dmait Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 >And Clarence did the solo on "Jungleland". All else is forgiven. To add some factual background on the Jungleland solo, from the NY Times review of Wings for Wheels: Still, Mr. Appel might have inadvertently helped Mr. Springsteen finally complete "Born to Run." Mr. Appel had booked a tour assuming that the album would be finished. According to Mr. Landau, the last possible day of recording before the band hit the road was a marathon in which Mr. Springsteen and the saxophonist Clarence Clemons pondered every note of Mr. Clemons's saxophone solo in "Jungleland" for some 16 hours. "That was a nightmare," Mr. Landau said. "He had a vision in his head. And the only way he could work it out was through a certain amount of trial and error with Clarence. And he was in a very obsessive endgame on the album."Mr. Landau recalled: "He was finishing with Clarence in one room. The band was in another room. They were mixing 'Jungleland' without the sax, waiting to put it in, in another room. And at 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock in the morning they just rolled out of the studio, got in a van and drove up to Providence and began the tour." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markosis Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 You people are ridiculous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Garth Hudson, seriously? His soprano sax solo at the end of "It Makes No Difference" in The Last Waltz is fucking sublime. It's hard to pick a worst member of The Band. They are all so good, and I couldn't imagine the group without any one of them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 i have a soft spot for the duet clarence did with jackson browne (you're a friend of mine) 80's chessiness at its best! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigshoulders Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Mrs. Partridge of the Partridge Family was unnecessary. She really held them back from super stardom. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Somnambulist Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Ian Brown, lead singer of the Stone Roses. I'm only knocking his singing, not songwriting. Everyone else in that band was so good it made his singing stick out even more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Garth Hudson, seriously? His soprano sax solo at the end of "It Makes No Difference" in The Last Waltz is fucking sublime. It's hard to pick a worst member of The Band. They are all so good, and I couldn't imagine the group without any one of them.Exactly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markosis Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 It's hard to pick a worst member of [insert band name here]. They are all so good, and I couldn't imagine the group without any one of them. Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kagee Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Ian Brown, lead singer of the Stone Roses. I'm only knocking his singing, not songwriting. Everyone else in that band was so good it made his singing stick out even more. Gotta agree there. Saw him live in Dublin on his first solo tour. As thrashed as I was at the gig his god awful singing was blatantly obvious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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