Sinister: Re:My Bloody Valentine/Guitar Solos

[Ed Mason]

At 18:32 14/07/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>sinister-digest         Tuesday, July 14 1998 
        
>> someone mentioned the top 10
>> guitar solos, and that sounded like a great idea. 
>> 1. Stone Roses - I am the resurrection. This rules it's as simple as that
>> 2. Television - Marquee Moon. Not Tom Verlaine's bit, but the little
>widdly
>> bit that Richard Lloyd does after the first chorus
>> 3. Neil Young - All along the watchtower. There was this great bit a few
>> years ago on the the telly where Neil Young and Pearl Jam do this and the
>> boy from Pearl Jam do a solo each, and Neil Young's guitar is about 10
>times
>> as loud as the other bloke, and he just plays this one long wobbling note
>> and then goes away, totally upstaging the pearl jam lad.

>1) Something by J Mascis. Arguably his career is a mere footnote to Mr
>Jung, but the solo on their version of "Just Like Heaven" rocks like a
>mutha.

How about the fabulously insane guitar solo on 'A House IS Not A Motel' by
LOVE on that greatest of all LA folk/rock/pop/psychedelic type LPs Forever
Changes,(Elektra, 1967), it just cuts out abruptly at its speed-crazed
height with out so much as a by-your-leave, proving difficult if you choose
to DJ with it (although the opportunities to do this are rare, if not
non-existent, these days...)
 
>list...hmmm...maybe I can get away with recommending My Bloody
>Valentine.....! if you haven't heard them, do so! The LP Loveless is the
>most beautiful noise you'll ever hear!
>

You certainly can, indeed there should be more such recommendations, how
about this for a MBV top-five;

1) Lovelee Sweet Darlene ('New Record By' EP, Kaleidoscope, 1986)

2) Strawberry Wine (12" Single, Lazy, 1987)

3) (Please) Lose Yourself In Me ('Ecstasy' LP, Lazy, 1987)

4) Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside) ('Isn't Anything' LP, Creation, 1988)

5) You Made Me Realise (EP, Creation, 1988)

Although of course this is but the tip of the proverbial iceberg, and
pretty much any of the above can be substituted for another (except Nos. 1
& 5). (and probably  No.2)

Also, on a B&S relational note, I have a friend who insists on the
similarity between 'Le Pastie..' and 'Strawberry Wine'...

Also, has anybody else heard the new offering by David Gedge? 'Kerry
Kerry', Cinerama, on Cooking Vinyl, it's rather fine in a shimmering upbeat
pop, strings, and harmonies kind-of-a-way, suggesting to my mind that he
retains a degree of his pop (or should that be P!O!P!, (?) I'm new to the
list) sensibility of yore

Cheers
Ed
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