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--- In , "ipongrac" <ipongrac@g...>
wrote:
> --- In , "Klas Fjellgren"
> <surfites@b...> wrote:
> > I just spun the Ciro's version and it's great! In fact, it's so
> good
> > that I had to play it 3 times in a row! And no, I'm not kidding :-
> )
> > Great voice, awesome reverb drenched lead/rhythm guitar and I
> > actually think the dementia of the repeated verse adds to the
> > greatness of his version. Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't
> > noticed it before!
>
> Klas, that's just nuts. I had no problem with our disagreements in
> the past, but with this I've lost a bit of respect for you. ;)
>
> I don't suppose you'll tell us next that you love his Blowin' In
the
> Wind?
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Haha Ivan, actually the only track from "Live at Ciro's" I've heard
is "Summertime Blues" (it's on one of the Surf label boots). I
recently bid on the Ciro's album on eBay but lost. BTW, what do you
think about the included instro track "Angry Generation"? (I think
Phil Dirt gave it 5 stars and going by his description it sounds that
it could be a great song).
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> And even on his best Gary-Usher-sixties vocals, he would often do
> this high-frequency, girlish yelp that just sounds soooo bad....
It
> makes me laugh every time I hear it...
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That's one of the things I like in his voice. Makes me smile but
never laugh...
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> > And I agree with Ivan (!) (we never agree on DD's vocals) that
> > someone should tell DD to stop singing in his current live shows
>
> Hey, well, that's something!
>
> > (As far as I'm concerned, someone should also tell him to stop
> playing...)
>
> Nah, man, you haven't seen him lately. He sounds great, plays
> great. I saw him this last May and the May before that, and he was
> great. Except for the vocals - especially Fever! Yikes! (He does
> do a good Louis Armstrong impression, though! Both on vocals and
> trumpet.)
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I saw him live last year and he (and the band) was even worse than
the two times I saw him in the 90's. Maybe I was unlucky catching bad
shows but I don't think so. After reading that he now includes "Smoke
On The Water" in his live set, he's totally dead for me.
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> Here's a funny bit:
>
> This is from the liner notes for "Tiger's Loose," clearly written
by
> Dick, though in third person:
>
> "Feeling the same about Dick's sound and energy as he does, Mike
> Carnavale and Rex Olson, two friends as well as talented engineers,
> have sat down with him and spent countless hours creating his first
> live recordedd album from his concert at the Golden Bear in
> Huntington Beach, CA. Dick feels this time he will have complete
> control over every decision to be made concerning his projection of
> his energies and sound in his album, and this time it will be the
> first album to capture his rough, raw, pulsating sound and energy
> that moves his people at his concerts."
>
> [Such bad grammar! Never mind the megalomania.... "HIS" people...]
>
> Now, fast forward some 15 years, to 1997, and Rhino's "Better Shred
> Than Dead" Dick anthology. In the liner notes, Dick says:
>
> "I didn't like The Tiger's Loose; I couldn't get that fat sound.
> My sound was ten times more powerful in person than on record."
>
> LOL! Only his most recent album sounds like Dick does live - until
> the next album, when magically the previous one suddenly turns into
> crap. Gotta love that man!!
>
> Ivan
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Yeah LOL, I've never had any trouble with his attitude though! :-)
/ Klas
