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Jester 01-10-2010 09:53 PM

Love
 
No thread on Love? Arthur Lee!! He's great. Forever Changes is their classic, and it's one of my favorites. Though, I think the first half of Da Capo probably beats out Forever Changes as far as pop sensibility goes. I really dig the poppy side of psychedelic rock, and they do it so well. The arrangements are really lush, I love 'em.

Song from each of their first three albums:

Love - My Little Red Book


(How lame, I was going to put up Que Vida from Da Capo, but it's the only one from Da Capo not on Youtube! This'll do.)

Love - Orange Skies


Love - Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale

Unknown Soldier 01-11-2010 09:41 AM

It is surprising that Love don`t have a thread on here, as we are talking about a very unique band and probably one of the most important bands of their era. It still amazes me how an album like "Forever Changes" one of the greatest albums of its genre went unnoticed at the time and wasn`t recognized for many years. Its combination of psychedelia, latin rhythms and acoustic musings are simply unforgettable. "Da Capo" is also another classic album and I love it just as much, I actually prefer though Alice Cooper' s version of the "7 and 7 is":finger:

Arthur Lee was an extremely gifted individual that pre-dated Jimi Hendrix and in fact I once read that Hendrix got a lot of his fashion sense from Arthur Lee himself.

I have a number of classic Love songs but "Alone Again or" Always seems to stick out for me.

Guybrush 01-11-2010 09:59 AM

I agree that their lack of mention is a bit of a mystery. If my memory serves me correctly, there's not a single Love review in the album review index. I don't listen to them much, but I like them. I only have Forever Changes, though.

almauro 01-11-2010 12:43 PM

Love that wild, multi-faceted and eccentric band and indeed, the first side of Da Capo is exquisite. One of the reasons why they weren't that popular is that the refused to tour, you had to travel to SoCal to hear them.

Unknown Soldier 01-11-2010 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by almauro (Post 808888)
One of the reasons why they weren't that popular is that the refused to tour, you had to travel to SoCal to hear them.

Don`t tell us you`re old enough to remember that!:yikes:

almauro 01-11-2010 01:45 PM

^^:rofl:No I never sojourned to the Golden State to see Love...I'm not that old.

NumberNineDream 01-11-2010 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by tore (Post 808824)
I agree that their lack of mention is a bit of a mystery. If my memory serves me correctly, there's not a single Love review in the album review index. I don't listen to them much, but I like them. I only have Forever Changes, though.

Though there is a Forever Changes review by Bulldog and a Da Capo one by TheCellarTapes... As I got introduced to Love by these reviews.

Edit:
I donno if it can be a "review", but Forever Changes is no.27 in Bulldog's 100:
http://www.musicbanter.com/editors-p...-100-a-12.html

... I wonder where that Da Capo review went... I can't find it anywhere.

Guybrush 01-11-2010 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NumberNineDream (Post 808924)
Though there is a Forever Changes review by Bulldog and a Da Capo one by TheCellarTapes... As I got introduced to Love by these reviews.

Well .. If they read this, then they know what they should do. :p:

Unknown Soldier 01-11-2010 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tore (Post 808943)
Well .. If they read this, then they know what they should do. :p:

TheCellarTapes has got real taste, as he also loves the Doors:laughing:

sidewinder 01-11-2010 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tore (Post 808824)
I agree that their lack of mention is a bit of a mystery. If my memory serves me correctly, there's not a single Love review in the album review index. I don't listen to them much, but I like them. I only have Forever Changes, though.

I have Da Capo, Four Sail and Forever Changes and honestly, Forever Changes is light years ahead of the others quality-wise and the only required one, IMO.


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