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Re: Zep mediocrity and new material in the can



>ML  "New material is complete written songs...not jamming and/or ad
>libbing."
>
>Jamming and ad libbing are part of the writing process, even if they
>don't morph into a studio recorded track with a new name.

Now and then a complete song happens on stage.  It doesn't really matter 
whether it happens there, or in Pete's studio, or on the plane between gigs, 
as long as it's caught on tape.  Once it's recorded, it's real.  He might 
decide to consider it a demo, or rework it later into something else, but if 
it's a complete thought and it's recorded, it's a song.

The band did a lot of development on the songs in the early days, and even 
now the old songs change and evolve during performance--so they're not 
something static.  For a notable example, look at how Entwistle's bass solo 
on 5:15 has gotten longer and more elaborate.  The studio cut is just a 
moment frozen in time.  It's true that musicians have more resources in the 
studio, but again, notice how Starr went to DAT on his last album, and  
Sprngsteen skipped the studio process completely.  Immediacy is back in 
style.  It's cheaper, too.  ;)


keets
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