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Post by Renfield on Aug 26, 2024 9:32:58 GMT -5
Very cool well-deserved marker for Little Eva. Kinston is also the hometown of saxophonist Maceo Parker, who famously backed James Brown (James calls out his name in a few songs) and also played with Parliament-Funkadelic and Prince. Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell is also from Kinston. Basketball players Jerry Stackhouse and Brandon Ingram also hail from Kinston--current home of the Down East Wood Ducks, low-A Rangers affiliate. Despite all that, Kinston ain't hittin' on much. |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 26, 2024 15:36:05 GMT -5
There's some nice guitar work on the outro of Peace Train as it fades out. Hard to hear unless you're listening for it. Yes...I have heard it. Very nice. As I've suggested, most of his songs are fairly simple...at least the most popular ones. But he also plays piano on "Sitting", another of my favorites. |
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Post by inger on Aug 27, 2024 11:12:28 GMT -5
There's some nice guitar work on the outro of Peace Train as it fades out. Hard to hear unless you're listening for it. Yes...I have heard it. Very nice. As I've suggested, most of his songs are fairly simple...at least the most popular ones. But he also plays piano on "Sitting", another of my favorites. The Cat was among my faves in the day, and I still enjoy pulling a few of his tunes out from time to time. “Oh very young.”… |
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Post by bumper on Aug 27, 2024 11:50:41 GMT -5
Yeah...I used to do quite a few Cat Stevens songs quite well, if I do say so. Right at my ability level. Still have the songbook...stumble thru a few...not too bad. BTW...I can still do the opening to "Roundabout", starting with the 12th fret harmonics, up to the point it gets real... Teaser and the Firecat is my favorite Cat Steven's album. Peace Train, Tuesday's Dead, Morning has Broken, Bitterblue, Moonshadow--all great songs. There's some nice guitar work on the outro of Peace Train as it fades out. Hard to hear unless you're listening for it. never noticed that guitar before. nice. assuming that was alun davies who was steven's guitar player for most of cat's career. never a flashy solo player. always thought he played nice little parts that added to the songs.
teaser is great. cat had a really nice run from mona through catch bull.
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Post by laurenfrances on Aug 29, 2024 13:57:16 GMT -5
Anyone heard Joe Cocker's rendition of "She came in though the Bathroom Window"? Immensely different from the Beatles, yet I enjoyed it.
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 29, 2024 14:32:23 GMT -5
Anyone heard Joe Cocker's rendition of "She came in though the Bathroom Window"? Immensely different from the Beatles, yet I enjoyed it. Yes...it's on his second album. Most stuff he covered was "immensely different" than the originals...which is what makes them somewhat "original". |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 29, 2024 14:41:11 GMT -5
Teaser and the Firecat is my favorite Cat Steven's album. Peace Train, Tuesday's Dead, Morning has Broken, Bitterblue, Moonshadow--all great songs. There's some nice guitar work on the outro of Peace Train as it fades out. Hard to hear unless you're listening for it. never noticed that guitar before. nice. assuming that was alun davies who was steven's guitar player for most of cat's career. never a flashy solo player. always thought he played nice little parts that added to the songs.
As I've said, most of Steven's stuff is fairly simple. IMO he was an excellent songwriter...don't think he was a particularly proficient guitarist. As you pointed out, he probably relied on Alun Davies, much like another songwriter, Jim Croce, relied on Maury Muehleisen for more sophisticated, intricate guitar work. |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 29, 2024 15:21:12 GMT -5
Anyone heard Joe Cocker's rendition of "She came in though the Bathroom Window"? Immensely different from the Beatles, yet I enjoyed it. If I'm not mistaken, the Beatle's original is not even a complete song, it's just a fragment of an unfinished song spliced together with other song fragments. Cocker finished it for them.  And made it a complete stand alone song. |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 29, 2024 15:30:55 GMT -5
Anyone heard Joe Cocker's rendition of "She came in though the Bathroom Window"? Immensely different from the Beatles, yet I enjoyed it. If I'm not mistaken, the Beatle's original is not even a complete song, it's just a fragment of an unfinished song spliced together with other song fragments. Correct...it's a compilation of "Mean Mr. Mustard / "Polythene Pam" / "She Came In Thru The Bathroom Window" / "Golden Slumbers" / "Carry That Weight". And it works...beautifully. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 29, 2024 15:42:06 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, the Beatle's original is not even a complete song, it's just a fragment of an unfinished song spliced together with other song fragments. Correct...it's a compilation of "Mean Mr. Mustard / "Polythene Pam" / "She Came In Thru The Bathroom Window" / "Golden Slumbers" / "Carry That Weight". And it works...beautifully. Absolutely. From "Abbey Road", which was the last album The Beatles recorded (although not the last released.) That medley started with "You Never Give Me Your Money" and ended, appropriately enough, with "The End." From anything I have read, George Martin had a lot to do with putting those fragments together. Kind of a moving final act for The Fab Four. Cocker covered another song from that album, George Harrison's "Something." Mighty good entry from him. |
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Post by chiyankee on Aug 29, 2024 15:46:07 GMT -5
If I'm not mistaken, the Beatle's original is not even a complete song, it's just a fragment of an unfinished song spliced together with other song fragments. Correct...it's a compilation of "Mean Mr. Mustard / "Polythene Pam" / "She Came In Thru The Bathroom Window" / "Golden Slumbers" / "Carry That Weight". And it works...beautifully. Further proof that even Beatles throwaway songs were worth gold. |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 29, 2024 15:58:41 GMT -5
Correct...it's a compilation of "Mean Mr. Mustard / "Polythene Pam" / "She Came In Thru The Bathroom Window" / "Golden Slumbers" / "Carry That Weight". And it works...beautifully. Absolutely. From "Abbey Road", which was the last album The Beatles recorded (although not the last released.) That medley started with "You Never Give Me Your Money" and ended, appropriately enough, with "The End." From anything I have read, George Martin had a lot to do with putting those fragments together. Kind of a moving final act for The Fab Four. Pretty sure George Martin had a great deal to do with most Beatles releases. "Sgt. Pepper" is often cited as The Beatles "best album". It was, of course, groundbreaking, but IMO "Abbey Road" and several others are "better"...whatever that means. IMO, post-Sgt. Pepper, relatively obscure "Magical Mystery Tour" is a "better" album. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 29, 2024 16:13:27 GMT -5
Absolutely. From "Abbey Road", which was the last album The Beatles recorded (although not the last released.) That medley started with "You Never Give Me Your Money" and ended, appropriately enough, with "The End." From anything I have read, George Martin had a lot to do with putting those fragments together. Kind of a moving final act for The Fab Four. Pretty sure George Martin had a great deal to do with most Beatles releases. "Sgt. Pepper" is often cited as The Beatles "best album". It was, of course, groundbreaking, but IMO "Abbey Road" and several others are "better"...whatever that means. IMO, post-Sgt. Pepper, relatively obscure "Magical Mystery Tour" is a "better" album. Yeah, Martin was essential and I think The Lads concurred with that. "MMT" was great -- plenty of hits on there, just reminds me so much of late 1967. I pretty shamelessly love all of their albums, even the early stuff on "Meet The Beatles" and sort of grew musically along with them. Yep, "Sgt. Pepper" from the wonderful summer of 67 was a head-turning moment and I still listen to it with immense pleasure, although in some ways I now appreciate the so-called transitional albums like "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" even more. No arguments on any of them from me. They were a force unlike any other in rock music. It was fun to live through it as a teenager. |
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Post by azbob643 on Aug 29, 2024 16:20:45 GMT -5
I pretty shamelessly love all of their albums, even the early stuff on "Meet The Beatles" and sort of grew musically along with them. Yep, "Sgt. Pepper" from the wonderful summer of 67 was a head-turning moment and I still listen to it with immense pleasure, although in some ways I now appreciate the so-called transitional albums like "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" even more. The early albums are great. The transitional "Rubber Soul" / "Revolver" albums are considered by many, including myself, to be one album released back-to back. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Aug 29, 2024 16:28:05 GMT -5
I pretty shamelessly love all of their albums, even the early stuff on "Meet The Beatles" and sort of grew musically along with them. Yep, "Sgt. Pepper" from the wonderful summer of 67 was a head-turning moment and I still listen to it with immense pleasure, although in some ways I now appreciate the so-called transitional albums like "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver" even more. The early albums are great. The transitional "Rubber Soul" / "Revolver" albums are considered by many, including myself, to be one album released back-to back. We are in agreement Bob. Another pretty good one was "Yesterday And Today" which was released just before those two in the US but there was no such album in the UK because Capitol typically had fewer cuts than the UK albums so bits and pieces could be scraped together and another album could be squeezed out. I think that stopped with "Rubber Soul" because the albums became too much of an integrated concept. |
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And made it a complete stand alone song.