Joe Boyd - Little Richard, Nick Drake, Tight Fit and why everything sounds the way it does
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- Joe Boyd produced Fairport Convention, Nick Drake and many others, released acts from all over the globe on his Hannibal label and has just written a mighty and definitive account of the history of popular music, And The Roots Of Rhythm Remain, tracing the way different sounds from different countries became interwoven. Nobody is better qualified to write this book as you’ll discover from this enthralling conversation. Among the highlights …
… “if Mick and Keith had had Spotify there’d have been no Rolling Stones.”
… the African roots of Little Richard’s horn section.
… how a Zulu folk tune from 1939 ended up on the Lion King soundtrack.
… “Western musicians are governed by keys, valves and frets but what matters is the notes in between”.
… the evolution of ska as rock and roll was too exhausting in the heat of Jamaican dancehalls.
… Alan Freed, the “Pied Piper” that led white American teenagers into black music.
… Duke Ellington and music “too complicated for white audiences to follow”.
… the bossa nova in Nick Drake’s River Man.
… Paul Simon’s Graceland and the meaning of authenticity.
… world music’s problem with drum machines.
.. the attraction of music whose origin you can hear before the vocal comes in.
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Joe Boyd, 82 years old, articulate and cohesive when so many people involved in music in the 1960s are not. Tremendous interview.
Thank you so much for this interview with Joe Boyd, which explains why and how music can appeal to people, and why keeping music simple and basic matters.
A great episode! Very interesting.
Such a cool and kind guy, always a pleasure hearing his tales.
Great upload fellas, looking forward to this one!
Great stories and ideas.
Enjoyed this a bunch - good stories.
Very interesting interview with one of the key and very well spoken figures in music.I Befriended Joe on Facebook,red White Bicycles and watched almost every interview YT video's i could track down.This conversation is a very welcome addition.
One of the key people to listen to in how music evolved and developed over time - and that's besides all the great artists he helped get exposure. He makes it so accessible too. Thanks for everything, Joe!
Good to see pop combo Tight Fit finally getting due recognition on this site. I yield to no-one in my appreciation for the delightful Denise Gyngell, who brightened up my adolescence in the 1980s and beyond. Even today, Denise can be seen selling life insurance during the "Let's wring a few more quid out of the seniors" breaks in Tipping Point - although Ms Gyngell is far too sparkly and youthful to be wasted there.
NB: I may have completely missed the point of your broadcast.
Can so relate to the first part though for me it was Prima Donna/ Bardon babe Sally Ann Triplett ❤
Joe Boyd is spot on, he has turned the world onto so much great music, and i agree what he said about certain people wanting more organic authentic sounds, back in the early 90s i went to Turkey and was looking for the traditional arabesque music, but the locals were saying you dont want to listen to that old music, listen to our shinny modern pop, but i was no i do ... love you Joe
The story of 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' is told in the Netflix documentary, 'ReMastered: The Lion's Share'.
Enjoyed listening 😎🎶
I agree with Joe that there's no substitute for recording good musicians in a great-sounding room. Problem is, talented musicians mostly can't afford such spaces these days.
Eno recorded a rare 45 cover version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight, back in the day
prove it
Boyd for president.
I've always worried that 'World Music"(it's just music when at home!) and the snobbery that goes with the quest for authenticity has overtones of the 'noble savage' mindset.
I agree. There's plenty of influence from Europe in melody for one. Swiss Polka, Scottish/Irish music is very melodic. Country music took from the blues but is solidly based on Scots-Irish fiddle tunes and Polkas. European music certainly filtered into Pop Music in the 1800's and beyond. Every major Reggae artist LOVED American Country music. The Wailers first release was a cover of an American (White) Country song. He doesn't mention that.
@@myradioon,,, classical music, opera, etc
He knows all this stuff. He’s 82. And he’s still got all his own hair! It makes me sick.
😂