1983: A Merman I Should Turn to be

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What an epic song. What are those noises in the middle?

― 57 7th (calstars), Thursday, 9 September 2004 17:44 (twenty-one years ago)

you know, i have never heard this. i fear it's a black mark on my record.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 9 September 2004 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm not sure which "noises in the middle" you're referring to - there are a lot of them - but I once read something Steve Vai wrote about this song where he said Hendrix used headphone feedback with a lot of reverb and delay.

― billstevejim, Thursday, 9 September 2004 17:51 (twenty-one years ago)

The noises in the middle, I don't know.

I have an mp3 of a demo of this song that's just Jimi singing and playing guitar. It's so ghetto, after like the 2nd verse or something you can really clearly hear Jimi physically turning the page.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 9 September 2004 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I love Ethel Merman.

― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 9 September 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

i thought this was going to be the 1983 CD700... :(

― amateur!!st, Thursday, 9 September 2004 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Best song ever.

― Troy, Thursday, 9 September 2004 20:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, great song. What can you say? If you wanted to make a case for the greatness of popular music in the 60's with just a handful of tracks, this would be a really good choice for one.

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Thursday, 9 September 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

it is a beautiful song

― amateur!!st, Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Everyone seems to have missed the most shocking part of this thread:

WILL SOMEONE HOOK UP JESS WITH A COPY OF ELECTRIC LADYLAND STAT!

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:06 (twenty-one years ago)

I keep thinking of that damn Wings song from Band On The Run whenever I see this thread.

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:15 (twenty-one years ago)

By the way, you know the part where they're coming out of the ambient section and starting to rock/freak out? There's a riff in there - somebody could probably tell better than I but do I hear possible source material for the "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" riff at that point?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, isn't the title just "1983 (A Merman I Should Be)"?

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:17 (twenty-one years ago)

if it's any consolation sundar i own (or owned?) copies of axis and are you experienced?.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

i've noticed that too!

i think we need to tell the world of our discovery: lenny kravitz influenced by jimi hendrix! more at 11

― amater!!st, Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah I know LK was influenced by JH, I just thought that it sounds like almost that exact riff is played in that part.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

no, i know you knew, i was just being silly/ making fun of myself! :-)

― amateur!!st, Thursday, 9 September 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Trivia: Chris Wood (of Traffic), who played flute on that track, died in 1983.

― Joe (Joe), Thursday, 9 September 2004 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Crap, I was wrong about the title.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 10 September 2004 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)

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Trivia: Chris Wood (of Traffic), who played flute on that track, died in 1983.

-- Joe (lakeside04...) (webmail), September 9th, 2004 6:53 PM. (Joe) (later) (link)

do the paul-is-dead theorists know about this??

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Friday, 10 September 2004 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

Tonight at 10 on ITV!

10.00pm Now That's What I Call 1983

Denise Van Outen presents a nostalgic trip through the musical highlights of 1983. Heaven 17, Howard Jones, Nick Heywood, Paul Young, Ali Campbell, Kajagoogoo, Nik Kershaw and Tony Hadley perform their greatest hits in the studio, and there is a glance at the year's big events, including the release of Michael Jackson's Thriller video, the arrival of the compact disc and the advent of morning television.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 21 November 2008 13:59 (seventeen years ago)

Sorry.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 21 November 2008 14:00 (seventeen years ago)

TV didn't start until 2 in the afternoon in England before then, right?

― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Saturday, 22 November 2008 00:53 (seventeen years ago)

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