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<p>Some Paco de Lucia, who died today.</p>
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<p>Oh, man, I never heard that news, you broke it to me. I saw him a couple times a few decades back, once as a soloist, the other as part of the fabled acoustic trio with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin. He was a master.</p> -
<p>Speaking of McLaughlin... just earlier today I was listening to Miles Davis "On the Corner," the most controversial record of his career. It is a difficult listen, but there is some genius. Black Satin has an especially deep funk groove with sitars, whistles and a hot wah-wah on trumpet. It's a strange ear-worm.</p>
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<p>reaffirming my love for Dire Straits. This one is getting a fair working over at the moment</p>
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<p>I hope you caught that Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) tribute to the King I posted a page back. Mark Knopfler's wammy-bar is all over it, and he appears in that Top of the Pops video too. </p>
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<p>Was going to post this in the 'Awesome stuff you see on the Internet thread' but thought, fuck it, these guys are so good and I quite like it on its own merits, so why not here?</p>
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<p>I was listening to some Mingus last week, and was asked, "Is this Kenny G?"</p>
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<p>Oh break it, burn it, drag it all around..</p>
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<p>I think this thread serves two purposes: to showcase new/lesser known stuff; or just to spur a few memories in people.</p>
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<p>This post is geared towards the second. Have started listening to Shihad again. Man do i love me some Shihad. I've seen them live, like, a lot, and they have never disappointed. They're a fucking great guitar band, not just for NZ, but in general. </p>
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<p>My favourite Shihad album is Killjoy, and this is my favourite track on that album (just, Bitter and Gimme Gimme are both rippers as well). </p>
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Shihad...wow. One of my all time favs as well. Saw them a lot in my teens and often paid $5 for 5 bands at the power station on a Friday night and it shihad would be the main act. Sometimes you had the likes of head like a hole too, the dead flowers or pumpkin head and gad to pay $8 or 12 to get in. Good times.<br><br>
Fav shihad song would be It off Devolve ep. <br><br>
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The other main music of my youth were the bands from the blue tile lounge up on k road. Being a shore boy, Nothing At All had a cult like following. These guys ripped shit up and a couple of years in a row clocked up 100gigs in the year. Even our own band did Nothing at all covers. Shit, nothing at all even played at my and tins school ball! Was a shame that Tony the lead singer passed away from cancer at a very young age.<br><br>
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A couple of their classics<br><br>
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Awesome. I had devolve on tape. Haven't heard that song in probably 20 years
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<p>so, with my "i'm not really in to Pearl Jam" stance (a mix of everyone else my age considering them the greatest thing ever, and being more in to the Tool/Soundgarden/Faith No More side of things) i may have overlooked what a really excellent album "Vs" is. I randomly whacked it on over the weekend, and started thinking "shit, good song. shit good song. shit, another really good song" even "Daughter" doesn't suck as hard as i have always thought. I would consider it their best work (although that's only really out of two albums, and while "Ten" is good, it's pretty overrated). </p>
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<p>Anyway, i must have listened to "Dissident" about 20 times in the last couple of days. Eddie Vedder's vocal track on this song kicks ass. Here's a live version</p>
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