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ziggystardust360
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Posted: July 25 2008 at 22:29 | ||
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''I always had the repulsive need to be something other than human''-David Bowie
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: July 25 2008 at 22:44 | ||
Experimental is not necesarilly Prog Ziggy, if it wa we would had to add REM.
Iván
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 25 2008 at 22:53 | ||
"O lovely pussy! Pussy my love!
What a wonderful pussy you are." Edited by Slartibartfast - July 26 2008 at 00:11 |
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ziggystardust360
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Posted: July 25 2008 at 22:56 | ||
You have a point there Ivan. But I still strongly support her being added to Archives in Prog Related like I requested.''O Superman'' for example has prog elements.And not just that really all of her albums have Prog related qualities.
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''I always had the repulsive need to be something other than human''-David Bowie
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Easy Money
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Posted: July 25 2008 at 23:11 | ||
Nice try Slarti, but my opinion is unchanged, ha ha. Didn't Laurie steal those lines from that Madonna sex book. Apparently Laurie tried to get Don Van Vleit (Beefheart) to guest on one of her records, but he turned her down saying something about beware of women with violins. I don't know what he meant, but I always thought it sounded funny. Edited by Easy Money - July 25 2008 at 23:40 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 00:10 | ||
I might be wrong, but I think Beautiful Pea Green Boat from Bright Red predated Madonna's book. Never heard about the Beefheart thingy. Was that before or after William Burroughs? By the way fellow Anderson fans, if you look at the collage in my signature, towards the middle, at the top middle of the shelving unit at the bottom, is my box set of United States Live! Edited by Slartibartfast - July 26 2008 at 01:42 |
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Logan
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 00:36 | ||
I'll quote a bit of what I wrote on page one when i revived this topic in October (sorry quoting myself but it's easier than rewriting old thoughts).
I'd rather describe her as quirky than weird, but maybe that's because like the word "eccentric" it has more a positive connotation for me. I don't think of her as Prog -- progressive, yes, but not Prog. Structurally, she has something in common with various minimalist composers. I feel she has a place in PA in Prog Related even if she doesn't fit the definition there well. I think she has an approach that partially puts her in the camp of art rock artists, and I think she has something in common with various progressive electronic artists,as well a some in prog related. Not all are complex. I think her compostions can seem deceptively simple. She's also something of an inventor , but that's by-the-by. I wish I still had Home of the Brave. On page one I provided a link to a stream of Big Science -- okay it is simple.. Her songs can build and evolve in interesting ways. I find her approach to composition intriguing. And yes, her quirkiness counts for a lot in terms of my interest. It's far more than simple music with weird ornaments to me. She was also innovative and experimental, which makes her progressiveness, but, no, not really prog. I see the boundaries expanding on what is prog anyway. Okay, she's no Edgar Froese, but interesting in her own right, and I think she could considerable appeal to quite a few of those into progressive electronic, and certain art rock artists. Prog Related feels right to me. |
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Just a music fan passing through trying to fill some void. Various music I am into now: a youtube playlist
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: July 26 2008 at 01:41 | ||
I'd put the Life On A String album up as exhibit number one of her worthiness of inclusion. It's a little hoakey in parts, yet many brilliant and beautiful moments in it as well.
My favorite parts, the violn/cello/bass track Here With You that precedes Slip Away and of course Slip Away, itself: " What's this? A little dust in my eye Well I'm not the type to cry It's four a.m. I'm standing by the bed where you lie Sleeping the sleep of the newborn I put [my] finger to your lips. Warm air. Five a.m. You lift your hand and open it. Then you slipped away. You slipped away. Oh death, that creep, that crooked jerk... He comes, he comes walking. He comes sneaking Down that long irreversible hallway Grabs you in your sleep I walk outside to the parking lot. Bright coins of water on the sidewalk. Big white building where your body lies Stands in the middle of the fields. Icy air. And after all the shocks the way the heart unlocks And ooo we slip away. We slip away. I'm thinking about the way that lost things always come back Looking like something else A fishing pole, a shoe, an old shirt, a lucky day Ooo then they slip away into the remains of the day Ooo they slip away. They slip away. I'm thinking how you taught me how to win And how to loose And how to fight the crippling blues that I was born with Bad dreams and nightmares Ooo they slip away. Ooo they slip away into the remains of the day. I know that sometime I'll stop looking for you. Stop seeing your face every day Bad dreams and nightmares and big bad wolves ... You told me you had no idea how to die but I saw The way the light left your eyes And after all the shocks the way the heart unlocks And ooo then you slipped away. You slipped away." The song Life On A String is interesting too: ".. Some people know exactly where they're going The pilgrims to Mecca The climbers to the mountaintop But me, I'm just looking For just a single moment So I can slip through time..." Edited by Slartibartfast - July 26 2008 at 01:44 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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