tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post189810325349021886..comments2023-11-22T09:17:05.368-08:00Comments on TAD's Back-Up Plan: Most fun, most played, most reliableTADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post-14398481054612238612009-12-18T15:09:46.652-08:002009-12-18T15:09:46.652-08:00Pugs! How R ya, man?
From what I've read, Paul...Pugs! How R ya, man?<br />From what I've read, Paul Gallico (who wrote the "Snow Goose" novella that the album was supposedly inspired by, & who later wrote THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE) thot Camel had something 2 do w/ the cigarette brand & that's why he threatened 2 sue them (not 4 copyright infringement?) -- that's why later versions of the album have "Music inspired by..." on the cover.<br />Camel planning 2 read portions of the novella backed by the music is a 1st 4 me -- course I hadn't heard the story that the Moody Blues originally agreed 2 record a rock version of Dvorak's NEW WORLD SYMPHONY when they went in2 the studio 2 tape what Bcame DAYS OF FUTURE PASSED -- didn't hear that story til their TIME TRAVELLER best-of box set came out....<br />Personally, I don't think SNOW GOOSE needs much help as is -- the moods it evokes work just beautifully. Same w/ NUDE, another great under-heard album.... -- TAD.TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post-72386410867878640342009-12-18T13:57:40.474-08:002009-12-18T13:57:40.474-08:00I can't help but wonder if The Snow Goose woul...I can't help but wonder if The Snow Goose would've been better or worse if they'd successfully gotten the rights to read portions of the novella over certain tracks like they'd originally planned.Pugs Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340275325906826636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post-90552334449379435012009-12-18T02:10:47.860-08:002009-12-18T02:10:47.860-08:00R: Ghod bless ya, especially 4 yr last comment, wh...R: Ghod bless ya, especially 4 yr last comment, which pretty much made my day. U don't wanna get me started again on all the stuff I DON'T know about. There's always more 2 hear & learn....<br />On the Go-Go's, I think I was referring 2 "Turn to You" as weak in the context of the album, another classic case of radio playing stuff nowhere near as good as what's on the rest of the disc, but I also thot "Turn to You" wore out kinda quick -- cute video, tho. Always liked the girls a lot, saw 'em in San Antonio on that tour, they were GREAT!<br />There WAS a poster w/ VENUS AND MARS, sorta a blurry shot of Paul, Linda & the resta the band drinkin & carousin in New Orleans -- + another poster w/ a series of shots of the band foolin around in front of a barn or something. I thot there was a poster showing a close-up of the album's front cover 2, but there isn't in mine. There is a small round sticker that duplicates the front cover. U can have my posters if U want....<br />I woulda traded the grooves occupied by "Listen to What the Man Said" 4 "Junior's Farm" (recorded during the same sessions) when I bot the album -- but I think "Listen" sounds better now, 35 yrs later, & it sure reminds me of '75. Course a lotta old stuff sounds a lot better now, even disco -- mayB just Bcos it was so long ago & it ain't all around us NEmore? -- TAD.TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4269925294673930988.post-59246060339985474662009-12-17T11:02:25.475-08:002009-12-17T11:02:25.475-08:00Tad
"Turn to You" is the only thing I&...Tad <br /><br />"Turn to You" is the only thing I've heard from that Gogos album, but I always liked the song just fine, and wouldn't characterize it as "weak."<br /><br />I'm a big <i>Venus And Mars</i> guy, as well. Melanie's still got a case with one of the stickers pasted on. There was a poster, too, right? I remember being mystified that "Listen to What the Man Said" wasn't on <i>Wings Greatest</i>, when it came out. They could have made room, too: 96X sure wasn't playing "Mull of Kintyre," I can tell you that.<br /><br />What I remember about the "Close to the Edge" movie is how I tried talking my dad into dropping me off at the Midnight Movies so I could see it, and how he insisted on going in and watching it with me. Here I'm trying to be clandestine about my teenage dopesmoking, and not only are kids sparking up in the theatre, but during the title track, the film goes to this amoeba sequence that is so totally pandering to the potheads . . . . ah well, I can laugh about it now.<br /><br />I continue to be impressed by the depth of your musical knowledge. If I tend to be smug 'cause I'm familiar with, say, a Caravan album, you're familiar with <i>their entire catalog</i> . . . .rastronomicalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475251545087211066noreply@blogger.com