A Whole Al*** Full of One Song

I have enough quality renditions of "Stardust" to make a nice album.

Tubular Bells

When I was a kid I loved a song called "Freight Train" by Nancy Whiskey and I've downloaded enough versions by various artists to make a CD but I thought it was a bit obsessive. Similarly with "City of New Orleans" by Steve Goodman which was popular when I was a student.

I think to hell with it I'm going to make a couple of CDs from this!

I've never actually been able to find a copy but there is an album consisting of just different versions of *Are we not men we are Devo* and i think they are all by Devo themselves.

Everything from the original to C&W and rock n roll etc

Dear Friends,

There is one set of pieces, all Fugues, that are all based round a primary theme in various forms, Rectus, Inversus, and so on, which is called the Art Of Fugue. Admittedly the final (?) and unfinished Fugue does not include the Primary Theme, but Tovey, Walcha, and Morrony have shown how it fits with the other counter subjects, and it seems most unlikely that Bach really intended that it should finish in mid-air. His pagination scheme for the engravings shows how much space the unfinished Fugue would occupy to a fairly accurate range of bars!

Mind it is not so very easy as music!

Fredrik

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony?

G

Dear Graham,

I am sure that you are right, in the sense that any full concert length piece that goes on one or two CDs IS exactly "an album full of one song!" Anyone for the Missa Solemnis?

But what marks out the Art Of Fugue is that each piece is strictly autonomous, and as such the implication is of a whole album given over to variants of a single song, but this is probably splittinjg hairs! I had your thought and then thought, A O F!
Fredrik

Fredrik

Perhaps the Goldberg or Diabelli Variations would more aptly fit the bill?

Graham

True! Both are right, in the repititions of an idea with levening variants. Quite right!

Fredrik

Stairways to Heaven was released on 23rd May 1995 on Atlantic / Wea 82643.

The songs were

1. Stairway to Heaven - Kate Ceberano And The Ministry Of Fun
2. Stairway to Heaven -John Paul Young
3. Stairway to Heaven -Pardon Me Boy
4. Stairway to Heaven - Rolf Harris
5. Stairway to Heaven - The Austrailian Doors Show
6. Stairway to Heaven - Sandra Hahn And Michael Turkic
7. Stairway to Heaven - Robyne Dunn
8. Stairway to Heaven - Neil Pepper (Elvis)
9. Stairway to Heaven - The Rock Lobsters
10. Stairway to Heaven - The Beatnix
11. Stairway to Heaven - Vegimite Reggae
12. Stairway to Heaven - Leonard Teale

I think Led Zeppelin may have done a version of this song, but it didn't make it on to the album

I have two Cds, purchased in the US in the late 80's, of different versions of "Louie Louie" on the Rhino label. Must have seemed like a good idea at the time!

There was a time in the sixties, before bands started writing their own numbe,whenjust about everthing played was a cover version of something or other. Louie, Louie would be a good example of the sort of material, as would Johnny B Good, Smokestack Lightening, Bo Diddly, or even Hey Joe.

There was a documentary about Hendrix, where they showed clips of him playing Johnny B Good at different stages of his short career, difficult to understand how someone could start out so good, and still be able to improve so much

Diode

Not really difficult to comprehend, once you've grasped the fact that Hendrix was a fr*gging musical genius - even though he couldn't read or write musical notation.!

Graham

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:
I have two Cds, purchased in the US in the late 80's, of different versions of "Louie Louie" on the Rhino label. Must have seemed like a good idea at the time!

Well it was one the greatest tracks of all time - my vote goes to the version by the Kingsmen.

ROTF,

Never mind Led Zep version of stairway to heaven---- Wheres Frank Zappas? Surely you wouldnt compile a whole album and leave Zappas version out.

Regards Mike.

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Originally posted by Mike Allen:
ROTF,

Never mind Led Zep version of stairway to heaven---- Wheres Frank Zappas? Surely you wouldnt compile a whole album and leave Zappas version out.

Regards Mike.

Mike didn't know FZ did a version - what album is it on. Is it is close to the original or just a sealed tuna sandwich with the wrapper torn.

FZ was a fabulous guitarist although he didn't rate his own playing.

What's your favourite FZ album - mine is We're Only In It For The Money.

Rotf

Hi Rotf,

Stairway is on `Best band you never heard'(A live double disc set). Probably agree with you about 'Only in it for the money',also like 'one size fits all.'

Regards Mike.