SteveG's Blogs! Far out, man!

ExittheLemming wrote: Dean wrote: The Cla$h... middle class rockabilly white boy ska reggae funk punk... badum tish! I'm not sure which is worse really as both sides appear particularly inept at trashing anything. Transposing an 's' into a dollar sign seems crassly glib as an attempt to undermine what became a band's admittedly gauche left wing posturing and yes, John Mellor was the son of a diplomat but how does that undermine either his sincerity or the working class origins of his bandmates? (I suspect your tongue is in the region of a cheek, location tba)

Yes the Clash were a 'punk' band for only a very short time while it suited them and then they did London Calling and that was a very good album (although perhaps not great).  They were the 'Guradian readers' punk band of choice 'cos of their politics.  I don't think punk died in 76 really, I still think there were some decent bands around and at least one classic punk album (Stiff Little Fingers: Inflamable Material came out in1978).  After that it depends on what you think punk is I tend to think its an attitude rather than a type of music.  I am sure that Mr Lydon felt being a fan of VDGG was perfectly in tune with being a 'punk'.   Those that dropped liking other music because punk came along didn't really understand. 

 

^ absolutely. The Clash début was voted album of the decade or album of the century or somesuch in a Guardian readers poll some years back - of course criticism of a band's fan-base (and I was a Guardian reader for the best part of 30 years), is not criticism of the band itself - they cannot dictate who likes their music or their brand of palatable liberal/socialist politics. 

Great read you guys! Thanks.

*note* the thread title was changed. But since this is now a discussion about Roy Harper and flooding posts with random YouToob videos seems to be popular posting style around here, here goes...

moshkito wrote: Hi,   Did not see a title change ... hmmm ... sorry!   I can't even imagine but a handfull of folks even CONSIDERING discussing Roy Harper, other than us 3 or 4!

I'll ignore your usual incredibly snobby comment as a cry for help.

Anyway, regarding Harper, I have been listening to the sublime APP remix and I was really struck by how Ian Anderson's acoustic chord structures were very reminiscent of Stormcock-era Harper. I remember Ian once referring to Harper's influence, it just took a few listens in 5.1 to really notice it. Not a coincidence, particulary in the acoustic sections of the Chateau D'Isaster sessions.

Edited by The Dark Elf - August 01 2014 at 22:28

The Dark Elf wrote: ... Anyway, regarding Harper, I have been listening to the sublime APP remix and I was really struck by how Ian Anderson's acoustic chord structures were very reminiscent of Stormcock-era Harper. I remember Ian once referring to Harper's influence, it just took a few listens in 5.1 to really notice it. Not a coincidence, particulary in the acoustic sections of the Chateau D'Isaster sessions.

Steve, this is all very interesting, but have you ever considered
using
paragraphs?
You know, just to make it a little bit easier for the reader.

rogerthat wrote: I am from India and I could indeed relate to the lyrics of When An Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease, though I wonder if that was more on account of the fact that it reminded me a bit of the first chapter of Psmith in the City.  Well, in the 1970s, Harvest could have hoped to promote that song successfully in Australia, who had both a rock culture as well as a passion for cricket.  I don't know that they did.

I didn't know cricket was still so popular in Australia, so thanks for the update.

moshkito wrote: refugee wrote: Steve, this is all very interesting, but have you ever considered using paragraphs? You know, just to make it a little bit easier for the reader.   Point taken!   However, you are preventing the development of language and communication by forcing someone to do exactly what you want be it with grammar or not. That is highly UNPROGRESSIVE of you, btw!   There are many ways to be expressive, and I, personally, have no issues with his wording, any more than I do with yours!   And this is the difference between "progressive" and "ordinary". Progressive is ACCEPTIVE to the differences in languages and countries and sometimes the way we say it is very different. Ordinary, is just another person on this board that only knows the top ten, and then spends their time not reading things, because they do not have the douche that you want, that makes your personal top ten, your favorite TP!