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Dayvenkirq ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970 |
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Don't know how many people here know this, but this may not have been mentioned yet on the forum: ... Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice features a couple of tracks from Can's Ege Bamyasi.
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Tom Ozric ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
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^ Well, it is a freewheelin', Bohemian lifestyle concept (from what I can tell) that requires 'weirdo groovy' music - provided by the Masters - CAN !!
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vdlluca ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: February 09 2015 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 2 |
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I didn't read through all the post or you may already know but look at this:
(Uriah Heep - Demons & wizards cover)
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Smurph ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 11 2012 Location: Columbus&NYC Status: Offline Points: 3167 |
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^Penis rock and the top is a vagina spewing out liquid?
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TheH ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 18 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1152 |
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Mascodagama ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5111 |
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Rick Wakeman's dad, Cyril Wakeman, was a director of Nicholls & Clarke in the East End of London, "an empire of ironmongery and sanitaryware that contained a hidden warren of semi-criminal subcultures":
Very interesting article, though of tangential relevant to prog! BTW there is no suggestion that Cyril Wakeman was involved in any of the criminal activities that went on Nicholls & Clarke's basement. Edited by Mascodagama - February 13 2015 at 04:37 |
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verslibre ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 01 2004 Location: CA Status: Offline Points: 15226 |
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Some of ex-Tangerine Dreamer Peter Baumann's third solo album, Repeat Repeat (the first one to feature vocals and music in a decidedly mainstream direction compared to his previous solo albums, and work with Tangerine Dream), was recorded at Jan Hammer's Red Gate studio in New York.
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Dayvenkirq ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970 |
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jkl2001 ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: March 08 2015 Location: NY Status: Offline Points: 1 |
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Marillion drummer Ian Mosley once played with Chicago-area neo-prog band Big Picture.
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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 8160 |
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When progressive rock band Quatermass played live, and they did their upcoming (but not yet recorded) single "One Blind Mice" in concert, John Gustafson would sing the opening lines of the Deep Purple song "Bloodsucker" (off of their album "In Rock"), incorporating them into the Quatermass number.
"Got Black Breast Chinese eyes, got an English brain that's gonna make me wise". The recorded "One Blind Mice" song does not have that lyric in it.
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Tom Ozric ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
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I'm currently sprucing up my sister's old vinyl collection - not so obscure, but fact.....ha ha.....
I was cleaning up her Frankie Goes To Hollywood (man, those guys scare me.....) Pleasuredome album and noticed Steve Howe guested on a track !! I guess, it was produced by Trevor Horn. |
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twosteves ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 01 2007 Location: NYC/Rhinebeck Status: Offline Points: 4071 |
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Yeah I have that album and CD----Steve comes on briefly and does some great playing---totally recognizable as Howe guitar----and yes Horn called in his friends.
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Tom Ozric ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
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Thankfully, Frankie went to Hollywood, and not NYC
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AreYouHuman ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 12 2013 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 470 |
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The instrumental middle section
of Can You Understand by Renaissance was taken from an original piece by
Maurice Jarre written for the score of “Doctor Zhivago.” This is where the band got it from, but the tricky
thing is, they assumed at the time that it was based on a Russian folk tune
which was in the public domain. Any
hassles over copyright infringement were quickly settled, and on some more
recent releases, like the King Biscuit CD, Jarre is credited for that section.
I was unaware of all this the
first time I saw “Dr. Zhivago” in the early 80s, though I recognized that piece right away.
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Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously.
Silly human race! Yes is for everybody! |
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A_Flower ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 18 2015 Location: 2112 Status: Offline Points: 1199 |
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On The Rolling Stones album "There Satanic Majesties Request" John Lennon and Paul McCartney sing backup on "Sing This All Together". Also, on the album cover, if you look closely on the sides you can find all four faces of The Beatles
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AreYouHuman ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 12 2013 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 470 |
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Kit Watkins advertised his first solo album “Labyrinth” in Rolling Stone. I believe that’s where it first came to my attention. |
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Caption: We tend to take ourselves a little too seriously.
Silly human race! Yes is for everybody! |
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BaldJean ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10377 |
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the opening bars of Mother Gong's "The Three Tongues" from their album
"Fairy Tales" are taken from Maurice Ravel's "Introduction and allegro
for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet", with a little change in
one note that I consider to be an improvement.
here the original by Ravel; the relevant part starts shortly before the 2 minute mark: I am curious about your opinion: do you also consider the slight change by Mother Gong an improvement? for me it builds a little extra tension to not just repeat the little 8-note phrase exactly but put a twist on the last note in the repetition Edited by BaldJean - February 19 2016 at 03:39 |
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![]() A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 64665 |
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Dave Pegg loved cashews.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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BaldJean ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: May 28 2005 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 10377 |
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two little known facts about Amon Düül's "Carnival in Babylon". some people consider it not to be up to their preceding albums and think they lost inspiration and ambition, but that's not true.
1) "Kronwinkl 12" was the address for the house they lived in, so that track is somewhat autobiographical. 2) the album was originally planned as a double album again, but the producer did not want another double album after "Yeti" and "Tanz der Lemminge". the track "Hawknose Harlequin" (arguably the best track on the album) was originally over 27 minutes long but had to be cut short. cursed be all producers who interfere with the ambitions of bands and ruin their best ideas Edited by BaldJean - February 19 2016 at 03:15 |
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![]() A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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Tom Ozric ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
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Love, love, LOVE Carnival In Babylon. I would pay good money to hear the 27 minute Hawknose Harlequin. It seems too short at 9 mins whatever.
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