[kj] Regrets fuck banshees

[Brian Whitehead]

"i did meet him on more than a few occassions"
I would have loved to have met John McGeoch. He is second to only one
guitarist and we all know who he is.
Saw him play with Magazine a couple of times in half empty venues.
Never discovered what caused his death at such a young age.

"playground twist"
Top track and ecellent, as are the rest, on the Voices On The Air sessions
CD.

Brian.

On 24/09/2007, melinda grant <hollytree1961 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>  hi brian,

>

> maybe you are just listening to the guitar parts and if your a true fan of

> that instrument,i can understand you doing that

>

> as for myself,i tend to take in a whole tune,what ever i am listening

> to,that including all the instruments,plus vocals and lyrics,all at oncealthough like most,i do hear the individual instruments,but its on a unison

> level although for me,it does have an order

> first i hear mostley in everything the drums  and vocal/lyrics,then comes

> the bass

>

> the guitar is the last instrument that turns me on

>

> ok i never said anything personally against  the guitarist they had during

> that peroid,actually,i did meet him on more than a few occassions i can

> tell you now,that he was a lovely guy,genuine,a bit of a one off,and he

> loved his guitar alot,credict where credicts due,they got the right guy

>  kaleidoscope,i think personally,is definatly a mellow--mood style of

> album,i did prefure the s.a.t.bansheese in there earlier days to be

> perfectly honest(although there are still gem tracks on every album they did

> beyound the first 2--just not every track was great in my eyes)

>

>  and if you want to know what track where the guitar is very original to

> me  ,its--playground twist--i rate that track alot,actually the range of

> instruments on that track blend so superbly--the bells

>

> melinda

>

>

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> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:54:01 +0100

> From: bawhitehead at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Regrets fuck banshees

>

>  "i found kaleidoscope very weak in both material,power and true banshee

> style"

>

> I think it's widely thought amongst Banshees fans that Kaleidoscope was

> one of the weaker albums, especially of the first four or five. McGeoch was

> absolutely fantastic on this album and proved how right in guitar playing

> terms that "less is more" or which ever guitar player said "it's what you

> dont play rather that what you do play that counts". McGeoch came up with

> the guitar part for Happy House as part of his Banshees

> audition...brilliant. Maybe I'm listening to the LP and just taking in the

> guitar?

>

> Brian.

>

>

> On 23/09/2007, *melinda grant* <hollytree1961 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>   i saw my first bansheese gig in 1979 at the rainbow threatre that was in

> area  called-- finsbury park,this gig was absolutly amaizing,i was blown

> away by the sheer power of siousxies voice and the instrimental side of

> matters left an impression on me for many years,it was that

> effective--jealouse?? you should be  for it was one not to miss

>  seen then after that time through the years!

>

> as i appreciate--the scream/join hands....so very much,i found

> kaleidoscope very weak in both material,power and true banshee style,i guess

> that was there resting period  as it certainly sounded like it they were

> just warming up ready for the master piece of

>

> --ju  ju --  ive always loved the bansheese,they were/are, on a whole very

> good wether its solo stuff they were doing or as a group,but for me o would

> not say they are better than k.j,just different

>

> melinda ps dont worry alex,   ok ;)))

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