Comments on: UNKNOWN PLEASURES #1: Carole King’s “Surely” http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/07/unknown-pleasures-1-carole-kings-surely/ Rock reviews, rock articles & rock interviews from the Ultimate Rock'n'Roll Library Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Leyla Sanai http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/07/unknown-pleasures-1-carole-kings-surely/#comment-1175 Leyla Sanai Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:12:43 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/?p=1408#comment-1175 Haven't heard the Carole King track you mention, Barney, but was listening to her Tapestry yesterday. What a voice - and how much feeling she conveys. Haven’t heard the Carole King track you mention, Barney, but was listening to her Tapestry yesterday. What a voice – and how much feeling she conveys.

]]> By: Barney Hoskyns http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/07/unknown-pleasures-1-carole-kings-surely/#comment-1163 Barney Hoskyns Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:52:28 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/?p=1408#comment-1163 Glad you like the concept, Mike. Perhaps we should provide links to the tracks on iTunes. I hope other people get involved - maybe you could spread the word. I'll try and add a track most every weekday. If we get some traction on this, it might be worth setting up proper iTunes affiliation so the writer/recommender benefits. Glad you like the concept, Mike. Perhaps we should provide links to the tracks on iTunes. I hope other people get involved – maybe you could spread the word. I’ll try and add a track most every weekday. If we get some traction on this, it might be worth setting up proper iTunes affiliation so the writer/recommender benefits.

]]> By: Mike Mettler http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/2009/07/unknown-pleasures-1-carole-kings-surely/#comment-1161 Mike Mettler Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:19:14 +0000 http://www.rocksbackpagesblogs.com/?p=1408#comment-1161 Great idea, Barney! Be glad to chime in on this topic. I'm constantly rewarded by songs on my iPod that I have either never heard before or haven't heard in a long time -- I'm a serial external-hard-drive-loader and downloader at home, pretty much every night and weekend; and it's all LEGAL, I might add -- and since I have my 120GB 'Pod perpetually set on random, I usually have at least one gem to discover or rediscover daily during my both-ways commute. This morning's special... * "One for the Road," Richard Lloyd, from The Radiant Monkey (2007, Parasol Records). Had this CD sitting in a "to-get-to" stack for a long time, finally loaded it in a few months ago. Richard's work in Television is legendary, of course, and his solo projects are riddled with unknown pleasures. This is the first time I've heard this 7:36 track. It's a good barroom kinda workout, with the main riff panned hard in the right channel and Keef-like fills in the left, plus some nice harp, too. The groove takes over midway and Richard trades yelps with his harp work, and you just end up getting lost in the Stones-backing-Mayall vibe. Check it out. Great idea, Barney! Be glad to chime in on this topic. I’m constantly rewarded by songs on my iPod that I have either never heard before or haven’t heard in a long time — I’m a serial external-hard-drive-loader and downloader at home, pretty much every night and weekend; and it’s all LEGAL, I might add — and since I have my 120GB ‘Pod perpetually set on random, I usually have at least one gem to discover or rediscover daily during my both-ways commute.

This morning’s special…

* “One for the Road,” Richard Lloyd, from The Radiant Monkey (2007, Parasol Records). Had this CD sitting in a “to-get-to” stack for a long time, finally loaded it in a few months ago. Richard’s work in Television is legendary, of course, and his solo projects are riddled with unknown pleasures. This is the first time I’ve heard this 7:36 track. It’s a good barroom kinda workout, with the main riff panned hard in the right channel and Keef-like fills in the left, plus some nice harp, too. The groove takes over midway and Richard trades yelps with his harp work, and you just end up getting lost in the Stones-backing-Mayall vibe. Check it out.

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