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lemonade kid
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 Posted - 26/10/2020 : 14:14:24
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Joe & Robyn on NPR Tiny Desk...listen to the interview
https://www.npr.org/2011/07/18/137702245/joe-boyd-and-robyn-hitchcock-tiny-desk-concert
Joe Boyd's name popped up on many of the records I loved in the 1960s and '70s. I remember seeing him listed on an Incredible String Band album, and then later on an early Pink Floyd album; then Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, John Martyn, Shirley Collins. In the days when it was hard to get information, I wondered, "Who is this guy?"
Boyd was an American living in London beginning in the mid-'60s. He also managed UFO, a nightclub where Pink Floyd performed early on. He's a man with an impeccable ear for unusual talent, and he's lived a life that feels magical. You can read about those early days in one of the best music books I've ever read, White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s. Boyd has taken this book on the road with the help of singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock. Hitchcock's music — with The Soft Boys or solo — is filled with wit, eccentricity and a surreal sense that isn't too far from the heart those early days of Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett.
So it's only fitting that the two of them decided to take Boyd's memoirs of the '60s on tour. Boyd tells stories and Hitchcock animates the tales with songs from the day, intermingled with some inspired originals.
In this Tiny Desk Concert — as much a reading as a concert — Boyd tells tales about Barrett, one of the 1960s' first casualties, and of Nick Drake, the shy genius of new British folk at the turn of the decade. In the end, you'll get a brief slice of Joe Boyd's early encounters, a life in music that only began there and continued long after. If you want some good summer music reading, be sure to soak up this taste of White Bicycles.
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Joe Morris
Old Love
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Posted - 27/10/2020 : 16:05:55
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unfortunately Robyn took Joes advice for how to cut an old style record (half covers/half orginals) and did the Man Upstairs, which isn't so good. When you buy a Robyn album, you don't want to hear him do Roxy Music and Doors covers!
Robyn played Chapter 24 and Astronomy Domine on piano at the Bottom Line on Bloomsday. Great stuff!
(this was YEARS ago!
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 28/10/2020 : 13:38:19
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Right. Robyn's voice is not the best and is really only suited for his own works....they fit his unique vocal talents.
Tho' I kinda like "The Man Upstairs".
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Originally posted by Joe Morris
unfortunately Robyn took Joes advice for how to cut an old style record (half covers/half orginals) and did the Man Upstairs, which isn't so good. When you buy a Robyn album, you don't want to hear him do Roxy Music and Doors covers!
Robyn played Chapter 24 and Astronomy Domine on piano at the Bottom Line on Bloomsday. Great stuff!
(this was YEARS ago!
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The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation.
I can't contrive a song. – GENE CLARK
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Joe Boyd & Robyn Hitchcock-on Syd, Nick etc
