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Posted: February 05 2009 at 16:55

no apologies needed, imho - Billy Joel is one of the country's premeir songwriters, i think.

and continued to put out quality work up until his retirement (also imho)

classics indeed.... "in the middle of the night...." (river of tears?) excellent stuff.

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Posted: February 05 2009 at 16:57

Kimara Sajn wrote:

no apologies needed, imho - Billy Joel is one of the country's premier songwriters, i think.

and continued to put out quality work up until his retirement (also imho)

classics indeed.... "in the middle of the night...." (river of tears?) excellent stuff.

he seems to be lumped the box with Elton John - I suppose that tour they did together, and of course they sing play piano write song but then? - but I'll take Joel's songbook and records every time. And there is a touch of brilliance in that tune, We Didn't Start The Fire

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Posted: February 05 2009 at 17:07

well, i'm a huge Elton fan so i see no problem there either....

when i first heard Billy, the influence was quite obvious, but with a very original and very American slant

on what he does. the more proggy Elton, also, if you will...

but i love'em both. early Elton was a huge influence on my thinking about pop music back then.

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Posted: February 06 2009 at 06:24

Kimara Sajn wrote:

well, i'm a huge Elton fan so i see no problem there either....

when i first heard Billy, the influence was quite obvious, but with a very original and very American slant

on what he does. the more proggy Elton, also, if you will...

but i love'em both. early Elton was a huge influence on my thinking about pop music back then.

I was introduced to our Reg from the very beginning, when working in a record shop.The record label (Dick James Music's DJM Records???) which released John's very album, were lending copies to record shops to play "in-store", so encourage sales. So heard this in a "working environment", the record did not appeal. I think my original criticism or lack of personal appeal, have in part remained. Even in sophisticated/clever popsongs I'm expecting verse chorus verse etc. but there seemed to be a predominance of verse without the reliefof chrous. However, I admit since hearing that record what in 1970 or '71, I have not gone back - and the other faint memory is of lack of hooks. Later albums (or rather later tunes) certainly have memorable tunes/hooks - but as a result I stick to a Greatest Hits album by EJ.

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Posted: February 09 2009 at 17:00

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12^th February 2009

Format Track Time Band Track Title Album Genre Label

CD 6 4.41 Electric Outlet Tekking On! Jazz Rock Lion Music

CD 4 5.47 Chick Corea’s Elektric Band II CTA Paint The World Jazz Fusion GRP

CD 7 2.58 Don Ellis Orchestra Indian Lady (single version) Electric Bath Jazz Columbia

CD 3 5.05 Electromagnets Dry Ice Electromagnets Jazz Rock Rhino

CD 5 7.18 Electrocution 250 Dr Fluffels Electric Cartoon Music From Hell Metal Jazz LNR

CD 12 5.31 Buckethead Electric Tears Electric Tears Ambient Rock Meta

CD 1 2.22 Electric Prunes Shadows Lost Dreams Psych Birdman

CD 3/7 5.29 Electric Light Orchestra 10538 Overture Breath Of Fresh Air: Harvest Anthology Rock Harvest

CD 6 3.07 Captain Beefheart/Magic Band Electricity As Safe As Milk Psych Buddha

CD 6 8.38 Primus Eclectic Electric Antipop Post Rock Interscope

CD 7 3.44 Ohm Icarus Falls Amino Acid Flashback Fusion Black Note

CD 9 5.01 Rush Body Electric Retrospective 2 (Grace Under Pressure) Regatta Deblanc Mercury

CD 2 4.42 Electric Flag I Was Robbed Last Night Groovin’ Is Easy Blues MCPS

CD 13 4.50 Be Bop Deluxe Electric Language Raiding The Divine Archives Electro Rock Harvest

CD 2 4.02 AC DC Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be If You Want Blood Heavy Rock Atlantic

CD 1 4.34 Gong Dynamite Camembert Electronique (The Very Best Of Gong) Psych Summit

CD 11 4.48 Jack Irons Aquaman’s Electric Band Attention Diversion Rock Breaching Whale

CD 1 3.07 White Noise Love Without Sound An Electric Storm Electronica Island

CD 2 5.25 Gary Numan Are Friends Electric? Replicas Electro Pop Beggars Banquet

CD 2/7 4.34 Porcupine Tree Fuse The Sky Stars Dies: The Delirium Years Neo Prog Delirium

CD 1 11.39 Van Der Graaf Generator Lemmings (incl Cog) Pawn Hearts Prog EMI

CD 6 3.52 Lester Butler’s 13 Smokestack Lightning 13 Blues Rock When

CD 3 3.29 Buggles Kid Dynamo The Age Of Plastic 80’s Pop Island

CD 1/5 4.28 Jimi Hendrix Experience Still Raining, Still Dreaming Electric Ladyland Blues Rock Polydor

CD 2/7 3.46 Al Stewart Electric Los Angeles Sunset To Whom It May Concern Folk EMI

CD 1/5 8.35 Rewiring Genesis In The Cage A Tribute To The Lamb Lies Down Nu Prog Prog Records

CD 3/2 4.06 Roy Harper South Africa Breath Of Fresh Air: Harvest Anthology Folk Rock Harvest

CD 9 5.43 Umphrey’s McGee Red Tape Mantis Jam Rock Sci Fidelity

CD 4 4.38 Derek Trucks Band Sweet Inspiration Already Free Blues Gospel Victor

CD 8 2.52 Jeff Aug Hoedown At The Chicken Farm Living Room Sessions Folk Rough Trade

CD 2 3.11 Graham Bond Organisation Springtime In The City Solid Bond Blues Jazz Rock Rhino

CD 6 8.40 John Martyn I’d Rather Be The Devil Live At Leeds Folk Rock Awareness

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Posted: February 10 2009 at 11:08

what a great playlist!

a little John Martyn also, fitting and very cool.

we've certainly been losing a lot of excellent musicians the last few years, it seems.

(some not particularly old even, like Martyn)

this should be a wonderful listen, eh? ya ya ya!

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Posted: February 10 2009 at 12:13

Kimara Sajn wrote:

what a great playlist!

a little John Martyn also, fitting and very cool.

we've certainly been losing a lot of excellent musicians the last few years, it seems.

(some not particularly old even, like Martyn)

this should be a wonderful listen, eh? ya ya ya!

Spot the connection - at least for the first 150 minutes? You will find the answer quite shocking.

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Posted: February 11 2009 at 18:12

HA! yes shocking, very good indeed - ELECTRO!

i like it :)

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