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« Reply #40 on: January 21, 2015, 03:50:40 PM » |
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I missed the Clive James/Pete Atkin link first time around - really glad to have caught it now.
Apologies for going off topic, but I think I need to listen to some of their musical collaborations again - with a sideways critical ear in the light of the article. Clive's own take on modern/timeless language is always worthy of consideration!
I'm a long time fan, and I'm a bit puzzled by the lack of interest in Pete and Clive on this forum. Perhaps they just aren't 'folky' enough? Have you heard Midnight Voices CD? It revives a set of old songs. Back on topic please and start a new one if you like. (You haven't noticed what it says under my avatar?) |
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but BEING PAID -- what will compare with it? |
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« Reply #41 on: January 22, 2015, 01:56:44 PM » |
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booked - see you there.
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« Reply #42 on: January 22, 2015, 02:19:08 PM » |
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I missed the Clive James/Pete Atkin link first time around - really glad to have caught it now.
Apologies for going off topic, but I think I need to listen to some of their musical collaborations again - with a sideways critical ear in the light of the article. Clive's own take on modern/timeless language is always worthy of consideration!
I'm a long time fan, and I'm a bit puzzled by the lack of interest in Pete and Clive on this forum. Perhaps they just aren't 'folky' enough? Have you heard Midnight Voices CD? It revives a set of old songs. Back on topic please and start a new one if you like. (You haven't noticed what it says under my avatar?)Understood Colin. I didn't notice your motto. 8)I was gonna choose 'In the clear at barely 55' for mine but it's rapidly gone out of date. |
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« Reply #43 on: February 18, 2015, 10:24:24 AM » |
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Happy mainly.
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« Reply #44 on: February 18, 2015, 11:08:20 AM » |
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Swarb rates it.
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« Reply #45 on: February 18, 2015, 11:10:28 AM » |
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Swarb rates it.
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« Reply #46 on: February 18, 2015, 11:12:11 AM » |
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That has whet my appetite even more - a concise and intelligent review.
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No such thing as good or bad music, just music you like and music you like less.
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« Reply #47 on: February 18, 2015, 12:10:56 PM » |
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Thanks for posting. - -A good review.  |
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« Reply #48 on: February 18, 2015, 01:00:43 PM » |
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To me it reads as 90% biography and 10% review.
It hardly seems to mention the book.
(Somebody once said to me that they could do a concise Sandy Denny biography - "She could be petulant".)
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« Reply #49 on: February 18, 2015, 05:09:32 PM » |
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...and in contrast she could be petillant!
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No such thing as good or bad music, just music you like and music you like less.
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« Reply #50 on: February 18, 2015, 05:40:36 PM » |
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...and in contrast she could be petillant!
Excellent. I shall use that, although I'll have to pick my audience. |
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« Reply #53 on: March 02, 2015, 09:52:50 PM » |
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I did buy the book this afternoon. In his foreword Richard Thompson writes that he deeply regrets that she is not better known today and this became quite apparent this afternoon when I tried to buy the book. I first went to the largest Waterstones store on Piccadilly, there I first looked at the new music titles but didn't see it, went to the third floor but also could not find it. Finally I asked a staff member who looked it up in the computer and said that they got 10 copies last Saturday but they were probably still on the ground floor. Had another look there but did not see it, again I asked a staff member. When I said her name he said "wasn't she with Sonic Youth?", no she was not, "what was her name again?" Sandy Denny, "can you spell that?". He then did go to see if the book was among the new music titles (where I already had been), of course he could not find it as well. He asked me the title again (I've always kept a unicorn), when he heard this he went to have a look at the new Fantasy/Science Fiction titles (which amused me). It also was not there, he was puzzled by it and just gave up. God alone knows where they placed it, maybe the Natural History department
Later I did go the the Waterstones store near Trafalger Square. Had a look at the new music titles on the ground floor but nothing so went to the basement and had a look at the music books there but also nothing. Asked a staff member and he told me it was on the ground floor but again I could not find it. Again asked a staf member and she also had a look at the new music titles, when I was standing next to her I finally saw the book, it was on the bottom shelf between biographies of politicians. Sad as it may seem, younger people just do not know who she was.
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« Reply #54 on: March 02, 2015, 11:23:40 PM » |
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Frankly, not all that surprising. A niche market within a niche market. As to the title, well, whimsy has its place I suppose and yes, I know it's a quote, but even so, a more straightforward title may have made it easier for bookstores to place correctly.
She has been dead for 37 years so practically no-one under 50 will have heard of her outside of the folkosphere. Even mention of Battle Of Evermore draws blank looks from those who think that Led Zep IV was Stairway.... or worse, the ever-larger numbers of people for whom Led Zeppelin (and Sandy Denny) represent their grandparents' music.
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« Reply #55 on: March 03, 2015, 08:09:07 AM » |
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Frankly, not all that surprising. A niche market within a niche market. As to the title, well, whimsy has its place I suppose and yes, I know it's a quote, but even so, a more straightforward title may have made it easier for bookstores to place correctly.
She has been dead for 37 years so practically no-one under 50 will have heard of her outside of the folkosphere. Even mention of Battle Of Evermore draws blank looks from those who think that Led Zep IV was Stairway.... or worse, the ever-larger numbers of people for whom Led Zeppelin (and Sandy Denny) represent their grandparents' music.
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« Reply #56 on: March 03, 2015, 10:16:33 AM » |
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I wouldn't be so worried about whether they've heard of her, what would give me a problem is their complete inability to categorise and then find, their stock. There's never a shortage of "shock horror teens think Churchill is an insurance company" stories. They just haven't had time to acquire much information.
And they're mostly daft as a brush or asleep, or both.
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« Reply #59 on: March 05, 2015, 02:24:52 PM » |
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My copy has just arrived.....huzzah!  |
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