“Just Like Heaven” – The Cure
From Greatest Hits – Acoustic
Does anyone remember the days of scrambled television? Growing up all the cable stations that we weren’t subscribed to (HBO, Showtime etc.) and all the pay-per-view movies we had not purchased were scrambled in such a way as to make you not want to watch them. The images came out in negatives, and often the picture was split into pieces. The idea, of course, was that no one in their right mind would actually want to watch television in this manner.
The idea was often wrong. I used to watch all manner of programs in this way. I can specifically remember watching the first 48 Hours in this manner. The audio remained good, so I got most of the jokes, and could figure out what was going on, and occasionally the image was unbroken enough to actually see what was happening.
There were also, I must admit, a few late night fumblings watching some adult pay-per-view. You couldn’t see much, but if you squinted right every now and again you might see a negative of a nipple. For a pubescent teenager this was sometimes enough.
During the early '90s, when alternative suddenly became a musical buzzword, The Cure did an acoustic pay-per-view special. To say I was a sullen, depressed teenager seems a little beyond the point because aren’t all teenagers sullen and depressed? The Cure, of course, are the poster band for sullen, depressed teenagers the world over. So, of course, I watched the special. And of course, I watched it in the negative, scrambled version.
It was a darn good show, even if Robert Smith looked like some kind of space alien. Come to think of it, maybe I could see him better than I thought.
Article comments
1 - Linda
The coolest thing about Just Like Heaven is that those words are only the last three words of the song. I'm not sure why that's cool...but it is.
I hadn't heard of Grisman, but in looking him up I found that he is sueing youtube.
I agree with him in theory, but don't know what the legal standing is. I think it has traditionally been the responsibility of copyright holders to defend their intellectual property rather than having the law take on the task. This is why copyright infringement is a civil case rather than people being arrested and charged. So I don't know that the court will decide they must change their policy to prevent abuse before it happens.
And I'm listening to Smoky right now. It makes me smile.
Random on,
Linda
2 - Mat Brewster
Grisman is really cool and impossible to define. He's bluegrass and folk, and the blues with a little spanish flavor in there too. I guess that's why they started calling his stuff "dawgmusic" after his nickname "dawg."
Hadn't heard about the lawsuit but I suspect it is a losing battle. I understand the point of the artist, but times are changing so fast the rules can't seem to keep up.
3 - Linda
There is a TON of his stuff up on eMusic. I sampled a few things so I know what you mean about hard to define.
David Grisman
Jerry Garcia And David Grisman
David Grisman, Beppe Gambetta And Carlo Aonzo
David Grisman and Sons
David Grisman Quintet
David Grisman And Tony Rice
Sam Bush And David Grisman
David Grisman And Denny Zeitlin
Jamie Hartford, with David Grisman, Sam Bush and Ronnie McCoury
David Grisman, Jerry Garcia And Tony Rice
David Grisman And Martin Taylor
The Rowan Brothers w/David Grisman
David Grisman, John Hartford And Mike Seeger
The David Grisman Bluegrass Experience
David Grisman, Mike Auldridge And Bob Brozman
He does seem to stay busy. I have no idea if your Track 2 would be on any of the albums listed, but there's plenty there to keep me interested for a while. I particularly like the DGQ 20 : A Twenty Year Retrospective 1976-1996, by the David Grisman Quintet. Three 70+ minute CDs. At times it sounds Greek, at times Spanish, at times Kentucky. I like "Albuquerque Turkey", and not just for the name.
4 - Mat Brewster
His stuff with Jerry Garcia is phenomenal. It isn't anything like his stuff with his own band, nor like the stuff Jerry did with the dead, but tremendous none-the-less. Especially Not For Kids Only, Shady Grove, and the Pizza Tapes with Tony Rice too.
5 - Linda
Fortunately for me, all of those albums are on eMusic so I've stuck them in my wishlist for future reference.
But to be honest, the stories for the scrambled boobs and the Matchew are better.
And I say "I second that emotion" too; have for years. But now when I say it I'll have an extra warm fuzzy connection to remember as well.
6 - Mat Brewster
Thanks. Thanks a lot.