Saturday 28 February 2009

REPOST - Bob Quine


Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend


Lou Reed - Waves of Fear


Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation
From the fevered imagination of exilestreet at 15:50

4 comments:

  1. robp2 March 2009 at 12:28

    Thanks for the clips. I especially like the solo on Waves of Fear; that's Fernando Saunders on bass, I think, one of Lou's best bands. Of course the cameraman decides to pull back from Quine's hands during the amazing solo, not sure anyone who ever filmed a live performance was really into music, but it's a great solo regardless.

    Also I don't remember noticing before how jazzy the Voidoids sounded, especially if you compare this to the arrangement the Heartbreakers played where Johnny Thunders took the solo. And I love Johnny, but I definitely prefer Quine's solo.

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  2. exilestreet2 March 2009 at 12:48

    Couldn't agree more re: Quines gtr work but when you find out what some of his favourite music was such as '8 Miles High'/Byrds-Ayler & the aforementioned 'On The Corner' Miles well it starts to make sense. It's a pity that Lou felt so overshadowed by Quine (tho at least it got him playing lead again!) Their 'Live In Italy' album should have been brilliant but Reed was def keeping Quine in line and by this time there was by most accounts bad blood between them. Quine only did the tour for the money allegedly.
    Also while I do like Quine's solo stuff, I just wish that they were screaming guitar records!
    Finally yeah the arrangements on 'Blank Generation' were what made the album, I just wish that both versions got released in a twofer, a couple of tracks were substituted on the CD re release and there are 2 original versions on a couple of compilations that I no longer have 'The Sire Machine Turns You up' & 'New Wave' a phonogram comp that came out in 77 which has a red cover with some bloke spitting beer at the camera (my holy grails at the mo!)
    Regards/

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  3. robp2 March 2009 at 16:02

    I was always damn fond of that Live in Italy lp; my copy got ripped off, presumably at random but maybe the thief was really into that version of Kill Your Sons too.

    Not surprising if Lou couldn't keep his ego in check, but Christ, Quine was a Velvets fan from way back, they had to have known each other for years.

    I have Blank Generation on vinyl; what got changed on the reissue? I've had my copy since it came out.

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  4. exilestreet2 March 2009 at 16:27

    Quine taped The Velvets as you know and may have spoke to him but it was only after he played with Voidoid's that they became friends. The Quine site has much more info. As for the album Yeah I still have my vinyl & the cd for the different versions/off hand can't remember and most off my stuff is in storage (but from memory 'Down at the Rock'n'Roll Club' I am pretty certain is one of them. The delay between the album getting released after recording made them redo it. Hell felt that his vocals were better the second time around, but the music was better the first time, tho maybe it's the other way around! Getting senile in my old age. The cd also has 'All The Way'& 'I'm Your Man' as extras. If you can get hold of Clinton Heylin's "From The Velvets To The Voidoids" which apart from being an excellent read also has all the info in the discography section.
    Regards/

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