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Ian Dalziel

Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:13:47 +1300

this tribute to Chicks
Bats Chicks poster sourced from:
http://relicsmusic.co.nz/collections/flying-nun

and a poster I did back in the ’90s for a great night at The Dux (Arts Centre site) and the whole thing put together with photocopies (including all the type, letter by letter) and wax – fun times!

ps:…

Joe Wylie

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 23:57:19 +1300

There are various arts / entertainment areas as well as the Arts Centre – we are reassured that they will all be 'vibrant' areas

I blame Sideshow Bob for the whole vibrant schtick.

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:55:51 +1300

pain in the arts...
In the Arts Precinct the government’s giving you, has anyone thought about music venues, shared spaces, art cafes, etc? Or is it all institutional?
There are various arts / entertainment areas as well as the Arts Centre – we are reassured that they will all be…

Russell Brown

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:37:36 +1300

In the Arts Precinct the government's giving you, has anyone thought about music venues, shared spaces, art cafes, etc? Or is it all institutional?

It seems such an obvious need.

kw

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:10:41 +1300

On the subject of venues and eras this tribute to Chicks from last week's Critic might amuse some of you.

(Should have gone with the Sammy's thread, but much easier to follow Ian's comment.)

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:31:34 +1300

Dux Live closes doors!
End of an era...
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/77894506/christchurch-music-venue-dux-live-closes-because-of-lack-of-crowds

Paul Rowe

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:18:41 +1300

Apparently while it was being recorded Setting Sun was named "Tomorrow Never Noels"

Paul Rowe

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 11:17:31 +1300

Rob, I'll see your See My Friends, and raise you a Still I'm Sad, by The Yardbirds. (B-Side to Evil-Hearted You)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9g5cPHNT9M

Gareth

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 08:26:08 +1300

More Blue Monday on unusual instruments. Here's a music box/mandolin version by Hannah Peel (who has a fine voice):

https://youtu.be/Aeob-f9ea6U?t=48s

Ian Dalziel

Sun, 13 Mar 2016 15:07:42 +1300

the beat goes on…
I think the first ‘rock music as drone’ was the Kinks’ ‘See My Friends’ – inspired by a visit to India in ’65, apparently, and released as a single the same year.
…and apparently the Yardbirds recorded the song below Heart full of Soul 6 days…

Mike O'Connell

Sun, 13 Mar 2016 12:59:55 +1300

Getting back to George Martin, acclaimed Beatles biographer Philip Norman has written a piece It could easily have been Lennon McCartney and Martin. Here too, musicians pay tribute to Martin.

Much has been said about Tomorrow Never Knows. For that masterpiece, A Day in the Life,…

Rob Hosking

Sun, 13 Mar 2016 10:31:08 +1300

It’s the spawn of rock music as drone, you can drop it into a modern DJ set, it’s everything.

I think the first 'rock music as drone' was the Kinks' 'See My Friends' – inspired by a visit to India in '65, apparently, and released as a single the same…

linger

Sun, 13 Mar 2016 00:15:10 +1300

Anything directly involving George Martin’s production, I meant;
covers are not being subjected to takedowns.
E.g. here’s the Brainchilds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuPtTfK95eg

Joe Wylie

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 23:40:29 +1300

all deconstructions of “Tomorrow Never Knows” are geoblocked in Japan – and now are being systematically taken off YouTube altogether;

This one's still up. Back when NME first reviewed Here Come the Warm Jets, Brian Eno's vocals were likened to the sound of "a wounded hare shot up the arse…

linger

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 22:46:05 +1300

No worries; confirms our host’s taste, eh.
(Aside: Blue Monday is resilient, but doesn’t survive everything that’s thrown at it; there’s a surprisingly bad version by Nouveau Vague out there, complete with mistimed faux-amis pronunciations of the lyrics, that I am not going to link to, on the grounds that…

Gareth

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:13:17 +1300

Oops!

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:40:49 +1300

Worth a mention – go see if you can, Jerron ‘Blind Boy' Paxton who played in a packed out show at the Naval Point Yacht Club in Lyttelton last night. Well worth making the (long) hike. Sam Neill did!

As luck would have it, he didn't play Auckland on Thursday…

linger

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:55:40 +1300

Referenced in the original post. Remarkable, eh? I listened to it and thought: paging Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra…
Unsurprisingly, there are already some ukulele arrangements out there, e.g.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpW9a75CBwQ

Mike O'Connell

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:48:11 +1300

it's sort of Madchester

...with a VU makeover to make it three chords! Is that Jane Dodd on bass?

Gareth

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 08:39:33 +1300

One more theremin for Russell's edification: in which Blue Monday is reinvented on instruments from the 1930s here.

Ana Simkiss

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 23:18:23 +1300

Commiserations Russell on the terrifying sounding surgery! Here's to a full recovery

Rich Lock

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:25:57 +1300

It's the spawn of rock music as drone, you can drop it into a modern DJ set, it's everything.

This. Nothing much to add except that this came out in 1966. Two short years earlier, they were releasing fluff like 'can't buy me love'. That tickles me and mildly blows…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:27:34 +1300

I brought in 2000 while considerably enhanced to Tomorrow Never Knows. Best. Time. Shame. About. The. Rain.

nzlemming

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:09:55 +1300

That track, man. It's the spawn of rock music as drone, you can drop it into a modern DJ set, it's everything.

I was grinning madly all through that. Thanks.

Russell Brown

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:28:52 +1300

The new ad for the Average Rap Band album. I'm all in favour of the fact that Tom Scott is making his own videos now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7IuPydZp0

Russell Brown

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:08:25 +1300

confidently predict The Beths will be huge! I saw them maybe a year ago and they were superb live. I beleive they’re at the Portland Public House on Saturday, if you can I urge you to go!

Damn, I'd have been 100% up for that – I love a show…

Ana Simkiss

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:44:27 +1300

I confidently predict The Beths will be huge! I saw them maybe a year ago and they were superb live. I beleive they're at the Portland Public House on Saturday, if you can I urge you to go!

Graham Dunster

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:35:37 +1300

Great downloads!

Good link from LATimes re George Martin – http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-watch-george-martin-los-angeles-god-only-knows-brian-wilson-20160309-story.html

Gareth

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:22:41 +1300

Oh no! Not the leg...

https://youtu.be/kHWFJYoi5tM

Russell Brown

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:21:44 +1300

More recently (2013),Matthew (One Man) Bannister reinterpreted Revolver as Evolver. I prefer the original any day but here’s his take – Tomorrow Never Knows

Yeah, I like this too – it's sort of Madchester. I got a video of it live at the Thirsty Dog:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbYrB7Gk9Dw

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:10:35 +1300

That's very (very) spooky, I had a long, vivid dream about a big city, and a big house, which involved Terence Hogan just last night...
...it was all about looking for things!

I put it down to the bad cold I am almost over, then I watched The Last Wave…

Mike O'Connell

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:57:03 +1300

That track, man. It’s the spawn of rock music as drone, you can drop it into a modern DJ set, it’s everything.

Absolutely. Incredible song which will never age. It set places like San Francisco alight when it came out. So the story goes, for his vocals, John Lennon asked…

Public Address

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:57:03 +1300

Discussion from blog post.