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John's Playing
A few weeks ago I was trying to remember what I'd read what John said about his playing, but I wasn't very good at doing so. Here's the actual quote:
He said with Chris gone, Quote:
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You can hear those two interacting in many live situations...
Rhiannon (Dance vers).. right before dreams.. unwinds... Chris lays down some cool riff with sustained foundation... and John puts down a 'bump bump, bump bump, bump bump' Sisters of the Moon (Mirage)... opening segment where Chris is pumping some really low keyboards parts and john is accenting them ... I think her keyboard choices on this SOTM version is pretty amazing... and under-rated.. or not heard at all.... MAKES ME MAD AS HELL !!!
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Thanks for posting. While reading that PG discussion I thought of the above quote from John but I couldn't recall where I'd read it. Thanks for digging it up.
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I wish I knew what John meant by that. "play off Christine's left hand"
Can any of you tell me what John meant?
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But, not knowing, I was just thinking that he meant Chris is doing the melody with her right hand and the supporting chords with her left and maybe he was playing bass in time with her chords. I don't know. Michele |
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But if John is timing according to Chris & Chris is timing according to John, someone in the band had damn well better time according to the drummer!
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Link the chain David... And yes I believe John's saying he's playing off CMs bass riffs... (left hand)
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I wish that musicians would explain what they mean in more detail when they make comments like this. I hack around on the guitar a little but I don't consider myself a musician, and I enjoy understanding more about the way the musical process works. I also especially enjoy hearing any sort of remark that gives credit to Christine's musicianship, since her skill as a keyboard player is so often overlooked.
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I always cite Angel as an example because it's the easiest for everyone to hear the role the keyboard plays. Compare Christine's arrangement of it with Roy Bittan's arrangement of it (for Stevie's solo renditions). But this idea that John is timing according to Christine's left hand is odd to me. It makes more sense the other way round. John has to punch in Mick's "pocket," not in Christine's. Color me baffled. If Steve MacDougall is around, maybe he can clarify. He plays bass.
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And I always thought that part of what she was doing was giving us a window into her psychological approach, saying, "Whether I am or not, I don't think of myself as one of the 3 front people."
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I think a more accurate interpretation is that she was saying that she didn't consider her keyboards to be a lead instrument. This would be more accurate. With rare exceptions, Chris seldom played a solo on her keyboards. (I wish she had.)
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Oh, I'm pretty certain that's what she meant in part. Especially since with regard to that comment, she elaborated that she, John and Mick formed the bed on which Lindsey could roll around and do whatever he wanted.
I know that she was one of the three front people and she knows that she was. She also knows that she penned the bands most popular songs. So, it's not a question of modesty or seeing herself in the back row. Still, I think she was saying that being a star or showman is not how she sees herself, even when alone on the stage, as on Songbird. Michele |
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Looking for the rhythm talk, these are other comments that indicate what I was trying to say.
After the Dance: "I've been trying to put together a solo album, but I don't regard myself as a solo artist. I don't enjoy that kind of attention. I like my place behind the keyboards. In that regard, I struggle with a solo career." Just Before Rumours: "Stevie's a show woman and she loves it. I'm the keyboard player, which keeps me out of the limelight. I enjoy it because I'm not a extrovert." Of course, by saying she's part of the rhythm section, I think she means that she is laying a musical foundation which creates a spring board for everything else, but I also think she means, "Oh, don't stop and pay attention to me. I'm just part of the crew. Nothing to see here." Best Buy CD: I don't like to be the sole source of interest. Best Buy CD: "I always regard myself somewhat as being more the rhythm section, if anything. I always kind of feel that I'm linked to John and Mick closer than I am to the front line, the singers. Because I always feel that I'm playing with John and Mick very tightly, because I'm more a rhythm player than a -- I'm not forever doing glitzes [not sure of the word she used] and twinkly bits and solo things. I'm a pretty solid player. So, I'm playing with John and Mick pretty much constantly and let Lindsey do all the -- you know -- we provide the bed on which Lindsey can pretty much do what he wants." |
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I see her as neither particularly extroverted nor particularly introverted.
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