seattlesteve Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 It seems to me while Eric polishes off the Raspberries dvd, that I suspect he has a bunch of unfinished, wordless, melodies in his head that he doesn't know what to do with. I see it as three viable choices. 1) Wait and see what the interest is on The 'berries dvd. Some of these songs could be the new Raspberries album. 2) They also could be the new EC album. Half which would come from the previously unreleased EC material, which is extensive. 3) The Carmen-Pitchford-Ienner combo is a certifiable hit machine. Why not do it one more time? 4) Invite Marvin, Bernie, and I over for drinks while we listen to you're new stuff, and give you our expert opinions, while playing rhythm acoustic guitars behind your insane chord changes. Why not? I'll start packing... Seattle Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Thanks for the high honor Steve. I readily accept. Re those "insane chord changes", Andy and I spent many, many hours over 25 years talking about those 'berries/Carmen songs wondering how the heck Eric came up with some of those changes and those out-of-this-world bridges.Marv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Pfffffssssst. No problem. I recreated Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel on my living room ceiling in a day and a half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raspathens Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I know a classically trained musician/composer who told me that when he tried to pick apart some of Eric's work, he found it deceptively complex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 ...And difficult to scrape off the bottom of his shoe as well... I should stop now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HT from Mo Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Yes you should... if I were you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Mac Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Couldn't he just come to WAB 5 and audition for us? I saw a piano there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlene Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Not even deceptively complex--*extremely* complex! I've spent 30 plus years trying to duplicate all those chord changes on the piano and marvelling at the architecture and loving the gorgeous melodies and bridges that "visited" Eric so often. Ahhh, therein lies the attraction. It's pretty mystical. That's why we're all still here. --Darlene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Cartmill Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Extremely Deceptively Complex!?! Now Darlene is making me afraid to listen to EC music.If it is so complex, How does it still sound so pleasing to the ear?Oh, that's the deceptive part of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seattlesteve Posted June 13, 2007 Author Share Posted June 13, 2007 It's tough being an amateur guitar player trying to play piano favorites. Even Billy Joel throws us hack guitarist a bone with some of his songs, where we can actually use an open chord, Eric's stuff, I have gone online and still can't find the guitar chord, at times I'm not even sure it exists.Billy S: How were you able to jump in so quickly to Eric's complex guitar world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austinberries Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 speaking of cool chord changes, i took a little 1+ hour road trip outside of austin here yesterday, & up on my ipod cued 'starting over' - something that caught my ear yesterday on that tune was the *brilliant* (& brief) modulation at the end of the song to bookend it. i mean, it was delicious, it was appropriate, thoughtful, creative, it was a dramatic left turn, yet completely melodically accessible for the non-musically astute. it really got my attention, so here's repeated props to mr. eric 'take me to the bridge' carmen - i was like, 'damn, that guy can write a bridge/modulation!' made me wonder if that particular slice was another ex. of eric drawing from his classical background playbook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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