Island Life by David Slack

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Island Life: Bye, bye, you peculiar guy.

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  • Rob Hosking,

    My Jethro Tull moment...well, hours: hitched a lift from Wellington to Auckland, August, 1982. Got a lift at Paramata from a Jethro Tull fan who was driving to Pukekohe - 20kms from the folks' farm. The perfect long distance lift.

    He played Jethro Tull tapes the whole way. Nine hours. No other artist soiled his tape machine. Until then, I'd had no strong feelings about them one way or t'other. By the end...blood pressure going like locomotive breath.

    South Roseneath • Since Nov 2006 • 830 posts Report Reply

  • giovanni tiso,

    blood pressure going like locomotive breath.

    You just reminded me it's the only song I can play on a guitar. Or could, more likely, I'd have to try.

    Wellington • Since Jun 2007 • 7473 posts Report Reply

  • Paul Williams,

    This conversation has helped me calibrate the average age of PASers... 'cept ScottY, I know he's too young for all this but he'd 'fessed to that.

    Sydney • Since Nov 2006 • 2273 posts Report Reply

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Going, Going, Gong! and other Frippery...
    Sheesh, ya step out for a few minutes star gazing...

    I guess I'm just becoming a...

    (that's a mere taste...)

    This is the real thing...

    a delicacy in some circles - and let's not forget Hawkwind and Deep Fix and yes I'll own up to having owned Holy Magick by Graham Bond (NO not the Australian one! - but the one who should've stayed out of Tube stations at midnight...) with songs (or possibly invocations!) in yer actual Atlantean !!

    yrs
    A-Lister Crawley
    999 - the Inverted Beats_

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    I have only one thing to say on this subject. The Grateful Dead.
    First album I bought was Anthem of the sun, I didn't have to buy another album ''til AoxomoxoA and that's how it went for years. If it weren't Grateful Dead, it weren't music. An' that's a fact.
    I know exactly where I was when I heard Gerry Garcia was dead, Te Kuiti, who'd a thunk it?.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    Warning, may cause inner hippy to emerge.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    Before there were black holes there was Dark Star,
    Best viewed on Russes meds or a mild herbal remedy.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    I supposed you guesed, I never really got the Jackson five and the copyright fest that followed. The Dead were, in my opinion, before their time. They would have embraced the interwebs as a way of getting their music to their fans, they actively emcoraged pirating of their music and toured as a family and shared their stuff. God bless 'em.
    And one more before I retire for the night.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes,

    Oh, ok, seeing as you'll begged me so much.
    One from the Playboy sessions

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Rob Hosking,

    I blame 'A Quick One, While He's Away': the proto- Tommy.

    Yeahh...maybe. The live version on 'Kids are Alright' from 'The Rolling Stones Rock n Roll Circus' though is awesome. According to legend, its the reason the Stones didn't release the Circus for years: they thought the Who had blown them off the stage.

    South Roseneath • Since Nov 2006 • 830 posts Report Reply

  • David Slack,

    I don't know, Rob, that's still a lot of whimsy to take on board first thing in the morning. A chocolate fish to Danielle if she can watch the whole thing through.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report Reply

  • ScottY,

    This conversation has helped me calibrate the average age of PASers... 'cept ScottY, I know he's too young for all this but he'd 'fessed to that.

    Maybe too young but never too foolish.

    Young and foolish
    Why is it wrong to be
    Young and foolish
    We haven't long to be
    Soon enough the carefree days
    The sunlit days go by
    Soon enough the bluebird has to fly

    We were foolish
    One day we fell in love
    Now we wonder
    What were we dreamin' of
    Smiling in the sunlight
    Laughing in the rain
    I wish that we were young and foolish again

    Smiling in the sunlight
    Laughing in the rain
    I wish that we were young and foolish again

    West • Since Feb 2009 • 794 posts Report Reply

  • Rich Lock,

    Great. Now we're all singing to each other again.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • ScottY,

    Come on Rich, lose that grumpy frown.

    Gray skies are gonna clear up,
    Put on a happy face;
    Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
    Put on a happy face.
    Take off the gloomy mask of tragedy,
    It's not your style;
    You'll look so good that you'll be glad
    Ya' decide to smile!

    Ok, promise I'll stop now.

    West • Since Feb 2009 • 794 posts Report Reply

  • Rich Lock,

    Well, I would, but....

    Everyday is like Sunday
    Everyday is silent and grey

    Trudging slowly over wet sand
    Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
    This is the coastal town
    That they forgot to close down
    Armageddon - come Armageddon!
    Come, Armageddon! Come!

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • ScottY,

    For utter miserableness Morrisey is unrivalled.

    Thanks for bringing us all down, dude.

    West • Since Feb 2009 • 794 posts Report Reply

  • JackElder,

    You see, you guys in the 70s had prog. Us children of the 90s had ambient - it's like prog, but with less lyrics, and more drum machines. Hands up anyone who owns the Orb's first two albums, or any of the longer works by the Future Sound of London? I still put ISDN on late at night to encourage people to leave parties.

    Wellington • Since Mar 2008 • 709 posts Report Reply

  • andin,

    Eh, when did The Who and Grateful Dead become prog rock?
    In The Who's case it became overblown rock and Jerry Garcia was a country music lover.

    And no one's mentioned all those prog jazz records who kicked the whole thing off, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Chick Corea, Spyra Gyra, Pat Metheny.(I could go on) that on a good turntable( Rega Planar, Linn Sondek, Pink Triangle) were transcendent when high.

    raglan • Since Mar 2007 • 1891 posts Report Reply

  • James Butler,

    This conversation has helped me calibrate the average age of PASers

    Heh, I actually postdate Close To The Edge by 10 years. For me and a friend of mine, listening to his Dad's Yes and Pink Floyd records was our own little rebellion against the vapidity of Hansen, Spice Girls etc... of course we were too young to notice the vapidity of Tales from Topographic Oceans or Atom Heart Mother.

    OTOH, it was Yes that (indirectly) started my appreciation for newer rock - the first time I heard of Radiohead was when the review of OK Computer in the Listener compared Thom Yorke's voice (favourably) with Jon Anderson's.

    Auckland • Since Jan 2009 • 856 posts Report Reply

  • Kyle Matthews,

    I can own up to having a fondness for Jethro Tull, though I can't say I've heard all their albums and played them to death or anything.

    They seem to me to be the ideal sound for movie soundtracks, I'm not sure why. I like the way the flute fits in.

    I've never seen them live, but watching the one that Danielle posted above, that would annoy the hell out of me. "Pee already, dammit!"

    Since Nov 2006 • 6243 posts Report Reply

  • Sofie Bribiesca,

    Hands up anyone who owns the Orb's first two albums,

    We got Orblivion but it is t'other halfs.

    For utter miserableness Morrisey is unrivalled.

    Thanks for bringing us all down, dude.

    How 'bout Babybird for great cheerful lyrics?
    "Razor blades in the ice cream"...

    here and there. • Since Nov 2007 • 6796 posts Report Reply

  • Rich Lock,

    I still put ISDN on late at night to encourage people to leave parties

    Would've thought 'Dead Cities' would have been more effective.

    I'll see your 'Orb', and raise you a 'Banco de Gaia', for your 'prog rock of the '90's' argument.

    back in the mother countr… • Since Feb 2007 • 2728 posts Report Reply

  • Danielle,

    I don't know, Rob, that's still a lot of whimsy to take on board first thing in the morning. A chocolate fish to Danielle if she can watch the whole thing through.

    Do I earn the chocolate fish for actually owning the Rock n Roll Circus DVD?

    The first three (and last two) minutes are totally rad. As soon as Ivor the Engine Driver turns up there is a definite Attack of the Whimsies. Still, no one could accuse Keith Moon of being concerned with technique over general badassery, which I think is a prog failing. (See: Rush.)

    For utter miserableness Morrisey is unrivalled.

    Morrissey is quite often hilarious, though. For every miserable lyric there's a funny one.

    Admission: I recently discovered the Dead's American Beauty and think it's great.

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report Reply

  • Kerry Weston,

    Mind you, I thought Easy Rider was a great and a well acted movie then as well....

    And as for the most underated song ever, 'Since I've been loving you' Led Zep from Zep III

    Me too. Steppenwolf and Byrds albums followed - still rather like "the Weight" - and all that hit the road philosophy. There was a film of "Siddartha" back then, from the Hermann Hesse classic - reading Hesse was pretty hip.

    Love that Led Zep song too.

    Context is everything - NZ was unbelievably dull, rugby ruled, men wore walk shorts, socks and sandals - there was a huge compensating energy for change that I've never seen since.

    Manawatu • Since Jan 2008 • 494 posts Report Reply

  • David Slack,

    My bad, Danielle. Here, have a box!

    Of course, if Keith Moon had been a bit less keen on general badassery, he might still be with us.

    Devonport • Since Nov 2006 • 599 posts Report Reply

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