Tin Bird wrote:Damage was much better...more of David in the mix.
Depending of course on which version you get. As much as I love DS, I do prefer the Fripp mix.
Tin Bird wrote:Damage was much better...more of David in the mix.
Tin Bird wrote:VaporTrail wrote:Tin Bird wrote:Can't listen to most of the Sylvian/Fripp First Day album...Firepower/Darshan...etc. Horrid stuff.
Wonderful stuff . My favorite two tracks from that collaboration.
Really? You prefer Firepower and Darshan to God's Monkey and Jean the Birdman...? I don't get that...
I would supposse so...I can certainly name a few individual tracks over the years that he has played on that I like, but overall, I'm not a big fan. Too busy, too recognizable as HIM...I respect his ability, love some of the Frippertronic albums (esp. w Brian Eno), but in general he's not my type of guitar player. I prefer Bill Nelson, Michael Brook, Roddy Frame, George Harrison, Will Sergeant...etc. Btw much more impressive to me on that and other albums is Trey Gunn's stick playing...that I DO like.baht habit wrote:Tin Bird wrote: ...it's just that the bulk of The First Day is very different from David's typical work. The loud Black Sabbath-like guitarisms...etc.
Wow, to equate the highly intricate fret work on The First Day to the simple power chords of Black Sabbath is quite an insult to Fripp, wouldn't you think?
Tin Bird wrote:[ Btw much more impressive to me on that and other albums is Trey Gunn's stick playing...that I DO like.
I think it's a decent record, but I certainly don't get a sonic burst out of Darshan and Brightness Falls...to each his own I guess.baht habit wrote:I am one fan who happens to agree with you, Antinous (by the way, welcome aboard). The First Day happens to be my favorite recording to feature either Sylvian or Fripp. Damage is an awesome live disc but The First Day is a sonic burst that still shakes my system every time I give it a listen - at least once a month as a ritual.
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