Well, it's just because I have an exquisite taste in music
Now I own around 600 CDs with very different rock music, plus a collection of MP3s; on the other hand my brother has already a huge collection of his own as well, and in my parents' house there are also some great LPs and CDs (mainly jazz, but also 60s-70s rock), so I can always borrow something from them. And I have some great on-line and off-line friends, who help me to get what I'd like to have.....
Robert Wyatt & Soft Machine
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Sounds like heaven to me but I guess I'm on my way to 600 CDs aswell, but a rough count summs up to 500 mainly pop, some 200 classical esp. Beethoven and classical guitar music.Anna-Roza wrote:...Now I own around 600 CDs with very different rock music, plus a collection of MP3s... And I have some great on-line and off-line friends, who help me to get what I'd like to have.....
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Most of mine are original (I'm proud to say), but I guess we're getting a bit off topic... So see you around on other threads Anna-Roza.Anna-Roza wrote:Well, I strted buying, trading and copying CDs and cassettes when I was around twelve... That's why now I have quite a lot of them (but I wish they all were original....)
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WOW!!!Anna-Roza wrote:Well, it's just because I have an exquisite taste in music
Now I own around 600 CDs with very different rock music, plus a collection of MP3s; on the other hand my brother has already a huge collection of his own as well, and in my parents' house there are also some great LPs and CDs (mainly jazz, but also 60s-70s rock), so I can always borrow something from them. And I have some great on-line and off-line friends, who help me to get what I'd like to have.....
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Does anyone have the Icicle Works cover of Robert Wyatt's Sea Song. I've been looking for it some time now,
but I can't find it. I used to have it on cassette, recorded from the radio YEARS ago... In my memory it was quite nice,
very bombastic... But memories can make things more pretty than they actually are
but I can't find it. I used to have it on cassette, recorded from the radio YEARS ago... In my memory it was quite nice,
very bombastic... But memories can make things more pretty than they actually are
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I accidentally downloaded the 1st 2 Soft Machine albums as well as Jet Propelled (volume 0), cuz a the Daevid Allen involvement in that one
also Wyatts End of an Ear and the Matching Mole records
I think theyre sort of like Genesis/Gabriel, in that I have no interest in what they did after Wyatt left
his bizarre idea of singing supposedly was to replace the melodic role of lead guitar after Allen left, his songs are often wordless, pastiches of pop cliches, or selfreferential (eg "this is the first verse of the song and this is the chorus or maybe its the bridge or just another key change...")
theyre also like the Yardbirds in that they spawned three mad visionaries (Allen, Ayers, Wyatt) like the Yardbirds spawned three blues guitar heroes
what about these other Canterbury bands?
Caravan seems to be Soft Machines fraternal twin, in a historical sense, are they any good?
also Wyatts End of an Ear and the Matching Mole records
I think theyre sort of like Genesis/Gabriel, in that I have no interest in what they did after Wyatt left
his bizarre idea of singing supposedly was to replace the melodic role of lead guitar after Allen left, his songs are often wordless, pastiches of pop cliches, or selfreferential (eg "this is the first verse of the song and this is the chorus or maybe its the bridge or just another key change...")
theyre also like the Yardbirds in that they spawned three mad visionaries (Allen, Ayers, Wyatt) like the Yardbirds spawned three blues guitar heroes
what about these other Canterbury bands?
Caravan seems to be Soft Machines fraternal twin, in a historical sense, are they any good?
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I've been a fan for a long time ('cause I've been around for a long time! Yikes!). I've actually done some work for him. I've done some credited work on two of his records (sorry kids...CD's!). One was a compilation of acetates by one of his earliest bands called The Wildeflowers. The other one was called Nothing Can Stop Us . One of my oldest and bestest friends, Mike King, wrote what I think is probably the definitive book on the man. It's called Wrong Movements. Pick it up, if you can. Mike is a really dedicated musicologist and I personally couldn't imagine anyone who could have been more suited to the task.
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say thats pretty cool 2066
what did you do? graphics?
I accidentally downloaded that WildeFlowers album too
thats the band that bifurcated into Soft Machine and Caravan
now i know my HogtownHomeboy worked on that album Im going to be sure to buy a real copy next time I see it
also theres the even earlier Daevid Allen Trio, with Wyatt on drums (and I think Hoppers the third part of the trio), when Allen was doing his Beat poet schtick
what did you do? graphics?
I accidentally downloaded that WildeFlowers album too
thats the band that bifurcated into Soft Machine and Caravan
now i know my HogtownHomeboy worked on that album Im going to be sure to buy a real copy next time I see it
also theres the even earlier Daevid Allen Trio, with Wyatt on drums (and I think Hoppers the third part of the trio), when Allen was doing his Beat poet schtick