RE: (TV) joshua fought the battle of jericho

[leif joley <leifjoley@hotmail.com>]

I *do* like the instrumental records (and actually prefer "Around" to
"Songs..."); also have no problem with the cause, the sound of the guitar or
the standard of the singing. It's the solo that bothers me. Totally aimless.
Like a rehearsal. I can't be the only one who've thought of Verlaine's soloing
on the songs up to at least "Flash Light" to be *definite*, they are carved in
stone, they should be *exactly* like they are. From "The Wonder", the solos
have been a very mixed bag. From the instrumental records, I expect this kind
of free-form playing -- I even enjoy it. With songs, I expect something else
than this. Could be my lack of understanding Verlaine's current ouevre, of
course. Perhaps this is admirable and experimental and avantgarde, after all.

Leif J, Sweden

> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:58:50 -0400
> Subject: Re: (TV) joshua fought the battle of jericho
> From: andy.fekete@gmail.com
> To: tv@obbard.com
>
> I have to agree -- I really like Verlaine's solo here.
>
> With an electric guitar, it's far a greater challenge to play something
> loose and unstructured with restraint and filled with space than it is to
> jam it full of notes and squeals.
>
> The latter requires only a guitar; the former requires a guitarist.
>
> Full disclosure: I *like* Warm and Cool.  A *lot*.
>
> -A
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Russ Van Rooy <russvr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Gee. Don't hold back, Leif,  tell us what you really think!  ;)
> > I liked it actually for several reasons: the cause is good and right,
the
> > singing was good on the Verlaine scale, passionate really. Also I liked
the
> > guitar sound. Sometimes I think we are a tad bit harsh on our Messrs
> > Verlaine and Lloyd. I'M glad when they do anything these days!
> > -Russ
> > Sent from my LG phone
> >
> > leif joley <leifjoley@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I'd add that shockingly half-arsed guitar playing is on display here.
> > Reminds
> > >me of his version of "Fever", just worse -- and also with the same lame,
> > >sloppy, direction-less and lazy soloing that plagued so much of "Songs
and
> > >other things". One of the all time greatest instrumentalists who seems
to
> > have
> > >lost the ability to fire off a decent solo, when he for once is entering
a
> > >recording studio.
> > >
> > >Leif J, Sweden
> > >
> > >> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:26:47 +0100
> > >> From: razoomyyy@yahoo.de
> > >> Subject: (TV) joshua fought the battle of jericho
> > >> To: tv@obbard.com
> > >>
> > >> Anyone else see this yet?
> > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81L7VrFzro
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Non-mumbled/half-arsed singing vocals for once, I am shocked.
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