one afternoon, while soundchecking somewhere in this fine country (i think i was denver), the house soundman, who had seemed like a nice person, started getting pissy, then pissier and pissier. our soundman, john, (possibly the nicest person in the world) finally asked him what was up. "the sax player sounds just like the guy from morphine," the house guy lamented. john laughed, "it IS the sax player from morphine. and the drummer, too!" this was not the first time we had heard this. or the last. twinemen was formed after the untimely demise of morphine. we toured together as orchestra morphine for a year after mark sandman died, to support morphine's last cd, 'the night'. we started writing together, ostensibly for a colection of songs for laurie's solo cd, but after realizing that what we were effortlessly creating was quite different from anything any of us had done before, we decided to follow the trajectory and the flow and see what happened. so, we introduce ourselves to you: we are twinemen, from boston, massachusetts. we come from morphine, but we are not morphine. some people will be offended that we do not sound like morphine, some will be offended that we do. whatever. we will never be played on commercial radio. we love to play together and we love to come to your towns. have a listen, say hello. pass it on.... lexica wrote:
You can check out a couple of their songs here.... https://www.myspace.com/twinemen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVLDoVy4iog I much prefer the studio version of this song, but this rough live version will give some indication.
There was a question recently on Ask MetaFilter: "I miss Morphine. Please recommend music that's similar to Morphine." The collective answer was, "Sorry, there's nothing similar to Morphine. Here are some bands that are vaguely, depressingly not-like Morphine. Sorry."
Probably my least favorite Bruce album. Not helped by a shrill mix, but the recent remastering helped. My fave from the album is Candy's Room. Always like to segue it with McMurtry's Candyland, Morphine's Candy, and occasionally Car's Candy O.
I've heard that in Bali, the ugly, feral dogs that roam free around the island are thought of as a balance to the exquisite natural beauty of the place. That's how I feel about Led Zep on Radio Paradise.
This has to be one of the most charming comments on the board. Cheers!
And REM's "What If We Give It Away?" as well. As mentioned by Proclivities below, a common enough chord progression on the intro, then it goes it own unique way.
pdhski wrote:
Actually it's "Dreams" and beginning? Hell - you can sing it right over the verses!! Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom. Well, who am I to keep you down? It's only right that you should play the way you feel it. But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness like a heartbeat, drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had and what you lost, and what you had, and what you lost. Thunder only happens when it's raining. Players only love you when they're playing. Women, they will come and they will go. When the rain washes you clean, you'll know.
For me, Indelibly connected with the cold desert of NW New Mexico. In late-1978 I had taken my first job out of college in Farmington. The first Dire Straits album and the Talking Heads More Songs About... were constantly on my turntable and in my car's cassette deck on the drive to work through the desert. I was only there 4 months, but anytime these songs come on I am taken back to those desert sunrises.
A wonderful memory and story, sorry for your loss. But, your timeline might be a little off. 10,000 waves did not exist until the early 80s (1982 I think).
justin_thyme wrote:
In 1977 this song was an integral part of a major change in my life: it was playing on the cassette deck of my Alfa convertible when I stopped to give a ride to a motorist whose car had broken down on the road from Taos to Santa Fe. She had heard Genesis, but not PG solo — and she was taken with him and with Solsbury Hill. I, in turn, was immediately taken with her. After arranging for a tow truck we stopped for dinner at The Compound, shared a bottle of wine, and ended up spending hours together soaking in a bubbling hot tub at Ten Thousand Waves with a myriad of stars twinkling down on us. We stayed together until breast cancer took her away from me in 1999. Hearing this song is bittersweet for me — but much more sweet than bitter.
Keef's autobiography is definitely worth reading. He loves music and provides plenty of insight into song writing and guitar tuning and drug consumption. Plus plenty of band history and gossip. https://www.amazon.com/Life-Keith-Richards/dp/031603441X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330021124&sr=1-1
one afternoon, while soundchecking somewhere in this fine country (i think i was denver), the house soundman, who had seemed like a nice person, started getting pissy, then pissier and pissier. our soundman, john, (possibly the nicest person in the world) finally asked him what was up. "the sax player sounds just like the guy from morphine," the house guy lamented. john laughed, "it IS the sax player from morphine. and the drummer, too!" this was not the first time we had heard this. or the last. twinemen was formed after the untimely demise of morphine. we toured together as orchestra morphine for a year after mark sandman died, to support morphine's last cd, 'the night'. we started writing together, ostensibly for a colection of songs for laurie's solo cd, but after realizing that what we were effortlessly creating was quite different from anything any of us had done before, we decided to follow the trajectory and the flow and see what happened. so, we introduce ourselves to you: we are twinemen, from boston, massachusetts. we come from morphine, but we are not morphine. some people will be offended that we do not sound like morphine, some will be offended that we do. whatever. we will never be played on commercial radio. we love to play together and we love to come to your towns. have a listen, say hello. pass it on.... lexica wrote:
You can check out a couple of their songs here....
https://www.myspace.com/twinemen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVLDoVy4iog
I much prefer the studio version of this song, but this rough live version will give some indication.
RIP Mark Sandman. And haters gonna hate.
This has to be one of the most charming comments on the board. Cheers!
pdhski wrote:
Well, who am I to keep you down?
It's only right that you should play the way you feel it.
But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness like a heartbeat,
drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had and what you lost,
and what you had, and what you lost. Thunder only happens when it's raining.
Players only love you when they're playing.
Women, they will come and they will go.
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know.
Tubes version ain't bad, but Chingon's is the definitive version, at least IMO.
sici wrote:
Yes, it was very like the beginning of How To Disappear Completely I think.
I thought it was going to be somebody's cover of the Radiohead song at first.
At Red Rocks Sept 30, 2012
justin_thyme wrote:
https://www.amazon.com/Life-Keith-Richards/dp/031603441X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1330021124&sr=1-1