Harvester

[steeevburt at netscape.net (steeevburt at netscape.net)]

 Blimey! a mention for the fabtastic Gentle Giant. Multi instrumentalists 
the whole band were if my oh so shaky memory serves. Two weeks in Spain 
springs immediately to mind. Nice one Trev.

Steve B


 


 

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From: Eyvind Dahl <ey-da at online.no>
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Cc: Erik Tunstad <erik at forskning.no>; mail claes <mail at claes.no>
Sent: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 8:08 pm
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I agree, Kate ! The most underrated band from the 
80s is The Church. I `ve followed the band`s career since I heard one of 
the 
masterpieces on the radio?in 1983 - In an Unguarded Moment. The band is 
still creative and making good records.


?


Other bands from the same period that never 
got? a big audience - ??Go- Betweens, The Triffids and the 
Sound.


?


Eyvind



  
----- Original Message ----- 

  
From: 
  Kate 
  Kwiatkowski 

  
To: A Discussion list for The Blue 
  Aeroplanes 

  
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 1:51 
  PM

  
Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Harvester

  



  
Trev,

  
Have to agree with you on this.

  
I'm a few years younger than you (but not much at 43)?though and 
  started going to live shows?in 1980 so the 80s are really my 
decade.

  
But the 70s surely set the tone with the advent of the Sex Pistols, the 
  Clash (who were a particular favorite of mine) etc.

  
?

  
The Church were and still are one of my all time faves.? Have you 
  seen Kilbey's blog?

  
??http://stevekilbey.blogspot.com/2007/06/black-night-is-long-way-from-home.html

  
?

  
Kate??

Trevor 
  <boyds56 at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

  
I 
    have to agree with you Gord - I'm 48 right so the 70's was my era 
and 
    let's face it everyone thinks their era was the best BUT the 70's 
were 
    fantastic. I can't believe that at the turn of the 70's I was 
lucky 
    enough to see Genesis, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant, Horslips et 
al then in 
    the mid 70's Roxy, Cockney Rebel, Be Bop Deluxe and then 
the Pistols, 
    Clash, The Only Ones, Wire at the tail end. What a 
fuckin 
    decade!

I don't get this dising of the Harvester album. I think it's 
    great - 
the band sound really tight (check out the the bass playing) - 
    it 
sounds live and fresh and great production. Nice one Gerard. The 
    
only track hat doesn't work so well in an Aeros context is the 
    
Barclay james Harvest one. What about a Roy harper song as well eh 
    
Gerard?

Can't have it all though eh? Seeing The Only Ones tonight 
    after 
seeing them last week in Manchester - what a band!

Oh. and 
    while we are name dropping great bands - don't forget The 
Church 
    eh?

Trev


On 9 Jun 2007, at 01:50, gordon 
    wrote:

> Now that IS harsh.
> The Seventies music scene 
    represented just about the most diverse 
> period
> in popular 
    music the World has ever seen.
> Even taking into account the 
    availability of 'World Music' today, 
> a lot of
> the rest of 
    the one paced wonders doing the rounds now are a sad 
> 
    immitation
> of the real thing. Even Gerard, I'm sure, doffs a 
    respectful hat 
> now and
> again to the wonderful 
    experimentation of the time.
> Even the record companies had a vague 
    inkling of the spirit.
> Was it all good ?
> Of course 
    not.
> But very little of it was dodgy by comparison with some of the 
    
> sh*t we are
> fed today.
> 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round 
    the Old Oak Tree' versus saturday 
> night panel
> wonders and 
    boy band reunions ( fer chrissakes ! ) perhaps.
> The underground was 
    truly that, and what didn't suit the next 
> generation
> of 
    tostesterone fuelled museos spawned the counter revolution 
> within 
    the
> same decade, in '77, surely.
>
> Ho 
    Hum....
>
> G
>
> PS Sorry I called you 
    Shirley.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: 
    
> To: "'A Discussion list for The Blue 
    Aeroplanes'"
> 
> Sent: Thursday, 
    June 07, 2007 12:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] 
    Harvester
>
>
>> I think what it proves above all else 
    is that the seventies was 
>> full of
>> dodgy bands and 
    even dodgier songwriting.
>>
>> 
    John
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 
    blueplanes-bounces at blueaeroplanes.org
>> 
    [mailto:blueplanes-bounces at blueaeroplanes.org] On Behalf Of Phill
> 
    Merchant
>> Sent: 07 June 2007 11:26
>> To: 
    blueplanes at blueaeroplanes.org
>> Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] 
    Harvester
>>
>> I also believe the comments to be harsh 
    but, having not actually 
>> heard
> the
>> album 
    yet, probably from a more theoretical point of view.
>> Aren't all 
    cover versions (debatably) worse than the originals, in 
>> 
    the
> same
>> way that all movie adaptations are worse than 
    the original book? 
>> Well,
> your
>> position 
    probably depends on which you were exposed to first, and
> 
    whether
>> you really liked it. You want examples? I loved the Blue 
    Aeroplanes'
> version
>>
>> of "Sweet Jane", but had 
    not heard the Velvets version at that 
>> time. I
>> 
    played it to a friend who loved the Velvets in an attempt to 
>> 
    introduce
> him
>> to the Aeroplanes and he hated it. 
    Probably put him off Gerard & 
>> co for
>> life. 
    Following the same rule I loved Aeroplanes versions of "Big 
>> 
    Sky",
> "I
>> Wanna Be Your Lover", "Breaking In My Heart", 
    but was left cold by 
>> "Bad
> Moon
>>
>> 
    Rising" and "The Boy In The Bubble". The exception to the rule is 
    
>> where
> the
>> cover version is dramatically 
    different to the original - but, in
> general,
>> Blue 
    Aeroplanes covers have not been this - usually turning out to be
>> 
    stripped-down versions of the originals, with maybe a couple more
> 
    guitars
>> and Gerard's inimitable delivery.
>> What I 
    want to know (especially as I am not familiar with most of the
>> 
    original versions) is - is there a departure from this trend with 
    the
> covers
>>
>> on this album? What does someone 
    unfamiliar with the originals 
>> think? If
>> Gerard had 
    written all the songs would this be a great album? Why 
>> 
    aren't
> I
>> hard at work instead of writing this....? 
    Ooops.
>>
>> 
    Phill...........
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> 
    From: Rockerq at aol.com
>>> Reply-To: A Discussion list for The 
    Blue
>>> 
    Aeroplanes
>>> To: 
    blueplanes at blueaeroplanes.org
>>> Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] 
    Harvester
>>> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 18:58:24 
    EDT
>>>
>>>> <
>>>> versions we'll all go 
    on to iTunes and download at the new special
> 
    price
>>
>>> of 99p (for
>>>> tracks 
    that aren't quite as ridiculously compressed as before) the
> 
    whole
>>>> caboodle by the original 
    artists.
>>>> Surely every track on the new album sounds 
    worse than the original?
>>> What is
>>>> going 
    on?>>
>>>>
>>> Bit harsh there 
    mate.
>>>>
>>
>>
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