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Post by sliderocker on May 16, 2012 17:04:30 GMT -5
I think she mentioned in one interview (possibly in Rolling Stone) that all she could play in the early days were only two or three guitar chords and that for many years, her guitar stayed in the closet. She sharpened her skills on the guitar considerably and I think playing guitar helped her to be in command in the recording studio with the musicians. Do you need more than 3 chords for Rock and Roll? Very few songs use three chords and maybe even less in some instance, but I think many rock and roll musicians have always taken the comment about needing three chords as an insult. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, comedian Steve Allen ridiculed the lyrics of most rock songs and the musical skills of the rock musicians. He hated rock and roll with a passion. It wasn't his music. Of course, as old as he was, if he had liked rock, he would've looked foolish. But, I think the rock musicians took his ridicule and criticsms to heart and made efforts to be more creative with the music. Strangely enough, I think Allen also influenced another group of people with his ridicule and criticisms: those who would later write scathing reviews of rock albums in Rolling Stone. I think some of them had a very high regard for Allen even though brilliant he was, sometimes, sometimes he was a big pain in the a**. But, as for the number of guitar chords in a song, I've never understood the need to overload a song with so many chords. I know of one song that has about 15 chords. Nice enough song but why so many? Paul McCartney only used four guitar chords on "Yesterday." On the "Anthology" album, on an alternate take of "Yesterday," you can hear him name those chords. But I know of some who have posted the song on a guitar chord website and far from using the same four chords, they used six to eight chords. Why complicate the song? It's a beautiful song that doesn't need additional chords to enhance that beauty. |
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Post by erik on May 16, 2012 20:28:59 GMT -5
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Post by sliderocker on May 16, 2012 22:14:40 GMT -5
Likewise, I wish she had done more guitar playing on her albums and in her concerts. I've always wondered why she didn't contribute her acoustic guitar to the songs she cowrote on "Hasten Down the Wind?" It would've been nice to have heard her guitar on one channel and Kenny's guitar on the other on "Lo Siento Mi Vida," and to have heard her acoustic guitar in the mix on "Try Me Again." Maybe she still felt she wasn't a good enough guitar player, not in Andrew's league or Dan Dugmore's league or Waddy Wachtel's league, or perhaps playing the guitar was just for her own enjoyment? I guess it's also possible she may not have wanted to taken on a musician role in the recording studio as that could've meant spending more hours and days (or nights) in the recording studio.
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Post by erik on May 16, 2012 22:24:24 GMT -5
It could easily have been self-consciousness on her part that she didn't play guitar more on her records, because no one in her inner circle of musician friends ever had a bad word to say about her musicianship. One really kind of has to just accept this shyness of hers (IMHO).
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Post by sliderocker on May 17, 2012 11:13:54 GMT -5
It could easily have been self-consciousness on her part that she didn't play guitar more on her records, because no one in her inner circle of musician friends ever had a bad word to say about her musicianship. One really kind of has to just accept this shyness of hers (IMHO). For me, that shyness of hers is kind of appealing, as you wouldn't expect to find it in someone who has been as successful as she has been. Especially someone whose concerts brought in (overall) hundreds of thousands of people - a small city - just to hear her sing. In the studio, I think she was more comfortable and could've seen adding her guitar as an overdub, after everyone but Peter Asher and the recording engineer had gone home. Then again, who's to say she didn't? Elvis was never listed as a musician on his later recordings, yet that lack of credit didn't mean he wasn't playing guitar or piano here or there on some of the songs. His version of "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" featured him on the bass guitar, though here again, if going solely by the musicians credits, he played no musical instruments. Linda could easily have played an acoustic guitar here and there but likewise not credited in her album notes or listed on the session files. |
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Post by erik on May 17, 2012 12:16:34 GMT -5
All of this, while admittedly speculative, could also easily be true, I agree. Linda's shyness is a big part of her appeal, why she is very real to her fans and her peers. There is no artifice with her; what you see is what you get.
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Post by the Scribe on May 18, 2012 22:41:06 GMT -5
I think "tuning" the guitar was a big pain for Linda. Who needs that when you are front and center doing a show?
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Post by erik on May 18, 2012 23:21:52 GMT -5
I think she joked about that once: "I am an independent woman, except for tuning" (LOL).
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Post by Monkd on Feb 19, 2024 19:56:25 GMT -5
Andrew Gold sold me the D35 she used on tour.
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Post by RobGNYC on Feb 19, 2024 20:46:24 GMT -5
Andrew Gold sold me the D35 she used on tour. OK, you can’t just hit and run with a story like that on this site. Details please. |
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Post by eddiejinnj on Feb 21, 2024 7:39:25 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Monkd!! I agree with Rob. Details, PLEASE eddiejinfl
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Post by MokyWI on Feb 21, 2024 8:02:49 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Monkd!! I agree with Rob. Details, PLEASE eddiejinfl If we knew where you lived you might have few knocks on your door. Just kidding, WELCOME and DETAILS PLEASE! |
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