neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
That was really terrific! Nice selections.
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
A really great read Fred. Thanks for that!!
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
Fantastic, Fred. Those soul biographies in story form take my fancy; wish I could read them.
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
That was fantastic. I knew I could count on you to bring up Get Yer Ya Ya's Out. It was my first Stones album too, received one Christmas. I don't remember why it was picked for me either because I hadn't asked for it but I'm glad it was!
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
hehe, you've written a novel! fascinating read, wish you had more tracks to go through.
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
A very good read, Fred, and very illuminating about your musical development!
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
That was a fabulous read, Fred, thanks very much.
I know that, as fellow BCBers, there are always bound to be similarities in what we might select but your music choices are uncannily close to what mine would be.
I also identify what you mean about music being 'mine', free from the influence of others although in my case, in the absence of older siblings, I had to break free from my Dad's influence. Happily for me, this coincided, aged 11 or 12, with the arrival of the Beatles and the Stones and everything else that would unfold in the 60s.
We've spoken of it before but my book choice would also be the same as yours. I often refer to it as my favourite book but in truth, I've never yet got past the first 1500 pages despite reading it on and off in English and in French for over 30 years. Now just five years off retirement, I have a clear goal for those first few workless months.
And your English is humiliatingly good but that's long established.
I know that, as fellow BCBers, there are always bound to be similarities in what we might select but your music choices are uncannily close to what mine would be.
I also identify what you mean about music being 'mine', free from the influence of others although in my case, in the absence of older siblings, I had to break free from my Dad's influence. Happily for me, this coincided, aged 11 or 12, with the arrival of the Beatles and the Stones and everything else that would unfold in the 60s.
We've spoken of it before but my book choice would also be the same as yours. I often refer to it as my favourite book but in truth, I've never yet got past the first 1500 pages despite reading it on and off in English and in French for over 30 years. Now just five years off retirement, I have a clear goal for those first few workless months.
And your English is humiliatingly good but that's long established.
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
Excellent stuff. A very interesting, beautifully written piece.
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
You've made me late for work, Fred. I had to read the whole thing. Magnifique!
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
Top notch!
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
Thanks Fred, terrific read.
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
How brilliant. How Proustian! Thanks Fred.
The thing that most stuck out for me reading this was the Springsteen fan who turned you on to Otis Redding. There are all these people in your story with defined aesthetics, ideas on musical history, ideas on how to look and dress that are derived from music. All these epiphanies! My musical journey has been a more fumbling and muted experience. It makes me sad for my generation.
The thing that most stuck out for me reading this was the Springsteen fan who turned you on to Otis Redding. There are all these people in your story with defined aesthetics, ideas on musical history, ideas on how to look and dress that are derived from music. All these epiphanies! My musical journey has been a more fumbling and muted experience. It makes me sad for my generation.
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
I really enjoyed that, Fred. I can see generations of future kids discovering the Beatles back catalogue in the same way. I liked your reference to Revolver being the 'missing link' in their development.
p.s. It was foam, rather than moss in the Stones video you mention.
p.s. It was foam, rather than moss in the Stones video you mention.
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
I was expecting something good, and this didn't disappoint; another very fine account of a great musical journey, even if the tale is very different to mine, despite the similarity in our ages. Very uplifting, anyway, and beautifully written, by a man who writes in English as well as any native speaker on the board (and often quite a bit better).
Just one question. I was hoping for something by XTC to turn up; nothing doing, and that's not a problem, as they just missed the cut for me as well. That said, if you had have selected a single XTC song, what would you have picked?
Just one question. I was hoping for something by XTC to turn up; nothing doing, and that's not a problem, as they just missed the cut for me as well. That said, if you had have selected a single XTC song, what would you have picked?
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
Fantastic read Fred - care to add another 2,000 words? I've finished andd shtill have the COltraine and Les Shades to listed to...
Really liked the Remains song, new to me....
Really liked the Remains song, new to me....
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neverknows wrote:Thesiger wrote:p.s. It was foam, rather than moss in the Stones video you mention.
Damn! Of course. It was on the tip of my, er, tongue.
No mousse on a Rolling Stone...
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
Great read, Fred!
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Re: neverknows' Desert Island Discs - 28 November 2011
Great stuff except for:
Just for fun what are your other 7 Beatles Desert Island choices?
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