Arthur Lee RIP

[awesomewells.livejournal.com]

I am sad. His set at Glastonbury 2003 was one of the best I've ever seen, and fitted the atmosphere perfectly. We don't usually do pop star deaths on Poptimists and that isn't really the intention of this post anyway - there's a perfectly good thread in the Other Place for that.

But it occurred to me that Love are one of the few canonical 60s acts it's hard to pinpoint any kind of Poptimist consensus on. I have no idea how people feel about them. So go on, talk here about whether you like them or not.

For the record, Forever Changes is one of the only widely-revered canonical 'classic' albums that I think is actually as good as it's cracked up to be.

Comments

[fathands.livejournal.com]

I’ve been listening to Forever Changes since as long as I can remember, I love it in the familiar way you love a family member. I remember studying the artwork on my dad’s LP as a child many times, and later nicked the copy when I moved to London. Glasto 2003 was pretty moving, and I sort of felt like I’d ticked something off the list of important things to do in life, if that doesn’t sound too gay. Oddly I never really got into any of the other albums.