the revolution has *been* turntablized. i thought maybe that the revolution
had been televised, but i realized not that much has changed since the last
l.a. riots...
jn> I guess I see him as a cheesy jazz-soul Godfather like Roy Ayers, only
jn> more so. You either celebrate or ignore these guys, but you can't
jn> disrespect em. I think he's beautiful, myself. Sorry if this response
jn> is a little on the wordy, over-intellectualized side; that's the mood
jn> I'm in this morning.
jn> Work for Peace. ;-))
the thing that really pissed me off about the vinyl issue of "spirits" is
that "work for peace" is deleted!!! why would you delete a beat-oriented
tune from the vinyl version?
i really prefer his spoken word stuff to his vocal stuff--though i think his
voice has gotten *better* through the years. just in case you didn't
notice,
malcolm cecil (or was it robert margoleff?) shows up on this album playing
bass--quite well, i might add!! for those unfamiliar w/these names, they
made a beast known as TONTO that is responsible for the synth tones on
stevie
wonder's early 70's stuff (talking book, innnervisions, fullfiliningness 1st
finale, music of my mind, etc.). it's a massive modular synth (i think it
takes up a whole room) made w/modules from several companies (moog, arp,
etc.) and is now owned by, ahem, DEVO!!! i met bob casale about a month ago
at the record store i work at, and his wife was telling someone that it was
the 1st synthesizer--it wasn't. anyone that knows me knows that was the
perfect opening for me, and i ended up in a quite pleasant conversation
w/mr.
casale.
enough rambling...
t-bird