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« Reply #100 on: June 23, 2011, 02:26:14 PM » |
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Rather disappointingly predictable list, I'm afraid. Not much out of that lot that they haven't played a lot, apart from Sailor's Life, Come All Ye and Farewell, Farewell |
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« Reply #101 on: June 23, 2011, 02:33:52 PM » |
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Agree with you there Will, but I think this was going to be the case anyway no matter what. Still-remakes/reworkings of Jewel In The Crown, Farewell, Farewell, Red and Gold, Genesis Hall, Sailor's Life, and Fotheringay could prove interesting. As you mentioned earlier I'm not sure about Fotheringay being sung by Simon or Chris, but you never know. As for the others, the ones that have been in the repertoire (or never left)by the current lineup, lets just hope they get tweaked slightly from how they have been performed.
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« Reply #103 on: June 23, 2011, 03:13:12 PM » |
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I am pretty sure I didnt either. Otherwise Lord Marlborough would be in the list.
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« Reply #104 on: June 23, 2011, 03:20:25 PM » |
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Me either....I think my for the hell of it pick was Don't Be Late from Gottle (I remember on Cropredy Chronicles they mentioned that is the only album where nothing from it has ever been played at Cropredy-is that still the case? I'm sure somone will quip shortly....for good reason!  |
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« Reply #105 on: June 23, 2011, 03:24:42 PM » |
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I am sure I didn' t! One or two of mine appeared way down the list. But to be totally frank I couldn't imagine an album with Rising for..and Genesis Hall, both being rerecorded fairly recenttly and the top 5 being in the repertoire atm. Must admit I am a bit disappointed and underwhelmed by the result...  |
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« Reply #106 on: June 23, 2011, 05:21:28 PM » |
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Yup. Predictable. And you can immediately discount Tam Lin, Now Be Thankful, Rising For The Moon & Sloth as candidates for the album
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« Reply #107 on: June 23, 2011, 06:21:41 PM » |
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They could always make it less a predictable recording, by inviting some guest vocalists to turn up.
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« Reply #108 on: June 23, 2011, 06:50:09 PM » |
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Kellie While for A Sailor's Life please |
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Jules Gray
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« Reply #109 on: June 23, 2011, 07:52:39 PM » |
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They could always make it less a predictable recording, by inviting some guest vocalists to turn up.
Hmmmm...I tend to hate those albums with a castlist of guest artists. They always come across as desperate. What works for a Croppers gig wouldn't be the same for a studio record. I'd rather the band hunkered down to something fresh or drafted in a new musician or singer or writer (or all three in one) permanently to stir the pot up a bit. Jules |
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« Reply #110 on: June 23, 2011, 08:01:04 PM » |
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Yeah. Like Richard Thompson for instance.
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« Reply #111 on: June 24, 2011, 12:49:50 AM » |
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I'm sorry, but I really don't want to hear this album....I just can't connect with the idea of it in any shape or form...
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« Reply #112 on: June 24, 2011, 08:05:27 AM » |
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I'm sorry, but I really don't want to hear this album....I just can't connect with the idea of it in any shape or form...
I can't help wondering how much enthusiasm the band will ultimately have for this idea themselves. All of the studio remakes to date have been pale imitations of the originals (whereas live versions on Cropredy 08 for example are splendid). 14 of the 20 tracks voted for come from a 2 year period out of the band's 44 year career and only one member of the current line up played on 13 of the 20 songs voted for (with the count rising to two members for an additional 4 songs). It must be particularly disappointing for them that nothing at all from the Chris Leslie years has made the list. They might have at least expected John Gaudie to be there. I can't see what they can do to really make this work to anybody's satisfaction. It is just too unimaginative a list. |
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« Reply #113 on: June 24, 2011, 08:28:06 AM » |
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Has anyone ever heard a remake (particularly one by a later version of the same band) that is better than the original? I might give a half thumbs up for Kate Bush's Director's Cut, but as these were songs she was very vocally unhappy with at the time, and nobody really regarded as classics in the first place, I'm not sure the comparison works... So, this is entirely the wrong way round...they've asked for a list of everybody's fave tracks which they then want to reinterpret? Right..Saying it out loud doesn't succeed in making it sound a better idea, does it...surely, it would have been a much more productive idea to just remake Gottle?  |
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« Reply #114 on: June 24, 2011, 08:43:48 AM » |
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Has anyone ever heard a remake (particularly one by a later version of the same band) that is better than the original?
I'm tempted to say (controversially) the Just Us version of Circle Sky by The Monkees, purely because you can actually hear the vocals unlike the original but otherwise no. |
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« Reply #115 on: June 24, 2011, 08:52:12 AM » |
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I'm tempted to say (controversially) the Just Us version of Circle Sky by The Monkees, purely because you can actually hear the vocals unlike the original but otherwise no.
Nah, that Justus version sucks. What you want is the vocals-up mix of the original as found on Missing Links vol 3. Jules |
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« Reply #116 on: June 24, 2011, 08:53:05 AM » |
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Has anyone ever heard a remake (particularly one by a later version of the same band) that is better than the original? I might give a half thumbs up for Kate Bush's Director's Cut, but as these were songs she was very vocally unhappy with at the time, and nobody really regarded as classics in the first place, I'm not sure the comparison works... So, this is entirely the wrong way round...they've asked for a list of everybody's fave tracks which they then want to reinterpret? Right..Saying it out loud doesn't succeed in making it sound a better idea, does it...surely, it would have been a much more productive idea to just remake Gottle? Career Opportunities, by The Clash, which they reworked on Sandanista, although that was only a couple of years or so after the original, is one that I can think of. Anyway, I'm with you david, in not really seeing the point of this. To me the only way it could be made interesting would be with guest vocalists/musicians, but not the usual folk circuit suspects. No guarantee anyone would say yes, of course, but why not be totally radical and ask the likes of Dani Filth, Chris Cornell, Siouxsie, Jake Burns, Tom Waits, Adele.........there are loads out there who would/could bring something new. Need an independent producer as well I suppose. I'll just get me tin hat............ |
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« Reply #117 on: June 24, 2011, 08:53:50 AM » |
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surely, it would have been a much more productive idea to just remake Gottle? That's actually a pretty neat idea! Jules |
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« Reply #118 on: June 24, 2011, 08:54:50 AM » |
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Career Opportunities, by The Clash, which they reworked on Sandanista, although that was only a couple of years or so after the original, is one that I can think of.
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« Reply #119 on: June 24, 2011, 08:55:46 AM » |
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Career Opportunities, by The Clash, which they reworked on Sandanista, although that was only a couple of years or so after the original, is one that I can think of.
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