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Arthur lee is dead!

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    #2
    indiewindy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭indiewindy


    R.I.P Arthur.

    Forever changes is such a stunning album still listen to it quite a lot


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    HDX
    Closed Accounts Posts: 124 ✭✭HDX


    never to be remastered...


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    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Shocking news indeed. Alone Again Or is one of the most incredible songs you'll ever hear.


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    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    RIP
    Forever Changes is a fantastic record.


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    nlgbbbblth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,668 ✭✭✭nlgbbbblth


    HDX wrote:
    never to be remastered...

    what do you mean?

    Forever Changes was remastered in 2001


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    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    The man was a genius, the first 4 love albums are great. RIP


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Love along with Spirit were proberly the best of the late 60s west coast psychedelic inspired bands.

    The greatest thing about Lee was his brilliant songwriting - most artists have a style and stick with it adding the odd variation. Lee could go from a-z and back again within a single tune, its proberly why Love never hit the big time and ended up a cult/critics favourite.

    Success tends to be based on being predictable.

    Mike.


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    lufc100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭lufc100


    RIP Arthur,
    Never got the credit he deserved or cash by the looks of things,
    A true inspiration


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    ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI
    Closed Accounts Posts: 760 ✭✭✭ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI


    Never heard of him, what was he famous for??


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    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lee_(musician))

    Check out their best known song, Alone Again Or. Covered by The Damned, UFO and, most recently, Calexico. Gorgeous stuff. Actually, RTE were using it as the backing music for a recent ad for Zorro with Antonio Banderas. I suppose it sounded like generic Mexican/Tijuana brass music in that ad, but the song in full is a thing of magnificence.
    Love were quite political. The really pretty sound of their songs masked a darker message. Lee, being black, was obviously concerned with America's racial divide in the 60s and 70s. Saw him being interviewed recently. He was saying that his music may appear hippyish but it definitely wasn't all flowers in your hair stuff.


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    ChuckProphet
    Registered Users Posts: 646 ✭✭✭ChuckProphet


    ZWEI_VIER_ZWEI wrote:
    Never heard of him, what was he famous for??

    I despair! Go out and buy Forever Changes.


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    Scratch Acid
    Registered Users Posts: 456 ✭✭Scratch Acid


    Dang, what a shame. Glad I caught his show in Dublin a few years ago.


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