OT-- Andy Partridge-- Playlist addition: Dear God

[joeallonby]

on 4/1/04 11:20 AM, Malignd at malignd at yahoo.com wrote:

> <<Andy Partridge may whine, and he may have had an
> insurmountable problem of stagefright that lead him
> invariably and automatically to vomit on tour from
> fear ...>>
> 
> I have to admit I didn't know he was an automatic
> vomiter.  I was just referring to his going on about
> drowning babies and disease and all.  Granted, it's
> not pleasant, but that's been life as we all know it
> for thousands of years.
> 
> <<... that other song written at the same moment (by
> Lennon) whose tune stays glued to my brain but whose
> title escapes me right now.>>
> 
> Gees, yes; I forgot about that one.  Love that pensive
> pop!
> 
> You might be interested to know that Joe Walsh, when
> he was young, had a reputation as "the guy who could
> play the intro to 'And Your Bird Can Sing.'"  Seems he
> didn't know that George Harrison had double-tracked it
> ...
That's a story that all guitar players know. I did something similar once
with the intro to Sweet Jane on "Rock and Roll Animal". It was torture. But
I can still do most of it, and it's a neat party trick.