coleman57

coleman57 t1_j19dvtc wrote

Reply to Let It Be by mrgoyette

Looking forward to seeing it. And I agree with everything you said except that I’ve been loving the overproduction on LAWR for 52 years and I don’t get what the fuss is. And I disliked the “Naked” version. While I’m at it, I much prefer the American release of Rubber Soul, and the Minnesota recordings of Blood on the Tracks. And Young Americans is probably Bowie’s best album while Diamond Dogs hasn’t aged well

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coleman57 t1_j19crze wrote

Reply to comment by FormalWare in Let It Be by mrgoyette

There’s a recording where I think they’d just got off the plane at JFK and a reporter asks if they’ve written anything new. John says yeah I’ve got this thing we’re working on, and proceeds to belt out the chorus. And because of the long pauses between the lines, everyone starts giggling. They can’t tell if he’s trolling them. It’s pretty cool

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coleman57 t1_j1423od wrote

Reply to comment by libertarian1994 in Steve miller by libertarian1994

He had a song around 1969 that sounded very much like Hendrix. The riff that opens Jet Airliner is the same as Cream’s Crossroads. Another one steals the riff from the Stones’ Jumpin Jack Flash. The Joker takes whole lines from an obscure 1950s R&B song

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coleman57 t1_j12btf7 wrote

Reply to Steve miller by libertarian1994

Not weird at all, compared to the stuff he was imitating. Doesn’t make much less sense than the rest of what was on the radio in his heyday. He’s derivative and not much of a singer, but he had maybe 8 or 10 decent songs and that’s more than most artists. I can’t imagine why anyone would either hate or love his music. (Except of course for Miles Davis, who was quite reasonably pissed off at having to open for him. One of Bill Graham’s few bad pairings.)

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