23 skidoo

[Richard Ryan]

Yes Husker Du's Eight Miles High does seem to be one of those (many) things that keeps life worth living.

And, yes, Bob Mould *was* playing here (in NYC) with his electric band last night, and no, I did not see him. I slap my own wrist; if someone else on the list ties me up and treats me worse I'm not going to object...too loudly....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeqyCwAeT3I





----- Original Message ----
From: Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de>
To: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Fri, October 9, 2009 5:29:30 PM
Subject: Re: 23 skidoo

Robin wrote:

> Gene Clark was the heart and soul of the Byrds when they first  appeared. One of the less obvious musical tragedies of the '60's.

Yes. As a singer/songwriter he was at least on a par with Gram Parsons. I prefer his earlier stuff (with the Byrds, the Gosdin Brothers and as Dillard and Clark) to "White Light" or "No Other", but these are marvellous records, too. The partly ironically titled "Flying High" (Clark, member of the Byrds and writer of "Eight Miles High," suffered from fear of flying) is a wonderful compilation of songs from all periods of his career.

While I am at it: Hüsker Dü's version of "Eight Miles High" is well worth a listen. More generally, Grant Hart seems to share with Gene Clark the peculiar gift for melody and love/breakup songs.

Thomas