New audio

[glee]

As promised, a few goodies are beginning to roll out to make up for the non appearance of certain reissues. Out of the goodness of my heart.
One is from '84 possibly the last time the Triffids ever played the masterpiece that is Butterfly. The other is the Red Ponies version of In The Pines, just to keep my mind on the subject at hand.
Look in the usual place.

[Gazza]

And a very good heart it is too, Graham.

Easy to see why Butterfly was dropped, but it fits beautifully with what you were saying the other day about wanting to show Dave's songwriting evolution.

As for more Red Ponies… 

[glee]

Oh I don't know, Butterfly is a lovely piece of zen writing. Speaking of which -
Zen

[Gazza]

Wouldn't disagree. I was thinking that musically it feels rather lightweight, rather than anything else.

[Cassiel]

Great stuff Glee. Butterfly sounds like a bit of joyous, throwaway juvenilia. Did i hear some whistling in there? i love a bit of whistling in songs.

[Urpal]

Thanks Graham. I thought both were excellent, and Butterfly brought a smile. It reminds me of Jonathan Richman at his most "naive", that song from the Bad Seeds Abattoir/Lyre album with Warren playing flute ("Breathless" I think), The Beatles & Ramones and, oddly enough, the Cohen song from DOALM ("Paper Thin Hotel") I was quoting from yesterday - not so much child-like as a pure expression untramelled by the "adult" complexities of the first person.

[Urpal]

Enjoyed that Zen thing, Graham. Has anyone tried the Tibetan Book Of The Dead? Sounds like a great read .

[Eke]

Thanks for those Graham. I loved Butterfly! It reminded me of those old X-Men comics from the '60s when the Beast and Iceman used to go to the Coffee-A-Go-Go in Greenwich village to listen to the beat poets and hang around with the cool cats. Well, you may not know what I'm talking about perhaps but that's high praise, believe me

[robweb]

Thanks Graham. The version of ITP is good. I'm still searching for a definitive version though. I always felt ITP was never quite nailed down. It is such a magnificant song I always imagine there is a killer version somewhere......ITP re-release?

[Urpal]

Been listening to Butterfly and ITP again today. I'm an extreme Butterfly collector and look forward to some more of those early flutterings.

The version of ITP is a real grower. It is a more fully realised version for me than the one recorded in the Woolshed - the chorus always seemed a bit too jagged and slightly clumsy in the original acoustic version and this one smooths out those edges and takes the song into the realms of the classic song it attempted to emulate unheard. The woods are darker in the shadow of the hill and I actually heard, rather than listened to, the lyrics again for the first time possibly ever.

[vps]

I'm an extreme Butterfly collector

What, you only collect man-eating butterflies? 
(I think it might be my turn to get my coat  )

[Urpal]

Don't rush, VP. That's about right