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tomk
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I swear I've seen a picture
of Brian with a accordian taken late '66 or early '67.
That bell-like instrument could be a celeste,
or it could be a Hammond.
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tomk
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I swear I've seen a picture
of Brian with a accordian taken late '66 or early '67.
That bell-like instrument could be a celeste,
or it could be a Hammond.
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tomk
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I swear I've seen a picture
of Brian with a accordian taken late '66 or early '67.
That bell-like instrument could be a celeste,
or it could be a Hammond.
I think I saw one as well...maybe here.
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kleermaker
A nice song. The accordion is a highlight. The song is a reflection of the typically English class society. I see some similarities with Lady Jane.
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dandelion1967
Let me add some opinion to BSG:
The accordion player, without a doubt, wasn't Brian. Brian have a "playing style" which, with every instrument he playd, remain the same style. I'm talking about "the riff". Listen close to what Brian did play in his guitar, even when he make "the second guitar", he plays like if he was playing an arrangement. He always did it. At least, one of two riff per song. Listen to the live version of "Not fade away" of Honolulu 1966, he plays the thing, and remain here. Under mu thumb, he plays the riff with the marimba, and remain here. The only difference I can add is "Ruby Tuesday", because he builds a whole melody, not a riff. But with BSG, surely is not his way of playing, the accordions plays melody, with sustained notes, single notes, double notes, is much more closer to a trained musician (I can offer Nicky Hopkins, but sure he wasn't in those sessions).
And to the one who said "Lastly, I will 'assume' that Brian played the accordion on because quite frankly it is so 'Brianesque'. Charlie once mentioned how Brian picked up the accordion and learned to play it in a couple hours (1999 MOJO)."
If you can play piano, you can play a millon of instruments, is not a matter of virtuso talent, but a disposition of the notes in the instrument. If you can play piano (either good or bad, doesn't matter), you can play Hammond, harpsichord, celeste, marimba, vibraphone, accordion, mellotron, moog, and other millons of instruments, of the same "family" (keyboards).
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His Majesty
Seems that it was Jack who played the accordian because someone at ABKCO said it wasn't Brian.
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donvis
I always thought it was "curtsy and look not too long just a little."
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His Majesty
We should also add that, thanks to Andrew Loog Oldham, we now know it was Nick De Caro who played the accordian.
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neptune
I always felt that what made the song were the vibraphone/marimba notes played throughout the track, not so much the accordion.
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neptune
I always felt that what made the song were the vibraphone/marimba notes played throughout the track, not so much the accordion.
Lol.
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neptune
I always felt that what made the song were the vibraphone/marimba notes played throughout the track, not so much the accordion.
Lol.
What's so funny about this? The vibraphone is the main riff of the song, and provides an air of elegance to the track.
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Christian
Is Keith playing in standard tuning tuned down like the guy in this video?
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drewmaster
Never understood the appeal of this track, or for that matter, most of the others on Between the Buttons. Too me, they sound arty, stilted, and pretentious, without any of the soul and grit and bluesiness and salaciousness that I so dearly love about the Rolling Stones.
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Christian
Is Keith playing in standard tuning tuned down like the guy in this video?
Sounds right enough, so probably yes.