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Re: covers in general




>I think Marsh is referring to the last verse when it's done in a
>higher key.  I believe a few early Kink songs had this trait.  
>
>BTW listen to Johnny Thunder and tell me if it doesn't remind you of
>a certain section from "Overture".  If Pete came up with that on his
>own, I find that a stunning coincidence.  Anyone want to come up
>with things Ray has done that sound similar to the Who?  I know
>there's a song a UK Jive that sounds almost like My Gen.

Ian:
No, I don't think Townshend took anything at all from Johnny Thunder.
Similar music but no connection, I think.
Davies stole from many places, but mostly from himself.

>
>End of the Season was written long before they recorded SE, and
>again I see the song as a wistful look in time.  Just like Sunny
>Afternoon, never mistaken to be acid oriented.
>Death of a Clown is about Dave Davies coming to grips with
>marriage. His days as a playboy are over and it's time to drink up
>one last time.  Without the opening piano, the song sounds rather
>plain.
>And David Watts is a song I NEVER thought of as acid based.  Let's
>Spend the Night Together comes to mind immediately.
>The only song on that album that does without a doubt have a acid
>touch is Lazy Old Sun, so I'll give you that one.  But remember
>this, Shel Talmy was the producer and unlike the Who really bullied
>Davies into what he wanted.  So Shel might've been looking at SE to
>compete with Sgt Pepper or Piper, but Ray probably had other ideas.
>If I remember from the book they recorded the album so fast Ray
>wasn't pleased with the outcome.  Notice his only produced song on
>the album is very ordinary (Waterloo Sunset).

I think you're missing my point. Just because the lyrics don't deal with a
mystic subject etc, that doesn't mean a song isn't acid-oriented. The sound
itself has more to do with it...and this _is_ what we're talking about here.
The production...the way a song is presented. No matter what Ray is talking
about, the atmosphere of End Of The Season certainly works with the acid
"outlook." As does Death Of A Clown. The piano certainly adds to the
atomosphere. David Watts...the opening, of course, but it may be that you
have to hear it while tripping to get it. The bass is a factor...and more
than anything, it has to do with the way the song is mixed...but I don't
think I can adequately explain it. You just have to hear it.

   Cheers                        ML