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Thanks RP!
gonna bring this album along.
thanks RP.
My first real job, in a bush camp by a lake with no radio reception, supply flights every 2 weeks. A co-worker played this on guitar in the evening around the fire where we would try to balance keeping smoke out of our eyes with getting enough to chase the mosquitoes away. It is part of me forever.
beautiful.
Nope not even close, imo.
The background is from the Egyptian Room in the DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park, or was. I remember it from visiting it often as a kid growing up in the Bay Area in the 50's and 60's.
same here. what a time.
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Nope not even close, imo.
The background is from the Egyptian Room in the DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park, or was. I remember it from visiting it often as a kid growing up in the Bay Area in the 50's and 60's.
Those of you who remember the heady days of "underground" FM radio you will not only remember the eclectic playlists but the DJ's habit of sometimes forgetting to announce the playlist after a long set (and a few bong hits perhaps).
For years I did not know who played this until I started listening to RP with the handy artist info.
So, thanks RP!
Dave Herman, Dennis Elsas, Scott Muni, Allison Steele, Jonathan Schwartz, Pete Fornatelle, Vince Scelsa, Richsrd Neer.
The album cover really reminds me of War on Drugs Lost in the Dream:
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Hmm - not sure why. I see no resemblance at all, but we all see different things.
Nah.
"Intro (Sweet Jane)" - Steve Hunter (Lou Reed)
"The Water Song" - Jorma Kaukonnen (same guy; Hot Tuna)
Hard agree on "The Water Song".
the flashback.
westslope wrote:
10 or 11 to be precise. A couple of years later, I would be listening to CHOM-FM out of Montreal. Don't explicitly recall would guess they played this one often.
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Nah.
"Intro (Sweet Jane)" - Steve Hunter (Lou Reed)
"The Water Song" - Jorma Kaukonnen (same guy; Hot Tuna)
Wow. What a memory.
For years I did not know who played this until I started listening to RP with the handy artist info.
So, thanks RP!
Well said.
fabulous
I am so lucky and blessed that I got to see him and Jack jam at the old (and since gone) Blue Note in Boulder in the '80s. THANKS!
'nuf said.
that it was..
C57BL6 wrote:
Sloggydog wrote:
Man you gotta get a better breakfast cereal
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I hate it when the vomit goes up my nose 'cause I'm laughing so hard.
Damn, I miss really good FM radio... RP is the closest thing to it that I'll probably ever find, and it doesn't work on my MP3 player!
BTW: I love this song. The guitar work is rather ahead of its time.
Miss you so much, Cynaera...
love this marvelous music from a great classic album...
If you figure it out, take me with you.
absolutely gorgeous music... I still have the original vinyl album... love the whole album...
beautiful. makes me smile each time.
This, "Breathless" by Todd Rundgren, "Cast You Fates to the WInd", by Vince Guaraldi and "Borne on the Solar Wind" by Jade Warrior, where wonderful endings to various WNEW DJs sets. WNEW, NY introduced me to the world of music. I am forever grateful.
As an side, a student I worked with in Graduate school used to talk about her Uncle Scott the DJ. I took me a year to realize she meant Scott Muni. Cool!!!
And I can't be "chauvinistic" because I'm female.
You may want to look that one up. Just sayin'.
https://jormakaukonen.com/tour.html
Jeff09 wrote:
Man you gotta get a better breakfast cereal
Sorry, Cynaera, unless 'chauvinism' is prefixed with 'male' then it is a reference to extreme nationalism and nothing to do with sexism.
If I wanted to be critical, I'd mention that you misspelled "condescending." And I can't be "chauvinistic" because I'm female. What I meant by my comment was that this particular work was misplaced in its time - it wasn't as widely accepted in the mainstream then as it is now, in the age of acoustic instrumentals. People are ALWAYS cool. Sometimes, they take a little longer to wake up, but I meant no disrespect to Jorma, or the Airplane. I was merely pointing out that this song was exceptionally brilliant in a time when acoustic rock was not being played regularly on the radio.
BTW - "ahead of its time" means exactly that. This song fits perfectly in 2011. It was a novelty when it first came out, and people (myself included) didn't understand it, and tended to disregard it as a "fluke." It found its true place in the future. Which only makes me love Airplane more, here in this 2011 future.
I'm not sure what you mean by this, but the Starship was Paul Kantner's band. Balin, Slick, and other members of the original and revamped Airplane passed through the line-up from time to time, but the Starship was all Kantner. Here's a reference:
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jefferson-starship-p195171/biography
It may have been Paul Kantner's band but the really sucky songs are Balin songs. If you go back through the old Rolling Stones, Marty gets a fair bit of the press. I think he had a lot of influence in turning the group to pop.
Wouldn't mind hearing more Blows Against the Empire, though.
...BTW: I love this song. The guitar work is rather ahead of its time.
old_shep wrote:
That may be what you infer from the comments, but I don't think that's what the original post implied (writers "imply", readers "infer"). There is no inference that people back then "were not cool". Calling an artist "ahead of his time" would imply (to me) that they had done or addressed things which most other artists would not do or address until some later time. It does not imply that works from one era are superior or inferior to those of another era. The expression is carelessly over-used and really only describes a handful of people in the history of humankind. One recent example I could think of would be Lenny Bruce: his subject matter and style were not widely explored or employed by many other comedians until well after his death. That doesn't imply that Comedy from his era was inferior to that from later eras.
Anyhow, the guitar work on this song - though very adept and tasty - does not seem ahead of its time to me. People have been playing guitars and other stringed instruments like that long before Jefferson Airplane.
One of the greatest Rock & Roll (Psychedelic Rock & Roll) bands of all time, Jefferson Airplane By wayupnorthtonowhere Roman Rice
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Jorma always wore the coolest t-shirts in the 60s...like the one on the cover of surrealistic pillow...a real rock star
Got that right!
Hot Tuna in Truckee, CA, several summers ago.
If there's a plane to catch, this is it.
That's just what i was about to say.... Indeed, timeless as well!
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I agree...timeless.
That's just what i was about to say.... Indeed, timeless as well!
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Marty Balin.
I'm not sure what you mean by this, but the Starship was Paul Kantner's band. Balin, Slick, and other members of the original and revamped Airplane passed through the line-up from time to time, but the Starship was all Kantner. Here's a reference:
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jefferson-starship-p195171/biography
Damn, I miss really good FM radio... RP is the closest thing to it that I'll probably ever find, and it doesn't work on my MP3 player!
BTW: I love this song. The guitar work is rather ahead of its time.
Hear Hear! Earl Bailey used to use this as intro and outro music when was on WMMR in Philadelphia. Now he's with XM on Deep Cuts. Music needs a human touch.
Damn, I miss really good FM radio... RP is the closest thing to it that I'll probably ever find, and it doesn't work on my MP3 player!
BTW: I love this song. The guitar work is rather ahead of its time.
Could someone explain to me how and why Jefferson Airplane turned into the relentlessly awful Jefferson Starship?!?
Marty Balin.
One of the greatest Rock & Roll (Psychedelic Rock & Roll) bands of all time, Jefferson Airplane By wayupnorthtonowhere Roman Rice
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10227535@N08/
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Could someone explain to me how and why Jefferson Airplane turned into the relentlessly awful Jefferson Starship?!?
Best 1:50 of rock instrumental ever made.
I agree that this is fantastic. Perhaps Bron-Yr-Aur could be considered for the conversation though.