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Post by NoShear on Oct 21, 2024 0:17:30 GMT
"...there was mass hysteria in the studio when I did that solo. They weren't expecting it and it was just some weird mist coming from the East out of an amp." - Jeff Beck
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Post by I Love Melvin on Oct 21, 2024 11:39:06 GMT
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Post by NoShear on Oct 21, 2024 22:34:52 GMT
"Eight Miles High", which gave raga rock flight and this thread's title, could justifiably yielded the opening track of this thread, but I was segueing from the Rolling Stones at Chess studios, I Love Melvin... Of both raga and the Stones: |
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Post by I Love Melvin on Oct 21, 2024 22:46:22 GMT
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Post by NoShear on Oct 24, 2024 15:20:22 GMT
Prompted by I Love Melvin's neato offering of Zacherle horror-hosting the Box Tops:
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Post by I Love Melvin on Oct 24, 2024 21:39:42 GMT
Would this one fit, NoShear? I'm trying things out because I'm not entirely sure of the definition of Raga Rock. It sort of mimics the drone of a sitar, but does that count? Should there be an actual sitar and tabla?
And would this be R.R., or just psycho-delic? Help! I need guidance.
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Post by NoShear on Oct 25, 2024 1:28:44 GMT
Would this one fit, NoShear? I'm trying things out because I'm not entirely sure of the definition of Raga Rock. It sort of mimics the drone of a sitar, but does that count? Should there be an actual sitar and tabla? And would this be R.R., or just psycho-delic? Help! I need guidance. I don't think of raga rock as requiring any traditional Indian instruments be present, I Love Melvin, so the drone element is sufficient. Further examples suggested here I've matched along with your above pair... Like "You Still Believe in Me", unconventional use of the strings of a piano was employed during this song - in this case, John Cale's prepared piano on my favorite from the Velvet Underground: My favorite Kinks song features droning guitars supplied by the pair of Davies brothers suggesting the epicenter of raga rock, I Love Melvin: |
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Post by I Love Melvin on Oct 25, 2024 12:14:38 GMT
Thanks. Thats good info but I still don't know if I trust my gut. I was listening to Tom Petty recently and I thought I'd try this one.
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Post by NoShear on Oct 25, 2024 14:31:35 GMT
Thanks. Thats good info but I still don't know if I trust my gut. I was listening to Tom Petty recently and I thought I'd try this one. Ringing guitars such as Rickenbackers suggest raga rock. This Beatles song, which is said to feature a pair of 'em, has been offered as a precursor to the genre, I Love Melvin: |
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Post by I Love Melvin on Oct 25, 2024 23:04:24 GMT
So....maybe?
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Oct 26, 2024 0:35:54 GMT
Oh my. From whence sprung-eth this thread? Utter catnip for someone who tromped around a BJM concert in the woods in a Salwar Kameez. Probably a big woke cultural appropriation no no now but not quite as bad as Joni Mitchell becoming a black man. If I could wear one daily, I would.
I love how much everyone hates this song. Something tells me I'm into something good.
The Yardbirds - LSD
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Post by NoShear on Oct 26, 2024 23:22:11 GMT
Oh my. From whence sprung-eth this thread? Utter catnip for someone who tromped around a BJM concert in the woods in a Salwar Kameez. Probably a big woke cultural appropriation no no now but not quite as bad as Joni Mitchell becoming a black man. If I could wear one daily, I would. I love how much everyone hates this song. Something tells me I'm into something good. The Yardbirds - LSD Though Ravi Shankar's sitar revolutionized Western genres such as jazz and rock, galacticgirrrl, the sitarist felt that psychedelia and raga had got a little too cozy for his comfort because of the druggie element that psychedelia adorned. |
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Post by I Love Melvin on Oct 27, 2024 12:27:40 GMT
Donovan was part of Maharishi Class of '68 along with you-know-who and came away with this one. It's also on the psychedelic side and supposedly he wanted Hendrix to do it.
And this one called Tangier, but the Indian influence is clear.
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Post by NoShear on Oct 27, 2024 18:14:52 GMT
Donovan was part of Maharishi Class of '68 along with you-know-who and came away with this one. It's also on the psychedelic side and supposedly he wanted Hendrix to do it. And this one called Tangier, but the Indian influence is clear. There's some dispute regarding who offered the fuzzy yield on "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in place of Jimi Hendrix, I Love Melvin, as you no doubt are already aware: Allan Holdsworth or Alan Parker?? Donovan also tapped Indian culture lyrically at least once, using Rudyard Kipling's short story as political allegory here: |
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Post by galacticgirrrl on Oct 31, 2024 19:28:42 GMT
I know nothing of any Rx element. Prithee, it is but a child's garden of verses drawing of which I speaketh.  Julian Lennon - Lucy in the Sky With DiamondsNo Shear you have made me venture down into the dreaded SOUS SOL encore. This mystery song has been on my mind for years. I thought my kay-sette was lost to the sands of time. Slim and tinty to those who did not attend upon this band live back in the day. But I love it. Thanks for making me find it again. The super sad sketchy addendum to the search: I found the lost Anita Loos book. No sign of Norma poolside with The Dolls. Did I imagine this? Did I transpose Bob Evans and Janet Leigh into this fairy story? I really don't think so. Myraga - Anyhowtown |
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