From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V12 #16 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Tuesday, January 23 2007 Volume 12 : Number 016 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Dylanesque ["Martin Stockman" ] [AVALON] Ferry Country, Hold the Meat Pie [JVapor7@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Dylanesque ["Michiel van Sleen" ] RE: [AVALON] Dylanesque [] [AVALON] Dylanesque cover [Chandla911@aol.com] Re: [AVALON] Ferry Country, Hold the Meat Pie ["Michiel van Sleen" Subject: [AVALON] Dylanesque Dear Chums I've listened three or four times to Dylanesque now, having access to a music journalist pal who has a preview copy. So I'll attempt to follow in the illustrious footsteps of the two Scottish Johns and make a shot at deconstructing the latest opus. Overall: far more powerful, a bigger sound, than I'd been expecting. I rarely hear the country influences that Reecey talks about.. but there's plenty of gospel, soul, rock, country rock (at a pinch)and the twin rhythm groove established by Chris and Mick around Frantic. This album hangs together far better than Frantic. Same sort of breathless vocals that we hear on ATGB. There's real tenderness in some of the inflections. Yes, there's a harmonica signature but to these ears it all sounds perfectly in tune and in keeping. Reverential to the Zimmerman. Some appear stronger than others, as is normal on an early listening. Having replayed the single from the BBC Radio download a few times its interesting how much that song has improved for me, and now I hear it in its true context and it sounds fabulous. The moral being: This is a grower. Quelle surprise. 1. Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues - killer opener. Opening chords sound like The Cars "My Best Friends Girl!!! Soon we're rockin' along with lots of cool licks behind a velvet vocal. Could be Elvis's band in the late 50s. Harmonica break or two. Bound to be a feature of the gigs. And the lyrics are so-un-Ferry, dark narrative.... 2. A Simple Twist Of Fate - I've a thing about tracks 2s. I feel they often define the album (Beauty Queen, Can't Let Go, The Space Between.)This, unlike Cruel, doesn't let me down. Possibly the number where the band let loose the most, with a wild jamming outro. Not knowing much about Dylan I downloaded the originals when I first heard the tracklisting. This was my favourite Dylan song then, and certainly one of three favourites on this album. 3. Make You Feel My Love - first ballad on the album. Almost Taxi-esque in arrangement, with strings and that weird syntheseiser he used with Trower. But the production is less cloudy than that odd period, thankfully. If I'm honest I had some early reservations about this one. Slightly anthemic, Can see it used as a film soundtrack..,,,,But, but, but... its just this side of X Factor... And (just heard it again) and its really very fine indeed! Give this one a chance Roxy fans! 4. The Times They Are A Changing - as previously said, has already grown on me. No-one would say this was a ground-breaking interpretation, but Ferry turn s this protest song into an almost whimsical take on growing up. The final choruses sound like he's enjoying himself. Rather pointless middle eight! 5. All I Really Want To Do - not a favourite. Pleasant is the best epithet I can apply to this. Do I hear a banjo in there? Dull, really.. 6. Knockin' ON Heavens Door - back to form. Tender vocals, heartfelt. Chorus is repeated a lot with that double guitar (Hiroshima) surge going on in the background. Big number for the backing girls. 7. Positively 4th Street - like Reecey, I was surprised and slightly disappointed by this. Piano accompaniment, not unlike Don't Think Twice. I do feel that this was the one to let the axemen go for it. He can do this in his sleep. 8. If Not For You - back on form with a radio-friendly groove. Perfect single. Builds up. My current favourite. Hammond organ slips in verse two. Strange, otherworldy, synth in the background, taking the sweetness out of the top melody. 9. Baby Let Me Follow you Down - we're back grooving. Most danceable track on the album. Big mouth organ solo. Druggy organ. Viva! 10. Gates Of Eden - sounds like this is intended as the big song on the album. Reminds me of the arrangement for All Tomorrows Parties .. but I suspect this might improve on many plays. My Dylanaire pals all say this is a killer number. (If) not for me. In truth I have a lot of trouble not pressing play forward... 11. All Along The Watchtower - back to form against. Strong lyrics, of course. The band's let off the leash. Possible encore number - very trad rock really. Quite unlike Ferry, almost prog-rock -- (oh Ivan must be in inside heaven's door!) So, presently love 1, 2, 6, 8. Strongly like 3,4,9, 11 and am worried about 5, 7 and 10! - -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/631 - Release Date: 1/16/2007 ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:29:47 EST From: JVapor7@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Ferry Country, Hold the Meat Pie Yes, Avalonians, I too would like to see BF do a country album, but hardcore country, not the sissy claptrap that's been mentioned ("Almost Sung," feh, even Billy Sherrill disowns that one). Here's my track listing--and the artist the song is most associated with (not to mention sometimes written by). A drumroll if you will, Monquiboy... I Can't Escape From You (Hank Williams) Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me (" " George Jones) Til I Can Make It On My Own (Tammy Wynette) Pretty Mansions (Wayne Kemp) Yes, Ma'am, I Found Her In A Honky-Tonk (Glenn Barber) Single Again (Gary Stewart, RIP) I Never Go Around Mirrors (Lefty Frizzell) When Two Worlds Collide (Jerry Lee Lewis) Someday My Day Will Come (George Jones) I Must've Have Done Something Wrong (Merle Haggard) (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I (Hank Snow/EP) Hurt Me Again (Wayne Kemp) Touching Home (Jerry Lee Lewis) Life's Little Ups and Downs (Charlie Rich) I Can't Be Myself (When I'm With You) (Merle Haggard) Next in Line (Conway Twitty) I'm truly sorry but NO HARMONICA ALLOWED, Mr. Ferry... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:03:10 +0100 From: "Michiel van Sleen" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dylanesque Thanks for the inspired citicism, Martin! I was afraid that the previous critics had just been polite but didn't like the album at all. I had almost given up, if not for you. Now, thanks to your 'emotive' description, I'm really excited and can hardly wait to hear Dylanesque myself thank you very much. Shame about the short-winded voice and perhaps excessive harmonica blowing, and the predictable or dull parts, but the coherence of the songs and the big soundscape or canvas (ow whatever is the proper word) sound wonderful. Just what I had been missing in Frantic, except for Hiroshima, One Way Love and the end of I Thought. Positively Michiel - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Stockman" To: Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:03 AM Subject: [AVALON] Dylanesque > Dear Chums > I've listened three or four times to Dylanesque now, having access to a > music journalist pal who has a preview copy. So I'll attempt to follow in > the illustrious footsteps of the two Scottish Johns and make a shot at > deconstructing the latest opus. > Overall: far more powerful, a bigger sound, than I'd been expecting. I > rarely hear the country influences that Reecey talks about.. but there's > plenty of gospel, soul, rock, country rock (at a pinch)and the twin rhythm > groove established by Chris and Mick around Frantic. This album hangs > together far better than Frantic. Same sort of breathless vocals that we > hear on ATGB. There's real tenderness in some of the inflections. Yes, > there's a harmonica signature but to these ears it all sounds perfectly in > tune and in keeping. Reverential to the Zimmerman. Some appear stronger > than > others, as is normal on an early listening. Having replayed the single > from > the BBC Radio download a few times its interesting how much that song has > improved for me, and now I hear it in its true context and it sounds > fabulous. The moral being: This is a grower. Quelle surprise. > 1. Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues - killer opener. Opening chords sound like > The > Cars "My Best Friends Girl!!! Soon we're rockin' along with lots of cool > licks behind a velvet vocal. Could be Elvis's band in the late 50s. > Harmonica break or two. Bound to be a feature of the gigs. And the lyrics > are so-un-Ferry, dark narrative.... > 2. A Simple Twist Of Fate - I've a thing about tracks 2s. I feel they > often > define the album (Beauty Queen, Can't Let Go, The Space Between.)This, > unlike Cruel, doesn't let me down. Possibly the number where the band let > loose the most, with a wild jamming outro. Not knowing much about Dylan I > downloaded the originals when I first heard the tracklisting. This was my > favourite Dylan song then, and certainly one of three favourites on this > album. > 3. Make You Feel My Love - first ballad on the album. Almost Taxi-esque in > arrangement, with strings and that weird syntheseiser he used with Trower. > But the production is less cloudy than that odd period, thankfully. If I'm > honest I had some early reservations about this one. Slightly anthemic, > Can > see it used as a film soundtrack..,,,,But, but, but... its just this side > of > X Factor... And (just heard it again) and its really very fine indeed! > Give > this one a chance Roxy fans! > 4. The Times They Are A Changing - as previously said, has already grown > on > me. No-one would say this was a ground-breaking interpretation, but Ferry > turn s this protest song into an almost whimsical take on growing up. The > final choruses sound like he's enjoying himself. Rather pointless middle > eight! > 5. All I Really Want To Do - not a favourite. Pleasant is the best epithet > I > can apply to this. Do I hear a banjo in there? Dull, really.. > 6. Knockin' ON Heavens Door - back to form. Tender vocals, heartfelt. > Chorus > is repeated a lot with that double guitar (Hiroshima) surge going on in > the > background. Big number for the backing girls. > 7. Positively 4th Street - like Reecey, I was surprised and slightly > disappointed by this. Piano accompaniment, not unlike Don't Think Twice. I > do feel that this was the one to let the axemen go for it. He can do this > in > his sleep. > 8. If Not For You - back on form with a radio-friendly groove. Perfect > single. Builds up. My current favourite. Hammond organ slips in verse two. > Strange, otherworldy, synth in the background, taking the sweetness out of > the top melody. > 9. Baby Let Me Follow you Down - we're back grooving. Most danceable track > on the album. Big mouth organ solo. Druggy organ. Viva! > 10. Gates Of Eden - sounds like this is intended as the big song on the > album. Reminds me of the arrangement for All Tomorrows Parties .. but I > suspect this might improve on many plays. My Dylanaire pals all say this > is > a killer number. (If) not for me. In truth I have a lot of trouble not > pressing play forward... > 11. All Along The Watchtower - back to form against. Strong lyrics, of > course. The band's let off the leash. Possible encore number - very trad > rock really. Quite unlike Ferry, almost prog-rock -- (oh Ivan must be in > inside heaven's door!) > So, presently love 1, 2, 6, 8. Strongly like 3,4,9, 11 and am worried > about > 5, 7 and 10! > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/631 - Release Date: 1/16/2007 > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:20:18 -0000 From: Subject: RE: [AVALON] Dylanesque Yes I agree I was beginning to think John O'B and Reecey had been unimpressed, although Ferry albums always take a while to grow on me anyway. March the 5th suddenly seems a long way off to me, you lot will be fed up with it by then! - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Michiel van Sleen Sent: 22 January 2007 10:03 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dylanesque Thanks for the inspired citicism, Martin! I was afraid that the previous critics had just been polite but didn't like the album at all. I had almost given up, if not for you. Now, thanks to your 'emotive' description, I'm really excited and can hardly wait to hear Dylanesque myself thank you very much. Shame about the short-winded voice and perhaps excessive harmonica blowing, and the predictable or dull parts, but the coherence of the songs and the big soundscape or canvas (ow whatever is the proper word) sound wonderful. Just what I had been missing in Frantic, except for Hiroshima, One Way Love and the end of I Thought. Positively Michiel ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:20:36 EST From: Chandla911@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Dylanesque cover Rob asks: Is this the "real" album cover? If so, first time Ive seen it. Surely it can't be? The pic of BF is taken from the past 25 years. Surely we were expecting a teenage picture of him on the front cover as the one in teh attic gets older and more decrepid...? Best wishes Richard Mills n/p Brian Eno - Nokia Ringtones ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:53:11 +0100 From: "Michiel van Sleen" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry Country, Hold the Meat Pie I hear ya! Here are some great country songs I want to hear Bryan Ferry sing: 80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper All My Exes Live In Texas All the Gals that Turn Me On Turn Me Down Are You Drinkin With Me Jesus? Am I Double Parked by the Curbstone of Your Heart? At the Gas Station of Love, I Got the Self Service Pump Beauty is Only Skin Deep, but Ugly Goes Clean to the Bone Did I Shave my Legs for This? Don't Chop Any Wood Mother, I'm Comin' in With a Load! Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes at Me Feelin' Single and Seein' Double Get Off the Table, Mabel (The Two Dollars is for the Beer) Here's A Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares) High Cost of Low Living How Can I Get Over You Till You Get Out from Under Him? He's got a Way with Women...and He's Just got Away with Mine How Can I Get Over You if You Won't Get Out from Under Me? How Can I Miss You if You Won't Go Away? How Can You Believe Me When I Say I Love You, When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life? How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around)? How Did You Get so Ugly Overnight? I Don't Know Whether To Kill Myself Or Go Bowling I Fell In A Pile Of You And Got Love All Over Me I Gave Her My Heart And A Diamond And She Clubbed Me With A Spade I Gave Her the Ring, and She Gave Me the Finger I Got Tears In My Ears From Lying On My Bed Crying On My Pillow Over You I Got the Hungries for Your Love, and I'm Waitin In Your Welfare Line I Guess I Had Your Leavin' Coming I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You I Still Miss You Baby... But My Aim is Getting Better I Want a Beer as Cold as My Ex-Wife's Heart I Would Kiss You Through the Screendoor but It'd Strain Our Love I'd Rather Hear A Fat Girl Fart Than A Pretty Boy Sing If I Had To Do All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You If The Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead? If You Don't Leave Me, I'll Find Someone Who Will If I'd Killed You When I Wanted To, I'd be Out of Jail By Now If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong, Do It Right Jesus Loves Me But He Can't Stand You Mama Get The Hammer (There's A Fly On Papa's Head) Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer She Offered Her Honor, He Honored Her Offer, and All Through The Night It Was Honor and Offer She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues) The Last Word in Lonesome is Me There Ain't Enough Room in my Fruit Of The Looms to Hold All My Lovin' For You They May Put Me In Prison, But They Can't Stop My Face From Breakin' Out Velcro Arms, Teflon Heart We Feed Our Babies Onions So We Can Find 'Em In The Dark We Used To Kiss On The Lips, But It's All Over Now When You Wrapped My Lunch in a Road Map, I Knew You Meant Good-Bye You Ain't Much Fun Since I Quit Drinkin' You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too. You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd You're The Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly You Changed Your Name From Brown to Jones, and Mine From Brown to Blue Hope y'all appreciated this as much as I did. Reckon you didn't. - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:29 AM Subject: [AVALON] Ferry Country, Hold the Meat Pie > Yes, Avalonians, I too would like to see BF do a country album, but > hardcore > country, not the sissy claptrap that's been mentioned ("Almost Sung," feh, > even Billy Sherrill disowns that one). Here's my track listing--and the > artist > the song is most associated with (not to mention sometimes written by). > A > drumroll if you will, Monquiboy... > > I Can't Escape From You (Hank Williams) > Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me (" " George Jones) > Til I Can Make It On My Own (Tammy Wynette) > Pretty Mansions (Wayne Kemp) > Yes, Ma'am, I Found Her In A Honky-Tonk (Glenn Barber) > Single Again (Gary Stewart, RIP) > I Never Go Around Mirrors (Lefty Frizzell) > When Two Worlds Collide (Jerry Lee Lewis) > Someday My Day Will Come (George Jones) > I Must've Have Done Something Wrong (Merle Haggard) > (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such As I (Hank Snow/EP) > Hurt Me Again (Wayne Kemp) > Touching Home (Jerry Lee Lewis) > Life's Little Ups and Downs (Charlie Rich) > I Can't Be Myself (When I'm With You) (Merle Haggard) > Next in Line (Conway Twitty) > > I'm truly sorry but NO HARMONICA ALLOWED, Mr. Ferry... > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:02:17 +0100 From: "Michiel van Sleen" Subject: Re: [AVALON] Dylanesque cover review I've seen the new cover. Mister Ferry is squatting next to a work of art made out of plaster depicting a large hand with cigarette. I like his long hair by the way. Makes him look young! - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 11:20 AM Subject: [AVALON] Dylanesque cover > Rob asks: Is this the "real" album cover? If so, first time Ive seen it. > > Surely it can't be? The pic of BF is taken from the past 25 years. Surely > we > were expecting a teenage picture of him on the front cover as the one in > teh > attic gets older and more decrepid...? > > Best wishes > Richard Mills > > n/p Brian Eno - Nokia Ringtones > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:23:25 -0000 From: Subject: RE: [AVALON] Ferry Country, Hold the Meat Pie Ferry is rush releasing "DollyEsque" before the next Roxy album (RoxyEsque by the way). It will feature another old pic of the maestro in front of a massive pair of Bristols. Single "Stand by your man" - B side (Stand by Your Man Instrumental). Other "ideas" in the pipeline "Hankesque" "Crystalesque" "Elvisesque" "Boxcarwillie-esque" (named after the disease) "denveresque" - Featuring Otis on "Take me home Country Roads" - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Michiel van Sleen Sent: 22 January 2007 10:53 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: Re: [AVALON] Ferry Country, Hold the Meat Pie I hear ya! Here are some great country songs I want to hear Bryan Ferry sing: 80 Proof Bottle of Tear Stopper Et al ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:49:52 -0500 From: jocelynfiske@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] A ramble through Dylanesque (sorry, a bit long) This weekend, I invited myself to Reece Towers for an airing of Dylanesque. To set the mood, Reecey huddled in the corner dressed as a crippled hobo while I (disguised as a Mexican whore) tossed coins into his begging bowl, slugged from a bottle of tequila and whistled along through rotten blackened teeth. At least we'd tried to bring some authenticity to the Dylan moment. This for me (granted on only one or two listenings) was just Chug-alonga-Dylan. More lightweight pub-rock than country, more 'better in a live setting' than in sitting room analysis. Taken at that level, I found it OK, innocuous, nothing special, nothing terrible. Bit bland. See, I can't even get fired up enough to give it a kicking never mind a garland. Middle of the road. And when that road is Highway 61 with all its associated tragedy and depth of emotion, that's an opportunity missed. Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil there for god's sake while Elvis was brought up a stone's throw away and Martin Luther King Jnr murdered there. But there is rarely any trace of real interpretive emotion here. To paraphrase Martino's favourite bette noire The X Factor and its counterpart American Idol, when the judges just want to be polite and can't think of much else to herald a song revisited they always chirp up "You really made that song your own". Well, unfortunately, unlike so much of the back Ferry covers catalogue where he smashes through the originals, there's rarely a song here that he does "make his own'. I wasn't, however, entirely disappointed by this opus. I know it's been 30 odd years in the head, but can you really call a week's thrash out in the studio an opus? It starts quite promisingly. 1)Just like Tom Thumb's Blues reminds me of This Is Tomorrow with The Car's Best Friend's Girl thrown in for good measure. It could do with a much more vicious Wilko chop-up (where's Mick Green when you need him?), a "whoop, whoop" backing chorus that will have the live audiences singing along and the very welcome return of my favourita the castanet. I predict a big 'live' hit. It's my favourite so far. 2)Next up Simple Twist of Fate which thankfully heads of at a million miles per hour compared to the Dylan original. I sometimes wonder where the melodies disappear to when Dylan does Dylan. Still chugging along quite nicely at this point, but I'm already wishing for the meatiness of TGPT to pull it all together, already too much hi-hat for my liking. Nice fiddle (didn't seem country to me either). Two in and Bry's still on the harmonica. I actually like his harp blowing and it's not starting to grate - yet. 3) Make you Feel My Love. Now this I loved on first hearing - funny how we're all different. Martino didn't care for this one at all. More reason, dear readers for you to give Dylanesque a whirl of your own. Ethereal, delicate, frail, the one track where I think Ferry's low, nasal voice suits to a T. This almost sounds like it wouldn't feel out of place on ATGB. It has an old world feel to it. Never mind this record a country album balderdash, this screams Ferry should do Michel LeGrande. Or just a typical French chanteur album in French. Oh dear, Reecey's just fainted in the corner. I spit on him in contempt and steal his begging money (I'm still in character). 4) The Time's they are a Changin'. Oh, hell here comes that chuggy, chuggy bloody Cherokee thing again. Come on Bry, that arrangement's run its course surely? Casanova, Cruel. Both of which I loved, but I'm bored with it now. And put that bloomin' harmonica away and get in for you tea. Where's the saxophonist? Show me the brass! And build up to something, it just tails off. Oh just heard the Hammond. More of that please. Love a Hammond me. 5)All I really Want to Do. I don't want to select you, or dissect you or inspect you or reject you. But I have. Awful. And shoot Andy Newmark and his terrible piddling about on cymbals trying to sound like the janggly bits of the Byrds classic. 6)Knockin' on Heaven's Door. Didn't like this at first, but I find it quite tender second time round. This one will grow. 7) Positively 4th Street. One of my all time favourite lyrics ever, ever. Written in reply to Dylan's reception at the 1965 Newport Festival, when his acoustic 'fans' turned their back on him going electric. You can hear the vitriol just pouring out of these lyrics. They can translate into any situation, falling out with band mates, being cuckolded by a lover, sheesh, simply talking behind someone's back. You couldn't fail to feel an identification with this lyric. It's spiky as hell. Visceral even. But what do we get? Here it comes, that old ennui I like the emptiness of the arrangement but where's the emptiness of soul and the bitterness of betrayal? But it does make me think that Bryan should do a Ferrry Unplugged album. Lay himself bare, emotions raw. Disappointing. 8)If Not For You. I thought this was Ferry's reworking of Rescue Me for a moment. Sounds very much of that session. Out of them all, sounds like an old time Ferry cover. Can I hear a cor anglais in there? 9 Baby Let Me Follow you Down. Will groove along nicely live. Ferry in Let's Stick Together harmonica mode. Chirpy little ditty. Would have liked a much dirtier stab at it, I'm sure it could take it. There's the Hammy again. 10) Gates of Eden. A little soldier's side drum parradiddle and we've set the scene. Kind of wistful and lost. I like this, it suits Fez's voice. A touch of the sea chanteys about it too. Wonder if he'll grow a big grizzly beard for the tour. Wish they'd used more sonics of this and less harmonica and made it more of a wasteland. 11) All along the Watchtower. By coincidence I was just listening to Paul Weller's version the other day, just to prove there are a million ways to skin a cat. But I've always loved Jimi's version best and was pleased that Ferry has trod this well worn path. Love the guitar in it, very Manzanera (which, would explain it if it was Manzanera!) and great fiddle again (and slide?). Andy Newmark finally redeems himself. Like Martino, I can see this one as an obvious live encore, leaving it to go on and on. But knowing how perverse Ferry is, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't finish off with Gates of Eden. So all in all pop pickers, it's numbers 1,2,3,10 and 11 for me with 3 out on top and 5 designated for the bin. Will probably eat my words re 7 when I can play it over and over, but unlike that transient, train-hopping thief Reecey (he likes his new Dylan character) I refuse to take the 5th. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:29:31 -0000 From: Subject: RE: [AVALON] A ramble through Dylanesque (sorry, a bit long) Oh dear. For those of us still in suspense that's all but Martin sounding, how can I describe this?, rather flat and a little bored. Disappointed seems to be the word. Jocelyn, it almost sounds like even the ones you liked were just "sort of OK, but nothing brilliant" I'm just hoping that, like almost all his records, it grows slowly. I mean, how many liked ATGB the first time they heard it? But it had something different about it, and no one has said this does yet. Worry worry. Its got to be good to hear his voice again - hasn't it? And does anyone know how those rather keenly priced tickets are selling? Got the Glasgow ones thru from Ticketmaster on Saturday. Row D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-avalon@smoe.org [mailto:owner-avalon@smoe.org] On Behalf Of jocelynfiske@aol.com Sent: 22 January 2007 12:50 To: avalon@smoe.org Subject: [AVALON] A ramble through Dylanesque (sorry, a bit long) This weekend, I invited myself to Reece Towers for an airing of Dylanesque.................................................... ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:32:46 -0500 From: jocelynfiske@aol.com Subject: Re: [AVALON] A ramble through Dylanesque (sorry, a bit long) >Oh dear. For those of us still in suspense that's all but Martin sounding, how can I describe this?, rather flat and a little bored. Disappointed seems to be the word. Jocelyn, it almost sounds like even the ones you liked were just "sort of OK, but nothing brilliant" I think the ones I like now, I will like more as I hear them when I finally buy Dylanesque. Some of the ones I'm ambivalent about now might claw their way into 'like' while some may slip out of the playlist completely. It does sound and feel like it's just been knocked out, but I also feel it's a "grower" so don't fret. I'm sure you'll all find something on it, just not all of it. I preferred Frantic (so far anyway) because of the original Ferry material. The disappointment there was that some tracks we'd become familiar with didn't find their way onto the album (Love War, Alphaville) but that's our own fault. Now, ATGB was a revelation in my book. I loved it from day one. It took me completely by surprise and reignited my interest in all things Ferry after my flame was almost snuffed out during the Mamouna years. I even loved the artwork. I still think ATGB is a mini-masterpiece and the best Ferry tour since In Your Mind. ATGB suited everything about him, his poise, his newly (to our ears) matured voice, his love of a superbly crafted lyric. I know he says he really wants to be a troubadour but a world weary raconteur at 3am in a cocktail bar fits him like a Saville Row suit. Jocelyn ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:06:47 +0000 From: philip77@tiscali.co.uk Subject: [AVALON] Sultanesque, Pythonesque, Ferryesque, Picturesque Bring it on. Can't wait, hope it's received well and sells well. ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband only 9.99 a month for your first 3 months! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/ ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V12 #16 **************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest