Ripping Yarns

Tales of science and the arts

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEk-g0Ig7H0 ladies and gents i present the greatest of them all

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If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?

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A photo of me on my roof taken with a 15 second shutter at night. 

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This is Dolly Parton's Jolene slowed down to 33 rpm from 45 rpm. The result is simply mesmerising. The song becomes a haunting plea. The rhythmic instrumentation is more prominent and helps hold the song together. Worth a listen

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sometimes everyone just gets frustrated

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Tomorrow never knows- the song that killed Beatlemania

The Beatles final song from their Revolver album contains teasing and curious lyrics. The lyrics come from Lennon at the crux of the Beatles' spiritual awakening and I suspect they carry more meaning and a deeper meaning at that than any of their previous efforts. To support the lyrics is a harrison inspired swirl of psychedelic Indian instruments playing a constant droning C. On top theres high pitched haunting wails, rumoured to be McCartney's laugh in reverse at double speed, and an unusual but regular drum beat from Ringo. Its a wonderfully intriguing piece to listen to, unfortunately i can only imagine what it would have been like to listen to in 1966, for this was the first time people would have heard the sounds on that track. There was simply no other sound like it on any record anywhere beforehand. The song paves the way for the imminent psychedelic cultural movement of the time and provides a deeper insight into the Beatles' minds than previously possible, perhaps due to the fact the Beatles' minds were deepening with their ever increasing interest in psychedelic drugs, LSD in particular. At the same time of Revolver's release the Beatles ceased touring, not playing any revolver song on the final tour. The Revolver album, in particular Tomorrow Never Knows, killed off Beatlemania and firmly put them into the next, studio orientated, phase of their career, the phase which had been initiated in Rubber Soul and culminated in the psychedelic, ear deceiving, studio masterpiece that was the flower power Sgt Peppers album. Tomorrow Never Knows is a song that changed popular music.

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messing about with noises

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magic performance of an interesting song. currently very inspired by this band

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This morning i'm in this kinda mood. got to love a laugh

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Track of the week-Lissie Further Away

My track of the week is Lissie's 'Further away'. Its pleasing to see Lissie trying new sounds. Further away incorporates dance and rock ideas into her folk based songwriting. The result is an eerily Stevie Nicks like Fleetwood Mac sound. Even the guitar solo sounds very Buckingham esq. Having not been that engrossed by Lissie's first album i'm now intrigued by her upcoming sophomore effort and her development as a song writer. She certainly has the voice, perhaps now she was the songs to match.