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EricT
Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Norway
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 7:23 pm Post subject: Guthrie's use of quotes |
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Seems like he's very fond of putting quotes from rather obscure pieces of music into his solos! I think it really spices up some of the jams, and I've started building up a "repertoire" of funny quotes myself to inject into my solos
I'm sure I've missed some of the quotes, but here are the ones I've heard(from the Jazz/Fusion DVD and a few videos):
The Entertainer
Beverly Hills Cop Theme
The Flintstones Theme
I also heard the sax player quote Simpsons on one of the songs _________________ "Fishing for the right note" |
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Will
Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 89
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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From various bassment gigs, i've heard bucketloads.
The only ones I can remember so far are:
The Simpsons
the theme of The Casualty
I'm sure i've heard him stick in ghostbusters too... classic! |
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Will
Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 89
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Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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oops, i forgot about
The Bill!
brilliant... |
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frankus
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 1100 Location: Chelmsford/Arachnipus
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 9:37 am Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget
Popeye
Woody Woodpeckers laugh..
Sweet Child of Mine
In The Mood
Layla
A police tune
The Benny Hill Show
The last four were on the 28th of October, I reckon there are loads more, I just don't get because my musical knowledge is rather limited by comparison.
If you read any written passages by Guthrie, you'll find they're just as packed with references and constructions upon another concept, like the "what-if" machine from Futurama that wound up in the GT article where he plays Something in the style of Hendrix. _________________ Fabulous powers were revealed to me the day I held my magic Suhr(d) aloft and said "by the power of great scale!"
I have the power! |
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Edovinus
Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 92
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:01 am Post subject: |
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There's a quote of the Postman Pat theme on the Fellwoship dvd, unisono with the saxophone. |
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EricT
Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Norway
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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Just discovered a new one:)
At about 1:15:30 he quotes What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor!
Another things that's really cool is how fast the sax player catches up and joins in on the quote. Does anyone know if they work some of it out beforehand? Not where the quotes will be played, I'd think, but maybe the melody part? _________________ "Fishing for the right note" |
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frankus
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 1100 Location: Chelmsford/Arachnipus
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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They play this stuff every week. I think the improvs are totally off the wall, I remember seeing Zak and Guthrie swapping bars or kids cartoons.. at the end of it Guthrie played a line that sounded rather like someone saying "shall we go back now?", Zak replies and there they are back into the tune.
I think the band communicate during each other's solos, there are definite gestures and such, but if you listen to B.N.H on the live album, the guitar seems to assert itself after a stage in the keyboard players solo, kinda like a reminder
The pastiches are probably off the cuff but are reinforced over time. I used to cruelly play the classical piece (played in cartoons when people have birds flying around their heads) when any person, I was jamming with, got that glazed over look in their eyes.. they'd think "I'm X musician" and started ripping into the guy's repetoire*. It became a group thing, looping around and slipping into it.. or sneaking Star Wars into renditions of Johny and Santo's Sleepwalk..
* I got the idea from the Zappa You Can't Do that on Stage CD... the band starts playing it when a guy starts heckling Zappa ... "I wanna garden.."
That said I've heard quoting sound awful, one sax player ran through somewhere over the rainbow, does your hair hang low, Popeye and back into the tune, there was no mirth in what he was doing, it didn't work. _________________ Fabulous powers were revealed to me the day I held my magic Suhr(d) aloft and said "by the power of great scale!"
I have the power! |
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EricT
Joined: 04 Nov 2004 Posts: 37 Location: Norway
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, there definitly has to be some sort of context to it. Just suddenly playing a quote can sound really ackward.
But when Guthrie plays them, they sound so natural and integrated, very cool!
Btw, anyone knows what tune he plays at 1:33:30 on the Fellowship DVD? I've heard it lots of times, but I can't quite place it... _________________ "Fishing for the right note" |
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Fink Floyd
Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: A small town in North Wales you've probably never heard of
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Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Frankus, how does that classical thing go? I'd like to see that.
I think quoting can be great fun, but as others have said, if it sounds forced it doesn't work. Much like any lick really - it's usually pretty obvious when somebody goes "woodlywiddlywhee*STOCK LICK #1*wheedlywobblywoo".
Which, unfortunately, is just one of the reasons why my soloing sucks. _________________ Mmmm...Sacrelicious. |
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frankus
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 1100 Location: Chelmsford/Arachnipus
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Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 10:31 am Post subject: |
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I'll tab it out over the weekend... and ask my guitar teacher the name tonight.
I find the trick to ripping stuff off is to tinker with it enough that you can play it in different tempos and keys and genres.. I'm currently trying to shoe horn the main theme of the cat (from Peter and the Wolf) into a blues context, with loads of trills on stuff like the flat 3rd.. I first learnt it on the bass (it's like sounding the notes of an E barre chord and then some more). I'm also giving serious thought about what chords to use it with.
Reading a Zappa biography, it seems he wa quoting Stravinsky from the get go, on Freak Out, which when you listen to it, sounds like a massive swipe at pop music and the US at the time, the classical quotes passed me by. My knowledge of Stravinsky is limited to Petrushka and The Firebird.. the Shrovetide Fair is amazing, and I pinched the main theme from "The Infernal Dance..." for a tune I called "Snot Goblins" (Inspired by Ren and Stimpy) and heavily influenced by Isao Tomita's rendition of The Firebird _________________ Fabulous powers were revealed to me the day I held my magic Suhr(d) aloft and said "by the power of great scale!"
I have the power! |
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Alun
Joined: 19 Sep 2004 Posts: 125 Location: Over Here
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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Did you remember the name of that classical thing?
Cheers,
Alun _________________ www.alunvaughan.com |
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alexkhan
Joined: 10 Sep 2004 Posts: 2783 Location: Chino, CA
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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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Guthrie and Zak used a bunch of quotes during the Fellowship sets here during NAMM week. I guess it's something they do all the time. The most memorable was the "Seasame Street" theme in midst of a solo by Guthrie and then Zak joined and then they kept taking the theme further out. _________________ Ed Yoon
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frankus
Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 1100 Location: Chelmsford/Arachnipus
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Zak played a Tsunami relief charity gig in Brentwood a town not far from Chelmsford (and the Fellowships regular venue) with a certain Doctor from this Forum ... the people we had next to us were boorish city trader types come along to support their mates in the second band (Zak and DrJazz did the warm up) ... after the first tune (including excursions into Sesame Street and Day Tripper) a guy who'd been lecturing me on the Les Paul on stage says to a mate: "now he can play".
The second band (Marlow) were good, but then any sound with 3 guitars, a drummer, bassist, percussionist and a harmonica player should have a big sound.. their contribution had a lot of presence .. again a band that size should.
I think Zak and co impressed a lot of the people come specifically to see Marlow.. by their shear musicality (they are rooted in music) ..
Best quote of the night also goes to Zak for:
That last tune will have Dizzy Gillespie turning in his grave... now it's Miles Davis's turn _________________ Fabulous powers were revealed to me the day I held my magic Suhr(d) aloft and said "by the power of great scale!"
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poochinella7
Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 5
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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Back to the subject of quotes-and you forgot"teddybear's picnic"!- ithink what makes it so smooth and impromptu is what is called"gelling" or great minds think alike. Led Zeppelin had it ,Eagles,Steely Dan,The Doobie Brothers...the list goes on . Seth and Pete are also part of this whole interraction as they provide the best rhythm section to ground the whole improvisation of The Fellowship. Erotic cakes also has great moments of interraction between Guthrie and Seth who's been playing his new Suhr bass at the Chelmsford "Bassment"club gig..They all rock and rule |
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