--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2300020 Date: 01/31/98 From: CHRIS ARMSTRONG Time: 07:47pm \/To: SCOTT TAYLOR (Read 0 times) Subj: ??Punk?? On 01-28-98 SCOTT TAYLOR wrote to KENNETH YATES... ST> Armstrong to Yates. Repeat, Armstrong to Yates. What do you mean ST> ??PUNK??? ST> CA> Actually punk and ska are related in a kind of way. But Voodoo ST> glo ST> CA> skull'sare DEFinitely a ska band. ST> ST> ST> KY>Word! ST> ST> Yeah, and the word is "wrong". Will you f#ck off?!?! From what I've seen, all that you are doing is arguing with people! What's your problem?! -=-chris-=- ... OFFLINE 1.50 "You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive." --- Platinum Xpress/386/Wildcat! v1.3 * Origin: Maltese Alien * Carnegie, PA USA * (412) 279-9561 * (1:129/41) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2400000 Date: 02/03/98 From: STEVE QUARRELLA Time: 04:21pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Deep Purple review I can't believe that I forgot to post this back in December. As an added bonus, the remastered "Made in Japan" is now out, complete with three encores that haven't yet been released. My wife and I decided to "take a little rice, take a little beans" and "rock and roll down to New Orleans" for the December 13, 1997 show at the House of Blues in New Orleans, LA. We were celebrating our fourth wedding anniversary, and as we initially met by my having sent my wife some of Deep Purple's music -- Ow! Dear Abby alert! -- it was a little appropriate that we celebrate at least ONE anniversary with the guys who got us started. We left Dallas on Friday night, got to New Orleans on Saturday afternoon, and had a great evening at the House of Blues. Great food, and a great place to see a show. We were leaning up against a railing off to stage left, and we could easily have hit the band with any variety of paper airplanes. Meaning "We had a pretty good spot, and we didn't have any problems seeing all the action onstage." Eagle-eyed viewers could have picked me out as the guy wearing the black "The Battle Rages On" sweatshirt that I picked up at the Corpus Christi gig back in '94. :) My "House of Blue Light" shirt from 1987 STILL fits, o. The opening band, The Blue Meanies, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, were actually quite good, sounding to me like the Black Crowes with a bit more edge. Who's their guitarist? Geez, was this guy revved up! Purple's set list, and a few comments: Hush Fireball Into the Fire Ted the Mechanic Pictures of Home Steve Morse Guitar Solo (Including bits of solo from "I'm Not Your Lover") Black Night Bloodsucker Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming Woman from Tokyo Seventh Heaven No One Came Smoke on the Water Jon Lord Organ Solo When A Blind Man Cries Speed King Perfect Strangers Highway Star First off, I was over the moon about the variety in terms of the song selection, and am fairly relieved that the old "Made in Japan" list and its variants have been put to rest after so long. This was my fifth time seeing the band (85, 87, 91(92?), 94, and 97), and I finally got my wish, to hear some of the more obscure stuff like "Bloodsucker" and "No One Came." It was also a real treat to hear them do blazing versions of material from "Purpendicular." I hope these tracks remain as part of the set listing for years to come. Everybody was looking good and sounding good. Roger's joined Ian in the "bandana on the head" department. Where'd his hat go? :) Onto my ghlights: "Fireball." I was FINALLY close enough to watch Paicey turn up the gas on his bass drums for the intro. Man, is it a pleasure to watch this guy work. "Into the Fire." This is a song that I really have never cared for, given the cruddy sound of the mix on "In Rock," but I rather enjoyed this one. I'm not a fan of "Pictures of Home," either, but it sure sounded good the other night. Loved Roger's cool bass solo! "Black Night." Lots of interplay between Ian, Steve, and Jon on this one, almost a foreshadowing of what was to come, later, on "Speed King." BIG difference on the performance of this one now versus how it was done in the 1980s (i.e. not a quick run-through this time). "Bloodsucker" was introduced as being a "perfect song for the New Orleans culture," and Ian had to go back and explain the joke to Jon. Maybe Anne Rice is a fan? :) "Woman from Tokyo." FINALLY! THE WHOLE THING! What a treat to hear the bit in the middle, and Steve -really- made this one sound good. "Seventh Heaven" was introduced as a love song. Knowing that Ian tends to fib in his introductions , this one started off with a "dreamy" keyboard/guitar intro whose texture was quite a bit like UFO's "Love to Love." Then all hell breaks loose with a catchy riff, and Deep Purple's kicking ass again. I look forward to hearing this one on the new album, as it's been a LONG time since I've heard a new, yet-unreleased song from ANYBODY that has caught my attention. "Speed King" was introduced as a "lullabye," with Ian stating that "I rock my baby to sleep with this song every night." Although the show as a whole was absolutely superb, while watching Lord/Morse/Gillan during this song, I could almost get a feel for what the band was like during the early 1970s, just in terms of raw energy and improvisation. Was that the "Burn" riff I caught when Steve and Jon were trading licks? Later, when Ian and Steve were trading licks, Steve played something that Ian translated into "What the fuck was that?!" No reaction from the crowd on the "New Orleans" reference in the song, though! "Highway Star." Ian had cause to blow the lines on the "mail it to my brain" verse, as some bozo hopped up onto the stage, only to dive back off into not a sea of people, but maybe a small pond. Ian was watching him the whole time, and looked rather concerned (I sure hope that hard wooden floor felt good!), asking the guy later if he was OK. On the musical side of things, it was an absolute pleasure to watch Steve Morse play the guitar run, note-for-note, and he makes it look so damned easy. Disappointments? Yeah, just two: No "Rosa's Cantina," which I understand has been played on other dates, and no "Mary Long," which hasn't been played in some time anyways. The only -real- negative is that the mix on Jon's organ is fairly weak, and we had the same complaint back in '94. CRANK UP THE ORGAN! In any event, the show gets an A+, and my hat's off to the band for making #4 a great one! Thanks, guys! Bring it to Texas on the next one, although I'll STILL drive miles to see you! Steve (and Suzy) Quarrella Rowlett, TX --- * Origin: Il Vaticano (1:124/9005.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2400001 Date: 02/03/98 From: STEVE QUARRELLA Time: 04:55pm \/To: MARTIN RIDGLEY (Read 0 times) Subj: Guess Who ? Well, well, well...look who's getting off of his duff to take care of some replies. This is to a message you sent to me back in October. Geez! SQ>> As luck would have it, I did some computer work for a newbie SQ>> in our office today, and it turns out that he used to do roadwork for Burton Cummings. I'll be comparing notes SQ>> with him shortly. :) This guy quit a day after he started. Figures. MR> FWIW, last weekend CBC broadcast a one hour special called, "The MR> Life & Times of Burton Cummings". The programme was basically an Did you get a tape of this, by any chance? MR> Highlights included film footage of The Deverons, Burton's band for Don't know that I'd care to hear the band themselves, but I'd be intrigued to hear how Cummings sounded at that point. MR> After their initial success with "These Eyes", the rest of the Guess MR> Who's career was passed over fairly quickly, which was okay with me as Maybe it's just me, but does the Guess Who seem to be passed by after Randy Bachman left, even though they continued to have a great deal of success without him? While I'm thinking about it, I heard recently that none other than Greg Leskiw is going to release an album. Hear anything about that? I also read somewhere that Leskiw and Wallace were together in a band in 82/83 called "Kilowatt," and had an album produced by Troiano. Ever hear this stuff? MR> we know a lot about that period already. There was footage of a recent MR> Burton Cummings solo performance in Winnipeg where Randy Bachman joined MR> him on-stage and did a few of the old songs. Man, I'd love to see that. What songs did they do, do you remember? BTW, you mentioned once that Bachman has played on some of Cummings's solo material. Anything that I know? MR> Canada. And lest you had any doubts about his popularity in his home and MR> native land, his latest release, _Up Close and Alone_, has gone platinum here in Canada. :-) A much, much better effort than "Plus Signs." :-) I wrote to Cummings's tour manager on burtoncummings.com some time ago, but haven't heard back. As an aside, there's NOTHING on theguesswho.com about the death of Kurt Winter. There IS information about their singer quitting, though. Geez! **>> re: The Guess Who's, _It's Time_ (1966).... MR> Great! What do you think of _It's Time_? I hope my assessment of it wasn't too far off the mark. Would you believe that I've owned this album since September, and have not yet listened to it? I've been rediscovering "#10," "Rockin'," and "Artificial Paradise." Even had a play of "Running Bear" yesterday to commemorate the death of the Big Bopper. Man, I'm so disappointed that they didn't release more rare stuff on that boxed set, as that run of old hits that included "Running Bear" and "Sea of Love" probably had some really choice goodies! Artificial Paradise: I think they'd have had a winner here if Cummings had sang most of these songs. That's not to take away from Bill Wallace (who sounds enough like Cummings at times anyways) or Don McDougall, but I'm still amazed at the strength of at least the music. While McDougall's songwriting, well, stinks, I -really- like the music on "Samantha's Living Room" and "Lost and Found Town," and even find myself liking the crazy song with the African name which I'm not even going to attempt to write down right now. The real sleeper, IMHO, is "All Hashed Out." Killer riff, with great interplay between Cummings and Wallace. Now, if I could just find the time to sit down and dump this thing to a CD. :) BTW, I pulled open the LP, and just laughed at the photography. Is that Peterson in drag? ["She's Not There," The Zombies] MR> I used to play that song for years. Never could do it like Colin id, MR> but there are a few cover versions around for alternate reference. It's a great song! My wife once asked me "Who's that doing the Santana song?" :) SQ>> If memory serves, Russ Ballard was a member of Argent, no? MR> Yep, good memory! He was their original guitarist and did about 4 MR> or 5 albums with Argent before going solo. The man who brought us "Since You Been Gone." :) Out of all the times this thing has been allegedly covered, I have only ever heard Rainbow's take on it. Like I need to hear anybody else do it after Rainbow anyways. :) MR> the book. What ticks me off is the way he seems to just skim over so MR> much of the 1971-1976 part of their history. Especially after so much time spent on Chad Allan. :-/ I'd have loved to have read a bit more about the comings and goings of Leskiw (who is apparently quite tight-lipped about his departure from the group) and Kale, and I'm still miffed that they didn't go into much detail on the "Live at the Paramount" show. Unlikely that RCA will ever release this thing in its entirety, but I'd still like to know the set listing. Lots and lots of goodies in there, I bet. SQ>> I don't really care for "#10" that much either. I had a It has its moments, although I think the thing that gets to me is a serious prevalance of steel guitars. I don't mind steel guitar -- take "Orly," for example -- but "#10" strikes me as a C&W effort in some ways! The high points of the album, for me, are "Musicione'," "Self Pity" (great guitar work by Mr. Winter), and "Cardboard Empire" (I like the epic-sounding harmonies for "Who are the people?"] "Miss Frizzy's" nice, but I prefer the version on which Randy Bachman played some years earlier. Interesting about "Just Let Me Sing," given that he didn't get to sing as much on the previous album. "You trying to tell us something...UH...BURT." BTW, what the HELL is going on with the "Lareau" bit at the beginning of "Glamour Boy?" There are some stupid bits in GW songs, for sure, but I put this one up there with that annoying "Uh...BRY...uh...BURT" thing that covers up "Sea of Love" (WHAT were they thinking?). Who is that asking McDougall about his nickname, and why does McDougall come off sounding like a moron? MR> I did grab a CD copy of _Road Food_ recently, though. :-) I continue to be amazed that they had to fly Kurt Winter across the country for the solo on that one. To my ears, it was money well-spent, but man, that must have pissed off a lot of people. :) --- * Origin: Il Vaticano (1:124/9005.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2400002 Date: 02/03/98 From: STEVE QUARRELLA Time: 05:30pm \/To: MARTIN RIDGLEY (Read 0 times) Subj: The Who & Cream MR> Yeah, that's true. But as I mentioned, I heard Townshend's own MR> version first. I like 'em both. That kind of reminds me. Did I miss something, or did Townshend do another version of "Let My Love Open the Door?" I was in a bar recently and heard a much slower version -- it didn't sound live -- and it was definitely Townshend doing the singing (or a damned good imitator). I AM wondering if the Who's "The Kids Are Alright" will be remastered and re-released intact (with the inclusion of the "Join Together Blues" that was excised from the CD release). Given the hatchet job done thus far, though, I'm not holding my breath. SQ>> I thought so, but the same dropout occurs not only on the SQ>> "Odds and Sods" CD, but also on the track that's on the SQ>> boxed set. My guess is that the ol' Who engineers are SQ>> giving us a bad mix somewhere. :-/ MR> Are both drop-outs in exactly the same place? That's *very* weird! PRECISELY the same place. I think it's the last time we hear the bit about the child and the star. MR> Geez, I don't know if I'd enjoy watching a video of Cream performing MR> live. Most of their live stuff bores me now (although there are a few I've got a bootleg of them from Detroit in 67 or 68, and Jack Bruce sounds TERRIBLE. Clapton and Bruce sound spot-on, but "Yeah, I know what you mean," having been a victim of long, drawn-out guitar and bass solos at some otherwise remarkable concerts in the past. That stuff always sounds better when they do the live album. --- * Origin: Il Vaticano (1:124/9005.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2400003 Date: 02/03/98 From: STEVE QUARRELLA Time: 05:37pm \/To: MARTIN RIDGLEY (Read 0 times) Subj: McCartney II SQ>>> "McCartney II," anybody? :) [That's an album I like VERY SQ>>> much, not caring at all if it was a bomb for McCartney.] SQ>> About the only mileage he got out of it was, of course, SQ>> "Coming Up." Much, much better on the original live single that he did in Glasgow. I heard one or two performances of it done in recent years, though, and it doesn't have the energy that it did twenty years ago. Then again, should I be surprised by that? SQ>> and "Waterfalls." I also have a bootleg of the sessions for this one SQ>> with a few more tracks, and probably would have preferred SQ>> the album as a double. BTW, some of that stuff WAS released on some versions of "McCartney II" that I've seen. Then again, "Check My Machine," for example, is a complete and total waste of time, so it really finishes up as CD filler. MR>> Maybe it's time to dig that one out again.... ;-) Sorry to have burdened you. MR> Okay, ...the first thing that strikes me (again) is how thin the sound is. I often wondered if McCartney had recorded the thing in the bathroom or something, kind of like the Monkees with Nesmith on one or two of their tracks ("Door into Summer' comes to mind). Come on, this guy was one of the Beatles, and this is the sound quality we get? Total agreement. Noticed it even close to twenty years ago when the album was new. MR> "Temporary Secretary" is obviously self-indulgent MR> (which in itself is alright, but IMO this inane track should never have MR> been released to the public!). But that was one of my favourites way back then. It's the synthesizer that finds the bottom of your spine every time. :-) MR> I kind of like "On The Way", with it's bluesy feel and heavy reverb, MR> but it's ultimately boring because; a) Paul relies on the reverb effect MR> and doesn't put any emotion into it and; b) he simply can't play the MR> blues. "Waterfalls" has a nice melody and is easily the MR> best song so far. BTW, McCartney did video for at least "Waterfalls" and "Coming Up." In the latter case, the video was a collection of McCartneys, all playing the song together, with Paul playing himself as one of the Beatles, Buddy Holly, and others. "Waterfalls" kind of grew on me, but, as you say with "On the Way," McCartney seemed to be talking his way through the songs rather than really singing. MR> Anyhow, "Summer's Day Song" is pleasant enough. Puts me RIGHT to sleep. Zzzzzzzz. MR> "Bogey Music" is silly, but fun. These days, this and "Nobody Knows" would probably be my favourites. --- * Origin: Il Vaticano (1:124/9005.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2400004 Date: 02/03/98 From: STEVE QUARRELLA Time: 05:39pm \/To: BRYAN ERICKSON (Read 0 times) Subj: Purple and GFR >> comes back here. That'll be Fogerty AND Deep Purple that I >> missed in one year. :-/ As you'll see in this mailbag, at least I caught Deep Purple the second time around. :-) BE> And don't forget Grand Funk. Sources close to me say that I'm going to get another shot at that one sometime this year. :) --- * Origin: Il Vaticano (1:124/9005.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2400005 Date: 02/03/98 From: STEVE QUARRELLA Time: 05:42pm \/To: SEBASTJAN ZUPAN (Read 0 times) Subj: Sabbath SZ> I like to see OzzFest next year in Europe (rumours). I'll be there 0%! Rumour has it that Sabbath won't figure into things in next year's OzzFest. Right now, Iommi is at work on the Sabbath live album to be compiled from the two live shows they did in England last fall. After that, who knows? Man, if we could just get a SINGLE out of this, I'd be very curious to hear what Black Sabbath sounds like in 1998, after close to twenty years apart. I like the Dio era and much of what came after, but this is the classic band! SQ>> Iommi's solo album should be out some time next year. I'm SQ>> looking forward to it! SZ> I didn't know that. How will be called (if ya know) ? No idea, but I -believe- Glenn Hughes does most of the vocals on it. If they tour for it, I'll be there. --- * Origin: Il Vaticano (1:124/9005.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2400006 Date: 02/03/98 From: STEVE QUARRELLA Time: 05:45pm \/To: SEBASTJAN ZUPAN (Read 0 times) Subj: W.A.S.P. SZ>> NP: W.A.S.P.: I don't need no doctor. SQ>> You're joking. SZ> No, I'm not. These guys -really- ruined "The Real Me" a few years ago. When they opened for Black Sabbath in 1986, I deliberately stayed out in the halls, as I wanted to go kick Blackie Lawless in the pants. SQ>> The old Humble Pie tune? Aieee! SZ> What? What is "Humble Pie"? "Humble Pie" was a band from the 70s that featured (at one point) Peter Frampton and the late, great Steve Marriott on vocals. They had a great live song called "I Don't Need No Doctor," and I have a feeling that our pals, above, covered it. :-/ --- * Origin: Il Vaticano (1:124/9005.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2400007 Date: 02/03/98 From: STEVE QUARRELLA Time: 05:54pm \/To: ALEXEY SHEVCHENKO (Read 0 times) Subj: Blues AS> Have you seen "The Kids Are Alright? You better believe it. I wish they'd re-release the video with the COMPLETE "A Quick One." The whole thing is shown when the movie is on TV, and yes, I know that you can get the video on the recent "Rock and Roll Circus," but I'd like it all to be in one place. Hopefully, they'll also remaster and restore the CD. AS> Daltrey : "I was a sheet-metal worker" AS> Moon: "I was a rust repairer" :) How about the scene where Moon is asked to tell the truth after the other cameras and interviewers have left. "I can't do that." :) --- * Origin: Il Vaticano (1:124/9005.13) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 166 MUSIC Ref: F2400008 Date: 02/03/98 From: STEVE QUARRELLA Time: 06:08pm \/To: CHUCK ALLEN (Read 0 times) Subj: Machine Head I honestly don't think that I answered this. Sorry about that. CA> I called Camelot, NRM, and Borders... No dice. Is it an import or CA> a new release? Don't forget, Pittsburgh is the last to know. :( The remastered "Machine Head" (and now, "Made in Japan," with "Who Do We Think We Are" up next) is definitely an import. Rumour had it that these and "In Rock" and "Fireball" were to be released here in the US and Canada at some point, but I haven't seen much done in that department to bring it to reality. ->> ->> Oh, -that's- fine, as I think Fran Cosmo really does a ->> good job in ->> complementing Brad Delp, even helping in the ->> high note department, ->> ->> Plus, he's an Italian, and that can't hurt. CA> ROTFL! CA> But he ain't Caruso! Depends on whether you're into opera or not. :-) ->> CA> I think of David Sikes (bass player) more as "backing vocals" ->> Right, I do too, but there he is, singing one of the new ->> tracks. CA> On _Walk On_??? Or does Boston have a new album out? Sikes sang one track on last year's greatest hits package, which included three new tracks. Cosmo, Sikes, and Delp all sing. ->> ->> Missed that one. How about John Belushi as and with Joe Cocker? :) I just picked up a CD release of "The Best of John Belushi," and there's Belushi as Cocker. Too bad they didn't show the one with BOTH of them. Still, it's a riot watching Belushi roll all over the place, and if that's Belushi singing and not a tape of Cocker, he's pretty good! --- * Origin: Il Vaticano (1:124/9005.13)