Richard Thompson http://hotelwomb.com/topic/3458/Richard-Thompson en-us Copyright 2011, Yuku ceco@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sun, 23 Nov 2003 10:35:49 GMT Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:23:14 GMT Kickapps Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/68819/Richard-Thompson#reply-68819
The second set was a wide ranging overview beginning with Time Will Show The Wiser, the very first song on the first Fairport Convention album, then an epic Can't Win, with the guitar solo that ate Cleveland, Al Bowly's In... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (miles aweigh) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/68819 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:51:56 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34958/Richard-Thompson#reply-34958 RT is an emotional virtuoso, a Celtic Roy Buchanan...
The Way That It Shows is THE definition of slow burner in my book... absolutely, acerbicly incendiary...
Beeswing, as beautiful and delicate as the name implies...
but tough as fucking nails at the same time....
and then King Of Bohemia, how fitting, eh???

"...and there is no rest
for the ones God blessed,
and he blessed you best of all..."

all his work is pure brilliant heart, imho...

good time maybe to mention the movie Grizzly Man...
strange tale of one Timothy Treadwell and his relationship with grizzly bears... post humous doc assembled by Werner Herzog... i make no case for Timmy, but the images he leaves behind are beyond beautiful, beyond words... which is where RT comes in... he does the music in a way that parallels Neil Young's work on Dead Man... not... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (honeysmoke) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34958 Sat, 04 Mar 2006 08:44:30 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34957/Richard-Thompson#reply-34957
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Spirit March) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34957 Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:37:21 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34956/Richard-Thompson#reply-34956
A There seems to be a hint of 12-string on every album I've ever done. There's a solo on 12-string on "Mr. Rebound" - that was some weird guitar of Rob Schnaps'. I used to own a Rickenbacker, early model, reputed to be one of McGuinn's old ones which he broke and left in the UK - the neck was repaired by Steven Sobell - I got divorced from it, alas. I've mostly used Fender '12's on record.

Q: I know that you often work with alternate tunings. Are these fairly common alternate tunings or have you made up some of your own?

A I invented all my tunings, but somebody else invented them first! DADGAD, that's one of mine, of course.I was trying to imitate Clarence Ashleys banjo style, and figured he must be in a suspende 4th modal tuning, and tuned the guitar likewise - of course Martin Carthy and Davy Graham had already been doing this for years - I find a new... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34956 Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:51:15 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34955/Richard-Thompson#reply-34955 feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34955 Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:14:06 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34954/Richard-Thompson#reply-34954
>P.S. When did RT use a Rickenbacker?

What's that jingle-jangle on e.g. "Devonside" from "Hand of Kindness"? Or on "when the spell is broken" (Across a crowded room) At least one Rick, if you ask me....
"You're an undiscovered wonder in a desolated place"
]]> feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34954 Mon, 01 Dec 2003 15:51:54 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34953/Richard-Thompson#reply-34953
Mock Tudor is the only single-disc album I have. Absolutely brilliant. "Hope You Like the New Me" will send a shiver down your spine, I don't care how jaded you are about the dark side of human nature.

-Marcelo ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Marcelo) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34953 Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:36:26 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34952/Richard-Thompson#reply-34952
Last year I heard him cover "Oops, I Did it Again" on NPR. In the same interview he professed a great love of ABBA and Swedish Pop in general. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (thetawave) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34952 Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:19:13 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34951/Richard-Thompson#reply-34951 feeds@yuku.com (Altres) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34951 Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:03:04 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34950/Richard-Thompson#reply-34950

If anyone has questions about where to start with Richard Thompson AND has a few dollars to spend, you can't go wrong with the 3CD career compilation called Watching The Dark. One of the best CD overviews of an artist I've ever seen, it offers a variety of RT tracks from every aspect of his career w/ Fairport Convention(ok, there coulda been more FC on it), with his wife Linda, & his solo career & because it refuses to show these tracks chronologically, mixing them all up instead, it offers a lot of insight into the consistent quality of his output & themes, musical or lyrical. It's also LOADED with unreleased live tracks that should frighten any guitarist, in the womb or elsewhere. I'll get to those...
Richard Thompson is far too often known for his dark lyrics & I while I will admit that there is that aspect in his songs, there is also a wry sense of humour in the songs, even in those... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jesuskrishna) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34950 Tue, 25 Nov 2003 17:47:44 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34949/Richard-Thompson#reply-34949 dw ]]> feeds@yuku.com (centuryhouse) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34949 Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:24:14 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34948/Richard-Thompson#reply-34948 Richard Thompson does indeed use alternative tunings...quite often in fact...his use of celtic/irish/arabic modalities REQUIRES them.

Shit, there I go thinking like a guitarist again. At least I'm not a gearhead. %^)

Jesuskrishna %^)


P.S. When did RT use a Rickenbacker?

]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jesuskrishna) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34948 Mon, 24 Nov 2003 02:36:48 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34947/Richard-Thompson#reply-34947 When I think of myself as a 'guitar' player, which I try to avoid thinking as much as possible, near the top of my list of inspirations is Richard Thompson. He may be the perfect balance of skill & inspiration. A fiery player who can seemingly pull off any idea that enters his head whether it be silly & humourous or dark & dangerous, a flurry of frenzied notes or a single long drawn out cry, filled with the vibrato of a human voice like, this man pulls it off. anything.

Marcelo, you mention that you don't care for his 'good time boogie' songs much, yet I love them. It gives him a spot to be frantic & completely expressive in an almost chaotic form & yet the lyrics to these songs are often even more dismal than his dark ballads. In my mind this man can do little wrong, & like the Church he's sustained that for a career, not just an album here or there. He's been at it since 1968!
Daniel, you OWN Shoot Out The Lights & you haven't... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jesuskrishna) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34947 Mon, 24 Nov 2003 02:29:00 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34946/Richard-Thompson#reply-34946
A guy I know here in Dallas is RT's drummer btw- his other projects have been excellent too. If you liked Eno's 'Apollo' then you'd like his band called HALLS OF THE MACHINE. Very dark cool ambient stuff and great live too. And then he was in COURSE OF EMPIRE which was amazing as well, drawing an art rock meets conspiracy theories meets The Clash meets industrial. Great stuff.

dw ]]> feeds@yuku.com (centuryhouse) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34946 Sun, 23 Nov 2003 21:59:45 PST <![CDATA[ Re: Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34945/Richard-Thompson#reply-34945 :D

It took me awhile to appreciate his music. I don't care for his good-time boogie songs too much (Little Blue Number, Two Left Feet, Crash the Party, etc.), but his moody acoustic numbers are amazing, as are some of his edgy, harrowing electric blowouts (Calvary Cross, Shoot Out the Lights, Hard on Me). I'd love to see him live with an electric band again, but he's probably decided... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Marcelo) http://hotelwomb.com/reply/34945 Sun, 23 Nov 2003 16:28:57 PST <![CDATA[ Richard Thompson ]]> http://hotelwomb.com/topic/3458/Richard-Thompson "You're an undiscovered wonder in a desolated place" ]]> feeds@yuku.com (fandorin) http://hotelwomb.com/topic/3458 Sun, 23 Nov 2003 10:35:49 PST