Serie documentaires over pop- en rockalbums. The Band - The Band: The Band (1969) is de tweede en meest succesvolle plaat van de gelijknamige 'band'.
The Band peaked at #9 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. In 2000, it recharted on Billboard's Internet Albums chart, peaking at #10. The singles "Rag Mama Rag" and "Up on Cripple Creek" peaked on the Pop Singles chart at #57 and #25 respectively.
The album includes many of The Band's best-known and critically acclaimed songs, including "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down", which Rolling Stone named the 245th greatest song of all time (in the updated version, it was the 249th greatest song of all time). In 2003, the album was ranked number 45 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 1998 Q magazine readers voted The Band the 76th greatest album of all time. TIME magazine included it in their unranked 2006 list of the 100 greatest albums. Robert Christgau, having been disappointed with their debut, had expected to dislike the record, and even planned a column for The Village Voice to castigate their followup. Upon hearing the record, however, he declared it better than Abbey Road, which had been released four days following, writing The Band's LP is an "A-plus record if I've ever rated one."
According to the liner notes to the 2000 reissue of "The Band" by Rob Bowman, the album, "The Band", has been viewed as a concept album, with the songs focusing on people, places and traditions associated with an older version of Americana.
Thus, the songs on this album draw from historic themes for "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" , "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" and Richard Manuel's "Jawbone" (which was composed in the unusual 6/4 time signature.)
The album was reissued in 2009 by Audio Fidelity as a limited edition gold CD. Remastered for the first time on CD from the original master tapes (which Capitol evidently no longer possesses), the album also included a single b-side "Get Up Jake" as a bonus track. Originally slated for the album "Get Up Jake" was dropped from the original album line-up at the last minute because the band felt it was too similar to another track on the album.
In 2009, the album was preserved into the National Recording Registry because the album was "culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or informs or reflects life in the United States."
If you find me in a gloom, or catch me in a dream
Inside my lonely room, there is no in between
Whispering pines, rising of the tide
If only one star shines
That's just enough to get inside
I will wait until it all goes 'round
With you in sight, the lost are found
Foghorn through the night, calling out to sea
Protect my only light, 'cause she once belonged to me
Let the waves rush in, let the seagulls cry
For if I live again, these hopes will never die
I can feel you standing there
But I dont see you anywhere
Standing by the well, wishing for the rains
Reaching for the clouds, for nothing else remains
Drifting in a daze, when evening will be done
Try looking through a haze
At an empty house, in the cold, cold sun
I will wait until it all goes round
With you in sight, the lost are found
Ik heb de docu op opnemen gezet!
Zeker, die gasten maken het extra mooi. Neil Young en Neil Diamond b.v.quote:Op zaterdag 24 maart 2012 11:19 schreef methodmich het volgende:
Die is ook erg goed tong, met vele goede gastbijdragen. Maar bij mij is het een dubbelaar trouwens.
Gasten hebben toch nog wel aardig een stempel gedrukt.
Robbiequote:
Had hem al eens gezien op Belgie.
Gasten hebben toch nog wel aardig een stempel gedrukt.
Whispering Pines kwam ook nog voorbij, helaas veel te kort. Al snap ik dat ze niet alle nummers helemaal kunnen laten horen, want het is een documentaire.
Eerlijk gezegd kende ik tot aan het zien van deze documentaire The Band alleen van naam en heb altijd gedacht dat ze slechts begeleidingsband van Dylan zijn geweest.
Tijdje terug de cd Remasters gekocht.
Daarnaast is gelukkig veel op Youtube te vinden. 
[ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door TargaFlorio op 24-08-2012 22:36:30 ]