Nakedly Examined Music Podcast

Why do musicians create what they do? Why do they create in that particular way? Mark Linsenmayer (aka songwriter Mark Lint, and host of The Partially Examined Life) talks to songwriters and composers about specific recordings, which are played in full. We cover lyric meanings, writing and recording techniques, arrangements, band dynamics, the stories behind the songs, and even music theory.

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NEM#76: Phil Manzanera’s Impossible Guitar


Phil was a core member of Roxy Music through the '70s and early '80s, has released 10+ solo albums since 1975 and many collaborations—appearing on around 80 albums in total—with an experimental yet tasteful guitar that's sometimes mistaken for a keyboard or something else.
We discuss "No Church in the Wild" (feat. Sonia Bernardo) from The Sound of Blue (2015), which is a cover of the song by Jay Z and Kanye West (Feat. Frank Ocean) based around a sample from Phil's song "K-Scope" from the album of that name (1970). We then talk about "Wish You Well" from 6:00 pm (2004) and the title track from Diamond Head (1975). Finally we listen to "Magdalena" from Live in Japan (2017), with The Sound of Blue Band. Intro music: "Over You" by Roxy Music from Flesh & Blood (1980), co-written with singer Bryan Ferry.
For more, visit manzanera.com.
Here's the song "K-Scope" in full and Phil teaching us how to play the main lick. Here's the Kanye/Jay Z/Frank Ocean version of "No Church In the Wild," and here's the video for the version we discussed.
Here's a full, recent Sound of Blue band concert. Here they are playing "Diamond Head" live at the BBC. Among other things, they play some pretty accurate versions of Roxy Music tunes. Here's Phil live soloing in 1992. Here's his instrumental song "Impossible Guitar."
Here's Roxy Music's "Over You" in full. Bryan Ferry is confusingly playing the main guitar riff in the video, but according to something I read, this came out of a jam with Bryan on bass and Phil on guitar. For some more of Phil's Roxy Music writing contributions,


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 June 24, 2018  1h12m