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lemonade kid
Old Love
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 Posted - 13/11/2009 : 18:11:32
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I enjoy Arthur's love of word play in his lyrics. What are your favorites?
"Between Clark and Hilldale..." of course, but I love the word play on "Love Is More Than Words or Better Late Than Never". Or any that have the lyrical content that just gets you right there (whatever part of the anatomy that may be)?!!
I don't know of many artists who name their songs without any reference to the title in the lyrics. Arthur loved to make us think!!
I can imagine him smiling, anticipating the listener hearing his newest song for the first time....Arthur loved his fans.
What are some of your faves ALL?!!
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Edited by - lemonade kid on 13/11/2009 18:14:13 |
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rocker
Old Love
USA
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Posted - 13/11/2009 : 19:02:30
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hmmmm..and please don't "use up my time"... |
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John9
Old Love
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Posted - 13/11/2009 : 22:00:54
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Yes LK, you've got my two favourites there. In fact, Between Clark and Hilldale would probably be my all time best Love track. All that wonderful imagery issues forth so effortlessly...and is then borne along so by an exceptionally strong melody. The lead guitar breaks and the 'Summer of Love' brass sound serve to transform the whole thing into a little masterpiece. When I first heard Forever Changes, I remember thinking at the end of The Red Telephone that nothing that followed could be better than that. But of course all expectations were exceeded.....and that is why Forever Changes is in my view, the finest rock album of all time. |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 13/11/2009 : 23:32:45
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Originally posted by John9
Yes LK, you've got my two favourites there. In fact, Between Clark and Hilldale would probably be my all time best Love track. All that wonderful imagery issues forth so effortlessly...and is then borne along so by an exceptionally strong melody. The lead guitar breaks and the 'Summer of Love' brass sound serve to transform the whole thing into a little masterpiece. When I first heard Forever Changes, I remember thinking at the end of The Red Telephone that nothing that followed could be better than that. But of course all expectations were exceeded.....and that is why Forever Changes is in my view, the finest rock album of all time.
As your Parliament did in Love Stroy.....down on our knees & bowing.....all hail Arthur & Love...FC, the best album ever-- and Love, the greatest rock & roll band in the world!! As the Mayor of London said..."Life changing!"
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 14/11/2009 : 00:20:12
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Mike Nesmith had a habit of naming some songs titles not found in the lyrics:
"Some of Shellys blues", "Good Clean Fun" ... although NOT "Girl I knew somewhere"! |
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bob f.
Old Love
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Posted - 14/11/2009 : 01:25:12
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in "the red telephone", 'i don't know if the third's the fourth
or if the fifth's to fix',
and if you think i'm happy
paint me -------( interchangable colors. i've even heard 'shellac')
'i don't know if i'm living or if i'm supposed to be'
examples of Arthur's mind bending lyrical creativity.
i had never heard lyrics like that before. even from the Beatles.
that stuff stuck.
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kdion11
Old Love
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Posted - 14/11/2009 : 02:14:59
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Originally posted by Joe Morris
Mike Nesmith had a habit of naming some songs titles not found in the lyrics:
"Some of Shellys blues", "Good Clean Fun" ... although NOT "Girl I knew somewhere"!
KD: Don't forget Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man, Positively 4th St.
etc etc etc.
Free the poets ! |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 14/11/2009 : 05:28:58
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Yeah, Dylan was my next example...the original.
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Mr. Blues Singer
Second Love
Denmark
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Posted - 14/11/2009 : 22:44:22
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Maybe the poeple would be the times.....
And oh the music is so loud
and then I fade into the.....
Crowds of people standing everywhere...
And here thet always play my songs
and me I wonder if it is....
Wrong og right they come here just the same....
But if you just cantīt amke the room
look up and see me on the....
Moon is a common scene around my town....(What a sentence) |
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 16/11/2009 : 14:50:47
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"MTPWBTTOBCAH"...that acronym is a short-cut to relentlessness...
And Re Mike Nesmith...yes he's had some great titles....
"Highway 99 with Melange" on Tantamount to Treason... a foray into psychedelic country???... |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 16/11/2009 : 19:07:00
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Originally posted by rocker
"MTPWBTTOBCAH"...that acronym is a short-cut to relentlessness...
And Re Mike Nesmith...yes he's had some great titles....
"Highway 99 with Melange" on Tantamount to Treason... a foray into psychedelic country???...
Got my stack o' Nesmith vinyl in front of me....I think I have 8 or 9.
More...great song titles, rocker.
Bonaparte's Retreat
Grand Ennui
Propinquity (I've Just Begun To Care)
Some Of Shelley's Blues
The Back Porch And A Fruit Jar Full Of Iced Tea
Elusive Ragings
The original stoned cowboy, rocker and some of my first tastes of country rock with his work on the Monkees first Lp!!
He's still working-- on a third installment of The Prison/The Garden.....
Arthur was the singing cowboy too I guess! 
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 16/11/2009 : 21:48:43
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Propinquity &
Some of Shellys Blues
are also on the 3rd volume of the Monkees Missing Links
The Early Stuff compilation for Nesmith (Rhino Records) would seem to be a good starting place for Nesmith's solo work (haven't heard the Prisoner - Mojo magazine rubbished it)
Yeah, but Dylan.. "Rainy day women"
"Open the door Homer"
and of course "Up to me"
hang out, "Up to me" is actually in the lyrics of that track. My bad |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 16/11/2009 : 22:54:45
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Originally posted by Joe Morris
Propinquity &
Some of Shellys Blues
are also on the 3rd volume of the Monkees Missing Links
The Early Stuff compilation for Nesmith (Rhino Records) would seem to be a good starting place for Nesmith's solo work (haven't heard the Prisoner - Mojo magazine rubbished it)
Yeah, but Dylan.. "Rainy day women"
"Open the door Homer"
and of course "Up to me"
hang out, "Up to me" is actually in the lyrics of that track. My bad
The Prison is a favorite for me, and many I know.....I would trust a MOJO mag review about as far as i could throw it!!  ...or any other review. I make up my own mind about the music I hear and when I agree with a reviewer, I call it luck. Most of MOJO's editors are in their 20's and 30's (no offense)...but that puts them in a different place to be able appreciate or review certain releases.as I would...just my opinion. That's why I put little stock in a good, or bad review.
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 17/11/2009 : 16:03:02
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I think the Prisoner
is showing on AMC this week actually, didn't know of Nesmith's environment
Is that the film where he played a cabbie giving burgler Whoopie Goldberg a ride? |
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rocker
Old Love
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Posted - 17/11/2009 : 18:34:16
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| So Nesmith wrote Propinquity and Some of Shellys Blues, eh? I thought the Dirt Band did since those were on their Uncle Charlie's record! |
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 17/11/2009 : 21:23:30
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Originally posted by rocker
So Nesmith wrote Propinquity and Some of Shellys Blues, eh? I thought the Dirt Band did since those were on their Uncle Charlie's record!
Dirt Band did some great covers..including Jerry Jeff's Bojangles!....but yes, Nesmith wrote the above great tracks! Early compositions still published by Screen Gems.
Interesting side trips...his brilliant composition "Different Drum" covered by Lovely Linda, executive producer of the cult film "Repo Man", and a Grammy---Video of the Year--- for the hour long "Elephant Parts".
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