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JohnFPorcaro
Fourth Love
USA
168 Posts |
 Posted - 09/08/2006 : 17:31:22
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| Is anyone going on the board to the burial? |
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Hummingbird
First Love
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 21:23:18
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I would like to attend Arthur's burial but is that o.k.? I mean, is it open to the public?  I don't want to overstep certain bounderies.
"We're all normal when we want our Freedom" |
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JohnFPorcaro
Fourth Love
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 22:29:13
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Originally posted by LeeRob
JohnFPorcaro,
I have been very busy, at work, and haven't been able to read many obituaries. Please post the details of the funeral and burial if you know them. I would like to make the journey.
Thank You,
Lee
I live in the NYC area, I got this info off the web.
John
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SignedRW
Fifth Love
USA
280 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2006 : 18:09:42
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The service in L.A. is at 11:00 AM, this Saturday morning, August
12th. Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery; today's L.A. Times
made it clear that "all who loved him" are welcome to attend.
This really should not have to be said, but for those fans able
to be there, let's do remember to keep it respectful. |
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notsam
First Love
USA
2 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2006 : 19:22:17
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Hummingbird
First Love
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2006 : 19:37:47
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O.K. I'll be there too.
"We're all normal when we want our Freedom" |
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Gill
Fourth Love
United Kingdom
213 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2006 : 08:15:40
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I'll be there in spirit - and I'll light a candle here at home at that time (I believe that will be 7 pm UK time)
Love
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myoungish
Fifth Love
USA
264 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2006 : 10:12:14
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This post really hits home as to the finality of it all. It's hard to believe that Arthur Lee is really gone! I think his death affects us especially hard because we all have a very personal and unique and even mystical connection to his music. We were miners who individually discovered this pot of cosmic gold that most of the world was oblivious to, which made it all the more alluring and vital.
I really feel that with Love, you either get it or you don't. I've introduced their music to quite a few people, but I'd say only a handful got the Love flash and became hardcore fans. And personally, that's the way I like it. They were not meant for mass consumption. A song like Your Mind And We Belong Together is no Satisfaction or Stairway to Heaven. It's pure and complicated and profound and damaged and mysterious psychedelica at it's most epic and bewitching.
I'm only 34, and I don't have any allegience or nostalgia for any particular era in rock music, but I can comfortably say that nothing will touch these ears that's as brilliant and mindblowing as the first incarnation of Love and Arthur Lee.
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Gill
Fourth Love
United Kingdom
213 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2006 : 13:34:26
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Michael - you've summed it up perfectly, that's exactly how I feel.
Love
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John E
Fifth Love
United Kingdom
322 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2006 : 14:19:30
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Hi Gill,
I was going to say exactly the same thing thing about Michael's post, but you said it first. I'm personally so happy that Love were able to remain forever a cult band. Imagine hearing their records in supermarkets all the time and paying £85 to get a half-good seat in a stadium...unthinkable! We can also thank Baby Lemonade and Mike especially for their friendly and open approach to the fans. I think
this helped to create a situation where many of us were lucky enough
to have some personal contact with Arthur. Meanwhile the music itself never changes, in that it remains as vital and timeless as ever.
Love, John E |
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notsam
First Love
USA
2 Posts |
Posted - 13/08/2006 : 01:04:19
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I attended the funeral today. Not the usual, but very touching nice service. I wanted to take a picture of the casket w/ the hat on top and several enlarged pictures on easels. Out of respect, I didn't. I have the {for want of a better word} program. Someone tell me how to post it, and I will.
Recieved my remaster of album#1 when I got home. Listening to that now. I'm sad. |
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JohnFPorcaro
Fourth Love
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - 13/08/2006 : 02:28:26
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Originally posted by notsam
I attended the funeral today. Not the usual, but very touching nice service. I wanted to take a picture of the casket w/ the hat on top and several enlarged pictures on easels. Out of respect, I didn't. I have the {for want of a better word} program. Someone tell me how to post it, and I will.
Recieved my remaster of album#1 when I got home. Listening to that now. I'm sad.
Thanks notsam for going, I wish I could have gone.
Apropos of what Gill was doin, I had a candle burning all day today
in memory of The Great One. |
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Kula John
Old Love
United Kingdom
756 Posts |
Posted - 13/08/2006 : 11:51:34
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Originally posted by myoungish
This post really hits home as to the finality of it all. It's hard to believe that Arthur Lee is really gone! I think his death affects us especially hard because we all have a very personal and unique and even mystical connection to his music. We were miners who individually discovered this pot of cosmic gold that most of the world was oblivious to, which made it all the more alluring and vital.
I really feel that with Love, you either get it or you don't. I've introduced their music to quite a few people, but I'd say only a handful got the Love flash and became hardcore fans. And personally, that's the way I like it. They were not meant for mass consumption. A song like Your Mind And We Belong Together is no Satisfaction or Stairway to Heaven. It's pure and complicated and profound and damaged and mysterious psychedelica at it's most epic and bewitching.
I'm only 34, and I don't have any allegience or nostalgia for any particular era in rock music, but I can comfortably say that nothing will touch these ears that's as brilliant and mindblowing as the first incarnation of Love and Arthur Lee.
Michael Young
Great post michael, you do sum it up perfectly there. Whats so special about love to me is that i really dont know anyone else (i.e friends, family, etc) who like Love or have even heard of love and as you say i've tried to introduce love's music to people close to me but many don't take to it or perhaps just don't understand it if you know what i mean. This is why love's music has always felt so personal to me.
This is the time and this is the time and it is time, time, time, time, time, time, time.....
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torben
Fifth Love
Denmark
328 Posts |
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Fritz
First Love
15 Posts |
Posted - 13/08/2006 : 16:07:29
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| Thank you for printing the information on the funeral service, Torben. Interesting that Arthur's father played in the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra. |
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John E
Fifth Love
United Kingdom
322 Posts |
Posted - 13/08/2006 : 17:32:20
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Nice message about Arthur's service yesterday from Nelson on the www.brianwilson.com message board - "It was beautiful and Understated"
(I'm pretty certain this is Nelson Bragg from Brian Wilson's band)
Love, John E |
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Burial-Forrest Lawn-Hollywood Hills Cemetery LA
