tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post4500262535715383233..comments2024-02-23T13:00:04.071+00:00Comments on Kaliyuga Kronicles: My dreams have lost some grandeur coming trueVicus Scurrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-42929061227789437042007-01-19T05:47:00.000+00:002007-01-19T05:47:00.000+00:00Hey Coyote, Joni is of course a National Treasure ...Hey Coyote, Joni is of course a National Treasure here in the Colony and you will not get any arguments from me about the magic of her weird chords, vocal and guitar. <br /><br />I can't understand why you wouldn't be enamored with Liam Gallagher, he's such a pleasant chap!Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-36908611057845908662007-01-18T22:35:00.000+00:002007-01-18T22:35:00.000+00:00I agree with Mark, BITCHIN' POST!
Chestnut brown ...I agree with Mark, BITCHIN' POST!<br /><br />Chestnut brown canary, ruby-throated sparrow...Carmenztahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11766983162057446234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-48560900994587089112007-01-16T08:50:00.000+00:002007-01-16T08:50:00.000+00:00Bitchin post, Vic. You SO rock.Bitchin post, Vic. You SO rock.Mark Gamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545146140967396307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-85157802096341115632007-01-15T02:34:00.000+00:002007-01-15T02:34:00.000+00:00Dinah,
That's because I prefer to use that wonder...Dinah,<br /><br />That's because I prefer to use that wonderfully ancient California phrase; "Bitchin'"Frontier Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04891697493412161849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-31345738076547123282007-01-15T00:52:00.000+00:002007-01-15T00:52:00.000+00:00Dear Mr. Scurra...thankyou very much for allowing ...Dear Mr. Scurra...thankyou very much for allowing all these erudite (and otherwise) people to come and play in your comments column.<br />I feel, by turns, crushed,vindicated and amused.<br />This may indicate a tendancy towards idolatry, but it is much more entertaining than a newspaper.<br />And not one person wrote "you SO rock!"dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-38722804447767740392007-01-14T17:44:00.000+00:002007-01-14T17:44:00.000+00:00As ever it's a case of you had to be there. Zeitge...As ever it's a case of you had to be there. Zeitgeist and all that. The music now is very subjective; it has to stand on its merits and some of it, like everything else, doesn't work out of context. I'll listen to anything, me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-42775583172285540582007-01-14T10:56:00.000+00:002007-01-14T10:56:00.000+00:00Frontier Editor appears to have better taste than ...Frontier Editor appears to have better taste than any of us. Ah, Django...Mark Gamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545146140967396307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-64608683186954323732007-01-14T03:15:00.000+00:002007-01-14T03:15:00.000+00:00Hah! I feel older than Vicus, especially now that ...Hah! I feel older than Vicus, especially now that I enjoy the odd afternoon of Django Reinhardt and Paris Combo along with Tom Waits or a CSNY retrospective from 'Deja Vu'Frontier Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04891697493412161849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-36992643639199406412007-01-13T16:16:00.000+00:002007-01-13T16:16:00.000+00:00Oh OK, Vic. I'll use up a little more then.
Errr...Oh OK, Vic. I'll use up a little more then. <br /><br />Errrr...<br /><br />Crosby's been doing some good stuff recently, you know. Not, like, a whole album's-worth (I expect he's a bit puffed out for that) but a good song here and there.Mark Gamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545146140967396307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-91387871192217560772007-01-13T13:33:00.000+00:002007-01-13T13:33:00.000+00:00This thread wasn't about the quality or merits of ...This thread wasn't about the quality or merits of the music, but on whether we should pay any attention to people just because they could jot out a nice tune.<br />When I got round to watching the programme in question, I came away with a better impression of Crosby and Nash than I had expected. They both knew, and came as near to admitting it as their egos allowed, that they had fucked up in a very significant fashion. Too much drugs, money, fame and time on their hands. And guns in Crosby's case. <br />The music remains. There was so much of it, so new, refreshing and inspiring. <br />So forget the old farts tripping out the names of some dope-addled harmonica player on a 1971 Turds album, and forget the fact that we all sold out to some degree. Remember what is possible if you follow your dreams, and value that more than what you read in the newspapers or what your boss tells you.<br />Mark. Feel free to use up as much space here as you like. It's free, man.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-13406015577401478852007-01-13T12:48:00.000+00:002007-01-13T12:48:00.000+00:00OK Vic - I'll shadahellahp now.OK Vic - I'll shadahellahp now.Mark Gamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545146140967396307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-49141717836723982952007-01-13T12:47:00.000+00:002007-01-13T12:47:00.000+00:00Zoe - is there some sort of system in Belgium wher...Zoe - is there some sort of system in Belgium whereby you all chip in a few pence whenever you copy a CD, then send the songwriter in question some cash to make up for the loss of income?Mark Gamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545146140967396307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-81918434721572659762007-01-13T12:45:00.000+00:002007-01-13T12:45:00.000+00:00Tom - the summer before last we all lay out on the...Tom - the summer before last we all lay out on the lawn at midnight, drinking red wine, and listened to a compilation CD that contained, among other things, the Small Faces, the Jefferson Airplane, the Youngbloods, Love, the Doors, the Who, the Electric Prunes, Donovan, the Byrds, and even Tomorrow. It was all just a load of 'pop' music really, but it left us feeling chilled and sorted and positively at peace with the world.<br /><br />I imagine the punk generation does the same sort of thing with compilations that contain the Stranglers, the Jam, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, and Talking Heads. All great stuff, but I bet it's not quite the same sort of experience, no matter how good the wine.<br /><br />Does that answer your question?Mark Gamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545146140967396307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-70926063199006292612007-01-13T11:49:00.000+00:002007-01-13T11:49:00.000+00:00Mark, you are not allowed to come on here and be r...Mark, you are not allowed to come on here and be reasonable. Well, of course you are because it is Vicus's blog, not mine. But come on, get to the point. There was something happening in the 60s, agreed it was an illusion, but we were young and knew no better. So some of these bands and artists were part of it and some weren't. And all I'm saying is you can usually tell the difference in the music. Of course if you didn't see the difference then (and I know you did), you won't see it now.tom909https://www.blogger.com/profile/03379818222923297356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-1253273244302459972007-01-13T11:19:00.000+00:002007-01-13T11:19:00.000+00:00tlrfqrfkOK, Vicus, you got me. Sorry I was late.
...tlrfqrfkOK, Vicus, you got me. Sorry I was late.<br /><br />Some of this is about personal taste, isn't it? The 'reasonable' thing to do is preface every comment with 'in my humble opinion'.<br /><br />Bollocks to that.<br /><br />Some of this is about loving the music of your own generation more than any other, isn't it? the reasonable thing to do is keep thy CD collection to thyself, and retire to your personal music room whenever anyone starts banging on about how wonderful punk was.<br /><br />Bollocks to that too.<br /><br />Most of this is about how interested you are. It's way way way way way too easy to make snap judgements about any artist based on a crappy populist television programme. Go listen to their work, if you're curious. With virtually everybody bar Shakespeare and Mozart you'll find they all churned out a lot of crap alongside the gems. That's not to compare Crosy Stills and Nash with Mozart, just to make the point that we really shouldn't toss idle comments about until we've actually listened to their stuff. And we definitely shouldn't judge them on the basis of drug preference or the clothes they wore. <br /><br />The same goes for anything: don't diss the Turner Prize if you haven't been to the damn exhibition. Then you can form an opinion of your own, rather than suck up some second-hand ideas from the Daily Express.<br /><br />I'm as guilty of this as anyone of course. I'm VERY prone to making idel comments about Coldplay, for instance, but I haven't listened to more than a few tracks. And I've got to admit 'Clocks' has a particularly tuneful piano hook. Go figure.<br /><br />That's it. You will be relieved to notice that I have mentioned no obscure blues artists, nor referenced my favourite Crosby Stills and Nash tracks.<br /><br />I totally agree with you about Joni Mitchell and the Beatles, by the way. Totally disagree about Dylan. But tha's another debate and I've banged on far too long already. Isn't broadband wonderful?Mark Gamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545146140967396307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-1478491957480021542007-01-13T09:30:00.000+00:002007-01-13T09:30:00.000+00:00obviously I'm too young to know of whom you all sp...obviously I'm too young to know of whom you all speak<br />tra la laZighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325808421083028026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-5084720262291277622007-01-12T20:31:00.000+00:002007-01-12T20:31:00.000+00:00Well, George was right, wasn't he? Tell me it doe...Well, George was right, wasn't he? Tell me it <i>doesn't</i> take a whole lotta money?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689972441910256724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-2888319080021898712007-01-12T14:35:00.000+00:002007-01-12T14:35:00.000+00:00I have nothing against George Harrison, and listen...I have nothing against George Harrison, and listen to his music. It's just that he was a crap songwriter. "It's going to take a whole lot of money". Very deep.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-22586677508133881512007-01-12T13:14:00.000+00:002007-01-12T13:14:00.000+00:00Each to their own. Joni Mitchell's OK as long as I...Each to their own. Joni Mitchell's OK as long as I don't have to listen to her and I always thought George was the most decent of the Beatles because he just got on with it. I never did get Bowie's allure probably because I've never been the least bit interested in fashion. I actually thought his best song was the Laughing Gnome. I like the idea of The Fall but I'm not sure I could handle a whole album. I used to drink in a pub that had King Crimson's 20th Century Schizoid Man on the jukebox which I thought was rather kewl. Frank Ifield, I remember him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-7027879618787074262007-01-12T05:33:00.000+00:002007-01-12T05:33:00.000+00:00Vicus, I only dance naked in the yard to Country J...Vicus, I only dance naked in the yard to Country Joe and The fish. So there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689972441910256724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-36683848966553074642007-01-11T23:13:00.000+00:002007-01-11T23:13:00.000+00:00Sorry Geoff. Don't wanna. Ain't gunna.
What about ...Sorry Geoff. Don't wanna. Ain't gunna.<br />What about some Modern Jazz Quartet for you? Or REM? Or Mendelssohn. I bet there is at least one of those that you hate.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-67468105079154529592007-01-11T18:48:00.000+00:002007-01-11T18:48:00.000+00:00I was taught a James Taylor song on the guitar whe...I was taught a James Taylor song on the guitar when I was 16 and I've hated him ever since as all I can play is a James Taylor song.<br /><br />I don't much care for Joni's lyrics but I still love her songs and the way she sang them. <br /><br />There was a lot of great music in the early 70s, including Bowie. <br /><br />Learn to love Bowie, Vicus. He loves you.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00340519450159428760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-74292211004021350552007-01-11T18:10:00.000+00:002007-01-11T18:10:00.000+00:00OK you lot, the difference between the good music ...OK you lot, the difference between the good music and the great music of the 60s was the energy behind it. The swinging blue jeans, the Dave Clark Five, the Tremeloes and all those semi-shite bands who could play their instuments and grow their hair long, and then you had the real guys, The Beatles, The Stones, Hendrix, Cream, Floyd, String Band, Quintessence and of course from the States, Dylan, Joni, Greatful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Country Jo, Zappa, Beefheart, Doors, Fugs CSNY and loads of smaller bands too, - what did all these have in common, they were feeling it and living it - people who needed a bit more out of life than making money, and just for a moment there it felt like we were onto something, but the fuckers got the lid on it yet again and the rest is history...<br />Good fun though wasn't it!tom909https://www.blogger.com/profile/03379818222923297356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-54539292929240824192007-01-11T16:58:00.000+00:002007-01-11T16:58:00.000+00:00I do quite like a bit of Matt Munro actually. He c...I do quite like a bit of Matt Munro actually. He certainly belted them out.realdochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02084002807834145023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10272587.post-80241146431643609042007-01-11T16:18:00.000+00:002007-01-11T16:18:00.000+00:00All these people agreeing with me.
I am filling up...All these people agreeing with me.<br />I am filling up.Vicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.com