Wow, you can't make this shit up. I thought the article was satire.
Wow, you can't make this shit up. I thought the article was satire.
WANTED: Sig-worthy quote.
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My scup runneth over.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
Funny, I just listened to Jon & Vangelis the other day, prompted by hearing Donna Summer's cover of State of Independence. Jon was top of the charts there for a couple of years 80-82, with his solo career and the albums with Vangelis. The albums are quite good, don't know if I'd say of an "era", but they have a unique signature that while it had its moment, I can see why it went no further. Not sure what may have happened if he didn't jump ship to 90125, but he definitely lost momentum after 84 or so; Yes went into sloth mode getting BG out, and his solo albums were searching for a sound. Three Ships was just odd, and the other one City Of Angels... just not what a Yes fan would expect, and probably not the other way as well!
But those years 80-82, he should be proud of, he and Vangelis created a unique sound, and some very interesting work.
"Always ready with the ray of sunshine"
This man is a lunatic.
Jon has repeatedly made the claim that someone closely involved with the production of "Billie Jean" (don't think it was Quincy Jones, but maybe) was a big fan of the title track from "The Friends Of Mr Cairo" whose synth bass line does resemble that of "Billie Jean", and that he'd had first-hand confirmation that said bass-line was directly inspired by it.
PS: Wiki claims otherwise. Says Jackson had told Daryl Hall he'd lifted the bassline from Hall & Oates' "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)".
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My latest books : "Yes" (2017) - https://lemotetlereste.com/musiques/yes/ + "L'Ecole de Canterbury" (2016) - http://lemotetlereste.com/musiques/lecoledecanterbury/ + "King Crimson" (2012/updated 2018) - http://lemotetlereste.com/musiques/kingcrimson/
Canterbury & prog interviews - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdf...IUPxUMA/videos
Prog God Cock-Rock is so wonderfully vital and inspirational nowadays. It's mostly subversively channelled, though - as in those infamous Protocols of the Elders of ZiJon.
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
Yep...it resembles it, in that it's a synth bass, played mostly with 8th notes, and it sticks to Western 12-tone chromatic tuning. The actual notes and melody...not so much. Even the synth tone itself is pretty different.
But hard to nitpick on any one of Anderson's flights of fancy; shoot one down, and there are always others to take its place.
If you're actually reading this then chances are you already have my last album but if NOT and you're curious:
https://battema.bandcamp.com/
Also, Ephemeral Sun: it's a thing and we like making things that might be your thing: https://ephemeralsun.bandcamp.com
Two prog singers, one scup.
Chad
Phil Collins ruined Bald!
I actually like the song If It Wasn't For Love on ITCOA, and think it should have gotten some airplay, but I can't remember a single other song from it.
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