014 at 11:07
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The fact that we'll never see this in America is one of the many reasons that America is a cultural backwater of tasteless tripe. We have to settle with our Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga. UGH!  Being a prog fan in America is a realm for the loneliest fan-dom in the world. ------------- listen to streaming stuff! no commercials! http://wmom.servemp3.com:8000/listen.pls |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 19 2014 at 11:12
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But hey, at least it gives us something to happily complain about.
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: frippism
Date Posted: June 19 2014 at 11:46
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holy crap I regret missing this. Also America is undoubtedly the worst place possible ever for music ------------- There be dragons |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: June 19 2014 at 11:52
Beiber is Canadian. I know the US is to blame for a lot, but don't try to pin that one on us. BTW, that reminds me when are we going to bomb Canada for sending Beiber here? That's a terrorist attack in my book. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
cemego wrote:Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: June 19 2014 at 12:21
Veryan once played in my band  ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 19 2014 at 13:20
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Wow. What a brilliant idea - and beautiful gesture. Lindsay is missed. Come November I genuinely hope I'll be able to swing by London. It's been ages anyway, and I love the city. I imagine it being slightly different from last time, but then again huge cities like that are always changing (which is why they're so interesting to me). Maybe if I row to England it'll be cheaper... ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 12:32
| I have tickets for the Huddersfield gig. Personally, I can't wait for this. I was lucky enough to see the Cow twice in 1977 and I never thought I would see them play together again. Unlike almost another rock band, the concept is a good one - to pay tribute to the late Lindsay Cooper, so its not just a reunion for the sake of it. News from Babel will perform live for the first time as well! By 1977, John Greaves had left so I have not seen him with the Cow (although I did see him a year later with National Health, supporting Steve Hillage - a great night). Dagmar performed in the February but when I saw them again in the October, she had retired from touring due to ill health. Those two gigs are amongst my most treasured musical memories - I particularly remember them starting the second half of the first gig with 'Beautiful as the moon...' and believe it or not, the place was rocking! |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 12:45
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See Chris Cutler's account of the Lindsay Cooper tribute: http://www.cloudsandclocks.net/interviews/CC_LC_interview.html |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 28 2014 at 14:45
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: October 06 2014 at 07:16
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Update: The Huddersfield (UK) gig is now sold out but a date has been added in Forli, Italy on the 23rd November - go to: http://www.areasismica.it" rel="nofollow - w.areasismica.it Some tickets left for the London show. Would go to all three if I could!! |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: October 06 2014 at 12:47
Well, maybe London isn't very far from Paris, but I would still have to buy a ticket to London, rent a room, etc... I will have to "forget" this concert. 
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: November 11 2014 at 07:35
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Although it is enough to see Henry Cow again (which I never thought would happen), I am wondering about the set list. As it is a tribute to Lindsay Cooper, then I am sure we will get treated to the Day by Day suite off Western Culture. It is just possible other Cow tunes will be played as well that featured Lindsay, so my money is on 'Ruins'... News From Babel performing live for the first time is a big deal, so I am also wondering if Robert Wyatt is likely to make a special guest appearance at some stage. Excited? Yes, just the same as I was when I saw the Cow for the first time at the age of 14! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 11 2014 at 08:22
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I thought they were mostly playing Lindsay's solo work such as Oh Moscow |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: November 11 2014 at 09:55
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Indeed, if you read Chris Cutler's interview, it implies that 25% of the concert will be Henry Cow, 25% Oh Moscow, etc. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: November 15 2014 at 00:08
| This should get a DVD treatment....... |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: November 15 2014 at 04:44
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I doubt it, the Cow have always been anti-commercial in this respect. Even if they did, I suspect the market would be tiny. I will report back to the forum if I see any professional looking cameras there! In the meantime, enjoy the latest interview with Chris Cutler on the Lindsay Cooper concerts/RIO etc with the BBC's Stuart Maconie while it is still available (broadcast last Sunday) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nvv9h |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 17 2014 at 11:38
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For those going to the show... Are you meeting somewhere before?? I would enjoy sgharing a drink with PA'ers and PE'ers |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 17 2014 at 12:16
Would that end up like mods & rockers or crips & bloods? ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: November 17 2014 at 12:26
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Will be going to the Huddersfield gig - happy to identify a handy pub nearby for Cow fans to congregate in! (I don't know the town centre that well...) |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 18 2014 at 07:01
Hopefully the different RIO crowds are more civil than the symph weenie crowds are
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 07:42
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Seen on Prog Ears Details for FridayThe show is listed to start at 7:30pm and I guess will actually start close to that time. There's a free performance in the lobby at 6pm by Estafest, http://www.estafest.com/" rel="nofollow - - http://www.barbican.org.uk/media/upl..._floorplan.pdf shows the Barbican's floor plan, with the Hall where the show is in red. I think the Estafest performance will be on the Ground floor, between the bar and the Lakeside Terrace entrance. I think that bar, that little splodge of yellow in the bottom left of the Ground floor floor plan, is a good place for everyone to meet up. The Ground floor is an open space, so the bar is just along the wall: it's not a separate room. If you're coming from Barbican tube station, you walk through the Barbican complex, past residential spaces, into a plaza, down some steps, and into the Lakeside Terrace plaza, with a pond to your right and the Barbican music venue to your left. Just go in the first door you can on your left and you should be in about the right place. If you come in via the Silk St entrance (from Moorgate or Liverpool St tube), then you come into the building, along a walk way, into the main lobby space and have to go to the opposite end from where you are. I should be there by 5:45pm. Henry |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: November 19 2014 at 08:05
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Some people are meeting in the Hand and Shears, a couple of minutes from the Barbican, from 5.00. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: November 21 2014 at 07:56
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I have a spare ticket for the gig tonight as my girlfriend can't make it. If anyone wants it, and can come to the Barbican to get it from me, send a PM. I won't be getting there until shortly before the gig starts at 7.30pm.
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: November 21 2014 at 08:58
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For the Huddersfield gig, I hear from a very reliable source that 'The Sportsman' is a good pub handy for the venue. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 25 2014 at 07:27
| Xhat a splendi x-e that was, despite the atrovious weather.... thankfully, my last few hours in London were much sunnier yestrday. |