I remember being blown away by the quality of the recording and mixing on this album. It was the first live performance I had heard that was recorded to audiophile standards. Ground breaking then and amazing to this day!
The one and only democracy in the Muslm world and he wants a revolution there.
Turkey is not the "one and only democracy in the Muslim world". Perhaps you meant "Arab world" where many of the countries are dictatorships or monarchies. But even that is no where near accurate. Iraq is now a republic. Iran is a republic (though it's a weird one). Afghanistan, Pakistan and the rest of the "...stans" are Islamic republics. North Africa is Arabic/Islamic; and Egypt, Libya, Algeria, and Morocco are all republics. The biggest Islamic nation by population is a democracy: Indonesia has about 220,000,000 Muslims.
WOW! The vocals caught my attention, so I logged on to see who it was. I was surprised to find out it was Tim Buckley. But my brain immediately went to "that makes sense". He was a very talented vocalist. Always experimenting and evolving. Who knows where he could have taken us if he hadn't departed so early.
Love this tune! I'm at maximum volume. That's 2KW of peak Bryston power playing through a pair of Magnepan 3.6s plus another 1.5KW from the Paradigm Servo 15.
I don't push my system that hard very often. 100dB is not good for the ears, and I want to listen to RP until Bill and I are very old men.
However, this song begs me to crank it every time.
Love this song. I'm surprized it's rated at only 6.5. People's taste in music is endlessly variable. Sometimes it's because of the associations. For me, this conjours up memories of Michelle Pfeiffer in Tequila Sunrise blasting down the California coast in an Alfa Romeo Spider . Beautiful woman, cool car, fun movie, great tune.
The song makes sense when you know the Gypsy Moth, the boat that Robin Knox-Johnson used in the first single-handed circumnavigation of the Globe in IIRC 1969, was for some 40 years open display next to the Thames in a pedestrian area at Greenwich adjacent to the Curry Sark, the tea clipper on public display in a dry dock, and one of the staircases to the Thames pedestrian tunnel. I visited it many times with my kids when I lived nearby for 10 years. Happy memories. Alas, she was moved a few years ago when the area was revamped alongside the Curry Sark
So many inaccuracies in this post:
1) Gipsy Moth, not Gypsy.
2) It was Sir Francis Chichester's boat, not Robin Knox-Johnston's. Technically, it was the Gipsy Moth IV. The first Gipsy Moth was an airplane. I don't know what II and III were.
3) Sir Francis Chichester made the first solo circumnavigation of the globe using the clipper route in 1966/67 aboard the Gipsy Moth IV. He stopped once in Sydney.
4) Robin Knox-Johnston completed the first non-stop solo circumnavigation two years later (incredible feats for both men. Imagine being alone on the water for 10 months!)
5) The first solo circumnavigation of the globe by sailboat was accomplished by Joshua Slocum, a Canadian-American. He completed the voyage in 1898. It took him more than 3 years. He used a route that was not the standard clipper route, and his voyage was definitely not non-stop.
6) Cutty Sark, not Curry Sark (but perhaps that was an intentional irreverent reference to the fact the the Cutty Sark spent it's days carrying tea and spices from India to Britain).
I saw the Cutty Sark, the Gipsy Moth, and, in an incredible coincidence, Sir Francis Chichester at Greenwich in 1968 when I was a very impressionable 12 year old boy. It's still a vivid memory to this day, although, at the time, l didn't understand the historical significance of either of the boats or the man.
He was a brilliant performer. So sad his life was cut short before the world got the chance to see that again. He would have attracted a whole new generation of fans.
Contrary to the opinions expressed in many of the comments, I'm glad to hear it on RP.
Song just ended. Time to turn the volume down.... then again, here comes another awesome song. Jeez, I love RP!
The one and only democracy in the Muslm world and he wants a revolution there.
Turkey is not the "one and only democracy in the Muslim world". Perhaps you meant "Arab world" where many of the countries are dictatorships or monarchies. But even that is no where near accurate. Iraq is now a republic. Iran is a republic (though it's a weird one). Afghanistan, Pakistan and the rest of the "...stans" are Islamic republics. North Africa is Arabic/Islamic; and Egypt, Libya, Algeria, and Morocco are all republics. The biggest Islamic nation by population is a democracy: Indonesia has about 220,000,000 Muslims.
She had one of the best voices in the business EVER.
So sad she was taken so early.
Great in small doses.
Same time period.
Bumping Lazarus' comment for spring 2015
I'm at maximum volume.
That's 2KW of peak Bryston power playing through a pair of Magnepan 3.6s plus another 1.5KW from the Paradigm Servo 15.
I don't push my system that hard very often. 100dB is not good for the ears, and I want to listen to RP until Bill and I are very old men.
However, this song begs me to crank it every time.
For me, this conjours up memories of Michelle Pfeiffer in Tequila Sunrise blasting down the California coast in an Alfa Romeo Spider . Beautiful woman, cool car, fun movie, great tune.
The song makes sense when you know the Gypsy Moth, the boat that Robin Knox-Johnson used in the first single-handed circumnavigation of the Globe in IIRC 1969, was for some 40 years open display next to the Thames in a pedestrian area at Greenwich adjacent to the Curry Sark, the tea clipper on public display in a dry dock, and one of the staircases to the Thames pedestrian tunnel. I visited it many times with my kids when I lived nearby for 10 years. Happy memories. Alas, she was moved a few years ago when the area was revamped alongside the Curry Sark
So many inaccuracies in this post:
1) Gipsy Moth, not Gypsy.
2) It was Sir Francis Chichester's boat, not Robin Knox-Johnston's. Technically, it was the Gipsy Moth IV. The first Gipsy Moth was an airplane. I don't know what II and III were.
3) Sir Francis Chichester made the first solo circumnavigation of the globe using the clipper route in 1966/67 aboard the Gipsy Moth IV. He stopped once in Sydney.
4) Robin Knox-Johnston completed the first non-stop solo circumnavigation two years later (incredible feats for both men. Imagine being alone on the water for 10 months!)
5) The first solo circumnavigation of the globe by sailboat was accomplished by Joshua Slocum, a Canadian-American. He completed the voyage in 1898. It took him more than 3 years. He used a route that was not the standard clipper route, and his voyage was definitely not non-stop.
6) Cutty Sark, not Curry Sark (but perhaps that was an intentional irreverent reference to the fact the the Cutty Sark spent it's days carrying tea and spices from India to Britain).
I saw the Cutty Sark, the Gipsy Moth, and, in an incredible coincidence, Sir Francis Chichester at Greenwich in 1968 when I was a very impressionable 12 year old boy. It's still a vivid memory to this day, although, at the time, l didn't understand the historical significance of either of the boats or the man.
I'm stunned!