I've long wanted to play this piece here, I've no idea who or what it is. Many years ago I was working on something in the house and I switched on the radio, this is what was playing; I had a blank disc in my minidisc deck so I hit 'record'. I listened for a while but it didn't work with what I was doing so I hit mute and forgot about it, when I came back to it the disc had filled up with no breaks or announcements, it runs for over an hour. I think it's an amazing piece of music, I've listened to it dozens of times and always wondered what I was listening to. It isn't background music, it deserves a serious listen, preferably with headphones, the relationship between the lead and the chorus and the soloists and the musicians is just amazing, I'd love to know how it's structured and how they all inter relate. The second cut is in a different language and I've no idea which one, does anyone here recognise it? I have a hunch it may be West African, the waveform has clues in it that indicate that it is vinyl so it could be quite old. I faded it out, it just goes on and on.
It's in the dropbox in the 'Gospel' folder.
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Help! Is it Sunday already?
No, that's what happens when you get senile! Yesterday was a holiday and it felt like a Saturday, didn't realise 'til I went to bed.
and I'm just as dozy.. I've been conducting all my business as if it's Sunday all day, after seeing this..
oh well... tied most of my stuff up.. peaceful day tomorrow hopefully.
Nice one GF.
(have a good 4th July all you lot over there, by the way)
gf: I'm sure I've seen a post from you somewhere that mentions the closing of the Filmore (West) in 1971. A DVD has recently been released with some performances from the final week (an audio CD was issued several years ago). The usual suspects, of course: GD, QMS, Airplane, Santana... Here's a link to the Amazon details, if you're interested: http://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Fillmore-Various-Artists/dp/B001FWRZ14
Chris: That was probably my recent mention of buying the editing table that was used for 'Fillmore' I saw the film for the first time a few weeks back.
I was thinking of posting a thankyou to you for the turn-on to Internet Archives, I spent an hour+ there this morning and listened to amongst other things the Dead at Oakland, New Years eve '71, I may become a believer!
I also found an Alan Watts archive there, do you know him? very interesting bloke who I used to listen to on a weekly radio show.
Ah yes, gf. Probably why I used the 'usual supects' line in my post, too (strange how we remember things without realising it, isn't it?) Is the film worth seeing?
I know the name, Alan Watts, but I'm not sure what I know about him. Probably read something in a GD book.
Listening to a Dead concert?! I actually had richardrj being relatively complimentary about them recently too (and Alan McGee seems to adore them). The long trip gets stranger... If you ever try another, I can't recommend Veneta on 27th August 1972 highly enough, especially from Playing In The Band onwards. I put the Bird Song from that concert in steen's birthday playlist.
gf: just seen that Robert McNamara has died. I presume, as someone interested in film, you've seen Errol Morris's Fog Of War? If not, I recommend it very highly as a unique document exploring the practicality and morality of fighting a war.
Chris; There's a daily radio program that I listen to every day, Fresh Air with Terri Gross. Today was a repeat of an interview with McNamara followed by an interview with Morris, if you're curious you could find it through google. I saw the film when it first came out.
Alan Watts was a very intelligent and articulate English bloke who live in California, he was a philosopher. His topic was Eastern religions and he could speak extemporaneously for hours, I saw him several times, and was an avid listener to his radio program, worth a listen.
Fillmore is sort of worth checking, nothing really special but there's two Dead cuts plus all the rest, typical '60's hand held 16mm.
It's hard to pinpoint, I think I would say it's West Indian. If it's West African, it may be Ghaneian.
I wondered about West Indian but there aren't that many obscure languages there, indigenous Indian but that's about it. I was hoping you'd pinpoint it as West African.
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