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LOL Don't worry John it's just a space problem!!Who would you rather have staring out of your
wardrobe?

Finishing off the night tonight with some of my favourite Frank Zappa albums - One Size Fits All, The Grand Wazoo, Hot Rats and the immortal We're Only In It For The Money (perhaps the greatest satirical work of art in music). Sheer musical invention and proof positive that humour belongs in music. One of my single biggest musical influences when I was growing up and the man who taught me to open up to all types of music - from Stravinsky and Varese to Mingus, Dolphy and Wes Montgomery and all points in between. He was also, in my opinion, one of the very greatest electric guitarists (right up there with Hendrix and Fripp) who ever lived.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brXpP3uI ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvW_2YyA ... re=related (astonishing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KWPxd9a ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtcouz1dDo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O34yPdYbsg (the greatest 30-second song ever)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M366oATK ... re=related (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ASrZ1Bw ... re=related (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4DTN4-IOMI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS-QT49oL0A (Beefheart and Zappa together - musical bliss)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsw9V2WjITI (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo6_YENS ... re=related (Part 2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MnsjuUY ... re=related (one of his very best)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg6X2hsl ... re=related (great guitar solo)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW6N9DPU1fU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCdYI6-Uz7M&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xTynHGq ... re=related

And I have to include two choice clips from Baby Snakes, one of the great rock concert films (Adrian Belew on fine form and what a great idea to have the handheld cameras on stage with the musicians):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4EzT7KHgEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c-NMnYhM3Q&NR=1



Life-enhancing stuff to last you until the end of your days.

mcq wrote:Finishing off the night tonight with some of my favourite Frank Zappa albums - One Size Fits All, The Grand Wazoo, Hot Rats and the immortal We're Only In It For The Money (perhaps the greatest satirical work of art in music). Sheer musical invention and proof positive that humour belongs in music. One of my single biggest musical influences when I was growing up and the man who taught me to open up to all types of music - from Stravinsky and Varese to Mingus, Dolphy and Wes Montgomery and all points in between. He was also, in my opinion, one of the very greatest electric guitarists (right up there with Hendrix and Fripp) who ever lived.

Life-enhancing stuff to last you until the end of your days.

Gonna have a ball watching all the YouTube stuff on Zappa et al all this week.Thanks! As regards his prowess as a guitar player I would have to agree with you (not just for the sake of it,mind!); he made it all look so ridiculously easy and ever so slightly off-hand; However, much as I admire his skills I've always found his playing 'cold' and 'technical'.Still he really made a massive dent on Rock music and beyond and his influence is incalculable......

A blast from my past....



....prompted by listening to all of those Nick Drake clips!

fergus wrote:A blast from my past....



....prompted by listening to all of those Nick Drake clips!

You must be quite the Donovan fan fergus as that's yet another sleeve I've never seen before.What album(s) would you recommend?

mcq:
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BTW have you ever read the piece about Nick Drake by Ian MacDonald? Best writing I've ever read....

cybot wrote:You must be quite the Donovan fan fergus as that's yet another sleeve I've never seen before.What album(s) would you recommend?

I have just counted 17 Donovan albums on my shelf Dermot so I suppose I could be termed a bit of a fan alright!
My favourites are:
A gift from a flower to a garden - double album and overall favourite
Barabajagal
Open Road
7 Tease

The above are probably all meaningless to the wider public....he was a child of his time (but very talented)!

Thanks for the list on Donovan's best bits....I've only got one Donovan song on a compilation;I think it's called Sunshine Superman and it really is a stand out!

cybot:

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