The Beat

Al finalizar el pasado año os hice una proposición disfrazada de regalo que por lo visto hasta ahora no ha tenido aceptación.

Como irredento que soy no cejo, y aquí os va una nueva.

Ahora bien, para contentar al núcleo duro y a los fundamentalistas, la adornaré con referencias que justifiquen - si fuera necesario - su presencia en la playa.

Disco de 1979 producido por Bruce Botnick.

Y sobre este ingeniero edificaré la entrada:

De la cosecha del 45, trabajó con Jack Nitzsche, figura en los créditos del Buffalo Springfield Again y por si fuera poco produjo el Forever Changes de Love en cuya producción original estuvo de alguna forma involucrado el mismísimo Neil Young.

A continuación un extracto de una entrevista en la que Bruce habla de ello:

There was some thought of having Neil Young involved in the production at the beginning of Forever Changes. How do you think the album might have turned out differently had he worked on it?
I think it would have been different. I brought him into it, and I thought it would be a real good idea, because I had worked with him with Buffalo Springfield. And the more he got into it, he was realizing that he had things he wanted to say and he wanted to do, and producing wasn't one of them. So he basically just said, "I'm sorry I said yes, I made a mistake. I gotta go do my thing." That was basically it. But I'm certain had he been involved, it would have been different. I'm sure he would have played guitar and things. I would have been interested to hear what it would have been like, in hindsight, you know. He just enjoys being an artist.

Pero lo que realmente cuenta y por lo que el disco está aquí es que como dice una conocida www

dedicada a las review de discos:

The Beat won't change your life, but it will make 35 minutes of it a lot more fun.

¡ Que no es poco con la que está cayendo !

Salud.

P.D.

Aviso a navegantes por aquello del minutaje: las canciones van del 1:44 a los 3:23 de duración.

Ya lo dijo Gracián: lo breve si bueno, dos veces bueno.