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Date:         Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:34:39 EDT
From:         "Michael H. Bloom" <MHB@MITVMA.BITNET>
Subject:      Gradually going tornado

From:         Ken Koester <MAINT2@ERS.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Favorite guitar solos, first pass

> On Thu, 3 Sep 1992 09:44:38 EDT Michael H. Bloom said:
> >   lick. If only they didn't edit "Who Do You Love"...
> >
> Knowing this (thanx!), I will definitely *not* buy the compilation.

Well, they did include the entire "Mona"/"Maiden of the Cancer Moon"/"Calvary"
side, which is arguably heavier than "Who Do You Love," which has its lapses
(e.g. Freiberg's bass solo). Also it's got the two tunes they recorded before
their first official record, "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" and "Cod'ine," which
appeared in the soundtrack of a hippie exploitation movie called _Revolution_,
and which are just jaw-droppingly amazing IMHO. (When Cippolina toured England
with Man in 1977 or so, immortalized on the live _Maximum Darkness_ album, they
did both those songs superbly.)

> And, I will add Clapton on, say, "Crossroads" or "Sea of Joy";

Clapton doesn't take a solo on "Sea of Joy," unless you're counting those
incidental licks after the hook. The solo on that is Ric Grech, double-tracked
on violin, quite nice actually. I also like Clapton and Winwood's intertwined
lead playing on "Had to Cry Today," and the very beginning of Clapton's solo
on "Presence of the Lord," those first two bars of intense wah-wah.

The trouble with talking about your favorite guitar solos is that you never
stop; each one reminds you of four more essential listening experiences. Who
else likes Jim McGuinn's sheets-of-sound solo in "Eight Miles High"?

From:         David Malbuff <SPGDAM@UCCVMA.BITNET>
Subject:      re: ALLMUSIC confessional: secret loves and hidden desires

> Boy, do I LOVE gettin' a reaction. :-D

No, really? Far be it from me to think people post to ALLMUSIC for effect :-)

> So, go figure. I don't listen to Madonna very much (my wife does) but
> generally I like what I hear.

I know how that works-- my wife listens to Enya and actually defends it. But
I still think it's digitally-processed pigswill.

> I find that there is very little music that I actually don't like, regardless
> of what I may think about the motives and/or personalities of those who make
> it.

I find that there's enough competence in everything I hear that it can't be
dismissed out of hand, but I have to listen real hard to discern the presence
or absence of the "spark" that will make me want to live with this record as
part of my permanent collection. So it's harder to make snap judgments, which
is probably a good thing, but the downside is that fewer records make the cut.

From:         Sonia Kovitz <skovitz@MAGNUS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU>
Subject:      Re: To Sharrock or not To Sharrock

> I also liked MHB's digital-zircon-encrusted-tweezers.

Old Zappa reference, perhaps I should mention.

> I did ask a friend and he contributed "The Shags."

FYI, that's "Shaggs," two G's. They were three sisters from some teeny hamlet
in New Hampshire, who recorded two albums in the '60s-- the precursors to Jad
Fair and his ilk, they made it all up themselves, almost completely innocent
of the rudiments of song structure, guitar chords, etc. (Recent research has
indicated that their dad pushed them to do a lot of this stuff, and I think
he claimed composer credit for the tunes on their second album, which I don't
have. Apparently he thought he was Murray Wilson or something.)

When Shonen Knife started to appear on record in America, the press release
ripped off the liner notes from the first Shaggs album.

From:         Lee=Jenkins%Factory=Sup%Mfg=Hou@BANGATE.COMPAQ.COM
Subject:      re: ALLMUSIC confessional: secret loves and hidden desires

> ooh, i almost can't bear to bring myself to say it.  i occasionally get this
> thing for a female pop vocalist *blush*.  i buy the cd, listen to it several
> times a day, and end up liking all the songs.  every single one.  i memorize
> all the words and sing them to myself and anyone else who happens to be
> nearby.  horrible, isn't it?  here's the ones i can think of:

Dagmar Krause? Lene Lovich? Nina Hagen? Diamanda Galas? Karen Finley?

You should definitely check out the Shonen Knife oeuvre. Or some Shaggs. Or
the Lucia Pamela record...
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