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| Author: | Windswept2 [ Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Manifesto Era-An Appreciation |
EERO wrote: VivaRoxyMusic.com wrote: Spin Me Round has great memories for me then but also in later life too. I recorded a version of this after a night out with my friend the late Robert Jackson. We were just mucking around in my studio and we quickly recorded it as a piano vocal in one take. During the following week I added some guitar and strings to it. It became very poignant as unknown to me beforehand, his family had it played during his funeral in the crematorium, not a dry eye in the place. This may cloud my view of it or my feelings towards it, great memories. "...all the way is far enough" J.O'B. The late Robert Jackson.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BGbCXySfdU John, thanks for sharing that. It's a lovely rendition of a haunting song. I can well imagine all who heard it at your friend Robert's memorial were deeply moved. Mes Amis, If ever there was a salient illustration of the importance of music in life - this is it. W2 does hope that our hero dials in from time to time to read some of this stuff. It would warm the cockles of anyone’s heart. His music has had a huge positive effect on us all. Salutations, Windswept. |
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| Author: | rendezvous [ Thu Mar 02, 2023 1:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Manifesto Era-An Appreciation |
Agreed W2, while I find Manifesto, overall, an emotionally "cold" album, the title track and Spin Me Round are stunning. Really enjoyed JoB's tale. |
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| Author: | Windswept2 [ Thu Mar 02, 2023 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Manifesto Era-An Appreciation |
rendezvous wrote: ….. I find Manifesto, overall, an emotionally "cold" album, the title track and Spin Me Round are stunning. . Frantic Fandangoists, Rendezvous a raison. “Emotionally cold” is a good descriptor. W2 always found our hero to be a conservative artist in both his Roxy & solo guises insomuch as, although highly creative and innovative, he tends to take things in steps. Wether that is done consciously because he wants to take his audience with him or subconsciously because that’s just the way he is - is an open question ? No poster on this thread has disputed that the parts are greater than the total or that this was a transition album. Windswept thinks that it’s this that lies at the heart of its relative dysfunctional nature. Of course steps were taken to smooth this transition - hence the East Side / West Side malarkey. They had been in the wilderness for four years and now they were back in the studio they wanted to go somewhere else but didn’t want to throw the baby out with the bath water. Hence them using ‘Manifesto’ as a stepping stone but it was at a cost of a coherent emotion which did make it a little cold. The direction became much clearer and the warmth returned with ‘Flesh & Blood’ and when ‘Avalon’ came, the new emotion was off the Richter scale ! We await the biography for further clarification. Salutations, W2 |
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| Author: | Smudge [ Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:53 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Manifesto Era-An Appreciation |
And, right on cue, the half speed vinyl remaster is announced! https://store.udiscovermusic.com/*/*/Ma ... Storeemail |
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| Author: | billy porter [ Thu Mar 16, 2023 5:13 pm ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: Manifesto Era-An Appreciation | ||
One or two of the team not taking it seriously !
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