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FPSHOT
Nov 09, 2003, 03:09 AM
Warner Bros. have released a promo video, which is the performance of Give Me Love.

It can be downloaded from here

http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/911georgeallstartribute.html

If you have Quick Time, it will automatically start. If you don't have it, you can easily download it, it shows the link.

Give Me Love;

Well what I notice is, that although Jeff does marvelous vocals in the studio, always has done, listen to the ELO albums and anything else he did, his live voice is not that good hehe (always critical I know) but still he does it with passion, although (here I go again) he misses some part in the lyrics near the end haha nobody wrote about that before ...( keep me, keep me free from birth) graemlins/smile1.gif

It is sensational to see the band's passion and concentration and Eric Clapton just playing acoustic guitar, not singing ( well not in the mike) but really being focussed on the song.

Also, again it becomes so clear that playing slide guitar requires a special skill and even though the guitarists - Mark Mann and I guess Andy (If Paradise Is Half As Nice) Fearweather Low - try and do it well, it does not come close to the simple way George handled the slide guitar and the sound he got from his guitars.

Really special sound is the piano - it's not Gary Brooker, so Billy? or Jools? - which is exactly as on the record, fantastic.

The backing vocals are amazing.

Watch it, it's great !!!

[ Nov 09, 2003, 03:11 AM: Message Edited By: FPSHOT ]

Siobhan
Nov 09, 2003, 04:28 AM
I managed to see most of it before the computer froze. Thanks FPSHOT!

I agree with your comments about Jeff's vocals, and the slide. George's original version was beautiful, and it must be very difficult to recreate. But I don't think they did a bad job.

I can't wait to see the whole film. It doesn't look like I am going to see it in the cinema, so I will have to wait for Christmas, as my husband is buying it for me (I know because I am ordering it from Amazon for him next week images/icons/wink.gif *)

Hari's Chick
Nov 09, 2003, 10:20 AM
Originally Posted By Siobhan:
(I know because I am ordering it from Amazon for him next week images/icons/wink.gif *)<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">Heehee!!! graemlins/laugh2.gif

[ Nov 09, 2003, 10:21 AM: Message Edited By: Hari's Chick ]

Hari's Chick
Nov 09, 2003, 10:26 AM
Originally Posted By FPSHOT:
his live voice is not that good hehe (always critical I know) but still he does it with passion, although (here I go again) he misses some part in the lyrics near the end haha nobody wrote about that before ...( keep me, keep me free from birth) graemlins/smile1.gif

<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">graemlins/laugh2.gif Poor Jeff!! images/icons/tongue.gif graemlins/wink2.gif

braddale
Nov 09, 2003, 01:17 PM
Quote: "Also, again it becomes so clear that playing slide guitar requires a special skill and even though the guitarists - Mark Mann and I guess Andy (If Paradise Is Half As Nice) Fearweather Low - try and do it well, it does not come close to the simple way George handled the slide guitar and the sound he got from his guitars."

That is so true, when you you hear other musicians trying to duplicate George's guitar parts, particularly his slide work, you get a newfound respect for his playing. He was never flashy or fast, but his playing was spot-on and very distinctive.

beatlelover45223
Nov 23, 2003, 10:23 AM
here's a nice link to a video of the concert, 6.30 minutes long, Real Audio needed. images/icons/smile.gif *

http://www.btopenworld.com/lifestyle/yourlifeinterests/film_entertainment/0,,csn=1330,00.html