Wow. That's pretty cool, woe
I thought so, too...found it on a bass forum....posted it to FB, and here. Cracks me up.
LOL! "We can't use the word 'Bitches'!"
BTW, the Neil Young Archive 1 box has some cool stuff like this, like a letter to his mother from the music publisher. He was too young to sign his own contract, so his mother has to sign it for him. The letter is very cute - the woman from the music publisher says something like "You should be very proud of your son. He is a young gentleman."
Sweet!
yes, fall back one hourOriginally Posted by wideopenears
Compact Disk brought high fidelity to the masses and audiophiles will never forgive it for that
There was an article yesterday on auction of Rock memorabilia. John Lennon mail to Eric Clapton is expected to fatch around $30-40k.
I like that..thanks!
Sprung ahead yet?
Here's Alien Planetscapes' rejection letter from Geffen Records (I kept getting an "invalid URL" error message when I tried to post the image itself). Yes, that's right, Doug Walker got it in his head to send demos out to the majors, and this was one of the responses:
http://www.alienplanetscapes.com/Ima...etter%2088.jpg
I recall Doug telling me he was told by one A&R guy (apparently from a different label, he didn't say which one) that they were told that (paraphrasing Doug's quote here) "Nobody's going to buy art rock made by black people from Brooklyn".
Well he's right you know -- Doug Walker is in his own little world!
But I'm curious about the first post -- why do you say "Times have changed"? Miles was a big name in '69, if he wanted the album called "Fuck You Whitey" they'd have probably done that.
Last edited by rcarlberg; 03-09-2014 at 02:29 PM.
He was a big name, all right, but that doesn't mean the record companies, who have both eyes on what's commercial, are going to give him carte blanche. Even the Beatles and the Stones had their album covers and titles censored. (Seen a copy of Could You Walk on the Water lately?) Columbia was actually pretty hip to go along with Bitches Brew in 1969.
No way. Not in 68.
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Miles had little clout at Columbia by the late 60s; he was threatened with release if he didn't start selling some records. Hence, Bitches Brew (and a significant publicity campaign).....
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
I'm pretty sure that was his first choice.
This is the weekend we move our cocks forward.
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Take off, you hoser.Times have changed, eh?
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
Beauty eh.
If Miles had lived to 2000, he'd have done an updated hip-hop version called Bitches and Ho's.
Hired on to work for Mr. Bill Cox, a-fixin' lawn mowers and what-not, since 1964.
"Arguing with an idiot is like playing chess with a pigeon. It'll just knock over all the pieces, shit on the board, and strut about like it's won anyway." Anonymous
“Never argue with an idiot. They will only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.” George Carlin
insert accordingly: BITCHES BE LIKE _____________________________
Given the return of politically correct and a serious return of pendulum on freedom of speech, Bitches would probably pass much harder nowadays than in the early 70's
Naaah, not that one... Though there was plenty of reverse racism (however justified it was given the context), that wouldn't have worked in attreacting white crowds, which is exactly what Miles wanted to do.
See even on PE, some are wishing a return to 50's law & order
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Agreed. This wouldn't have flown.....heck, not even sure it would fly until the mid 70's at the earliest!
Just wondering, why is that album called "Bitches Brew"? Is there any coherant reason? I guess maybe it's just hard to title instrumental music.
The term "witches brew" is well known, and Miles was fond of calling his favored musicians "bitches" so he must've just come up with it in the middle of the night November 13, 1969.
See also: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...1210739AA8tdsT
And here: http://jazztimes.com/articles/20243-...orcerer-s-brew
Last edited by rcarlberg; 03-12-2014 at 04:48 PM.
Yup.
http://suite101.fr/article/le-rollin...sassine--a9963
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