Musical inspiration

Bebi · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:04 am Post subject: Musical inspiration

Which bands/artists inspire you? Do you have a particular song or lyric that means a lot?

One of my favourite bands is James (sadly no longer together). Like most people my first experience of James was Sit Down in the early 90's, and that song triggered a life-long passion. I've collected all their releases, got quite a few t-shirts, and can yak on about them for England if allowed to do so LOL Oh, and I also travelled to Scotland to buy a signed record, and have wished Larry happy birthday personally on the Official Forum. Yes, I'm a lost cause hehe. Unfortunately they split before I had a chance to see them live... Something I regret.

Many fellow James fans find the lyrics very moving, and although I can't speak for all, I myself love the instrumentals as much as the finished songs. James were heavily into improvisation as a creative method, and released Wah Wah Kits alongside Laid under the wing of Brian Eno.

There are numerous websites out there dedicated to James, a few I recommend are these:

http://www.jamestheband.com/

http://james.wattyco.com/

http://oneofthethree.co.uk/

http://www.geocities.com/justhipper/jamessite.html

Tip: When doing your own search, remember to use "James the band" as a search criteria. It helpfully narrows it down Smilie_PDT

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