[philmont] Packing in Music

Please delete me from the listing. has someone who was
there as a scout and several times as an adult.. I
have finally reached my "Dr." Bob limit.

Tom
--- "Dr. Bob Klein" <drbob@troop111.org> wrote:

> Thanks for the background - good stuff. I think I
> heard part of the
> unplugged series bit on REM here from Weasel on 94.7
> (used to be an
> HFS-er); an amazing guy who seemingly knows every
> bit of R&R trivia from
> the dawn of the age.
>
> Yes, I've seen this site before. I agree it's
> closer than most, but I
> think you'll agree it ain't quite right even so.
> It's silly if the band
> has the correct lyrics and just won't provide them.
> Makes me suspect
> (as I implied) that the actual is so far removed
> from the song that it
> would be beyond embarrassing.
>
> Unfortunately I don't think I'll ever be good enough
> to try Radio Free
> Europe at the Ponil Cantina. And with my thanks to
> those who have
> tolerated my wanderings thus far, back to All Things
> Philmont (and off
> to the salt mines for moi....)
>
> - Dr. Bob
>
>
> Dave Haynie wrote:
> > On Wed, 23 May:28:51 -0400, "Dr. Bob
> Klein" <drbob@troop111.org> jammed all night, and by
> sunrise was heard saying:
> >
> >
> >>A more recent version of same is Radio Free Europe
> by R.E.M. - a great
> >>rockin' tune. The lyrics of which have been a
> source of argument and
> >>controversy since it came out. The lead singer
> (and the band) have
> >>steadfastly refused to clarify what they're
> singing.
> >
> >
> > I play a number of R.E.M. songs. Michael Stipe is
> the lead singer; all
> > their early stuff had his vocals mixed way down in
> the mix, like "just
> > another instrument", rather than on top, the usual
> way in popular music.
> > There's lots of debate, but they supposedly have a
> private server with
> > all the lyrics on it. This came out during some
> interviews over their
> > MTV Unplugged sessions... MTV had requested "It's
> the End of the World
> > as We Know It (and I Feel Fine)", and Michael
> didn't remember all the
> > worlds (understandably)... but they were able to
> get them. More recent
> > CDs actually do include lyrics sheets, but the
> vocals are much higher in
> > the mix these days, too.
> >
> >
> >>Having listened to
> >>it many times, I am quite sure they were
> absolutely trashed out of their
> >>minds, and have no earthly idea what they were
> trying to say for some of
> >>the verses and choruses.
> >
> >
> > This one seems pretty accurate to me:
> >
>
http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/getsome.org/guitar/olga/chordpro/r/REM/RadioFreeEurope.chopro
> >
> >
> >>But in this case, slurring the lyrics into
> >>incomprehensibility actually worked.
> >
> >
> > I think R.E.M. cultivated that for awhile... they
> didn't publish any
> > early lyrics in those days (this was college music
> for me), and on some
> > of the songs, they would change words around, or
> even in one case, they
> > had two entirely different songs with the same
> music (you have to get
> > some of the early rarities recordings to hear the
> full extent of this).
> > Just having fun with it.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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