ribbons

Hi, Synth! Um, let's just say I TRIED to tackle Emerson's parts - doesn't mean I succeeded, lol. There was no one else as gifted as him, nor will there ever be. I can't even think of Keith without getting choked up.

SGR

I really like the part in the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil" where the background vocalist goes "Woo woo!"

ribbons

Never knew this, but here's an interesting explanation of those "who-who-woo-woos".

Wiki quote:

SGR

Never knew that! Thanks for teaching me something new Ribbons!

ribbons

You're very welcome, SGR! Woo-woo!


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

Lisnaholic

Thank you Norg ! I had in mind listening to ELP on one of these things. Perhaps you have seen one in a museum



A furthur great description of Bob's particular singing style through the late sixties, ribbons! Almost every line seems to be packed with menace, scorn or weariness.

Hope your sister doesn't hold that appropriation against you, ribbons ! Seems fair enough, if you were the one to use it more. In my house we had an old upright piano available to anyone, I suppose, although only my mum and sister ever used it. I would occasionally run my toy cars over the keys, which is the closest I ever came to learning an instrument, so it's very humbling to see what Rachel Flowers can achieve given the obstacle that her blindness must have added to the already daunting task of learning something so long and complicated as Tarkus.

Yep, those background vocals really lift up the song, SGR. How curious that they arrived there largely by chance!
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Here's a song that has multiple favourite parts for me:-



I like the "carrying babies to the river" interlude which starts at 2:23

Also the inexplicable interjection, "The monk bought lunch!" at 3:05. In fact, the little red time bar on the youtube clip tells us that this is the "Most Replayed" point. (You reading all this, Norg ? ) Not only that, but Jim himself tells us that "This is the best part of the trip... this is the trip...the best part" , which must be one of not many occasions when the artist himself tells us which bit he likes best.

But actually, I'm not sure I agree: the real best part starts at 7:00 and includes all the multiple-tracking of JM's vocals. This section is so wonderful that I always resent it when it closes down too early with, "When all else fails..."

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ribbons

I need to learn how to clip portions of YouTube videos - thanks for the heads-up, Norg.

That's a very sweet image of little Lisna I won't soon forget! Nice that your famiily had an upright piano in the home. My grandmother purchased the organ as a 16th birthday present for my sister, who had decided to take lessons. Fortunately, by the time I *appropriated* the organ my sister (who is eight years older) had grown tired of it, so she didn't mind at all. The keys to the organ lit up in the dark, and I began learning to play by serenading my mom as she rested in the unlighted livingroom from time to time. I used to take "song requests" from my mother in the dark! lol But it was actually a good way of learning to play, albeit by ear.

I also like the "carrying babies to the river" part from 2:23 to "The monk bought lunch!" at 3:05 of "The Soft Parade". That disjointed awakening from the river reverie, and the instrumental break right after the monk's lunch , seems Zappa-esque to me. I really like The Soft Parade album, actually - it's musical, with diverse instrumentation and a bit lighter than The Doors' other albums.

Lisnaholic

Thanks,ribbons!
That's also a wonderful image: you and your mom in the dark, connecting through the music, illuminated by the lights from the keyboard.

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Rockstar12

The beginning of Paramore - Misery Business

musicharmonicasinger

The bridges.