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@MuSo: I glanced at Scaruffi's notes and, well, they are his opinions, even quite laughable. However, it would be interesting to measure his "technically poor" against the opinions of a pianist or percussionist in their fifth or tenth year at conservatory. Even better would be a face-to-face comparison between Keith Emerson and Scaruffi, where the latter throws his "technically poor" right in Emerson's face; I can't help but imagine what the pianist's reactions might be. Do you remember that Woody Allen movie ("Annie Hall"? ) where Allen, in line at the cinema, hears some guy discussing (in a pretentious and irrelevant way) the work of Marshall McLuhan, and suddenly McLuhan shows up?!

Beautiful kraut adventure, curious and captivating. For those who asked: yes, it exists on CD and also in a nice package. Of course, Wegmuller was really "out"..... :)

...if only I could remember how many......(still)

@jack83: it’s just the two of us. Or more?

....yes, better "close our eyes" ( & ears).:)

.....ah...then I would have liked to know what Daryl Hall felt when maybe the handsome redhead "sampled" his idea. I remember another occasion when Paul Young managed to make a beautiful and underrated song of his successful.....well...

Surely a thousand "nice" samples are not worth a single wonderful independent musical idea. Those were good times when samplers didn't exist and... either you could play or... tough luck. As a musician, I have occasionally made use of them, only to realize that... I could easily do without.:)...I can go for that...

With ease, I join the chorus of praise. As someone else has had the chance to write, in my case, this "piece" is part of my musical prehistory. And what a prehistory...... :)

It will be embarrassing to chat about Hall & Oates these days, but I suppose it’s no less so for Michael Franks… From the former, I remember a nice "Along the Red Ledge," a light "X-Static," and a live album (at the Apollo, if I'm not mistaken), after which I sailed to other shores; curious, and I would like Blackcrow's opinion on this, the pairing of Hall & Fripp on "Sacred Songs." As for Mr. Franks, I’ve been following him for over twenty years (though I'm not familiar with his earliest works) and along with Vannelli and Jarreau, I consider him a great "crooner," smooth and intense. My personal preference goes to "Objects of Desire" and the "recent" "Abandoned Garden." Returning for a moment to Hall & Oates, a question for the readers: don’t you think that Mr. SimplyredMickHucknall, at one time, shamelessly copied the rhythmic pattern and the basslines from… "I Can’t Go for That" in one of his songs? Am I perhaps making a huge heresy?

@alcol2: (new nickname, huh?): If I keep getting more and more daft at this rate, I guess I won't be able to share many good news... but thanks anyway for the reassuring note.