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4050
It's true there are some cracking tracks on Provision, Overnite is amazing as is Oh Patti and the bridge section of Lovesick. "Only negations gonna last...
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Dec 1, 2006
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4051
Given GG's apparently useless memory, I'm surprised you didn't try to slip a couple of Free French classic "choons" into the running order. R: "Yeah,...
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Dec 1, 2006
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4052
This is just a guess about "Provision", but I would say that the music sounds more Gamson than Green as Green writes mostly on his guitar. The Chord changes on...
rcgaulke
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Dec 2, 2006
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4053
Not sure about this, i think C & P has mixed styles of writing and it probably depends on the track. For instance something like Overnite could well have ...
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Dec 2, 2006
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4054
... I'm sure that the bass sounds we are talking about here were either sequenced or looped.. D....
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Dec 2, 2006
10:27 am
4055
... If only it were a cycle of fifths. I tried working it out a few weeks back for my own perverted amusement, and it took bloody ages – my hamfisted...
Rhodri Marsden
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Dec 2, 2006
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4056
Hi Rhodri, It does have a fifth jumping feel though which is sort of what I meant.. C- G F#m-C#m Gmaj7-D Gus...
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Dec 2, 2006
11:18 am
4057
Great stuff Rhodri, never tried working it out but it's a fantastic progression. gus...
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Dec 2, 2006
11:20 am
4058
Is this getting too specific?? nerd alert!! It does sort of step through the keys In C Add F#(to key G) add C#(to key D) Add G#(To A) C – G/...
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Dec 2, 2006
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4059
I don't know if anyone in this group still might have a copy, but back in the day there was an actual published musical sheet for Perfect Way released in the...
dubba_mc
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Dec 2, 2006
1:31 pm
4060
Maybe it's also part of the 'active forgetfulness' he's talked about. It wasn't a very happy time for him making or promoting that record. Having said that, it...
Richard Wallis
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Dec 2, 2006
2:53 pm
4061
For some interesting insights into Birmingham gig: http://stealthbuffet.blogspot.com/2006/11/scritti-politti-birmingham- academy.html For a link to an older...
Richard Wallis
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Dec 2, 2006
5:31 pm
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I have the sheet music for Perfect Way somewhere in storage; it was also sold in Canada, and I picked up a copy in 1986 or thereabouts. The arrangement was...
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Dec 2, 2006
6:49 pm
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That makes a lot of sense, Richard; and I suppose that some of Green's unhappier encounters with the industry also involved 'Perfect Way,' a track that was...
jd_lalaing_87
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Dec 2, 2006
7:04 pm
4064
Yes, jd, I'd go along with 'All That We Are', an understated gem. I think reading between the lines of various interviews over the years, Green thought it was...
Richard Wallis
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Dec 2, 2006
8:09 pm
4065
As we've been talking about 'Provision' does anyone know what the female backing singer (BJ Nelson?) is singing on the outro of 'Lovesick'? It's not "I want...
Richard Wallis
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Dec 2, 2006
8:25 pm
4066
I should think with permission granted for it that it would be a wonderful resource, I'd like to cover PW in my live act... D....
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Dec 2, 2006
11:41 pm
4067
There was a Perfect Way midi file hanging about somewhere, easy enough to extract the parts in Cubase or Logic and put them in a score format if anyone knows...
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Dec 3, 2006
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4068
Perfect Way and Wood Beez are in the file download section. ... John Hyde Yahoo! Scritti Politti Group Manager ...
John Hyde
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Dec 3, 2006
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4069
Cheers John...
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Dec 3, 2006
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Hi all, I have just uploaded a pdf version of the sheet music for 'Perfect Way' to the files area. As evidence that I'm a complete technological blockhead,...
jd_lalaing_87
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Dec 4, 2006
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4072
I'm really curious to know this as well. It always sounded to me like she was saying "You betcha"...but somehow that doesn't strike me as a particularly...
jd_lalaing_87
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Dec 4, 2006
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4073
i always wondered are there any unrealeased or vaulted material from scritt 88-92... ...
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Dec 5, 2006
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4074
... Yeah, I've always loved that photo, even though David and Fred are standing on manmakers....
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Dec 5, 2006
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4075
Thanks! This is great....
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Dec 5, 2006
11:47 am
4076
She IS singing "I want ya". I noticed it for the first time when I got the 12" version. Next time I listened to the album, I was surprised to hear it there as ...
K. O'Conner
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Dec 5, 2006
5:35 pm
4077
I don't hear that even if she pronounces 'want' like 'Kant' because I hear four syllables - maybe it's those voices in my head again. To me it will always...
Richard Wallis
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Dec 5, 2006
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I always thought it was "Boy I wantcha" on the album, but now you've got me questioning that Richard! "oh what a trip just to keep her in power" (another...
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Dec 5, 2006
10:02 pm
4079
Hi all, Does anyone know if these tracks are available on iTunes (or elsewhere) outside the US and UK? I'd really like to hear them. Also, if some charitable...
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