Simon and other things
This is an email that my brother, Simon, sent me today. We had previously been discussing the merits (or lack of them) for Yes and eclectic music tastes in general. It made me laugh so much that I thought I'd put it on here for prosperity.
There is a fantastic set of video clips on YouTube of Yes recording Going for the One, and one of these is a brilliantly surreal conversation between the band and producer Eddie Offord regarding their stage costumes. Pure Spinal Tap, I’m afraid. The best is Rick Wakeman’s retort to Jon Anderson’s suggestion that they ought to wear red, green and orange. The retort - “ we’ll look like a set of fucking traffic lights.”
I think it’s the bollockness [of Yes' Tales of Topographic Oceans] that makes it listenable. Take out the pretentious ideas and shite production that sends all but guitar and vocal backwards into oblivion and the rest is pretty formidable musicianship.
Relayer [by Yes] was on the player last night as I was cooking. My jalfrezi curdled. Every time I hear Relayer I get the taste of aluminium in my mouth. Disturbing but comforting in an odd way. If you think that’s too much, stay well clear of Scott Walker’s The Drift from last year. That really is nightmare stuff quite literally.
I’ll stop sounding like Amazon book reviews now.
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Day off today, which has been well spent supermarket shopping and blogging (see my myspace). I have no news whatsoever to speak of, other than my dad, his wife and Kate and I are going on a picnic on Tuesday, although no-one is at the moment how this will go because we don't have a venue in mind and are quite concerned about the weather generally. I'm sure it'll be fine, in my very British, optimism-in-the-face-of-overwhelming-adversity way.
Finally a video which I post more or less exclusively for fridge_buzz_now. This sounds to me like Remain In Light. Try the album - I think you'll approve :-)
If anyone else clicked and liked then please let me know.
There is a fantastic set of video clips on YouTube of Yes recording Going for the One, and one of these is a brilliantly surreal conversation between the band and producer Eddie Offord regarding their stage costumes. Pure Spinal Tap, I’m afraid. The best is Rick Wakeman’s retort to Jon Anderson’s suggestion that they ought to wear red, green and orange. The retort - “ we’ll look like a set of fucking traffic lights.”
I think it’s the bollockness [of Yes' Tales of Topographic Oceans] that makes it listenable. Take out the pretentious ideas and shite production that sends all but guitar and vocal backwards into oblivion and the rest is pretty formidable musicianship.
Relayer [by Yes] was on the player last night as I was cooking. My jalfrezi curdled. Every time I hear Relayer I get the taste of aluminium in my mouth. Disturbing but comforting in an odd way. If you think that’s too much, stay well clear of Scott Walker’s The Drift from last year. That really is nightmare stuff quite literally.
I’ll stop sounding like Amazon book reviews now.
***
Day off today, which has been well spent supermarket shopping and blogging (see my myspace). I have no news whatsoever to speak of, other than my dad, his wife and Kate and I are going on a picnic on Tuesday, although no-one is at the moment how this will go because we don't have a venue in mind and are quite concerned about the weather generally. I'm sure it'll be fine, in my very British, optimism-in-the-face-of-overwhelming-adversity way.
Finally a video which I post more or less exclusively for fridge_buzz_now. This sounds to me like Remain In Light. Try the album - I think you'll approve :-)
Click to viewIf anyone else clicked and liked then please let me know.