Jop Tournament Round 1, FITE 5

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I have a day off today, which is grebt, but I forgot to note down the various FITEs for today's poll. So no poll. EXCEPT! I can remember the very next one - because it is an MONSTER.

So this is the televised centre court pick-of-the-round tie, if you like.


[Poll #917645]


Crikey! Maybe this afternoon I will do the rules for the League Of Pop. Or maybe I will go and get a haircut.

Comments

[koganbot]

Er, want someone to notice this insight, since I don't see much support around here for (or interest in) Yardbirds et al., despite their being the Missy-Timbo of their day. Not to say that there aren't dissimilarities between Yardbirds and Missy-Timbo, but both the Yardbirds' push towards experiment and their predilection towards a never-ending groove are very Missy-Timbo. The Yardbirds in both riffage and rave-ups are very rhythm-is-all and are appearing at the same time that James Brown is doing something similar in r&b. The rhythm-noise (rather than conventional solo) that the Count Five lead guitar plays during their rave-up is lifted straight from some of Clapton's work on Five Live Yardbirds. (Of course, "Train Kept A-Rollin'" has Beck, not Clapton.) "Train" may be more interesting than "Freak On" is to me as "Train" is poised between "drive towards climax" and "let the groove roll forever." Tries to do both.

(Side comment: without the Yardbirds, there is no Velvet Underground.)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I noticed the insight, but the shameful truth is that I've never knowingly heard the Yardbirds! I think I have some on my hard drive, though.

You were talking about the drive vs groove thing on the Hendrix thread on Popular: I have kept it in mind.