tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post2861025015678603804..comments2024-03-27T17:27:49.087-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: Sometimes a Flute is Just a Musical InstrumentVixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-73400922213523779222022-10-01T19:14:19.385-04:002022-10-01T19:14:19.385-04:00I am only vaguely aware of Lizzo. What i have seen...I am only vaguely aware of Lizzo. What i have seen, i like. She's an artist. She has studied and knows how to play the flute. She was given a great honor to play this particular flute. She played well, and I'm proud of her. What is the problem? Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217677217054777278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-66371897874528459692022-09-30T23:37:01.551-04:002022-09-30T23:37:01.551-04:00I never realized Peter Gabriel did the flute--I th...I never realized Peter Gabriel did the flute--I thought that was studio musicians! I love realizing rock music has more sophisticated instrumentation than people think, like:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfEvB6WbgSc<br /><br />I remember being enthralled hearing P-Diddy's sample of "Kashmir" come to life in collaboration with Jimmy Page himself and an orchestra on SNL and being like "Whoa". <br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QSbNO7Cj9c<br /><br />Our popular music is denser and more interesting than just the throwaway thing critics think it is. Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-21288120996859286842022-09-30T13:48:50.553-04:002022-09-30T13:48:50.553-04:00Rock music nurtured a bunch of flautists. Ian Ande...Rock music nurtured a bunch of flautists. Ian Anderson leads the list, of course, but in Jethro Tull he plays almost as much guitar (being the songwriter), and his original instrument was the harmonica; he picked flute just to look different. Peter Gabriel similarly played flute when he was the frontman for Genesis. Chris Wood was the other kind of flautist, a sax player who noticed this other instrument with very similar fingering but very different sound. (There are boatloads of jazz musicians that play both instruments.) And then there was Steve Katz, guitarist for Blues Project and then Blood Sweat & Tears, who also played flute, and wrote himself a nice little melody called "Flute Thing" that he recorded with both bands. Punk rock made it unfashionable to play serious instruments, but not long afterward, Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics played flute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com