Did we do Love yet? Forever Changes, etc.

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Seeing Mr. Lee perform "Forever Changes" live has convinced me of what I already knew - it's miles better than "Pet Sounds", make that light years better. The fascinating thing about Arthur is that's he's the original poetic thug - believe me, he didn't go to prison for nuthin' (tho his sentence was ludicrous).

― Dadaismus, Friday, 7 March 2003 15:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

Arthur Lee - Poetic Thug or Buddhist Punk?

― hstencil, Friday, 7 March 2003 16:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

Absolute classics, "Da Capo" and "FC." And were recognized as great works way back in the late '60s, from what I have read, they're all over Meltzer's "Aesthetics of Rock." The first one is nice too, and I have a sneaking fondness for a lot of Love/AL's later stuff.

I thought the recent Wire piece was hysterical, Arthur Lee shouldn't have to explain himself to anyone at this point...

― Jess Hill (jesshill), Friday, 7 March 2003 16:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Its Arthurs b-day today by the way.

http://home1.inet.tele.dk/tks/love/grafik/Copenhagen70/Arthur01.jpg

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 7 March 2003 16:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

I just noticed his Batman vest. Sweet.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Friday, 7 March 2003 16:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

how's Love/Lee live nowadays? On March 29, this: Love with Arthur Lee featuring "The Forever Changes String and Horn Ensemble" is announced at a club here in Rotterdam... Should I get tickets?

― willem (willem), Friday, 7 March 2003 16:15 (twenty-one years ago) link

Saw 'em sans strings/horns in December and they were awesome!

― hstencil, Friday, 7 March 2003 16:17 (twenty-one years ago) link

three months pass...

Totally guilty of buying this many years ago as 'one of those albums one should own' and liking it quite a lot but prefering some stuff off 'Da Capo'. But having seen it performed just over a week ago at Glastonbury I still can't shake it from my head. What sticks most it the way the lyrics suddenly made spine-tingling sense when hearing him singing them live. Curiously, perhaps the greatest highlight of all was the Bryan MacLean song 'Old Man'. I couldn't really tell, until I had been loving you

And JESUS when he sang Served my time, served it well.

― N. (nickdastoor), Sunday, 6 July 2003 23:08 (twenty years ago) link

again Nick, I'm jealous.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 7 July 2003 11:37 (twenty years ago) link

I'd never heard this before but agree with N. I saw some of his peformance at Glastonbury (on tv) and was very moved.

― David (David), Monday, 7 July 2003 11:54 (twenty years ago) link

four years pass...

"Hey, Mr. Echols... man... I don't understand your trip, man, you stay in one range of the guitar throughout the whole thing, man... 'cos, you know, you're the one who says you can blow in the studio, man... nobody to bug you... you've gotta blow, man... are you ready to take it from the top?"

― Tom D., Thursday, 7 February 2008 10:25 (sixteen years ago) link

Outtasite solo, man!

― Mark G, Thursday, 7 February 2008 10:35 (sixteen years ago) link

seven months pass...

To be given away free with The Times on Monday.

I suppose being given away with a newspaper is now just one step down from the "3 for £15" HMV offer and one above being downloaded from the torrents.

― James Mitchell, Sunday, 5 October 2008 23:03 (fifteen years ago) link

But it is a really, really good album.

It doesn't matter what you do with it James.

It's just good that people will hear it who might otherwise not.

― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Sunday, 5 October 2008 23:09 (fifteen years ago) link

Sven OTM

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Well, think of all the people who'll be pleasantly surprised on hearing it for the first time.

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 5 October 2008 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link

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