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on the subject of "Bangers and mash" #2

Posted by rocky on April 8, 2008 at 12:30am
The bangers and mash live session video appeared sometime "last night" and I saw it this morning. Bangers and mash was a real favorite of mine and many others from the moment it appeared.... partly due to the name which refers to a hot meal. It's kind of a jazz-music name.... like referring the feel of the song as its title. The recording of bangers n mash published on the In Rainbows disc and record set had a lot of mutations from the original whilst keeping most of the lyrics written for the initial live performances of bangers n mash. The original live versions had overdriven guitars which sounded like the studio and most live Bodysnatchers do today, or how the song "Feeling pulled apart" sounded in a live performance from 2001.Surely can't be beat.But this new one has more detail and more breathing room. It reminds me of Sonic Youth 's "dirty" from 1992. Moreso this live version than the studio one (which has more synth sounds than "dirty"). and thom doing the vocal "moans" during the slow part. A song called "Swimsuit issue" from "dirty" has this kind of feel. The second verse has a completely new guitar part, i just realized. the range of the bangers and mash riff for jonny seems to have been extended fivefold, but i feel that the new ideas are quite fitting; if you're playing one of five parts in a band and you come up with something that seems even better than before then go for it . : ) the cymbals work by phil s. is exemplary --- he makes it sound like there are three drummers instead of two : )
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on the subject of "Bangers and mash"

Posted by rocky on April 7, 2008 at 2:30am
Apparently tomorrow (monday) radiohead will air a video recording of "Bangers and mash" via the pitch fork website. It ought to be good and for some reason it seems like this is an adequate place to, after viewing it, sort of discuss how it was!Did you know?Bangers and mash was the first of the songs recorded in 2007 and 2008 for In Rainbows that was played live by the whole band? It was the third song of their first performance in Denmark in 200'6.
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