tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post5790621740153810705..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: #688Jim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-80181398325722065532016-11-26T02:25:33.136+00:002016-11-26T02:25:33.136+00:00I have mixed feelings about concerts, Vito. I have...I have mixed feelings about concerts, <b>Vito</b>. I have mixed feelings even when it comes to live albums with the exception of Deep Purple but I guess that’s because I heard live versions of some of their classic tracks before coming across studio versions and by that time the live versions had become my defaults. I listened to a live recording of <i>Perfect Strangers</i> a couple of weeks back, the whole album—one of the treats I’d saved for when Carrie was away—and it was okay but it wasn’t what I was used to. I think this is why I prefer poetry as a written form because it’s unalterable. As soon as you hear someone say the words they never say them right. That was another programme I watched over the last three weeks, <i>Poets at the BBC</i>. Most of the clips I’d seen many times—I must’ve watched the <i>Monitor</i> programme on Larkin three times in its entirety—but I can’t say I was impressed by any of the recitations. Stevie Smith’s rendition of ‘Not Waving but Drowning’ was particularly bad. <br /><br />Ticket stubs I do have a few from plays I’ve seen and it’s quite possible I have the stubs from the only rock concert I ever went to—Blondie post-<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoOG7LEyUJ0" rel="nofollow">‘Maria’</a>—but who knows where any of them are. Probably used as bookmarks. Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-73887851704072207852016-11-22T17:27:25.920+00:002016-11-22T17:27:25.920+00:00Most of my LPs are gone as well. . . damaged in a ...Most of my LPs are gone as well. . . damaged in a basement incident. I still have all my 45s though and a few of the albums. . . No turntable though. Sadly it has perished. We had one record store in town that would place orders-- even for imports which was a huge deal for me and liking the bands from the UK who'd not (yet) released everything in the US in the late '60s / early 70s. Those records cost like mad but were worth every penny. Today's access to music is unparalleled. . . If I wanted to listen (again) to the first time I saw Yes all I'd have to do is google, Yes live gaelic park 1971 and there it is. . . I remember hearing Steve Howe's guitar lead for Your is No Disgrace and being amazed. And I still am, 45 years later, listening to it now. I can still hear the music bouncing off the apartment buildings that surrounded the park! Yes opened for Humble Pie and Mountain that night. <br /><br />I used to keep all the ticket stubs from long ago but those went somewhere as well at some point. I even had a couple of tiny fiberglas shards from the gigantic set when they performed Tales From Topographic Oceans. <br /><br />So it goes. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />vito pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647852611654199400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-36958015129628048612016-11-20T21:43:06.759+00:002016-11-20T21:43:06.759+00:00I have more music available to me now that any hum...I have more music available to me now that any human has a right to, <b>Vito</b>, and much of it I only ever listen to the once and that’s it. I forget to make a note of it and when I try to remember later that soundtrack or whatever I liked it’s gone. Pfft! But when we were teenagers LPs were a serious investment. Like you, I’d think long and hard about any purchase especially something that wasn’t being played daily on the radio; I was desperate to listen to bands like Can and Gong but who had the money? The only record shop in the town was located in a small room above a newsagent so you can imagine the selection available. Sure, they’d order in anything you asked for but that was you committed. And two quid was a lot then. I don’t have any of my old LPs left. I imagine I threw then out when I parted company with F. I tossed so much at that time—several carloads—and have regretted it ever since.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-9166432419303861302016-11-20T13:13:00.931+00:002016-11-20T13:13:00.931+00:00To correct a typo. . . but leave a few in anyway. ...To correct a typo. . . but leave a few in anyway. . . <br /><br />My first Pink Floyd album was Ummagumma. I'd never heard any of their music but I loved that cover. It looked like something I'd like and I found that I mostly did. The album was in the rack at a local store and I remember visiting it a number of times before deciding to buy it. Since I probably listened to it from front to back when I got home, "Careful With That Axe Eugene" would have been the second song of theirs I'd ever heard. The album would have just come out. . . so we're talking 46 years ago. When I first heard "Several Species of Small Furry Animals. . ." I realized that I'd gotten in over my conceptual head. <br /><br />I would never have gotten the Eugene reference except that you'd told us. <br /><br />"When The Tigers Broke Free" will always bring tears to my eyes. For all that's been lost. vito pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647852611654199400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-78515016952541960782016-11-20T13:11:56.539+00:002016-11-20T13:11:56.539+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.vito pasqualehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02647852611654199400noreply@blogger.com