tunes c n d n e

straight in
the church
my boys
not an unusual story
talent songwriters have early success
poetry space tunes rock
kilbey and wilson piper crafting something interesting
in the early post punk era of '81
drugs
collapse
some great music
some not so great
then beyond all belief
reinvention
two incredible acousticy albums and
a rocking up electric one
check our priest=aura
uninvited like the clouds

hmmmm
crosby stills n nash
the first wooden album
suite judy blue eyes
clever song, clever title
love this record
harmonies to die for
have definitely over played it but
i still get tingles thinking of them at woodstock
what a gig

ahhh here's some class
crowded house
i've waxed about em before
neil an incredible writer arranger
the boys some of the funniest live shows i've ever seen
never saw 'em live, just the dvd
and now they're back
awesome.

Curtis
a one name musician always means greatness
stevie miles marvin isaac
see what i mean?
this is a compilation of early '70s stuff
political
soulful
rockin
its hard now to see how groovy and important it was
but the amount of times his stuff is covered or sampled
is a credit to a great man
what a loss he was to the world
when he passed on
check out u tubey for a great interview
with curtis and paul weller
for his history

donald fagan
steely dan genius
keyboard virtuoso
jazz rock beat poetry keith jarrett stealing god of rock
my favourite quote about steely dan is from a 70's interview
when asked who liked the dan fagan said
"you know those weird people you cross the street to avoid?
about one in a hundred of them has a steely dan record..."
even now so sophisticated
so elegant n real
the new stuff progressing nicely as technology makes their dreams come true

everything but the girl
british 80's jazz warriors
early stuff soulful n cafe-ish
this is the techno inspired hip hop record from the mid 90's
love it
great for rainy days n coffee and hanging with my missus
which i am going to do now.
bye.

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