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Post by rayge on Mar 6, 2020 14:25:07 GMT
A Andrew Bird - Masterswarm
B Hot Tuna - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 19:32:09 GMT
Takes awhile for the violins to kick in, but I've always liked Andrew Bird's novel use of the instrument in pop music.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Mar 6, 2020 22:16:10 GMT
Generally like Hot Tuna - and anything Jorma-involved - more than Bird, but that's just a jam, and the violin is not really essential to either.
A is ultimately a much better song, and much better use of the instrument in question, despite being "not my thing, really."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 22:24:13 GMT
A began atmospherically and I like the controlled power of the guy's voice but it's meandering nature started to feel like an affectation. One of those tracks that feels a bit intangible and a bit self-indulgent, but there's something there. B was an earnest hippy blues rock jam that got dull quite quickly and also seems an odd pick for this category.
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Post by fange on Mar 7, 2020 13:09:53 GMT
Good match. I have a natural liking for the blues, so i enjoyed B's laid back jam feel even if it did go on a bit. A ultimately just had a bit more interesting stuff going on though, and it's piqued my interest to look more closely into AB's catalogue.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 18:01:14 GMT
A... The atmosphere works quite well and it's a strong voice, if the piece as a whole is a tad MOR-ish Nick Drake. But I wanted to keep on playing it which is high praise for this round.
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Post by Crunchy Col on Mar 7, 2020 18:06:32 GMT
A sounds like the kind of thing you get on late night R6 - you can just hear Gideon Coe murmuring 'and there's another one from Andrew Bird....wonderful stuff', and you're thinking 'no it fucking isn't'
and B was shite
for the first time in a while I am sorry but it has to be an
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Post by DarknessFish on Mar 7, 2020 21:21:46 GMT
Never heard of Andrew Bird before, and I agree with JL that it's kinda MOR Nick Drake. But Nick Drake also was MOR Nick Drake, and did much worse than this on Bryter Layter. It's a really good choice, the song actually does develop over its running length, doesn't get boring, and fits the theme well. Best track not picked by me so far this round, and a deeper cut than either of my choices. I'd like to shake the hand of whoever picked this, it's restoring my faith in humanity. A
Apparently Andrew Bird has also played this track, and I'd certainly rather hear that than this. To be fair, this kind of countrified blues boogie hasn't been prevalent in the cup, and it's not as bad as the artwork, the band name, or the words "countrified boogie" would have you believe. Not as mouldy as expected. But not something you'd actually choose to listen to.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2020 5:15:53 GMT
A is pleasant enough, if not terribly exciting and B should be by Hot Vomit...Vote A
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Post by osgood on Mar 10, 2020 12:19:24 GMT
I learned from experience that picking Hot Tuna with this community is suicidal. Even so, B is an odd pick, pointless jamming over 8 minutes. There are much better and friendlier possibilities in HT following album, Burgers, also featuring Papa John Creach.
A might have had a more difficult time with some of those tunes. It takes some time to take off but then it is an interesting and pleasant listen, and an easy winner here.
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Post by rayge on Mar 13, 2020 15:02:56 GMT
This is a it too prog for me, not so much that I couldn't listen to all of it - some nice whistling, btw - and I was struck by a strong resemblance between the song and ones by mid-period Momus, which is a good thing in my book, if no-one else's on this board. Pleasant enough.
When I saw this track on the list of submissions, it crossed my mind that it would get a kicking, and so it has proved. As I may have mentioned, the Airplane were one of my favourite bands, so much so that I kept up with all their side and post break-up projects for quite a while after, and as a result, I have several Hot Tuna albums, even though I was distinctly underwhelmed by Jorma's switch to acoustic, and indeed his doleful voice, although Jack Casady continued to give great bass, one of the very few people on the instrument I actively listen to, rather than relegating them to background noise. But of course, the reason this has been picked is John Creach, who only joined JA when the cracks started to appear and Marty faded into the background - never the same after Altamont. And while he did add a little something special to some tracks on those albums on Grunt, he really needed the material to be written to accommodate him. And yeah, it's only a jam – and oh God, 'blues' too apparently, not that I could tell – but, then again, Tuna were really a jam band, and all three of them could play. And no drums, which is a bonus. I can't say that I've spent any time at all listening to HT in the last 45 years, so this sounded more or less new to me, and I think some of the interplay between Creach and Casady towards the end, before Jorma starts chuntering again, is really rather fine, and the eight minutes here sped by faster than the six or so in the other one. I'm happy to give it a vote for entirely non-contrarian reasons.
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Post by Sneelock on Mar 13, 2020 17:54:34 GMT
B I've spent a lot of time around potheads in their natural habitat so hearing Hot Tuna is like Old Home Week.
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Post by oleandermedian on Mar 14, 2020 2:11:49 GMT
Bloody hell – both excellent tracks.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2020 10:10:50 GMT
I like A a lot. Starts off with beautiful clear-toned guitars ... ditto vocals ... works up (with brief echoes both of Jeff Buckley and of the production/violins of Nick Drake, a few other echos - but being original) ... This is very good stuff. B is very good too.
Good match, tough call. Further down the listening/familiarity line I suspect I'd vote B. But not yet
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