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Quicksilver Messenger Service — Gold And Silver
Album: Quicksilver Messenger Service
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Released: 1968
Length: 6:39
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 sm11 wrote:

Anyone have info on the cover art? The symbol and the bottom looks a bit like the large intestine.



It is by Rick Griffin, so anything is possible.
Posted 3 weeks ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Let's see: different chord progressions, different melodies.  Not plagiarized, not stolen, though clearly influenced by.  Musicians generally call it a "homage".  Dave Brubeck did not write "Take Five" anyhow.


5/4 time is 5/4 time.  Sticks with you like velcro.
Posted 2 years ago by jsd52756    [ Reply ]
in 6/4 .... not in 5/4......... less good ..... !
Posted 2 years ago by asap.band    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

I dearly love that I can be sitting here in Boulder, high as a kite on Golden Goat and sipping on exquisite sake from Hyogo-ken after wacthing yet another spectacular lenticular cloud-projected sunset, and jamming to this tasty time-machine music on Radio Paradise!



Hey man,

Whatever  "lenticular cloud-projected sunset" is...I want some. 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Let's see: different chord progressions, different melodies.  Not plagiarized, not stolen, though clearly influenced by.  Musicians generally call it a "homage".  Dave Brubeck did not write "Take Five" anyhow.


homage and cover are excellent terms for this.
Posted 2 years ago by Isabeau    [ Reply ]
I dearly love that I can be sitting here in Boulder, high as a kite on Golden Goat and sipping on exquisite sake from Hyogo-ken after wacthing yet another spectacular lenticular cloud-projected sunset, and jamming to this tasty time-machine music on Radio Paradise!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

Definitely a period style.  But for a guitar-0riented jam-style piece from that period, it really grows on subsequent listens.

Same time period...The What Love (suite) from the Canadian band, The

Collectors...'bout twenty minutes...

Tony in NJ

W.A.S.T.E.



Posted 3 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
 Pyro wrote:
extended jams are so not my thing....the reason I'm not a Dead fan, either.  {#Yawn}

I can hear the resemblance to Take 5, but the time signature is NOT 5/4, it's 6/8 (or 3/4).  Much easier to play.




Right - it's in 6/8.
Posted 3 years ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
 njswede wrote:

Dave Brubeck called. He sounded pretty upset.

Haa  ?

Posted 3 years ago by pnuema    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

Definitely a period style.  But for a guitar-0riented jam-style piece from that period, it really grows on subsequent listens.



Kinda damning with a little praise
  No ?
Posted 3 years ago by pnuema    [ Reply ]
 Azrica wrote:

My eternal memory of this song, me kid sitting on the back seat of my dad's red Wartburg 353,radio speaker said Gold and silver by Quicksilver, my mom had her window down, outside end of summer time sunset colours, Montenegrian old curvy road by the Adriatic sea,
My mom's right hand out of the window, and she just said 'lets fly, and we all stretched our arms out of windows... it was 1977, or 1978, Forever 10!



Shut it  !!!
    I'm jealous
Posted 3 years ago by pnuema    [ Reply ]
 SgtBeefheart wrote:

Nice to hear QSM again.  Check out how many big name bands Nicky Hopkins went on to supply piano accompaniment.



Thanks for enlightening others.
Posted 3 years ago by pnuema    [ Reply ]
Definitely a period style.  But for a guitar-0riented jam-style piece from that period, it really grows on subsequent listens.
Posted 3 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
The more I hear of QMS, the more I understand why they didn't make it as big as other Bay area bands of that era. If this was recorded in a studio, they didn't do a terribly good job. 
Posted 3 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Wow.

This smokes!
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 njswede wrote:
 Dave Brubeck called. He sounded pretty upset.
 
Ha ha.  No secret that jazz influenced so much music in that era and led to the jam bands that still play today.
Posted 3 years ago by tkelley    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear QSM again.  Check out how many big name bands Nicky Hopkins went on to supply piano accompaniment.
Posted 3 years ago by SgtBeefheart    [ Reply ]
 njswede wrote:
Dave Brubeck called. He sounded pretty upset.
 
Local influences.  Quicksilver and Brubeck were both from the SF Bay Area at roughly the same time.  Music was very regional back in those days with local artists having large influences on each other, regardless of the type of music that the individual artists were involved in.
Posted 3 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Anyone have info on the cover art? The symbol and the bottom looks a bit like the large intestine.
Posted 4 years ago by sm11    [ Reply ]
the guitar work on this track—amazing!
Posted 4 years ago by scottdoggett    [ Reply ]
https://youtu.be/klh6V9ltNHM
Posted 4 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Dave Brubeck called. He sounded pretty upset.
Posted 4 years ago by njswede    [ Reply ]
The last 2 hours have been PHENOMENAL, Bill. 
Posted 4 years ago by virwill7    [ Reply ]
 kurtster wrote:
Brubeck and Quicksilver were both from the Bay Area at the same time. 

Locals influencing each other.  Happens a lot or used to.

 Lets not forget that take 5 is  at it's heart Beethoven's Fur Elise  in 5/4 time. Nothing is new under the sun.

Posted 4 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Brubeck and Quicksilver were both from the Bay Area at the same time. 

Locals influencing each other.  Happens a lot or used to.
Posted 4 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Okay, let's set the stage... It's sometime in the late 60s. I'm an army brat living in Frankfurt, Germany during my high school years. I suddenly find myself with the cool kids and we're smoking pot and some one puts this album on the record player and I hear the band's name is Quicksilver Messenger Service. I am smitten.
Posted 4 years ago by Lenora    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Let's see: different chord progressions, different melodies.  Not plagiarized, not stolen, though clearly influenced by.  Musicians generally call it a "homage".  Dave Brubeck did not write "Take Five" anyhow.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
True.  Still a rip.   Pyro wrote:
extended jams are so not my thing....the reason I'm not a Dead fan, either.  {#Yawn}

I can hear the resemblance to Take 5, but the time signature is NOT 5/4, it's 6/8 (or 3/4).  Much easier to play.


 

Posted 4 years ago by jwallstrom846    [ Reply ]
This feels like an extended bridge to a better song...Or labored music in the waiting room of a hippie doctor's office. Get to the point, fellas. 
Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
I'm hearing echoes of Take Five in this tune.
Posted 4 years ago by talexb    [ Reply ]
paint it black you devil?! but anything from get your ya yas out could work...
the greatest rock ' n roll band in the world
Posted 4 years ago by andy4872    [ Reply ]
paint it black you devil!

:)
Posted 4 years ago by andy4872    [ Reply ]
My eternal memory of this song, me kid sitting on the back seat of my dad's red Wartburg 353,radio speaker said Gold and silver by Quicksilver, my mom had her window down, outside end of summer time sunset colours, Montenegrian old curvy road by the Adriatic sea,
My mom's right hand out of the window, and she just said 'lets fly, and we all stretched our arms out of windows... it was 1977, or 1978, Forever 10!
Posted 5 years ago by Azrica    [ Reply ]
Take five gold and browns:
Posted 5 years ago by jasko    [ Reply ]
Ok it was 68!
Posted 5 years ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
Marvellous. I’m back in 1967, 17 with my life in front of me. Thanks Bill. Great music.
Posted 5 years ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Let's see: different chord progressions, different melodies.  Not plagiarized, not stolen.
 

The only similarity is the time signature. Definitely more interesting than standard 2/4, 4/4 time.
Posted 5 years ago by dmiklitz    [ Reply ]
 Pyro wrote:
extended jams are so not my thing....the reason I'm not a Dead fan, either.  {#Yawn}

I can hear the resemblance to Take 5, but the time signature is NOT 5/4, it's 6/8 (or 3/4).  Much easier to play.


 

Let's call it Take Six
Posted 5 years ago by klaasstap    [ Reply ]
 MassivRuss wrote:
Did they pay Brubeck royalties? Or just plagiarize "Take Five".
 

 oldman wrote:

Stole it outright, it seems to me.
 
Let's see: different chord progressions, different melodies.  Not plagiarized, not stolen, though clearly influenced by.  Musicians generally call it an "homage" and time signatures cannot be copyrighted.  Dave Brubeck did not write "Take Five" anyhow.
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 michaelc wrote:
Does seem that way to an Eclectic listener 

MassivRuss wrote:
Did they pay Brubeck royalties? Or just plagiarize "Take Five".

  
Stole it outright, it seems to me.
 
They were both acts that called the Bay Area home and who knows who influenced who back then.  A good riff was a good riff and that was all that mattered.  My Dad saw Brubeck IIRC.  Berkeley was home back then.
Posted 6 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
This smokes!!!
Posted 6 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Does seem that way to an Eclectic listener 

MassivRuss wrote:
Did they pay Brubeck royalties? Or just plagiarize "Take Five".

  
Stole it outright, it seems to me.
Posted 6 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
i've played in too many mediocre bands so i'm accustomed to loud. but these guys live in calgary in i dunno - 1969-ish were the loudest thing i've ever heard then and now. and yes, i now have hearing aids. no kidding. i think ALL music sounds better loud but you pay the price. it's a bit of samsara if you let it be. 
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
Definitely of historic significance.
Posted 6 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 ImaOldman wrote:
You're comparing apples and oranges, this was three years before Live at the Fillmore and the technology of live recording had made major improvements. While I am a huge Allman Brothers fan bands like Quicksilver helped forge the path the Allmans followed.

 
Correction......comparing Peaches and Oranges.........  ;-)
Posted 6 years ago by Jayhawker    [ Reply ]
 MassivRuss wrote:
Did they pay Brubeck royalties? Or just plagiarize "Take Five".

 
Stole it outright, it seems to me.
Posted 6 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
amateurs, best forgotten
contrast this with Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore. two different leagues

 You're comparing apples and oranges, this was three years before Live at the Fillmore and the technology of live recording had made major improvements. While I am a huge Allman Brothers fan bands like Quicksilver helped forge the path the Allmans followed.
Posted 6 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
Excellent. Great to hear this again. It’s not amateurish, just raw!
Posted 6 years ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
Noodly as a bowl of Ramen.  (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
Posted 6 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
amateurs, best forgotten
contrast this with Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore. two different leagues
Posted 6 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 QMS's music is AWESOME (imo), and Rick Griffin's Art is ASTOUNDING!!!

Businessgypsy wrote:
 Papernapkin wrote:
Bad typography. And everything else.
Not typography. Can't have typography without type. Lettering Art. By the late Rick Griffin, such a master of the craft that a font was created after his forms, so new kids can indeed execute typography in homage to his style.

 


Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Yeah man! Great stuff! Dig what kingart said in his Jan. 11 2017 post below.
Posted 7 years ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
 hcaudill wrote:

6/8, actually. It's the chord progressions that evoke Take 5, not the rhythm. 

 
I hear similarities in the hi-hat, even if it's not the same time signature, but I'm sure it's a pretty common jazz hi hat pattern, so, yeah...
Posted 7 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Bad typography. And everything else.
 
It's calligraphy, not typography.  Come on, man, someone who fancies himself a designer ought to know the difference.
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
 Papernapkin wrote:
Bad typography. And everything else.
Not typography. Can't have typography without type. Lettering Art. By the late Rick Griffin, such a master of the craft that a font was created after his forms, so new kids can indeed execute typography in homage to his style.
 
Thank you Businessgypsy.
Rick Griffin was great. Soggynapkin gets it wrong yet again.
Musically though, I gotta say this sounds like the Allman Brothers before they learned to play their instruments.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Nice track by an under appreciated group of musicians.
I'll add my 2¢ by saying "Cobra" is the better instrumental. It has more "juice"..driving drumwork and a freer guitar by Cippolina.
Posted 7 years ago by gb3d    [ Reply ]
Some of you folks are too negative. That was a cool solo. I was rapt.  So what if it sounded like Brubeck or whomever? It's called a homage, dudes.  I'd bet that guy was stoned and happy and having one of the times of his life expressing his music. WTF is wrong with you? 
Posted 7 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
An amateurish ripoff
Posted 8 years ago by masteroflife    [ Reply ]
Did they pay Brubeck royalties? Or just plagiarize "Take Five".
Posted 8 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
 tiggers wrote:

And there was garbage like this too!

 
Garbage is this comment. 
Posted 8 years ago by CHuLoYo    [ Reply ]
 bachbeet wrote:
Good song from a VERY STRONG album.  Sort of a "raw jazz" sound.

 
FYT
Posted 8 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Quicksilver flashback - killer, Bill.  How about the Who Do You Love Suite from Happy Trails?  I dare you! {#Cool}
Posted 9 years ago by epiclectic    [ Reply ]
 BBoyes wrote:
This was 1968 people! Our son said recently, after discovering early Led Zeppelin "you guys grew up during all the good music". Yes, we did.

 
And there was garbage like this too!
Posted 9 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
This was 1968 people! Our son said recently, after discovering early Led Zeppelin "you guys grew up during all the good music". Yes, we did.
Posted 9 years ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
Awesome!

A psychedelic painting featuring a skeleton holding two fossilized eggs in the center.
Posted 9 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
 Walrus_Gumbo wrote:

John Cippolina formed a group called Copperhead. They released at least one album that I'm aware of.

 
One thing that's maybe worth noting, some of these artists who don't have a lot of commercial recordings, actually perform a few hundred nights a year.  Recording artists and performing artists still live in separate distinct worlds sometimes.

Posted 13 years ago by james_of_tucson    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Bad typography. And everything else.
Not typography. Can't have typography without type. Lettering Art. By the late Rick Griffin, such a master of the craft that a font was created after his forms, so new kids can indeed execute typography in homage to his style.


Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 vandal wrote:

Ahh, finally some of the "good" old noodling hippy music. . .

psycho bannana

 
Love QMS... I'd still be happier than a kitten in catnip if I could hear "Spindrifter," that beautiful instrumental Nicky Hopkins performed before he left this earth... I have it somewhere - if it meets standards, maybe I'll try to submit it... Meanwhile, "Child of Man" is pretty awesome, too...

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Dave Brubeck / Paul Desmond influence in this piece?
Posted 13 years ago by ralphf    [ Reply ]
 prickelpit96 wrote:

As a Mac-User you probably are unable to mute something? Have to ask Steve before....?
 I think you will find Steve is very much in favor of muting anyone/thing he doesn’t want to hear. I can assure you the mute button is prominent on the top right of my Mac keyboard. I’m told on his own personalised keyboard the only key he uses more is the ‘Sack’ button.

Posted 13 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
Good song from a good album.  Sort of a "raw jazz" sound.
Posted 13 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
 Photo-John wrote:


Sorry, we're all out of Justin Beiber.
 
"Comment Of The Year" candidate.

Posted 13 years ago by idahoTux    [ Reply ]
 goodgroove wrote:
 One of my thoughts at first, but it's 4/4.  It has beats like that song.
 
6/8, actually. It's the chord progressions that evoke Take 5, not the rhythm. 


Posted 13 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
 crockydile wrote:
This is like the Allman Brothers...only not nearly as good. Like Allman Brothers Lite.
  Haha, nice observation. Still, while I love the Allmans, this is fine too!


Posted 13 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
 prickelpit96 wrote:

As a Mac-User you probably are unable to mute something? Have to ask Steve before....?

 
Huh? A Mac hater much?  You are just plain ignorant if you think that Macs don't "mute," and you are small-minded and ridiculously petty if you think it should even be an issue all on this web site.

Posted 13 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
 That_SOB wrote:

 

 

Played this vinyl until it was only good for extruding a single noodle (very long). If this was released today, it would be an 8, taken out of context it's hard for the youngsters to comprehend the cultural mood this album was inspired by. Lets see long hair, weed, anti-war, cultural upheaval, anti-Nixon, peace, free-love, incense, gettin hip. 
I member bein part of 120,000 people in Seattle who did a sit down on I-5 thus shutting it down. Rock and Roll. "Hell no I won't go !"
We need some of that spirit today.  Peace !

 
You took the words right out of, well, you know


Posted 13 years ago by drcrnp    [ Reply ]

Ahh, finally some of the "good" old noodling hippy music. . .

psycho bannana

Posted 14 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Well, what do you know?  We've found a song romeotuna doesn't like.
Posted 14 years ago by rluking    [ Reply ]
Other than the Dead which I hear a little more than I want to, sometimes (because my husband listens to the Dead channel on Sirius in the car) I have to hear some hippie music everyday. I've always told people "You know there's lots of other psychedelic music besides the Dead...
 Most of 'em say: "Oh, you mean Phish?"

Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]

 

 

Played this vinyl until it was only good for extruding a single noodle (very long). If this was released today, it would be an 8, taken out of context it's hard for the youngsters to comprehend the cultural mood this album was inspired by. Lets see long hair, weed, anti-war, cultural upheaval, anti-Nixon, peace, free-love, incense, gettin hip. 
I member bein part of 120,000 people in Seattle who did a sit down on I-5 thus shutting it down. Rock and Roll. "Hell no I won't go !"
We need some of that spirit today.  Peace !


Posted 14 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
 Wuddi wrote:


HORRIBLE TRACK !
 

Sorry, we're all out of Justin Beiber.
Posted 14 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
 iTuner wrote:
Thank doG it's over.
 
I don't believe you said that. {#Lol}


Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
This is like the Allman Brothers...only not nearly as good. Like Allman Brothers Lite.
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
What a pleasure to hear this again after all these years!
Posted 14 years ago by hkarr    [ Reply ]
 prickelpit96 wrote:


 

HORRIBLE TRACK !
Posted 14 years ago by Wuddi    [ Reply ]
 iTuner wrote:
Thank doG it's over.
 
As a Mac-User you probably are unable to mute something? Have to ask Steve before....?

Posted 14 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Thank doG it's over.
Posted 14 years ago by iTuner    [ Reply ]

Excellent R&R from yester-year. I had to buy a second album as the first was played into
submission (loaned it out one too many times.) As has been mentioned in prior comments,
these guys were far ahead of their time, although, they did cover a lot of Ellas McDaniel's tunes, e.g. "Who do you love"  A true psychedelic relic, acid rock in real time.. . .  
  " Happy Trails" ya'all !

Posted 14 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
 Walrus_Gumbo wrote:

John Cippolina formed a group called Copperhead. They released at least one album that I'm aware of.

 

John and another great guitarist (Steve Kimock) also founded a band called Zero in the 80s-90s.  Some great live shows if you can find them. 
Posted 14 years ago by black321    [ Reply ]
 gatorade wrote:
Another great band that laid it down for the next generation of rock and rollers. A ten all the way. So far ahead of their time.
 
Wow. Don't think I would have ever followed this up with Norah Jones. Head spin.
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:


Ditto!
 
BUMP!
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Another great band that laid it down for the next generation of rock and rollers. A ten all the way. So far ahead of their time.
Posted 14 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
 CascadianPDX wrote:
I really liked "Pride of Man" as a kid, and heard another great cut—an instrumental like this one—called Cobra, on KPIG. Check 'em out. 
 
"Cobra" was on Just For Love.

Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Nice. I have a Dino Valente solo album who was a member of this band. Great stuff.
Posted 14 years ago by geordiezimmerman    [ Reply ]
Govi wrote:
Glorious olde psychedilicke Rocke an' Rolle! Hi-yo, Quicksilver!

Compleat with Rick Griffin cover lettering

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
QMS got a lot of play in my VW bus. We had to hook a 12V battery to the tape deck to play tunes back then...
Posted 14 years ago by paganpete    [ Reply ]
Please make it stop!  {#Arghhh}
Posted 14 years ago by zatxela    [ Reply ]
 HarrO wrote:
A 6.7 ???

You people are hopeless.
 

Ditto!
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
Bad typography. And everything else.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Ah, the early days of the jam bands. I can certainly remember having this on as I drove to the beach.
Posted 14 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
Wasn't really paying attention to the music, but after the intro, my brain said "sounds like Golden Brown".
So I look and well, it is Gold (and Silver). But after more goes by, I do here the Take Five in it as well.
So, I wonder, was Golden Brown influenced by these then?

Posted 15 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Sounds very Allman Bros. Interesting to think of QSM being an inspiration for the king of the Southern Rock bands.
Posted 15 years ago by FrankMc    [ Reply ]
Just spun this vinyl last night - great tune!
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
I really liked "Pride of Man" as a kid, and heard another great cut—an instrumental like this one—called Cobra, on KPIG. Check 'em out. 
Posted 15 years ago by CascadianPDX    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:
Surprised this is the only song you have on RP.  There are several primo QSMS tunes!!  What a time....
 
This is the only one of this album, but there are lots of others getting played here:

Song Title                                     Album
Dino's Song                                  Sons Of Mercury (1968-75)
Edward, The Mad Shirt Grinder    Shady Grove
Fresh Air                                      Sons of Mercury
Gold And Silver                             Quicksilver Messenger Service
Pride Of Man                                Sons Of Mercury (1968-75)
The Fool                                       Sons Of Mercury (1968-75)
What About Me                             Sons of Mercury
Who Do You Love                         Sons Of Mercury (1968-75)


Posted 15 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
 HarrO wrote:
A 6.7 ???

You people are hopeless.
 

What he said.
Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

It's the time signature, 5/4. IMHO, Cippolina's response to Brubeck. Brubeck was local to SF at that time, lionized in the press, and certainly well known to a stylistic sponge like Cippolina. Cool, eh?

 
Not to put too fine a point on it, but listen carefully to Greg Elmore's drumming—amazing note work. Compare it to Joe Morello's on "Take 5." There's an eerie similarity. QMS was one hell of a band.

Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:

I'm hearing LOTS of Take 5 in this. lots and lots.

  

One of my thoughts at first, but it's 4/4.  It has beats like that song.


Posted 15 years ago by goodgroove    [ Reply ]
 Jamunca wrote:

I'm hearing LOTS of Take 5 in this. lots and lots

 

S'ok. See below..........
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
extended jams are so not my thing....the reason I'm not a Dead fan, either.  {#Yawn}

I can hear the resemblance to Take 5, but the time signature is NOT 5/4, it's 6/8 (or 3/4).  Much easier to play.


Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]

I'm hearing LOTS of Take 5 in this. lots and lots.


Posted 15 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
 mjaded wrote:
Wow- Bill's favorite guitarist! out of SF anyway.

Wikipedia is a bit thin on this guy- other than that he left us too soon.  What did he do after QMS?
 
John Cippolina formed a group called Copperhead. They released at least one album that I'm aware of.

Posted 15 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
 mjaded wrote:
Wow- Bill's favorite guitarist! out of SF anyway.

Wikipedia is a bit thin on this guy- other than that he left us too soon.  What did he do after QMS?
  Unfortunately, died of chronic emphysema, as near as I can tell.


Posted 15 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
 chamrousse1450 wrote:
"golden brown" by the stranglers?
 
definitely.... pretty great influence too
Posted 15 years ago by jahroots    [ Reply ]
Wow- Bill's favorite guitarist! out of SF anyway.

Wikipedia is a bit thin on this guy- other than that he left us too soon.  What did he do after QMS?


Posted 15 years ago by mjaded    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
It's the time signature, 5/4. IMHO, Cippolina's response to Brubeck. Brubeck was local to SF at that time, lionized in the press, and certainly well known to a stylistic sponge like Cippolina. Cool, eh?
Sweet. I love the history I learn around here.
Posted 15 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
A 6.7 ???

You people are hopeless.
Posted 15 years ago by HarrO    [ Reply ]
{#Cowboy}{#Music}{#Propeller}{#Guitarist}{#Drummer}{#Motor}{#Notworthy}

Posted 15 years ago by TravelRat    [ Reply ]
 cherinoel wrote:
Surprised this is the only song you have on RP.  There are several primo QSMS tunes!!  What a time....
 
Whoah! I'm haven a flashback here!!!

BTW I've heard other QMS here.  Lots!

Posted 15 years ago by ScopArch    [ Reply ]
 dolfan wrote:

The music we love is the soundtrack of our life.

 
{#Cheers} Cheers to that!

Posted 15 years ago by oldman    [ Reply ]