REAP CORNER

[robertff]

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[robertff]

Lovely cover design, lovely album.



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[ChrisB]

Love Winwood's voice, but always felt he could do so much more, musically. A good artist who should be a great artist

[C]

A good artist who should be a great artist

He is a great artist - one of my heroes

A great voice, composer, keyboard player and guitarist








NP






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[robertff]

Fine album.

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[pcqgod]

oooof!

A great band


Have you heard this one (NOW PLAYING):



It's corker








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Yeah, I have that one in my collection. Pretty sure I did a synch listen on it a few years back. Budgie were very popular in San Antonio.

[pcqgod]

Sab synch listen left my thirst for bone-crunching rock unquenched, so....

Bang - Bang (1972)

[ChrisB]

Cracking little album

[C]

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NP

On a dilemma between what I need and what I just want
Between your thighs I feel a sensation
How long can I resist the temptation?
I've got my bird, you've got your man
So who else do we need, really?
Now I'm here, I may as well put my other hand in yours
While we decide how far to go and if we've got time to do it now
And if it's half as good for you as it is for me
Then you won't mind if we lie down for a while, just for a while
Till all the thing I want is need
You are the thing I are, I knew
I want you more than ever now
We're on the floor, and you want more, and I feel almost sure
That cause now we've agreed, that we got what we need
Then all the thing us needs is wanting
I realized when I saw you last
We've been together now and then
From time to time - just here and there
Now I know how it feels from my hair to my heels
To have you haunt the horns of my dilemma
- Oh! Wait a minute! -
Over - Up - Over - Up - ... Down
Down - Over - Up - Over - ... Up
Living can be lovely, here in New York State
Ah, but I wish that I were home
And I wish I were home again - back home again, home again
There are places and people that I'm so glad to have seen
Ah, but I miss the trees, and I wish that I were home again
Back home again
The sun shines here all summer
Its nice cause you can get quite brown
Ah, but I miss the rain - ticky tacky ticky
And I wish that I were home again - home again, home again
Living is easy here in New York State
Ah, but I wish that I were home again
Back in West Dulwich again
Just before we go on to the next part of our song
Let's all make sure we've got the time
Music-making still performs the normal functions -
Background noise for people scheming, seducing, revolting and teaching
That's all right by me, don't think that I'm complaining
After all, it's only leisure time, isn't it?
Now I love your eyes - see how the time flies
She's learning to hate, but it's just too late for me
It was the same with her love
It just wasn't enough for me
But before this feeling dies
Remember how distance can tell lies!
You can almost see her eyes, is it me she despises or you?
You're awfully nice to me and I'm sure you can see what her game is
She sees you in her place, just as if it's a race
And you're winning, and you're winning
She just can't undertsand that for me everything's just beginning
Until I get more homesick
So before this feeling dies, remember how distance tells us lies
Singing a song in the morning
Singing it again at night
Don't really know what I'm singing about
But it makes me feel I feel all right
You say you like my shirt
You say you like my hat
Oh but you never say you like me
Or something nice like that
What about me?
What about me?





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[robertff]

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NP

On a dilemma between what I need and what I just want
Between your thighs I feel a sensation
How long can I resist the temptation?
I've got my bird, you've got your man
So who else do we need, really?
Now I'm here, I may as well put my other hand in yours
While we decide how far to go and if we've got time to do it now
And if it's half as good for you as it is for me
Then you won't mind if we lie down for a while, just for a while
Till all the thing I want is need
You are the thing I are, I knew
I want you more than ever now
We're on the floor, and you want more, and I feel almost sure
That cause now we've agreed, that we got what we need
Then all the thing us needs is wanting
I realized when I saw you last
We've been together now and then
From time to time - just here and there
Now I know how it feels from my hair to my heels
To have you haunt the horns of my dilemma
- Oh! Wait a minute! -
Over - Up - Over - Up - ... Down
Down - Over - Up - Over - ... Up
Living can be lovely, here in New York State
Ah, but I wish that I were home
And I wish I were home again - back home again, home again
There are places and people that I'm so glad to have seen
Ah, but I miss the trees, and I wish that I were home again
Back home again
The sun shines here all summer
Its nice cause you can get quite brown
Ah, but I miss the rain - ticky tacky ticky
And I wish that I were home again - home again, home again
Living is easy here in New York State
Ah, but I wish that I were home again
Back in West Dulwich again
Just before we go on to the next part of our song
Let's all make sure we've got the time
Music-making still performs the normal functions -
Background noise for people scheming, seducing, revolting and teaching
That's all right by me, don't think that I'm complaining
After all, it's only leisure time, isn't it?
Now I love your eyes - see how the time flies
She's learning to hate, but it's just too late for me
It was the same with her love
It just wasn't enough for me
But before this feeling dies
Remember how distance can tell lies!
You can almost see her eyes, is it me she despises or you?
You're awfully nice to me and I'm sure you can see what her game is
She sees you in her place, just as if it's a race
And you're winning, and you're winning
She just can't undertsand that for me everything's just beginning
Until I get more homesick
So before this feeling dies, remember how distance tells us lies
Singing a song in the morning
Singing it again at night
Don't really know what I'm singing about
But it makes me feel I feel all right
You say you like my shirt
You say you like my hat
Oh but you never say you like me
Or something nice like that
What about me?
What about me?


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Crikey, that must be the longest name for a band/album ever!



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[ChrisB]

It's Robert "The critics favourite" Wyatt. God, he's the original melancholy man. A jolly decent person but such weary soul

[C]

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NP

I love a drop of Grant Green - such a lovely guitarist

A jolly track from a tremendous album



The album is best known for the title track, a slow composition in C minor which lasts for nearly 15 minutes. Pearson, who wrote the song, explains in his liner notes to the album that the tune was meant to be much shorter. Due to the musicians repeating the main melody twice, however, there was some confusion as to whether or not one chorus would consist of 16 or 32 bars. Producer Alfred Lion was satisfied with the take, although he suggested that they do a retake to fit the song into a seven-minute limit. However, the song had a special feeling to it which no subsequent take could recapture, so it was decided to release the first take on the album

The above YouTube track - "Jean De Fleur" and "Django", were re-recorded in shorter renditions to compensate for the length of the title track; the extended renditions of both songs can be heard on the CD re-issues of the album





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[robertff]

Fabulous music.


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[C]

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NP



A tremendous track from the robust AD2 album Yeti





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[ChrisB]

Fleet Foxes : Shore. 100% magnificent

[robertff]

Fleet Foxes : Shore. 100% magnificent

I like FF but found it hard to get into this album, it all came across as a bit samey. Haven’t listened to it for a while so I’ll give it another go.


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[robertff]

WP


Fleet Foxes - Shore


Sorry, Chris still think it sounds very samey, they seem to have undergone a complete genre change - for me this is nowhere near as good as their first. Haven’t heard their second but from what I’ve read it’s more like the first, is that correct?



NP






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[ChrisB]

WP


Fleet Foxes - Shore


Sorry, Chris still think it sounds very samey, they seem to have undergone a complete genre change - for me this is nowhere near as good as their first. Haven’t heard their second but from what I’ve read it’s more like the first, is that correct?




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Certainly more in the same vein than "Shore", although one track has Beefheartish sax fade out. Brilliant and yet totally out of place at the same time. To me, they are one of the best bands of the last twenty years, but we all enjoy different music, which is the way it should be. At least you tried which, to my shame, is more than I've done (so far) with Tom Petty.

[robertff]

WP


Fleet Foxes - Shore


Sorry, Chris still think it sounds very samey, they seem to have undergone a complete genre change - for me this is nowhere near as good as their first. Haven’t heard their second but from what I’ve read it’s more like the first, is that correct?

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Certainly more in the same vein than "Shore", although one track has Beefheartish sax fade out. Brilliant and yet totally out of place at the same time. To me, they are one of the best bands of the last twenty years, but we all enjoy different music, which is the way it should be. At least you tried which, to my shame, is more than I've done (so far) with Tom Petty.

I bought the album some time ago but after the first listen it didn’t grab me in the same way the first did. I’ll listen again sometime.

[robertff]

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