Ady Croasdell Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Arthur Lee the leader and songwriter of the LA 60s psychedelic group Love has died in Memphis yesterday of Leukemia. The group's third album "Forever Changes" is cited by many as the greatest of all time and I concur. Arthur produced Rosa Lee Brooks 'My Diary' on Revis and was mildly amused to see I had a copy a couple of years back when I collared him for an autograph. He was an utterly brilliant geezer. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Steve G Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Arthur Lee the leader and songwriter of the LA 60s psychedelic group Love has died in Memphis yesterday of Leukemia. The group's third album "Forever Changes" is cited by many as the greatest of all time and I concur. Arthur produced Rosa Lee Brooks 'My Diary' on Revis and was mildly amused to see I had a copy a couple of years back when I collared him for an autograph. He was an utterly brilliant geezer. He did a gr8 version of "Be thankful for what you got" in the 70s as well. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Sad to hear that, Seven And Seven Is and Alone Again Or are among my favourite tracks. he came over and played a couple of years back at one of the Creation do's I think. As for Forever Changes...I've never understood why this is so acclaimed, same as I've never got Astral Weeks, I think I've bought it about 4 times now and only listened to the singles. When John Reed used to be at Record Collector I used to speak to him every week and every time he'd try to persuade me this was the best album of all time. I've now got the remasterd and expanded edition on cd and it's still in it's shrink wrap Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest hammy Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Forever Changes is the best record of the 60s - there is nothing on a par with it, no other record that reveals itself in new and mysterious ways on each listen. Sure, it's spawned a lot of pretence and cliche but - christ - what a record. Arthur Lee - a great loss. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Kerry F Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Forever changes is one of my all time fave albums , especially love 'Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale ' what a fantastic title , not a clue what the songs about but great title !! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Forever Changes is the best record of the 60s - there is nothing on a par with it The first Velvet Underground & Nico album apart from the last 2 tracks on side 2, is the best album of the 60's. Just in my opinon. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
soulsalmon Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 The first Velvet Underground & Nico album apart from the last 2 tracks on side 2, is the best album of the 60's. Just in my opinon. i concur wholeheartedly Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete S Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 i concur wholeheartedly Blimey! Thanks Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Forever Changes is the best record of the 60s - Sorry, Hammy, it's not even the best Love album, never mind the best album of the 60s (I refer you to either "Safe As Milk" or "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" for that...) . The Love album to end all Love albums was and always will be their first. "Signed D.C.", "Softly To Me", "Can't Explain" and, of course, "My Little Red Book". Now really, what gets better than that on "Forever Changes" ? Not a whole lot IMO.... TONE PS: Oh yeah and BTW Pete, "White Light White Heat"s always been better than "VU + Nico". Might as well argue with everyone while I'm here! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ady Croasdell Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 This isn't a discussion about which is meant to be the best album of the sixties, it's a tribute to a great musician who just died. Start another thread if you want to. Tabitha the Clark & Hillsdale is a reference to the two streets that border the block on Sunset Blvd where the Whisky A Go Go was. The songs about the people who frequented the club. I was sad enough to have my photo taken (by one of the Zombies) by each of the street signs. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ady Croasdell Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 The Love album to end all Love albums was and always will be their first. "Signed D.C.", "Softly To Me", "Can't Explain" and, of course, "My Little Red Book". Now really, what gets better than that on "Forever Changes" ? Not a whole lot IMO.... TONE It's the whole LP, full of insights and philosophies which can affect your life if you let them. 'Bummer In The Summer', 'A House Is Not A Motel', 'Clark Ans Hillsdale' and the utterly brilliant 'You Set The Scene', which vies with the Beatles' 'A Day In The Life' as the best LP track ever. All of those surpass any of the above and I'm a massive fan of 'Little Red Book' Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Billy Freemantle Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 (edited) For a good up-to-date article on Arthur and Love read this Wikipedia entry. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Lee_(musician)#Love And listen to 'A House is Not A Motel.' https://media.putfile.com/Forever-Changes--...-Not-A-MotelRe1 Edited August 4, 2006 by Billy Freemantle Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Billy Freemantle Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 Here's a soundbite of You Set The Scene Where are you walking I've seen you walking Have you been there before?Love___Forever_Changes___arthur_lee___You_Set_The_Scene.mp3 Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ady Croasdell Posted August 4, 2006 Author Share Posted August 4, 2006 The crux of the whole thing is "If you think that life is just a game, do you like the part you're playing". Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Dante Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 RIP Arthur Lee... The first Velvet Underground & Nico album apart from the last 2 tracks on side 2, is the best album of the 60's. Just in my opinon. A great album, maybe in the top 10 of the bests in history. Lou Reed is one of the best composers IMO. Cheers Dante Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Platters 81 Posted August 4, 2006 Share Posted August 4, 2006 ive got the first Love lp and "Da Capo".........he did some acoustic gigs in the uk a few years ago.......my favs are "Orange skies"......."the castle"........"my flash on you"......a true original.... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
FrankM Posted August 5, 2006 Share Posted August 5, 2006 I got the bus from Glasgow to London to catch their first appearances here. A later version of Love of course. I saw them at the Roundhouse and then Walthamstow College. I spoke to Arthur then and a good few years later when they played Glasgow for the first time when he was in his heavy rock phase. After reading reviews of some of his other tours i stayed clear for another few years but I was really glad to catch the Forever Changes Tour. A great gig from a great band. Our local commercial radio station invited fans to come on and discuss their favourite band. I wanted to do The Velvet Underground but somebody else got in before me so I did Love. Two hours before midnight on a Tuesday. As a Glaswegian of course I visited the pub beforehand and arrived with a carry out on the night the Radio Authority paid a surprise visit. I think they enjoyed the music. "Don't darken our doorstep again" were the parting words of the presenter and music controller. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Truly sad and a great loss. Love's self-titled as well as Forever Changes were some of my earliest favorite records as a kid. In college, my parents had a dodgy roommate who stole all their Beatles records and replaced them with Love records. My mother never forgave him but I couldn't've been happier when they all ended up in my collection! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest vinylvixen Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 Sorry, Hammy, it's not even the best Love album, never mind the best album of the 60s (I refer you to either "Safe As Milk" or "Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" for that...) . The Love album to end all Love albums was and always will be their first. "Signed D.C.", "Softly To Me", "Can't Explain" and, of course, "My Little Red Book". Now really, what gets better than that on "Forever Changes" ? Not a whole lot IMO.... TONE PS: Oh yeah and BTW Pete, "White Light White Heat"s always been better than "VU + Nico". Might as well argue with everyone while I'm here! Sorry to hear about Arthur....shook his hand at the Rocket and it was my privilege to follow his act with my set....never a harder act to follow - aided by Caroline sliding frontways down the roadies slide Blimey Postings on Capt. Beefheart and Lou....wow...I must be on acid - White Heat is awesome Jo Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dayo Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 ALONE AGAIN OR= ONE OF THE GREATEST POP RECORDS EVER MADE (if not THE greatest!) Thanks for the news Ady, I'd missed that. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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