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Post by Phil Taylor on Aug 21, 2018 7:47:50 GMT
A friend of mine has just uploaded this video from the gig As I say in my comment to the video, I find this level of talking through a performance so upsetting. It’s downright rude. Why do people pay £130 to go to a festival just to talk? They could have done that at home or down the pub. Makes my blood boil !!! Robbie I do actually like this song. I detest people talking like that. Why bother going? It does annoy me too. In fact I couldn't watch this video because of it Phil
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2018 15:05:19 GMT
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Post by vikingblues on Aug 21, 2018 19:06:10 GMT
I'm very much with you both Robbie and Phil, on the issue of selfish boors and their incessant yapping at music gigs. It's so frequent it's resulted in me giving up going to any music gig. Mark
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Post by dobro on Aug 23, 2018 19:50:34 GMT
I think the guy is a bl...y genius. No matter electric or acoustic, he's instantly recognized, and he plays both equally well.He has written a huge amount of classic songs, and his voice is one of a kind. The three acoustic albums with interpretations of older songs he has released during the last years, are all classics. I rank him up there with the greatest. All IMHO, of course. So I agree with June Tabor who, with Martin Simpson, presents this song as written by "the blessed Richard Thompson." Blessed indeed. www.youtube.com/results?search_query=strange+affair+june+tabor
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Post by Andy P on Aug 24, 2018 14:21:38 GMT
I've been an avid fan since his Fairport days in the late 60's and I've seen him live about ten times. I'd mention that he once invited me to a party and I have his old Hampstead phone number written in his own fair hand, but that would be intolerably name-dropping of me We had tickets to see him in Edinburgh last year but couldn't go as we both had awful hacking coughs. He's appearing in Perth in October but we'll be away There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that he's a truly brilliant musician and a songwriting genius. Anyone who needs convincing of his prowess on guitar should watch the DVD of his 1000 Years of Popular Music Take for example Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee on that concert. He literally sounds like he's playing lead, rhythm and bass all at the same time on one electro/acoustic guitar. It's astonishing. Or watch the way he plays one of his best songs here: It's a great illustration of his dexterity and his musicality. What's amusing to note here is that Suzanne Vega clearly thinks he's a god, whilst Loudon Wainwright looks like he can't wait for it to end. It's a neat encapsulation of the marmite effect mentioned before on this thread and I think that almost entirely comes down to whether you like his voice or you hate it. Having said that, I'm pretty ambivalent about it! For me it works very well on some stuff but at times, especially those long, bleak ballads he likes to drop into every album or show, I can find it kind of hard to be comfortable with. His electric guitar playing is unique. Many well-known players, such as Mark Knopfler, count him among their major influences. My personal preference is probably for the kind of solos he was playing 30 years ago. Check out this fuzzy video from 1985 (and try to ignore Clive Gregson acting like a prat!): Much more recently the solo on The May Queen (what an utterly fabulous song!), from his 2015 album Still, always bring me out in goose bumps. The feeling he has for the use and timing of note-bends and vibrato is pure soul, the kind of thing that cannot really be learned. Incidentally, his voice sounds great on this one! His guest appearances on the recordings of others spans Nick Drake through Ralph McTell, Martin Carthy, JJ Cale, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Plant, Shawn Colvin, Kate Rusby and very many others. To be such a long-standing, many-faceted guitar-player is one thing, but add to that his extraordinary catalogue of memorable, fabulous songs and you have a guy who's just about unique. Beeswing, Devonside, Dimming of the Day, Waltzing's for Dreamers, The Ghost of You Walks, The Great Valerio, Meet on the Ledge, the aforementioned ditty about a biker, the list goes on and on. Finally, there's a tremendously likeable personality which stamps itself on every live performance. The renowned Shetland fiddle-player Aly Bain once described RT as having the most imposing stage presence of any artist he's ever known. I know exactly where he's coming from. He's mesmerizing. Sadly though it's something that doesn't seem to translate to TV appearances, on which he usually appears pretty underwhelming. Right, sorry to bang on (I've got a cold and don't feel like doing much else ).
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Post by walrus on Aug 24, 2018 17:36:42 GMT
I’m guessing Breedlove is a fan of Mr Thompson, or did I miss something
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Post by Andy P on Aug 24, 2018 18:01:56 GMT
I’m guessing Breedlove is a fan of Mr Thompson, or did I miss something Whatever gave you that idea??
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Post by Phil Taylor on Aug 24, 2018 18:26:20 GMT
I've been an avid fan since his Fairport days in the late 60's and I've seen him live about ten times. I'd mention that he once invited me to a party and I have his old Hampstead phone number written in his own fair hand, but that would be intolerably name-dropping of me We had tickets to see him in Edinburgh last year but couldn't go as we both had awful hacking coughs. He's appearing in Perth in October but we'll be away There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that he's a truly brilliant musician and a songwriting genius. Anyone who needs convincing of his prowess on guitar should watch the DVD of his 1000 Years of Popular Music Take for example Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee on that concert. He literally sounds like he's playing lead, rhythm and bass all at the same time on one electro/acoustic guitar. It's astonishing. Or watch the way he plays one of his best songs here: It's a great illustration of his dexterity and his musicality. What's amusing to note here is that Suzanne Vega clearly thinks he's a god, whilst Loudon Wainwright looks like he can't wait for it to end. It's a neat encapsulation of the marmite effect mentioned before on this thread and I think that almost entirely comes down to whether you like his voice or you hate it. Having said that, I'm pretty ambivalent about it! For me it works very well on some stuff but at times, especially those long, bleak ballads he likes to drop into every album or show, I can find it kind of hard to be comfortable with. His electric guitar playing is unique. Many well-known players, such as Mark Knopfler, count him among their major influences. My personal preference is probably for the kind of solos he was playing 30 years ago. Check out this fuzzy video from 1985 (and try to ignore Clive Gregson acting like a prat!): Much more recently the solo on The May Queen (what an utterly fabulous song!), from his 2015 album Still, always bring me out in goose bumps. The feeling he has for the use and timing of note-bends and vibrato is pure soul, the kind of thing that cannot really be learned. Incidentally, his voice sounds great on this one! His guest appearances on the recordings of others spans Nick Drake through Ralph McTell, Martin Carthy, JJ Cale, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Plant, Shawn Colvin, Kate Rusby and very many others. To be such a long-standing, many-faceted guitar-player is one thing, but add to that his extraordinary catalogue of memorable, fabulous songs and you have a guy who's just about unique. Beeswing, Devonside, Dimming of the Day, Waltzing's for Dreamers, The Ghost of You Walks, The Great Valerio, Meet on the Ledge, the aforementioned ditty about a biker, the list goes on and on. Finally, there's a tremendously likeable personality which stamps itself on every live performance. The renowned Shetland fiddle-player Aly Bain once described RT as having the most imposing stage presence of any artist he's ever known. I know exactly where he's coming from. He's mesmerizing. Sadly though it's something that doesn't seem to translate to TV appearances, on which he usually appears pretty underwhelming. Right, sorry to bang on (I've got a cold and don't feel like doing much else ). Actually Andy I quite enjoyed the middle video but I think it was because my friend Clive was in it doing sterling work on guitar and improving the vocals no end Phil Ps sorry about the name drop
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Post by Andy P on Aug 24, 2018 18:43:57 GMT
Actually Andy I quite enjoyed the middle video but I think it was because my friend Clive was in it doing sterling work on guitar and improving the vocals no end Phil Ps sorry about the name drop Hahahaha, nice one Phil I used to know Clive when he was a student at Crewe and Alsager College and was a regular at Crewe Folk Club. Give him my regards. As for the name-drop, I'll raise you one Davey Johnstone
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Post by dawkins on Aug 27, 2018 18:15:54 GMT
I’ve seen him live all acoustic and it was brilliant. I do agree though he is perhaps a marmite guy.
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Post by hughesy on Aug 27, 2018 22:08:52 GMT
He has written a lot of material and some songs are amazing (such as beeswing and Vincent black lightning) while others are not so great in my opinion. I really liked the first of the recent acoustic albums he did. But the third one....well, I think there is a reason those songs were not on the first one....
When I first heard RT sing, I did not really like his voice, but I have grown used it now.
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Post by Craig on Sept 2, 2018 21:03:40 GMT
Only slightly connected, I went to see Jools Holland a few years back and Clive Gregson was the support act. I bought my first acoustic the day after!
Craig
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Post by Craig on Sept 2, 2018 21:06:18 GMT
I'm very much with you both Robbie and Phil, on the issue of selfish boors and their incessant yapping at music gigs. It's so frequent it's resulted in me giving up going to any music gig. Mark I've always found that a forceful "shut the f**k up" does the trick. Craig
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Post by andyhowell on Sept 2, 2018 21:39:38 GMT
Only slightly connected, I went to see Jools Holland a few years back and Clive Gregson was the support act. I bought my first acoustic the day after! Craif Ah, it’s always good to have another Clive fan on here. I seem to remember him and Thompson fell out a bit after a review the Clive wrote of a Thompson new album for mojo. Gregson is a pretty clever kind of guy. Have been watching him since the early Any Trouble days (and the new Any Trouble are not that bad either).
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Post by Craig on Sept 2, 2018 21:51:12 GMT
Only slightly connected, I went to see Jools Holland a few years back and Clive Gregson was the support act. I bought my first acoustic the day after! Craif Ah, it’s always good to have another Clive fan on here. I seem to remember him and Thompson fell out a bit after a review the Clive wrote of a Thompson new album for mojo. Gregson is a pretty clever kind of guy. Have been watching him since the early Any Trouble days (and the new Any Trouble are not that bad either). Yes I saw Any Trouble a couple of times as a support band way back when, I didn't know about the new Any Trouble though. Craig
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