From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V7 #12 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, January 12 2001 Volume 07 : Number 012 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Prey of the Strange... ["Suzanne ..." ] ecto in flagrante delicto [anna maria "stjärnell" ] my top ten 2000 [Dirk Kastens ] Re: cyoakha's memory [lanblind@teleport.com] Re: Prey of the Strange... [Joseph Zitt ] Make out albums ["Anne Deming" ] Loreena McKennitt ["Suzanna Otting" ] RE: Make out albums ["Bill Adler" ] Re: Make out albums ["Kel Henson" ] RE: Make out albums [Phil Hudson ] Make out albums [Marla Tiara ] Re: Loreena McKennitt [Talamasca ] makeout albums and show cancellations [dave ] makeout albums ["=?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Lauritsen?=" ] Re: jan hellriegel & xena [meredith ] Make out albums [Amanda Williams ] three quick responses [dmw ] Classic instrumental openings that define songs [Mike Connell ] Re: makeout albums and show cancellations [Ted ] RE: makeout albums and show cancellations [Phil Hudson ] Ecto Deam/Happy Dreams [tenthvictim@mindspring.com] Re: Loreena McKennitt [Leon van Stuivenberg ] Re: Classic instrumental openings that define songs ["Bill" Subject: Prey of the Strange... How does one get past the Prey of the Strange? ........ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 00:32:27 -0800 (PST) From: anna maria "stjärnell" Subject: ecto in flagrante delicto Hi.. Hmm..I think One Dove's Morning Dove White and Tricky's Maxinquaye are nice makout albums. Anna Maria np-Emm Gryner-Science Fair Yahoo! Photos - 35mm Quality Prints, Now Get 15 Free! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:38:03 +0100 (NFT) From: Dirk Kastens Subject: my top ten 2000 Hi, here's my CD top ten of 2000 (in no particular order): The Cure - Bloodflowers Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now Steely Dan - Two Against Nature Geoffrey Oryema - Spirit Peter Gabriel - Ovo Lyle Mays - Solo, Improvisations for expanded piano Solea Amphibia - Stratosphear Bjoerk - Selmasongs Leona Naess - Comatised Anneli Drecker - Tundra You can see a list with covers on my homepage http://www.dkastens.de/special/cdtopten00.htm Maybe this will be my last CD top ten. I recently bought a DVD player and started collecting DVDs. Last year I got 88 new CDs and I only listened briefly to most of them (for example the Steely Dan remasters). So there's still enough music to discover this year :-) Best wishes, Dirk ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 23:59:37 -0800 From: lanblind@teleport.com Subject: Re: cyoakha's memory neal, i do keep pretty bad records, but I do remember people that have been supportive of me and BLIND for years. I'd rather sell you a second copy of Ordinary Magic because you loved it sooooooooo much you had to buy one for your mother, rather than any *C.R.S. club trick . love, Cyoakha "losing your mind is like losing track of a good friend, they may suddenly call you out of the blue and then it is just like you were never separated, but then again, you might say 'who???'..." PO Box 198 Mill Valley, CA 94941 lanblind@teleport.com http://landoftheblind.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:37:10 -0500 From: Joseph Zitt Subject: Re: Prey of the Strange... On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 02:00:51AM -0500, Suzanne ... wrote: > How does one get past the Prey of the Strange? up;up;left;left;fire. But you have to have picked up the Jewel of Equipoise from the Land of the Blind first, cut through the Dreaming, and discarded the Red Shoes. - -- |> ~The only thing that is not art is inattention~ --- Marcel Duchamp <| | jzitt@metatronpress.com http://www.metatronpress.com/jzitt | | Latest CD: Jerusaklyn http://www.mp3.com/josephzitt | | Comma: Voices of New Music Silence: the John Cage Discussion List | ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:28:14 -0500 From: "Anne Deming" Subject: Make out albums I think the best "mood" music is Massive Attack's "Mezzanine". I thank GOD for them almost every morning...*wink* - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:43:01 -0800 From: "Suzanna Otting" Subject: Loreena McKennitt I recently picked up Loreena McKennitt's "Elemental"...I must have looked at it ten times in ten different music stores, but it just didn't look as good as "The Mask and the Mirror" or "The Visit". Well, it is. It's a wonderful collection of traditional music done with great originality, and it's been out since 1985, and I can't believe I didn't pick it up until 2001. Of course, I was only eight years old in 1985, so you can't really blame me. :) I remember hearing a rumor awhile ago that Ms. McKennitt is permanently dropping out of the music-making business after the tragedy of losing her significant other. Does anyone know if this is true? Suzanna Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:01:05 -0500 From: "Bill Adler" Subject: RE: Make out albums Okay. This is sad. I can't remember any make out albums, save for the Moody Blues. But I do remember many albums that I passed out while listening to (namely the Grateful Dead and Yes.) - --Bill n.p. Ida, Tales of Brave - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Anne Deming Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:28 PM To: Ecto@smoe.org Subject: Make out albums I think the best "mood" music is Massive Attack's "Mezzanine". I thank GOD for them almost every morning...*wink* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:22:43 -0500 From: "Kel Henson" Subject: Re: Make out albums I find this really interesting as I was just talking about it with someone the other day ... My choices ... Delerium - Karma Loreena McKennitt - The Mask and Mirror Sam Brown - 43 Minutes Milla - The Divine Comedy Erasure - Erasure (but only with a fellow Erasure fan) Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess (near ecto from a pop princess - some very sexy songs) Jane Siberry - When I Was A Boy No one's really ever complained anyway, and I enjoy them during ... ahem ... Later! Kel. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Deming" To: Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:28 PM Subject: Make out albums > I think the best "mood" music is Massive Attack's "Mezzanine". I thank > GOD for them almost every morning...*wink* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:36:29 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: RE: Make out albums Was it the musical content or some other factors that caused these lapses in consciousness? I have always found the Dead to have an intensely soporific effect on me, but not Yes. (I often get to scandalize my Santa Cruz pals by explaining that I have never in my life deliberately listened to the Dead, as I always found them exceptionally boring.) They always struck me as the sonic jam equivalent of power tools; The sound is acceptable if you're running the Skilsaw, but pretty unpleasant if you're the one holding the plank steady. I have jammed with guys, Dead-style, and it can be fun, but I never wanted to hear the tape afterwards! Hope I don't offend any Deadheads on this list, all music appreciation is subjective, after all. Silly Deadhead joke: Q. Why do Dead fans wave their arms in front of their faces as they dance? A: It's to keep the music out of their eyes. Phil - -----Original Message----- From: Bill Adler [mailto:billonline@adlerbooks.com] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 1:01 PM To: Ecto Subject: RE: Make out albums Okay. This is sad. I can't remember any make out albums, save for the Moody Blues. But I do remember many albums that I passed out while listening to (namely the Grateful Dead and Yes.) - --Bill n.p. Ida, Tales of Brave - -----Original Message----- From: owner-ecto@smoe.org [mailto:owner-ecto@smoe.org]On Behalf Of Anne Deming Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:28 PM To: Ecto@smoe.org Subject: Make out albums I think the best "mood" music is Massive Attack's "Mezzanine". I thank GOD for them almost every morning...*wink* ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:43:49 -0800 (PST) From: Marla Tiara Subject: Make out albums Fumbling Towards Ecstacy by Sarah McLachlan. Definitely. :) marla tiara ===== ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Famous people wearing my tiara: http://www.marlatiara.com (*updated 9/21/00 - All pictures active!) "I will always love you like a milkshake." - Wesley Willis Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:33:22 -0600 From: Talamasca Subject: Re: Loreena McKennitt At 12:43 PM 1/11/01 -0800, Suzanna Otting wrote: >I recently picked up Loreena McKennitt's "Elemental"... I don't think I could live without hearing her sing Stolen Child... >I remember hearing a rumor awhile ago that Ms. McKennitt is permanently dropping out of >the music-making business after the tragedy of losing her significant other. >Does anyone know if this is true? Hmm, I don't see anything bearing this out on her label's news page at http://www.quinlanroad.com/news.html (The last message there was from less than a month ago, December of last year.) The closest thing I can find to her plans (or lack thereof) is at http://www.quinlanroad.com/newsletter.html To wit: "From the Quinlan Road Newsletter, 1999 Vol. 1 To be able to learn from and love what you do, and to share it and be able to make a fine living by it, is a rarity, and there is no day that goes by that I don't give thanks for it. Yet, as many of you know, I have also been the wearer of many hats on the management and label side of my career, and along with that comes an enormous workload. Of late, however, I have been striving for a more simple life, and one which remains a little bit closer to home. As a result, there are no touring, performing or recording plans at present, but we will be sure to keep you informed when that picture changes." I do hope that the rumour isn't true, that everything is okay with her, and not just because I hope to hear her future work. John Higdon (Talamasca) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 17:44:37 -0500 From: dave Subject: makeout albums and show cancellations Phil says: >How about Ectonians' favorite makeout albums? I'm sure most people have >them. Happy's HR5, track 6. Ted says: > My fave cancellation was Motorhead at City Gardens in Trenton. > They walked in, said "This place is a shit hole", and walked out. Were they referring to City Gardens or Trenton? dave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 00:31:38 +0100 From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Lauritsen?=" Subject: makeout albums Interestingly (or not), a reviewer in some Danish magazine or other very specificly stated that the Bel Canto album "Shimmering, Warm & Brigth" was the perfect makeout album because of the steady rhythm throughout. I personally tried this out and was rewarded by the remark "Who is this crazy woman?". So basically I'll have to agree with Marla: "Fumbling Towards Ecstacy" is - more or less - the perfect makeout album! n.p. Kaitlyn ni Donovan: "Songs for Three Days" & Regina Lund: "Unique" ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:36:41 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: legends in their own minds Vol 3 Hi! Phil Hudson posted: >I have seen Fripp in interviews and on stage, and was always rather amazed >and amused at his apparent love affair with his own identity. I started >wondering whether this was some kind of mis-perception on my part, and that >I was just immaturely misinterpreting his words and actions, but, the guy >just kept upping the total jackass quotient each time I saw him. I don't know anything about his younger days, but (and a few other ectophiles) saw him do a solo show up at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA a few years back. As usual, there were big signs up everywhere banning recordings or photography. Naturally, some asshole in the back decided to take a flash photo less than halfway through. Fripp wordlessly switched off his equipment, unplugged his guitar, and left the stage. I was about ready to pack up and leave, because I'd heard that in such situations that's it ... but amazingly, about 20 minutes later he came back up, and picked back up exactly where he had left off. He then proceeded to take questions from the audience, which was utterly fascinating. I got the impression that he is rather impressed with himself, but not in such a way as to completely turn me off. He is a very disciplined person, and has a very specific way of choosing to deal with the world. The audience members who were asking him questions had the attitude of followers questioning their guru, and he fit into that role quite well. It ended up to be a really memorable evening. +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:30:49 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: jan hellriegel & xena Hi! Karen responded: >Ha! It must be annoying for overseas viewers that there is such a small >pool of actors to draw on down here, and they've certainly dipped into the >dregs many times. Actually, for anal-retentive, detail-oriented people like me, I *love* that. "Hey, that's the guy who played ___ in that episode three seasons ago!" It's one of my favorite games, particularly now that the production company that brought us _Hercules_ and _Xena_ has a couple of new shows that tend to feature lots of makeup. I love trying to decipher who that may be under there. >We get to play the fun "where have I seen them before?" >game when we know we've seen that particular God/Demon/Amazon/Warlord >advertising something, in theatre, listened to them as radio announcers, >or, especially, seen them in the wretched local hospital soap opera >'Shortland Street'. Back when Xena and Hercules were played on a tv >station that we could receive, that is. That's just weird. The show is produced in New Zealand, and yet you all can't even watch it there. >I'm hoping Peter Jackson doesn't rely on all the same people for Lord of >the Rings bit parts - there was much sniggering during _Frighteners_ as we >recognised Shortland Street nurse so-n-so playing a reporter, receptionist >whatsit playing a dead wife etc. I'm sure there's going to be a certain amount of that going on. There's been quite a buzz during the production of the trilogy, rumors coming and going about this or that minor (or even major) character from the Xenaverse going to be appearing there somewhere. I know I'm going to recognize a lot of the names in the closing credits -- Pacific Renaissance Pictures lost quite a few people to that production. (See above comment re anal-retentiveness to see just how this will happen. ;) >Then there're the art school graduates like PJ Harvey who are better at >music - I haven't come across any review of her 'sculpture' (painted rocks >and delicately strewn seaweed etc) that suggests she has talent there, so >I'm glad she crossed over. Hmmm... guess I've been living under a rock somewhere. I didn't know she was an art school person, though I guess that makes sense. Speaking of Polly Jean, I've become quite addicted to her latest album recently. It's been living in my car, and I just can't get enough of it. Great stuff. +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:06:15 +1100 (EST) From: Amanda Williams Subject: Make out albums Massive Attack - Protection..just so groovy and wondrous chill music Most of the (apart from the main theme) Blade Runner soundtrack...the Explosion can mean more that way ;-) Watermark - Enya..in particular, track 9 - The River Enigma - Sadeness Then there are just wonderful individual tracks such as Marta's song on Deep Forest - Boheme Feel It - Kate Bush Sensual World - Kate Bush Viens Lakme - Puccini ..Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon used this extremely well in The Hunger Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye The Sea - Morcheeba amanda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ooooooooooooooooooo~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ '"Must!" Is "must" a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.' - -Elizabeth I to Robert Cecil, on being asked to name her successor while on her deathbed (well death cushions, really :) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 19:40:27 -0500 (EST) From: dmw Subject: three quick responses On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, recount chocula wrote: > in 1992 was cancelled for reasons unclear -- the alleged reasons i remember > hearing included the stage being too small for the full band and there > wasn't enough electrical outlets. neither make much sense. i'll defend not enough electrical outlets as a valid reason not to play. only a couple of weeks ago i tried to attend a show at a warehouse sort of art-space; whenever the band plugged in the lights (and heat!) went out. no fun. and depending on the equipment, not at all good for the gear. yesterday i heard loreena mckennit's a&r person speaking. i hoped to get a chance to ask him about ms. mckennit's future plans after the panel discussion, but i wasn't able to. however, he *seemed* to be talking about her career in present tense. i certainly wouldn't take it as definitive, but it made me vaguely hopeful. make-out albums: i need to cast a vote for wilco's _being there_ bonus weird self-serving grumble: i was covering the conference where ms.hersh played last night, and where the equally brilliant danielle howle and ida are playing tonight, and i couldn't go -- because i have to rehearse for a very unexpected solo performance i'll be giving tomorrow. i expected prices for increasing musical success (which i'm incredibly grateful for, don't get me wrong) but i never figured missing so many good shows would be one of them. - -- d. - - oh no, you've just read mail from doug = dmw@radix.net - get yr pathos - - www.pathetic-caverns.com -- books, flicks, tunes, etc. = reviews - - www.fecklessbeast.com -- angst, guilt, fear, betrayal! = guitar pop ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:18:04 -0500 From: Mike Connell Subject: Classic instrumental openings that define songs While at the laundromat for a marathon wash & dry session, three of the cutest Asian-descent coeds you've ever laid your eyes on were pretty much having a party and blasting tunes from their boombox, oddly enough a local oldies radio station. (it's nice to see some of the X-generation get off on the classic stuff). Note to self: change the usual Wednesday afternoon at the laundromat to Thursdays. Anyway....when Tommy James & The Shondells "Crystal Blue Persuasion" came on, it got me thinking of what a classic instrumental opening that song has. I then started thinking of other ones....the Raspberries "Go All The Way".... The Doors "Light My Fire"...The Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" etc. Having grown up in the mid-to-late 60s and early 70's, while all of the truly groundbreaking music of that era moved me to no end, I think what moved me the most, at least got me moving the most, was the songs that had absolutely astounding instrumental openings. So that's what I want to throw out for more examples from y'all. Hits or even non-hits from the past that had classic instrumental openings that pretty much defined the song. An opening 15 to 20 seconds of instrumental that is easily recognizable and get's your juices flowing. I know there's tons more, and I know there's many of you out there that was exposed to the music of many moons ago...can't wait to see what might get offered up. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:21:02 -0500 From: Mike Connell Subject: Re: Loreena McKennitt > >I recently picked up Loreena McKennitt's "Elemental"... > > I don't think I could live without hearing her sing Stolen Child... Looks like I gotta get that CD.....got hooked on Loreena last summer but only picked up two CDs. I feel the same about her "Dantes Prayer"...that song stuns and numbs me every single time I hear it. Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:26:24 -0500 From: Ted Subject: Re: makeout albums and show cancellations dave wrote: > Ted says: > > My fave cancellation was Motorhead at City Gardens in Trenton. > > They walked in, said "This place is a shit hole", and walked out. > > Were they referring to City Gardens or Trenton? > Both. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:00:09 -0800 From: Phil Hudson Subject: RE: makeout albums and show cancellations Ted says: > My fave cancellation was Motorhead at City Gardens in Trenton. > They walked in, said "This place is a shit hole", and walked out. >Were they referring to City Gardens or Trenton? >dave Or possibly, the state of New Jersey? ;) * LEGAL DISCLAIMER *NJ residents please note the inclusion of the winky face ! phil ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 21:44:58 -0500 From: Mike Connell Subject: Re: makeout albums and show cancellations > > > My fave cancellation was While mine wasn't music related, and ended up not being a cancellation....this episode is my alltime fave that would fit this category...sort of. While in college in the late 70s, a bunch of us went to see Steve Martin at a nearby college. The show was to start at 8pm, and at about 7:50, hardly any light on stage....Steve comes out, STRUGGLING while carrying a television out, all the while, in that lanky Steve Martin kind-of-way, dragging a TV stand with one of his legs hooked around the base....ya had to see it. Upon reaching center-stage, he squats down and begins to set up the TV, whistling while he worked....the TV facing us. He turns it on, some movie appears to be on. He then turns to the crowd...it's a few minutes to 8pm, and he says "Screw you guys, I'm on Home Box tonight. I'm taking the night off. Enjoy the show". He then walks off stage...and a few minutes later his HBO show comes on. (mind you, this was 1978 when HBO was quite new...I would imagine more than a few in the crowd had never heard of HBO). The show played on and on and on, and at about 8:15 he finally comes out and shuts off the TV and begins the real show. Ya had to be there, but it was pretty funny. (a real hoot was later when he took the whole crowd out of the hall and led us on a tour of the campus...the wild and crazy guy that he is) Mike ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:43:29 -0500 From: meredith Subject: Re: Loreena McKennitt Hi! This Loreena thread is creepy ... I just got back from a New Haven Folk Alliance meeting, and I was just discussing this very thing with someone there!!! I hope Loreena does decide to start making music again, but if she doesn't I can certainly understand. +==========================================================================+ | Meredith Tarr meth@smoe.org | | New Haven, CT USA http://www.smoe.org/~meth | +==========================================================================+ | "things are more beautiful when they're obscure" -- veda hille | | *** TRAJECTORY, the Veda Hille mailing list: *** | | *** http://www.smoe.org/meth/trajectory.html *** | +==========================================================================+ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:11:46 -0600 From: tenthvictim@mindspring.com Subject: Ecto Deam/Happy Dreams Hello, I had my first ecto dream this morning. My last dream before waking up was a strange concoction involving tornadoes and Happy Rhodes. I was in a local restaurant, Colters, which is a wood frame building with real windows with real window panes. Happy Rhodes seemed to be there giving a seminar on singing in public. The person who was Happy was rather ill-defined; I couldn't describe her. Seemed that long hair was her defining characteristic. So this vague person with long hair was someone I knew as Happy Rhodes. She was telling people what the most important aspect of public performance was-- it was key lighting. The term "key lighting" was not used, but a light to highlight the performer was definitely the idea being conveyed. I was suddenly alerted to the weather conditions outside. I went to one of the large windows of the restaurant and looked to the east. A blackish-blue wall of clouds hung in the distance and white tornado tails dipped out of the sky and twisted in front of the black wall. At one point I got the impression the restaurant was in the middle of a tornado with winds swirling in a circle around us but not touching us. While this was going on, people in the restaurant were joking about shoes. I have an impression that they were glad they had their dressy shoes on so that they would be handsome corpses. The last thing I remember about the dream was stopping by the table at which Happy sat, feeling like I had to say something to Happy. I noticed she had on some very nice shoes and I think I joked with her about how she had on her good shoes for the tornado. And so ended the dream. It seems to be a very joky dream. I read a woman's writing once which said our dreams are elaborate puns. I think the woman was right. I listened to _Rhodes I_ today and heard (really heard) Happy's guitar picking. She plays some very nice patterns on a couple of songs (especially the suicide song). On her poppier CDs I can faintly hear her strumming but haven't noticed any fingerpicking. I think even on _The Keep_ she is mostly strumming. I'll have to listen to it again. I hope she does some simple guitar/voice things on her new CD (but I really love the band sound, so don't take it too far). I've rambled on too long. (P.S. There is a precedent for relating Happy dreams.) Bye, Lyle ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 07:07:58 +0100 From: Leon van Stuivenberg Subject: Re: Loreena McKennitt > I hope Loreena does decide to start making music again, but if she doesn't > I can certainly understand. There are a few links to interviews on the qr site in the news section; in one of them there's mention of the possibility that maybe, perhaps, dont-hold-your-breath, there will be some creative material 'left over' from some work she's picking up (i don't remember exactly what it was), and that that might be a start of a new album... Btw, Parallel Dreams is a very nice follow-up on Elemental; heck, all of her albums are worth getting :-) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 23:21:09 -0700 From: "Bill" Subject: Re: Classic instrumental openings that define songs On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:18:04 -0500, Mike Connell wrote: >So that's what I want to throw out for more examples from y'all. Hits or even non-hits from the past that had classic instrumental openings that pretty much defined the song. An opening 15 to 20 seconds of instrumental that is easily recognizable and get's your juices flowing. Yes's _Heart of the Sunrise_ opens with several minutes of a great collage of multi-time-signature instrumental work by Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Rick Wakeman, and Bill Bruford, Bill's drum work being particularly worthy of mention; heck, Jon Anderson may even be in there somewhere too. Deep, very deep. I don't think I could ever pick out an absolute favorite Yes work of mine, but _Heart of the Sunrise_ would definitely be in the inner circle. Very brainy, yet appealing music, good lyrics, and an overall showing of musical prowess. If you thought _Owner of a Lonely Heart_ was "good", put your thinking cap on and listen to _Heart of the Sunrise_ for an animated tour of the collective musical talent now-a-days colloquially known as "Old Yes". - - Bill G. np: Elysian Fields -- _Queen of the Meadow_ (I'm sorry, but to me this work is somewhat of a step down from _Bleed Your Cedar_, although a pretty good album nonetheless; a bit too much Jennifer's whispering, and a bit too little jazz; don't get me wrong, I cream my jeans for Jennifer Charles just as much as the next guy, but to me _Bleed Your Cedar_ was a more heroic work, whereas _Queen of the Meadow_ feels more like your typical day at the office). nr: Alvah Simon -- North to the Night (read it). ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V7 #12 *************************