Saturday, May 12, 2012

Uncle OSHA speaks, 20 years past

A (reconstructed) LINK TO THE PAST:

I used to submit occasional entries to the Bulletin Board, a casual, neighborly interactive feature in the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper.  It turns out that my first published writing about music was my first published entry in this feature, on 8/28/1992:

[Another contributor wanted to know what Steven Stills chants in between "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Marrakesh Express" on the Crosby, Stills & Nash album.]
First, the Crosby, Stills and Nash 'Suite: Judy Blue-Eyes' chant:  I called it in last week, and I recited the chant that I spent many hours memorizing 20 years ago.  After I called, I realized that you would probably wisely decline to spend hours listening to my imitation of Stephen Stills, just so you could transcribe it into print.  Besides, I feel a need to correct [another contributor's] interpretation hoomba-ha hoomba-ha missy-missy goos-goos, which just doesn't have the right ring to it.  So here's the transcription:  Hooba ... ha-messa-hooba-haffa.  Ha-meshi-goosh-goosh.  What could be simpler?

[On another topic:]
'Crimea River':  I've got an entry for that, although it's not tears I'm talking about; it's a real head rush, where the blood rushes to your head, and your cheeks and your ears tingle.  The song is 'White Rabbit' by Jefferson Airplane.  It still amazes me how they can build to such a fever pitch in such a short song.
Well, my musical tastes have expanded since then, but I'm still in search of musical euphoria...

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