On "Living Through Another Cuba" I swear I can here some female opera singer in the background or something. Mental. They must've had a blast recording it in the studio.
Jim
XTC '77
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Interesting... i'll have to hunt that album out of the old vinyl box... and listen to that particular track on headphones, and try and make out what she is singing!Burn e 77theraven1979 wrote:On "Living Through Another Cuba" I swear I can here some female opera singer in the background or something. Mental. They must've had a blast recording it in the studio.
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To be fair it might just be my tinitus
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Burn e 77 wrote:Interesting... i'll have to hunt that album out of the old vinyl box... and listen to that particular track on headphones, and try and make out what she is singing!Burn e 77theraven1979 wrote:On "Living Through Another Cuba" I swear I can here some female opera singer in the background or something. Mental. They must've had a blast recording it in the studio.
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I tend to listen to these two more than the early stuff. Although avery influential band, what do you make of the comparison with `Standing In For Joe´ from the `Wasp Star´ album and this one (Barrytown) from the early 70´s Steely Dan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjTmp9kCV0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RjTmp9kCV0
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I have actually suffered with Tinnitus in one ear since my mid twenties... so i guess I'm going to hear that opera singer too!theraven1979 wrote:To be fair it might just be my tinitus
Jim
Burn e 77 wrote:Interesting... i'll have to hunt that album out of the old vinyl box... and listen to that particular track on headphones, and try and make out what she is singing!Burn e 77theraven1979 wrote:On "Living Through Another Cuba" I swear I can here some female opera singer in the background or something. Mental. They must've had a blast recording it in the studio.
Jim
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All the live versions I've seen/heard of Living Through Another Cuba are fantastic and have some nice improvisations at the start as well as being segued into Generals And Majors at the end.
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Hi Retrocanary, are there any DVD's available of the band live, and if so... could you please post me some info.Retrocanary wrote:All the live versions I've seen/heard of Living Through Another Cuba are fantastic and have some nice improvisations at the start as well as being segued into Generals And Majors at the end.
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None as far as I'm aware, but quite a few bootlegs and youtube clips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3VICYeWp0
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Thanx for that info fella.Retrocanary wrote:None as far as I'm aware, but quite a few bootlegs and youtube clips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3VICYeWp0
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I am of course thinking of the end of "Smokeless Zone" ! 
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theraven1979 wrote:On "Living Through Another Cuba" I swear I can here some female opera singer in the background or something. Mental. They must've had a blast recording it in the studio.
Jim
"I bathed in sun and walked in rain
It taught me how to laugh again"
It taught me how to laugh again"
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No worries... so it wasn't the old Tinnitus then!theraven1979 wrote:I am of course thinking of the end of "Smokeless Zone" !
Jim
theraven1979 wrote:On "Living Through Another Cuba" I swear I can here some female opera singer in the background or something. Mental. They must've had a blast recording it in the studio.
Jim
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Just noticed in the adverts after the ITV FA Cup coverage, `Stupidly Happy´from the `Wasp Star´album being used to shift DSF sofas. Probably Partridge and Moulding´s biggest pay day.
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