Misc, Other Play Sax With Lol Coxhill

[altissimo]

some of you may find this advice useful -

 

[Nick Wyver]

Invaluable.

 

[Targa]

If you can hear it, it might be; but the sound mix was so bad I gave up after 2 minutes.

 

[Nick Wyver]

It's supposed to sound like that.

 

[Targa]

My mistake, as his mouth was moving I thought I was supposed to be able to make out the words.
I'm definitely getting old, in my day they had real songs with nice words and tunes you could sing along to.

 

[altissimo]

his voice is on the left channel

 

[Fraser Jarvis]

Switched off after about 10 seconds sounded ****

 

[Nick Wyver]

Switched off after about 10 seconds sounded ****

What did?

 

[Fraser Jarvis]

Sorry guys, after I posted that the dreaded thought that it may be a member playing on it crossed my mind apologies if it was as I would never ever chritisize another member, just not my bag sorry.

 

[Nick Wyver]

Don't worry. He's dead.

I've always had a bit of a soft spot for him. Saw him play quite a number of times from '73 (I think) to the last time about 20 years ago. Great character and player.

 

[BigMartin]

some of you may find this advice useful -

Not really. Is he taking the p***? I couldn't tell.

 

[altissimo]

maybe his sense of humour isn't to your taste..

 

[BigMartin]

maybe his sense of humour isn't to your taste..

So that's a yes, then? Well that's a relief anyway.

 

[kevgermany]

Not really. Is he taking the p***? I couldn't tell.

Yes, big time

 

[BigMartin]

Excuse my confusion. I was a teenager in the 70s and watched a lot of stuff that really was that pretensious.

 

[altissimo]

due to overwhelming demand, here's some more
Lol Coxhill with Kevin Ayers 1972 -
http://youtu.be/hUvG5-UB7_0

with the Damned 1977 -
http://youtu.be/odQQnVH2jLg

playing in a swimming bath in Copenhagen, 1996 -
http://youtu.be/rq3V-kciCWg

Derry, 2011 -
http://youtu.be/YZLjj7rwG-U

hopefully this will add to the pennies rolling into the Café Sax Swear Jar

 

[ProfJames]

The Damned - You Know..........................classic, thank you for jogging my memory

 

[altissimo]

I remember one of my friends coming home from a Damned gig and telling me about a weird old man on stage telling jokes and playing the saxophone, apparently Lol Coxhill used to play support to a few punk bands back in the day, so he must've heard worse insults than the one's in asterisks above...
There was a certain amount of crossover between avant garde jazz and new wave music - The Pop Group, The Flying Lizards, Blurt and a few other bands took inspiration from the anarchy of free improv and Ian Dury nicked the tune for 'Sex And Drugs And Rock'n'Roll' from the bass solo on Ornette Coleman's 'Ramblin'
New York 'No Wave; bands like DNA, Red Transistor, James Chance & The Contortions, Friction, The Lounge Lizards and Sonic Youth have all claimed some free jazz influence. And Lou Reed was a big fan of Ornette Coleman.
Nowadays there's a whole younger generation of musicians growing up without the prejudices of their forebears and they listen to whatever takes their fancy

 

[ProfJames]

I remember one of my friends coming home from a Damned gig and telling me about a weird old man on stage telling jokes and playing the saxophone, apparently Lol Coxhill used to play support to a few punk bands back in the day, so he must've heard worse insults than the one's in asterisks above...
There was a certain amount of crossover between avant garde jazz and new wave music - The Pop Group, The Flying Lizards, Blurt and a few other bands took inspiration from the anarchy of free improv and Ian Dury nicked the tune for 'Sex And Drugs And Rock'n'Roll' from the bass solo on Ornette Coleman's 'Ramblin'
New York 'No Wave; bands like DNA, Red Transistor, James Chance & The Contortions, Friction, The Lounge Lizards and Sonic Youth have all claimed some free jazz influence. And Lou Reed was a big fan of Ornette Coleman.
Nowadays there's a whole younger generation of musicians growing up without the prejudices of their forebears and they listen to whatever takes their fancy

Great post, agree with all you have stated. In addition the opportunity for today's youth to be able to move across and listen/appreciate all genres is tremendous. It has helped me to widen my musical horizons.

 

[Jamesmac]

All music relies on the collective taste of Homo sapiens for its longevity. Thank God for Mozart and Sinatra.