tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post8068288965282660676..comments2024-03-29T00:12:48.217+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Fleetwood Mac – "Bare Trees" (Reprise Records – K 44181) 1972Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-55106437690252090662022-12-19T19:50:57.215+01:002022-12-19T19:50:57.215+01:00You're spot on about the Faust guitar, but som...You're spot on about the Faust guitar, but some think that is THE sound. But LOVE Faust's drum sound (from 1st album to "You know Faust)<br />northfieldhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219971856461258513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-91153505125229284162022-12-13T10:40:59.391+01:002022-12-13T10:40:59.391+01:00Yeah Spotlight Kid is like being drowned in room t...Yeah Spotlight Kid is like being drowned in room temperature treacle.....not slow enough for me.Apparently ir was so Don sould express himself vocally as the great blues singer he thought he was.<br />And there was always something i didn't like about Faust's guitar sound that annoyed me.....the wrong kind of transistor sound,all fizzy and surplus to requirements....and if i'm no mistaken,always in mono,and spaceless.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-48711517309276702792022-12-13T00:09:02.397+01:002022-12-13T00:09:02.397+01:00That bland sound is what i was getting at with the...That bland sound is what i was getting at with the little knon fleetwood mac praise. Also dead as dust is beefheart's spotlight kid and spotlight kid outtakes!and Faust 5<br />northfieldhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219971856461258513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-92148289232953493832022-12-12T13:27:28.116+01:002022-12-12T13:27:28.116+01:00@ notthfieldhat....yes, in fact it has the next te...@ notthfieldhat....yes, in fact it has the next ten years posts already there.<br />..i think its just the music and pictures......alas none of my incredibly insightful and thought provoking bluuuurgg!Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-80767515354389871732022-12-12T08:20:38.121+01:002022-12-12T08:20:38.121+01:00That can't be your full blog at archive.org. D...That can't be your full blog at archive.org. Does it have next month's posts on it?northfieldhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219971856461258513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-34784493249815296322022-12-10T08:16:28.042+01:002022-12-10T08:16:28.042+01:00That whole group of Fleetwood Mac albums post Pete...That whole group of Fleetwood Mac albums post Peter Green<br />that never really had a hit are quite interesting. Meditatively unexciting. Kiln House, Future Games, Mystery to Me, Penguin, Heroes are Hard to Find. Lots of good guitar sounds. Like they were doing it because they loved music and not themselves.northfieldhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219971856461258513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-75467664661372462272022-12-08T20:21:18.812+01:002022-12-08T20:21:18.812+01:00Re: Rumours album mentioned by one of commenters h...Re: Rumours album mentioned by one of commenters here - members of Quickspace re-recorded it under the name Dougal Reed some 20+ years ago. A strange effort, indeed. Also, very much DIY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-43423528454225558982022-12-08T14:19:42.999+01:002022-12-08T14:19:42.999+01:00Ah !... I think i was the first to play Miror Man ...Ah !... I think i was the first to play Miror Man in parties. When some years later i played Observatory Crest and Bluejeans... the said I was an has been. Just because R&F critics had decreted Cpt. Beefheart was definitely out. Poor "hipsters" you say ? Observatory Crest was just the continuation of Autum's Child or Call on Me... Fuck the hipsters. Emotion is the one and only rule. LBLaurent Blainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11146097585915777209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-60891334791626845952022-12-07T10:37:52.315+01:002022-12-07T10:37:52.315+01:00@ CS Geezer....stop telling me sweet little lies.....@ CS Geezer....stop telling me sweet little lies.....i think thats how it goes?....isn't this fun?Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-10144683829954751142022-12-07T10:36:12.940+01:002022-12-07T10:36:12.940+01:00@ Parmalee....McVie had that natural normal-ness,k...@ Parmalee....McVie had that natural normal-ness,kind of unconsidered ordinariness whereas Mimi's Natuarl naturalness was slightly more considered from the word go,as looking Normal scores brownie points aplenty with North american indie types.<br />I've tried to be normal myself,but looking like the nutter i am.i've always failed....i could have fitted in with the rest of Fleetwood Mac,and still have ambitions to be bland one day.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-45539085163257666332022-12-07T10:30:51.284+01:002022-12-07T10:30:51.284+01:00@ Heavy Dubby,
I was unaware of Danny Kirwan, as i...@ Heavy Dubby,<br />I was unaware of Danny Kirwan, as i am with most stuff that wasn't Glam in the early 70's.Tis very interesting for me. I enjoy the blandness and the acoustically dead recording studios....the blog may take this direction to entertain me.....but its the Medway Sound before that i think?<br />Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-33027008219018003372022-12-07T10:26:09.015+01:002022-12-07T10:26:09.015+01:00@ Anonymous...WOW!....who the fuck has so much spa...@ Anonymous...WOW!....who the fuck has so much spare time as to archive my entire blog...other than me od course, but it has taken me 14 years to get where I am today!....well it saves me the trouble,as I was thinking about this last week,as i was convinced i had throat cancer and was thinking of ways to ensure Die Or DIY? continues after my demise.<br />I'll put a link for this great honour in the margins i reckon.<br />Thanks for the link......how did you discover this anyhow?Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-12729464304164910572022-12-07T09:57:49.871+01:002022-12-07T09:57:49.871+01:00Oef..let me stop you there John....have you seen t...Oef..let me stop you there John....have you seen this?<br />https://archive.org/details/die-or-d.i.y.-full-archiveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-11480842284349674602022-12-07T09:43:32.082+01:002022-12-07T09:43:32.082+01:00the best way to remember Christine McVie with Bare...the best way to remember Christine McVie with Bare Trees with her song "spare me a little of your love"; this album also features the immense talent, as a songwriter, of Danny Kirwan, just before problems with depression and alcoholism forced him to leave the group. thanks for posting this albumheavy_dubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15676210917122538472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-47327689611702571912022-12-07T07:42:43.126+01:002022-12-07T07:42:43.126+01:00Eh Johnny let me stop you there...have you seen th...Eh Johnny let me stop you there...have you seen this?<br />https://archive.org/details/die-or-d.i.y.-full-archiveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-73569761853762648732022-12-06T22:52:40.108+01:002022-12-06T22:52:40.108+01:00I also think the song "hypnotized" fits ...I also think the song "hypnotized" fits as enjoyable adult mush. Thanks for the post.kevinessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009393923932953707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-91479967933081741882022-12-06T15:51:33.925+01:002022-12-06T15:51:33.925+01:00Good to see yer "go your own way" here J...Good to see yer "go your own way" here Jonny (oops thats a buckingham tune)... in all seriousness though nice write-up. In other sad news saw Hamish Kilgour has copped it now too... shit is getting depressing. CS Geezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-6359413395791162482022-12-06T15:50:52.792+01:002022-12-06T15:50:52.792+01:00McVie was no Mimi Parker, but she was always alrig...McVie was no Mimi Parker, but she was always alright by me--especially compared to her cohorts. In a sense, Fleetwood Mac were kind of an inversion of Low: absolutely batshit crazy seeming, yet utterly bland; whereas Low were bland seeming, yet absolutely batshit crazy--in that utterly sublime sorta way. First saw them--Low, that is--with Godspeed You! Black Emperor in late '98 (I think), and Low played with dynamics in a way that would make Robert Fripp blush.<br /><br />Fun fact: I had always thought that McVie's song, "Don't Stop", was supposed to be kinda pessimistic and angsty, until I more carefully considered the lyrics a few years back. Another fun fact: if you download all the isolated stems from Rumours and assemble your own mix, liberally omitting annoying lyric bits and suchlike, a damn fine album is entirely possible.parmaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166917258724450155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-25856623521515518112022-12-06T15:14:06.530+01:002022-12-06T15:14:06.530+01:00Thanks for all that you do bruv. It is not just t...Thanks for all that you do bruv. It is not just the music but the musings on the human condition that make this one of the best places that I go. Stephen. Portland, Maine. USA.Stephennoreply@blogger.com