Doolin & Dalton - Eagles
Posts by MoonlitKnight
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Do the Neurotic
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Small Blue Thing - Suzanne Vega
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Words (Between the Lines of Age) - Neil Young
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Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
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Time is on my Side - The Rollings Stones
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Whiskey Boot Hill - Crosby, Still, Nash and Young
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Private Eyes-Hall and Oates
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Cortez the Killer-Neil Young
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Sky Blue - PG (apologies if this one has been used already)
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One of These Nights - Eagles
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Melissa - The Allman Brothers
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Is There Anyone Out There - Anthony Phillips
Down and Out-Genesis
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I think Dodo is great. I think it is also much simpler than the earlier songs. There's a bit of interesting dissonance in the opening chords and the linking section before the next verse. But the verses are pretty simple, just moving between two chords. The next section is also just two chords, with no modulation from the verses. There is a modulation to the next section (the "in the sea" part), which is essentially just one chord. I think of Dodo as a groove song, which is very different from their earlier material. I also like the Lurker section, but would again compare its simplicity to The Raven section of Slipperman, to which it has a passing resemblance.
Thanks for the rec of the Rick Beato episode. I have seen it before and really like how it shows how much Genesis could pack into just a few seconds of a song.
I agree re: Dodo. It's a groove song (as a point of comparison it's hard to imagine Phil singing "Yow, Yow" in the middle of Firth of Fifth) with tinges of prog thrown in, courtesy of Tony's keys in the intro, Lurker, and outro.
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Helplessly Hoping--Crosby, Stills & Nash
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I went to the two shows at Leeds and both of them were exactly the same, the only thing that bothered me was Phil saying everything exactly the same between songs practically word for word “I remember my first beer” for one. Looking at the YouTube shows gives you a false idea I think and they don’t come across as well due to the amateur footage presented. I think both were money albeit expensive money well spent and I would go again for sure.
There definitely is that pattern over the years. How many times did we hear “We’re gonna be here for at least a couple of hours . . . Until the drugs wear off.”😆
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I’ll be attending the upcoming concert in Washington, DC. I’ve come to terms with the reality of Phil’s vocal limitations. Believe me that’s not always easy. My favorite tour was the 1982 Encore Tour. I’ve listened to dozens of YouTube concert videos from that tour, and man were they at the top of their game then. It can be a bit jarring to listen to Phil deliver a tour du force performance of Supper’s Ready back then and then watch a video of him struggle at times on the current tour with classics like DWTMK. Having said all that, I wouldn’t miss this tour for the world. At the risk of sounding maudlin, Genesis has gotten me through some rough times in my life. Slipping on my headphones, closing my eyes, and putting on a Genesis album was always an escape valve from my troubles, from my parents’ divorce in the mid-70s when I was a teenager to my mom passing away two years ago. No way I would miss this last chance to see them.
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He still left his unmistakable mark. But in fact the decay was already making itself felt with W&W... One example: the unbearably sugary 'One for the Vine' or 'Your Own Special Way' (er... that's two, innit). ATTWT has its moments, but after that there were... no more 'rock' guitars.
And that period in time saw the end of the prog rock era as a whole, definitely.
I agree re: You’re Own Special Way. It’s completely forgettable. I disagree completely about One for the Vine. I think it’s a beautiful song. We can agree to disagree on that one.
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Here is the one contradiction in the whole “they went to hell in a hand basket after Hackett left” argument: Hackett himself claims he left because he wasn’t getting enough of his ideas through on the albums. If that’s true (as Hackett himself claims), his impact on the music of the “golden era” was, by his own admission, not as substantial as was the input from other members. Thus the changes in the music beginning with ATTWT were driven not by his absence but by conscious decisions by the other members begin to move in a different direction. And for what it’s worth IMO there were elements on Duke (BTL, Duchess, Heathaze, Duke’s Travels/End) that were fine representations of early 80s prog rock. Like it or not (pun intended) the Supper’s Ready/Close to the Edge era of prog was over.