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04-11-2015, 12:17 PM | #71 (permalink) | |
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This is a difficult battle for me, I'm going to have to think on it for a while.
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04-11-2015, 05:13 PM | #72 (permalink) |
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Ralph Stanley:
In this song, I liked the touch of black humour when RS sings,"Oh Death, please consider my age; Please don´t take me at this stage" . Overall though, "Oh Death" succeeds too well in its dirge-like purpose; too sluggish, too depressing for me. Son House: Something about this song reminded me of good old Beefheart; maybe it was the occasional "Hoooo" interjections, or the way the claps punctuate the recital like the on/off clicks of Beefheart´s tape deck. Either way, this is the one that wins my vote. Ralph Stanley : 0 Son House : 2
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04-11-2015, 05:29 PM | #73 (permalink) | |
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There's nothing wrong with my taste: I hate your music, don't I?
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04-14-2015, 12:08 PM | #75 (permalink) | |
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(Sorry for missing my turn to post an a cappella battle. I was not able to be online and post here last week.)
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04-14-2015, 12:24 PM | #76 (permalink) |
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On the song Tarotplane, Beefheart references the track pretty directly. He repeats a good friend is hard to find several times on that one.
I think that Mirror Man is pretty underrated amongst psych and Beef fans.
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04-15-2015, 06:36 AM | #78 (permalink) |
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ribbons, Frownland : thanks for passing on those connections and references. How well informed you both are ! I will be checking up on that cover version of Sure 'Nuff and may revisit Tarotplane too.
( For my ignorant self, Ralph Stanley was a completely new name, and I´d forgotten that "good friend" line in Tarotplane. My excuse for the latter is that I probably haven´t played that album for about thirty years. In fact, at that time I found it a bit disappointing; it didn´t have the punch and power of Strictly Personal, and the repetitive lyrics were a let down after hearing (on TMR) what the Beef would later become capable of. Still, if it gets Frownland´s seal of approval, I´d better give it another chance! )
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04-15-2015, 07:41 AM | #80 (permalink) | |
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This is the first place that I heard the Stanley song:
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