Ron Kuper <"eng130 %BOSTONU.bitnet"@WISCVM.ARPA> (11/02/84)
----- Can someone out there tell me the exact address of the Windham Hill mailing list? I for one am into at least one WH artist, and if there are any acoustic guitarists out there I suggest you purchase Alex DeGrassi's "Turning: Turning Back" album and listen to (my opinion of) techinical perfection. Second: Whoever believes that "the wrong Elvis died" does not recognize the standard that Elvis Costello set: He was the first popular musician to portray "the frustrated nerd" musical image. It seems that many punks after Elvis have tried to convey an image of open alienation (angry young man?), but E.C. was 1st. Finally, I think some really excellent lyrics are to be found on "Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ" by Bruce Springsteen. Granted, they don't have the poetic flair of "Born to Run," but have you ever heard words strung together so wondrously as they are in "Blinded by the Light?" [ You're firmly opposed to all of my beliefs, but I don't belive you. ] -----
markmc@ncrcae.UUCP (Mark McCulley) (11/06/84)
Did Springsteen write 'Blinded By The Light' ? For some reason I want to believe it was Manfred Mann. Good song whoever it was. there's a band in heaven they play my favorite song...
cuccia@ucbvax.ARPA (Nick Cuccia) (11/07/84)
As a repeat, the Windham Hill/ECM/Mannheim Steamroller/Other Impressionistic music mailing list is at UC-Berkeley. If you want to be added to it, write to ...!ucbvax!owner-windhamhill@ ucbmiro, ...!ucbvax!cuccia (USENET), owner-windhamhill%ucbmiro@Berkeley, or cuccia%ucbmiro@Berkeley (ARPAnet). Recent submissions to the list include a review of an artist on Dancing Cat Records, George Winston's label (distributed through WH in a similar fashion to Lost Lake and Hip Pocket Records). A personal query regarding ECM artist Keith Jarrett: He's recently turned to playing "classical" music (Shostakovich, Beethoven, Mozart, you get the idea...). Has anyone out in netland heard any of these performances? He gave a recital in Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, a few weeks ago, but I had midterms... I'm curious about how the man who invented the Primal Moan 8-} translates to a reltively non-improvisorial form of music. --Nick Cuccia --ucbvax!cuccia PS: Windham Hill being BORING?? Frankly, I think that half the stuff that comes over the airwaves is rather bland. Thank God for KPFA, KALX, and KJAZ (at age 25, the nation's oldest all-jazz radio station...). PPS: Any fans of The Bobs and The Baltimores out there? I want to know if The Baltimores have an album out... (both are new-wave a cappella vocal groups...)