Re: (TV) Top 10 songs ten minutes or longer

[Jay <piazzasanmarco@yahoo.com>]

The crescendo reminds me of the crescendo in Marquee Moon after the long Verlaine solo


--- On Wed, 8/20/08, andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: andy fekete <andy.fekete@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (TV) Top 10 songs ten minutes or longer
> To: tv@obbard.com
> Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 7:19 PM
> I think the similarities only become apparent after 02:50,
> when
> Bloomfield finally (thankfully?) abandons the blues scale. 
> Lasts for
> about 5 minutes, after which he starts sounding a little
> too Dickie
> Betts-ish for me;  but until then, I can definitely see the
> comparison.
> 
> Passages at 04:50 and 06:22 seem to anticipate
> Verlaine's use of
> string-bending to create dissonance.  And the incredibly
> noisy build
> up to the cresendo, while not quite the free for all as
> Evil, is still
> pretty out there given the period.  Another notable point
> is at 07:07,
> when the crescendo peaks and then suddenly drops into this
> quiet
> passage with just guitar and minimal drums, except that
> Bloomfield's
> guitar is still ever so slightly off kilter...  Sorta
> reminds me of
> TV's use of dynamics during their live shows, e.g.
> intro to Fire
> Engine, on The Blow Up.
> 
> Pretty cool stuff for '66.
> 
> -A
> 
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Micah
> <noahbrtn@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > There is a tautness in Television's lines that I
> don't hear in Butterfield. This is most likely more a
> comment on my own preferences for economy, pithiness,
> compression. When I need an example of this, I just point to
> the solo in "See No Evil." From what I have heard
> Bloomfield would need a long running start to hit that mark.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jay <piazzasanmarco@yahoo.com>
> > To: tv@obbard.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:30:26 PM
> > Subject: Re: (TV) Top 10 songs ten minutes or longer
> >
> > Which is your prerogative.
> >
> > Some of the similarities are undeniable though.
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 8/20/08, Micah <noahbrtn@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Micah <noahbrtn@yahoo.com>
> >> Subject: Re: (TV) Top 10 songs ten minutes or
> longer
> >> To: tv@obbard.com
> >> Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 1:02 PM
> >> Not buying the Butterfield sale.
> >>
> >> M.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Jay <piazzasanmarco@yahoo.com>
> >> To: tv@obbard.com
> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:35:50 AM
> >> Subject: (TV) Top 10 songs ten minutes or longer
> >>
> >>
> http://biolog.jamsbio.com/2008/08/18/top-10-songs-over-10-minutes-long/
> >>
> >> By the way, even with MM, the list is worthless
> because of
> >> this omission:
> >>
> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gchIPjvIx6k
> >>
> >> Let's face it, Television took a major swipe
> from this
> >> classic.
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