Spectropop - Digest Number 1683

• From: Spectropop Group
• Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004

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There are 4 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:

      1. George Geddes
           From: Dan Hughes 
      2. "Baja"
           From: ACJ 
      3. Re: Defining genius
           From: Annie 
      4. Re: Lou Reizner
           From: Frank 


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Message: 1
   Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:21:44 -0500
   From: Dan Hughes 
Subject: George Geddes


Austin Powell writes:
> I found this from an article written....by one George Geddes....

I didn't know Geddes was a writer too!  I have two albums by him on UA,
and he sounds a lot like Loudon Wainwright III.  (Wainwright recorded one
of Geddes' songs--Hey Packy, a happy-go-lucky ditty about a dog--on one
of his albums).

Anybody here know George?  Any stories?  Another really good artist who
never got off the starting block.  Well, at least he had two albums
released.  (You'll love the titles:  the first was OBITUARY, and the
second was SON OF OBITUARY).

---Dan





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Message: 2         
   Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 00:41:19 -0400
   From: ACJ 
Subject: "Baja"


For Austin Roberts: I agree with you about "Baja" by the Astronauts.
It's just too bad I didn't discover it until fairly recently, on a
Time-Life compilation; if I'd found it sooner, it would've been a
musical cornerstone for me.

ACJ






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Message: 3         
   Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:14:02 -0700 (PDT)
   From: Annie 
Subject: Re: Defining genius


Mark wrote:
> An artist's talent is a birth gift for which s/he cannot take 
> personal credit."...It is an impulsive, non-intellectual act, in 
> which the artist is entirely and unpredictably at the mercy of 
> supernatural inspiration.
 
Sorry this late...just read it on the Digest. Please allow a lowly 
editor to add an opinion here: Both art and genius are birth gifts 
for which s/he cannot take personal credit. The presence of one does 
not preclude the presence of the other in the same person, hence the 
evolution of the term "musical genius".

Intellectual creativity is only one definition of genius. "Genius" 
is also defined as one who has STRONG NATURAL TALENT, aptitude or 
inclination, such as "has a genius for choosing the right words" or 
"a genius at diplomacy." 

Therefore, I would say that a composer who chooses every note of a 
master musical work fits that definition. And one who not only 
chooses those notes but also arranges and hears every instrument in 
the orchestra and every voice in a choir in his head is above and 
beyond...surpassing others, preeminent, supreme. In other words, 
transcendence.
 
The word genius has been used to describe at least one musical talent
...Bach "since the 19th century his genius has been recognized..."
 
Just some food for thought from the editorial eye.
 
Annie





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Message: 4         
   Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 08:51:22 +0200
   From: Frank 
Subject: Re: Lou Reizner


He did produce quite a few recordings in the 60s and 70s. But for me 
one of the most incredible and "Spector-like" LP he produced was 
Ronnie Charles' Prestidigitation on the 20th Century label. There is 
a version of Clapton's Layla on this album that makes Phil Spector 
heavier Wall Of Sound productions sound like demos. 

Frank





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