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I guess cocaine and close three-part harmonies are not the best mix. But some of the Stills/Young guitar work I've heard on preview tracks (e.g. Almost Cut My Hair) sounds great!

RIP Jerry Goffin. He and Carole King one of the great American song writing partnerships.

Yep - I turned up to see him a couple of weeks ago at the Enmore theatre here in Sydney - and he was a no-show. Promoter said the broken wrist he sustained a few months ago had flared up and he'd flown back to the US to get treatment. Govt Mule, who were the support, ended up playing the whole show - but a lot of folks, including me, took the refund that was offered.

I remember seeing Santana in Auckland NZ back in the '70s and the entire Harlem Globe Trotters team was brought on for the encore. No idea why. They just stood round in groups and clapped and shimmied to Soul Sacrafice. Random.

Really loving this new Beck album. I've appreciated his stuff in the past but never loved it - his detached persona seemed to create a barrier to enjoyment. But this is a beautiful collection of songs that just draw me in. A few of the songs have a real Wilco flavor - particularly Blackbird Chain and Country Down which would sound right at home on SBS or TWL.

Saw The National last night playing in front of the Sydney Opera House. Amazing gig. It was streamed live - and the whole thing can be replayed on the link below. Well worth checking out - great sound/vision quality (show starts at the 14 minute mark):

Yes - that and Country Disappeared both spring to mind. Interesting that most of the songs mentioned so far are from WTA - the most maligned album in the Wilco catalog (unfairly IMO).

Great album - best thing Neil Finn has done for years. (btw - Glenn plays percussion on one track)

Bill Payne

Van Morrison - live at the Rainbow Theatre 1973 with the Caledonia Soul Orchestra. The full concert. Amazing... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iJc-d3cBUg

The Small Faces 'Lazy Sunday Afternoon' - just after Steve Marriott sings the line 'They stop me from grooving - they bang on the walls..' someone in the background shouting 'Fuck the neighbors!'

Great thread! Robert Plant shouting 'Gimme Jimmy!' just before Page's epic guitar break in Heartbreaker. Paul Rogers 'THIS ONE! THIS ONE! towards the end of Bad Company's 'Can't Get Enough of Your Love'' (clearly recognising they'd nailed it). Lee Brilleaux (Dr Feelgood) announcing '8 bars on piano!' midway thru 'Down to the Doctors' - followed by eight bars of no piano!

Raw Power - Iggy and the Stooges. Sounds like it was recorded by someone with a hand-held mic two rooms away. Worst recording I've ever heard. This is the original vinyl release. Maybe it's been remastered on CD?

That's why climate change is a more appropriate name. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases causing generally more chaotic and extreme weather events. Winter still exists. Cold air still exists. It's the patterns and trends that are shifting as the overall globe warms. The jet stream is altered from a relatively modest wave into a wave pattern of tighter frequency, pushing cold air into deeper "valleys" of the wave and warm air into higher "troughs" of the wave. In the northern hemisphere there are record breaking warm days in Alaska, Canada, and Siberia. In the southern hemisphere there a

What Brownie said. I saw Deerhunter put on a transcendent show a couple of nights ago - and right now they might just be my favorite band! By next week it could be White Denim. Wilco are always going to be something very special for me - but guess my days of having an enduring favourite band/artist are over.

I'm liking this new direction for Neil Finn. That KCRW session was good - but this one from his studio in Auckland last week is even better. Standout track for me is Dizzy Heights - the title song from the upcoming album - a delicious slice of blue-eyed soul (at the 7:15 mark).

Where is the option for "Special BB Code" when replying to a topic? I can't see it (then again, I do suffer from 'domestic blindness' according to my wife). Embedding youtube vids seems to work randomly for me. I thought it was something to do with selecting the 'enable HTML' option - but apparently not.

RIP. The fixed points of light in my generation's universe are going out one by one. Something we're having to get used to. Lou's responsible for the best and the lousiest concert experiences in my life : the best - playing Berlin at the State Theatre Sydney 2007 - totally transcendent; the lousiest - his no-show at the Wellington Town Hall NZ in 1975. Five minutes before he was due on stage the promoter came out and said Lou had some 'issues' and wouldn't be appearing - the audience shrugged and drifted off (next time he was in town he totally redeemed himself!).

Totally! Be interesting to see if the song enjoys the same big bump in popularity as Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" did after The Sapronos finale. Youtube hits already spiking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C53QAuOoSgc

Rolling Stone reprint their original damning review of After the Goldrush from 1970. Wow. Is it possible for a reviewer to be so wrong about everything? http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/after-the-gold-rush-19701015

Very sad. Don't know the circumstances - but 56 is way too young. Tough time for Jeff and the rest of the Tweedy family. Condolences.

Terrific doco. Thanks for the link.

Since someone bumped this old thread today: Didja Get Any Onya? - Frank Zappa