I wasn't sure of the right place for this. This is Gram Parsons, formerly of Flying Burrito Brothers (with our Bernie). I've just posted some screencaps for you all to see, by the way.
But this is the beautiful Gram.
Any Gram fans out there?
I wasn't sure of the right place for this. This is Gram Parsons, formerly of Flying Burrito Brothers (with our Bernie). I've just posted some screencaps for you all to see, by the way.
But this is the beautiful Gram.
Any Gram fans out there?
You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Could you still be mine
I love his songs, I have Sin City CD (which I think is an FBB Best of) plus GP and Grievous Angel. Beautiful songs on there. One of those CDs that I loved as soon as I heard it. Strongly recommend it.
You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Could you still be mine
I don't know much about him, but he sure was good looking. He almost looks like a girl in that shot.
I read a bit about him in the latest books out: Hotel California and Laurel Canyon.
"They will never forget you 'till somebody new comes along"
1948-2016 Gone but not forgotten
I recommend the GP/Grievous Angel double CD. It contains some wonderful songs, in particular Return of the Grievous Angel and The New Soft Shoe. Parsons was very talented but was on record as calling the Eagles 'bubblegum'. Also I have always had a problem with a musician being deified just because he died young and in tragic circumstances (other examples are Kurt Cobain and Jeff Buckley). It makes it easy for critics, though. They can say the man was a genius and never have to reassess their opinion.
I love "The New Soft Shoe", and Kiss The Children, and I Can't Dance. I love the whole thing. And he does a beautiful version of the Rolling Stones "Wild Horses" (on the Sin City CD).
Agree with all your comments, FP! Ditto Jim Morrison (I'm drunk, I'm nobody, I'm drunk, I'm famous, I'm drunk, I'm dead - as spoken by Denis Leary )
You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Could you still be mine
Hear hear about Denis Leary. Spot on.Originally Posted by Randy's Girl
That is a nice version of Wild Horses but it doesn't come close to the original.
Soda, Jeff Buckley was the son of 60s singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, who also died young of a drug overdose. Jeff Buckley did one acclaimed album called Grace (including what is supposed to be a beautiful version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah - I have the original & I don't need to hear a cover version - see above). One day he went swimming in the Mississippi River and drowned. Cue the usual stuff about 'genius' and 'if only' and 'more talented than anyone living', etc, etc, etc. Call me cynical but as I said, they do it all the time.
What I'd like to know is, who decides what is "genius". Different people hear the same music differently, so what makes any one singer etc a "genius"?
I'll stop there, otherwise I'll be ranting all night. What do you all think?
You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Could you still be mine
I think it's pretty much all subjective. I think there can be some agreement on what is quality music (although even that is debatable), but when it comes to the "genius" aspect -what surpasses quality and becomes brilliant - it's almost impossible to really define it. Some people get the label early and folks just seem to accept it - Dylan, for instance. I think he's a great lyricist but I cringe when I hear him sing and I find many of his tunes boring, but that's blasphemous to some. Who is "right"? Both opinions are just as valid, IMHO.Originally Posted by Randy's Girl
On the other hand, there is the occasional consensus - it's hard to find someone who refers to Kevin Federline as a musical genius, for instance. lol