"... whose sound was everywhere."
(Listen to the 3 audio tracks at the link, which goes to my son John's Facebook post and contains a lot of text from the NYT obituary. John picked some fantastic tracks to highlight the sound.)
ADDED: After listening to those 3 songs, I guessed it was him on this, and it is. Very distinctive sound on the first few notes:
November 5, 2018
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John picked some fantastic tracks to highlight the sound.
Interesting how powerful his sound was. I listened to the Blondie track. I hate that one! I love new wave Blondie, hate disco Blondie. You led Blondie into disco, Wah Wah!
But oh man, Papa Was a Rolling Stone is an amazing song.
i TRIED to listen to the Blondie track
That song represents EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG EVERYWHERE!
If this Wahwah guy was responsible; it's too bad he didn't die sooner!
John picked some fantastic tracks to highlight the sound.
As someone who doesn't subscribe to Facebook, evidently I'm not allowed to scroll down far enough to reach those links on his FB post.
Can John bump them up higher in the post?
“It’s the now sound! It’s what’s happening!”
“It’s the now sound! It’s what’s happening!”
It’s still rock n roll to me.
...gilbar, you harshed my mellow...
Wah Wah Watson, may he rest in peace.
Very percussive style of playing.
'Trehammer
EDH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJV2pWFyfn4&fbclid=IwAR11zi8HLjWx61myDAQ1GmRbZ8jUyWHgKxZ3BCysnK6Dj1rflBoFikDUC_s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbqsjEkevqI&fbclid=IwAR3LKS9WIZbLCeOrqMiJ38oIvA-mDhBLa-EIRH-yF5uwWE_T5Rb2IOKN8-A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7rm9t5S4uE&fbclid=IwAR14FzvMITuGIXreD0aOutVK7p6GriFJKsuOj8ugSGkR3ZbIsXBKhearKsI
Studio musicians: Leon Russel, the Muscle Shoals Swampers, The Wrecking Crew. Here's to the working men of the industry, the guys who used to "carry their guitars in a gunny sack."
Sorry, but, I'm a little bit more into the creative stylings of Woo-Woo than Was-Wah these days.
Papa WAS a rolling stone.
Too much rap, not enough Maxwell...that's what's wrong with the world
BTW - I'm with the majority here:
"Papa was a Rolling Stone" was a monster song, but that's an example of Blondie sucking, and - if I ever get into someone as superficial as Maxwell looks when he makes his entrance on that video - I'll probably want to kill myself.
Charlie Currie said...
"Too much rap, not enough Maxwell...that's what's wrong with the world"
I'm glad the entire world has disagreed, with statements such as this, so I don't have to - I hate dealing with the ignorant - except in rap.
Heh. Reminds me of when Doc Severinson's guitar player got hep with the jive and used wah wah pedal on...everything...
BTW - I'm with the majority here:"Papa was a Rolling Stone" was a monster song
Sometimes the majority gets it right. My vocabulary doesn't have the superlatives needed to describe how good that song is.
I hate when people pick on rap. For the record:
Rap is now evolving past the point where even the "average" music listener can tell what's being said, allowing the "Black CNN" to now subversively relay information without the larger population interfering - and those who never understood to be consumed, culturally, without a fight.
They simply have no clue what's going on.
Think of this period like it's the Ho Chi Minh Trail of music, and you can see why the attackers are losing to it.
Rap can be fun. I liked early 90s stuff like Hip Hop Hooray, the Chronic (?) and I Got a Man. There is great alliteration, internal rhyme and if course sensational meter? Not sure of the terms.
I liked the videos when they were set in South LA. Boring when it all moved to Beverly Hills. Racist, I know, but rich people are boring.
That much versifying's got to come up with some poetry eventually.
wild chicken said...
"I liked the videos when they were set in South LA. Boring when it all moved to Beverly Hills."
You're following mainstream output - fans don't do that. I have no idea who's popular;ar now. I can tell you who's good, though.
Louis Armstrong said that - and knowing what "bad" is - are all that matters.
Crack, what do you think of the song Miss America? Have you heard it?
Crack yes I was just watching mtv when it used to play videos. If I heard something I liked on the radio, I was lost.
Rapture, now That's a great Blondie song
I liked rap when Bob Dylan did it.
Beats use to rap in coffee houses, without the back beat. They were cool, man. Hep to the hepcats.
I’m just average, common too
I’m just like him, the same as you
I’m everybody’s brother and son
I ain’t different from anyone
It ain’t no use a-talking to me
It’s just the same as talking to you
That song has been ruined for me forever.
Maybe I'm just too old, but I enjoyed Marv Tarplin's guitar playing much more. Like on Cruisin'- Smokey is great, but the song doesn't work nearly as well with any other guitarist.
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