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Post by marginwm on Aug 23, 2008 11:49:43 GMT -1
talking on records. song intros, band intros, in-between song fillers, links and hi-jinx. i'd say we could notch up a fair few trippers off the tongue from memory. except glen hansard's hilarious (holds sides together) dog tale *leaps for fastforward button* hehe.
"i'd to play a song i never played it in public before, a brand new song, sort of a tribute to the friends of mine that come out here on the road. and to you too"
load-out/stay - jackson browne.
utterances long embedded in the choon. take it away there brethren..
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Post by marginwm on Aug 23, 2008 11:52:01 GMT -1
oh and a free playskool karaoke machine to the first person to guess the thread title...
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Post by grievousangel on Aug 23, 2008 21:40:45 GMT -1
Talking Heads Marg? Stop Making Sense perhaps?
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Post by michael on Aug 23, 2008 23:08:57 GMT -1
"Here's a song Charles Manson stole from The Beatles. We're stealin' it back...".
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Post by michael on Aug 23, 2008 23:09:23 GMT -1
"They got it now, Robbie....".
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 12:11:52 GMT -1
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 12:13:17 GMT -1
"i'd like to give a super shout out to shaynayid o'connah.. rawking it live...you're the best shanayid"
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 13:04:02 GMT -1
"it's in the trees...it's coming!"
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 13:05:31 GMT -1
"one..two...one, two, three, four"
heh heh
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Post by michael on Aug 24, 2008 13:08:57 GMT -1
Close, marg. Very close. Another fab four, though. Saint Bono and the boys. Intro to "Helter Skelter" from "Rattle 'n' Hum".
The other one's Neil Young as he starts playing "Helpless" with The Band in their concert movie, "The Last Waltz".
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 13:53:56 GMT -1
and of course there's the inbetween song banter at concerts. been hunting for anecdotes.. found this. blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2006/12/talking_the_talk.htmlmy fave is iggy's brush with an egg haha. rufus wainwright is alright. over reliance on queen bitchiness though. becomes weary and prompts a bita yawning after a bit. nice mention of mark eitzel. his banter funny, self-deprecating but bittersweet. you have to stop yourself clamouring on to the stage to pet him. tom waits is the wittiest. *audience raises for ovation on his arrival* " and you guys have never worked together before?" and all the other sensible proposals he likes to share. dogs with votes anyone? stephen merritt is master of the withering put down, can't cope with engaging with the audience at all. compensated by the vivacious and sharp wit of his side-kick piano player. whatever her name is. anyway, i'd like a pint with her. john martyn a gas man when he wasn't drinking. mary coughlan a gas woman when she was drinking. and dusty, if yer reading this.. check the comments on billy bragg. is it any wonder we were ejected from the gig *falls about laughing*
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 14:17:42 GMT -1
ah! paul buchanan manages to combine humility with lightening wit. rarely see that done. right.
and eddie reader is an open crackling spitting roaring turf fire of a storyteller.
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Post by katyr on Aug 24, 2008 14:30:14 GMT -1
"When I say L-U-V, you'd better believe L-U-V... Gimme a beer." Ryan Adams (but I think he stole it from someone else, possibly the New York Dolls).
And there's the little story right at the beginning of 'I'm wide awake, it's morning' leading into 'At the bottom of everything'. But that's pretty good. It's perfectly acceptable when Conor Oberst does it.
Stop looking at me like that marg. It's making me nervous.
What I fucking hate is added on silence at the end of a track. Many a compilation cd ruined.
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Post by katyr on Aug 24, 2008 14:33:55 GMT -1
*quick check* Yep. And apparently the New York Dolls stole it from the Shangri-las.
So there ya go.
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 14:54:21 GMT -1
heh heh..
"Outspoken British rabble-rouser Billy Bragg brings a lot more to his shows than leftist anthems—he talks so much that his performances sometimes seem like a chatty, wry stand-up comedy act as much as a rock show. One of his funniest stories involves his increasing discomfort when a giant, tattooed skinhead in Arizona kept yelling what sounded like a slur against Bragg's socialist beliefs: "Red fag! Red fag!" Unable to ignore it any longer, Bragg stopped the show, pointed at the skinhead, and put on his most authoritative voice to ask, "What did you say?" The skinhead replied, "Play 'The Red Flag'!"—the anthem of Britain's Labour Party, which Bragg had covered on the EP The Internationale."
been to a few strop-throwing gigs. best was probably john martyn who kept us waiting for over an hour. shuffled on pissed, blathered his way through two songs, roared a few obscenities, then waddled off again. giving us time to nip to the loo where, outside, two fans were having a difference of opinion over the man's form that evening. by the time i'd the job done, the hands splashed and was making my way back.. the same two were being separated by security. only in belfast.
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Post by Kez on Aug 24, 2008 17:12:31 GMT -1
talking on records. song intros, band intros, in-between song fillers, links and hi-jinx. i'd say we could notch up a fair few trippers off the tongue from memory. except glen hansard's hilarious (holds sides together) dog tale *leaps for fastforward button* hehe. "i'd to play a song i never played it in public before, a brand new song, sort of a tribute to the friends of mine that come out here on the road. and to you too" load-out/stay - jackson browne. utterances long embedded in the choon. take it away there brethren.. I love that album and that song. The line when he says "So just make sure you've got it all set to go/before you come for my piano" and everyone applauds. Goosebumps every time... Oh and the only one I can think of right now... "You all forgot Rudolf Hess!"
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 17:13:50 GMT -1
yeah. same here kez. a facking classic. playing dublin next year. must get to this one.
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 18:13:45 GMT -1
"new york. just like i pictured it....skyscrapers and EVERYthaang"
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Post by tc on Aug 24, 2008 18:15:39 GMT -1
not music but I did laugh when I saw a Jack Dee show on tv and he thanks the audience for their 'thunderous applause' and then says, "I suppose you weren't to know I have a massive headache"...
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Post by marginwm on Aug 24, 2008 18:19:10 GMT -1
"well like i can understand why you can't cause like i been to, y'know, paris, peru, y'know. i mean, uh, iraq, iran, eurasia. y'know i speak veeery, very, um fluent spanish. todo 'sta bien chevere' - you understand that?"
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Post by Kez on Aug 25, 2008 12:45:31 GMT -1
yeah. same here kez. a facking classic. playing dublin next year. must get to this one. Really? I wouldn't mind seeing him, I never have.
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Post by Sam7 on Aug 25, 2008 13:19:27 GMT -1
who, Jackson Browne?
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Post by michael on Aug 25, 2008 13:27:59 GMT -1
Springsteen does a good spoken word intro to "The River" on the Live 1975-85 album. All about not being chosen for the draft for Vietnam and his dad's reaction to that.
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Post by Kez on Aug 25, 2008 18:06:36 GMT -1
Springsteen does a good spoken word intro to "The River" on the Live 1975-85 album. All about not being chosen for the draft for Vietnam and his dad's reaction to that. Oh god I love that version. Tom Dunne used to play it on Pet Sounds and I emailed him asking which album it was on and he mailed me back to let me know and I recently downloaded it. I swear every time it makes me cry, every time....
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Post by sheila on Aug 26, 2008 0:49:42 GMT -1
"it's in the trees...it's coming!" Vintage Kate Bush, that
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Post by Kez on Aug 26, 2008 10:06:48 GMT -1
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated...?"
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Post by grievousangel on Aug 26, 2008 12:02:06 GMT -1
John Lydon/Rotten/wjatever.
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Post by marginwm on Aug 26, 2008 17:24:00 GMT -1
"wonder where this one came from"
(i think that's it)
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Post by marginwm on Aug 26, 2008 18:02:52 GMT -1
"from here we're going up to canada where the, you know, where the beer runs frothier, and the moose shag shaggier, and the bear rugs are still growling...
(second voice hollers) and the different coloured money makes sense".
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Post by grievousangel on Aug 27, 2008 17:52:50 GMT -1
According to a friend, that's Ani Difranco. But she figures moose should be boots. Which makes no sense to me.
"In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, an ancient race of people... the Druids. No one knows who they were or what they were doing... "
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