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Planet of the Monoliths
>- -- big sigh --
Kevin:
I've learned to look at it this way: we're in 2001, and if it's a space
odessey then who better to lead the country than a space cadet?
Well, "lead" might be a bit optimistic...
>Joe, Good one. My guess is that Limbaugh is asexual.
Jeff:
Is that what you call it these days when you can't get a date? Can you
imagine the sort of woman...never mind! It's like suddenly your mind is in
Jerry Springerville.
>True, but its a different kind of rawness. The MG album is raw in an
>energetic, sloppy, punk, focused way.
Tis true that the studio work is more focused, but I wouldn't say "sloppy."
If Shel Talmy read it, he'd slap the taste out of your mouth.
>the Stooges and the MC5. What's always mystified me about the MG album
>is what inspired them to make those sounds.
Women and drugs, what else? Maybe not in Iggy's case...
> Now that I've listened to
>the earlier stuff, I have a better idea. If you take the '64 sound, add
>some amphetamines, ambition, rehearsal and some original material - you
>get 'The Who Sings My Generation'.
That's the "nice, tame, Pop" version of what they were doing live.
>The '64 performances are raw in a drunken, garage, disjointed, meandering
>way. The "Smokestack Lightning" jam is particularly lousy. It sounds
>like they ran out of songs they had rehearsed and had to stretch the set.
Well, I don't know about that...most bands back then did long, unfocused
jams...in fact, Cream was famous for it (more focused by then) just a few
years later. It's called "a lack of material." And the jam was there still
with the Leeds show: My Generation.
But I do like it, and maybe that's because I've heard other bands do the
same sort of thing. Or maybe because I know it's the roots of what became
Tommy ("I can't exagerate perfection") live four short years later.
A happy New Year to you all!
"Open the pod bay doors please, Dick."
"I'm sorry George Duh-Bya, I'm afraid I can't do that."
from the soon-to-be-made movie: America; A Space Odyssey