mike..i love it...thank you for directing us to this group and john butler...i love the guitar work..you say he was a busker... ?... merle
Mike, Very nice. I don't think I've heard of this group before. My previous idea of really nice Australian groups was MEN AT WORK. I have a soft spot for acoustic guitar, even if is steel 12-string, and this was very nice...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  mike..am passing it by my music authority critic friend..i checked it > out...pretty good guitar work >  as for your comment... david bowie wanna bees...you are correct!, >  now the hunt is on... a now now now music... > ,merle > > >  > Ok, I've tried to get you guys to watch this before with no luck BUT it's so > unbelievably good I've got to try again (for your sakes!). Merle, he was a > busker in Fremantle and I would've walked past him many times on my way to > uni. Bill! and Joe, if you like the guitar as much as you say you do, then > watch this and tell me to watch something better. Everyone else, watch/listen > to a man become one with his art - this IS ZEN IN ACTION. > > Mike > > Just type this into your Youtube search engine:      John Butler Trio - > Oceans    > > > > ________________________________ > From: mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 29 October 2012, 10:04 > Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: song of myself > > >  > Joe, > > David Bowie wannabees! > > > ________________________________ > From: Joe <desert_woodworker@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, 29 October 2012, 7:36 > Subject: [Zen] Re: song of myself > > >  > Merle, > > Ah, the Flexible Now. Thanks for being understanding and inclusive. > > How about a track *relevant* to now? Thinking here not much beyond our > Election Day. Oh, and, OK, about 4 years onward, too, and wondering how it's > going to be. > > This relates to Zen, because the political situation can effect our practice > environment. > > So, we take you back to a release only thirty years ago, to "President Gas", > by the Psychedelic Furs. Nice album cover. It's a strong song. It has some > memorable, if strange, lines, and goes through interesting changes. > > The tempo of this track is about twice as fast as the lazy, sleepy-headed > stuff that passes for pop music these days, called Hip Hop: neither hip, nor > hoppy. And this track has no x-rated lyrics nor misogyny nor gratuitous > filthy language. Ah, the good-old days, NOW revisited. > > I think these guys are more into something besides psychedelia, but I'm not > sure what. It's not Punk, really, and it's not latter-day Disco; so, I don't > know. I was already tuned-out of the pop music scene pretty much when this > was new: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5QLQb2324c > > --Joe > > > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> wrote: > > > > hey billlllllllll and joe...let's get NOW and find rock and roll that's NOW >
