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Black Type commented on the post, A massive thank you. 1 day, 9 hours ago
Great news, ip. Watch out for the dogs nipping your arse inna true comic-strip stylee!
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Black Type commented on the post, Let’s hear it for the great string arrangers – Jimmie Haskell for a start 3 days, 6 hours ago
Eleanor Right? Is this some unheard alternate take? 😉
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Black Type commented on the post, Let’s hear it for the great string arrangers – Jimmie Haskell for a start 4 days, 7 hours ago
GJ mentioned upthread 😉
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Black Type commented on the post, Let’s hear it for the great string arrangers – Jimmie Haskell for a start 4 days, 8 hours ago
Yes, of course Nelson, but I see him as more a full-orchestra maestro, with the brass section integral to the sound. I see Jenkins as more exclusively and strikingly string-centric.
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Black Type commented on the post, Let’s hear it for the great string arrangers – Jimmie Haskell for a start 4 days, 9 hours ago
If we’re looking beyond ‘rock’, I have to mention the great Gordon Jenkins, whose string arrangements imbued some of Frank Sinatra’s most exquisite ballads with an incredible depth of melancholy.
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Black Type commented on the post, Let’s hear it for the great string arrangers – Jimmie Haskell for a start 4 days, 9 hours ago
Speaking of The Dame, a very honourable mention for Mick Ronson who, at his first attempt, scored/arranged the strings for possibly Bowie’s best and best-loved song.
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Black Type commented on the post, Ric Ocasek RIP 4 days, 20 hours ago
Possibly after David Cameron had a word.
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Black Type commented on the post, And now the top 100 TV Shows of the Century (so far) 5 days, 8 hours ago
1997-2003.
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Black Type commented on the post, And now the top 100 TV Shows of the Century (so far) 5 days, 9 hours ago
Buffy at 83? I rather think not.
And no mention of Mindhunter, which is outstanding.
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Black Type commented on the post, Things I have noticed – TV advertising 1 week ago
The back pocket, presumably.
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Black Type commented on the post, I was dreaming when I wrote this… 1 week, 1 day ago
That whole Around The World/Parade/Dream Factory/Crystal Ball/SOTT period is astonishing, but I imagine it will be a bugger to separate and classify what songs belong where.
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Black Type commented on the post, I was dreaming when I wrote this… 1 week, 1 day ago
Ah…I knew there’d be a catch!
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Black Type commented on the post, Guardian Best Films of The Century so far list (omissions) 1 week, 1 day ago
Wot, no Moulin Rouge! ?
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Black Type commented on the post, I was dreaming when I wrote this… 1 week, 2 days ago
I’m tempted to buy from Amazon USA, as it’s only about £56 (equivalent) on there.
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Black Type wrote a new post, I was dreaming when I wrote this… 1 week, 2 days ago
Anyone else rather blimmin’ excited about this?
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Black Type commented on the post, Just. This. 1 week, 5 days ago
As an obsessive Prince fan, I totally agree. See also: Manic Monday.
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Black Type commented on the post, What happens when a Prime Minister wilfully, and in full public view, ignores the law? 1 week, 5 days ago
That was Michelle.
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Black Type commented on the post, Stop 2 weeks, 2 days ago
He may not be playing, but he can still attract the seagulls…
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Black Type commented on the post, Same name, same Band. 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Touchy subject amongst the Spiders cognoscenti…I seem to spend half my online life fielding the endless snark about ‘how badly Bowie treated the Spiders’.
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Black Type commented on the post, Same name, same Band. 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Hmmm…some from ‘ull would argue strongly that Garson is only an affiliate arachnid, not the full Spider. The correct answer is, of course, Micks Ronson and Woodmansey.
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