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12 Comments on “Stoned Soul Picnic: The 5th Dimension”
I was going to ask a question and then I remembered, “Oh! It’s the internet. I can look it up myself.” So I did.
Was curious about the use of the word “surry” in the song. What could it mean? Since I apparently hadn’t been near a dictionary in all these years, I’d never looked it up. But today I did some investigating and, guess what? It doesn’t mean anything! Laura’s explanation: “Oh, it’s just a nice word.”
What? A demo of Stoned Soul Picnic exists and they block the video in my country? I have 7 Nyro vinyls and 2 or more CDs and they won’t let me listen to this demo recording? That’s not fair! Well, at least I found the first 30 seconds. End of ranting.
Funny, I never thought about the word surry. Thanks, im6!
Birgit… the remaster of “Eli/13th” has 3 demos: “Stoned Soul”, “Lu” and “Emmie.” None of them differ substantially from the final versions — just not quite as “produced.” It’s a tribute to Nyro that she apparently usually started off with very good and ended up with great. Doesn’t always happen that way with a lot of recording artists.
im6, the not-so-produced is what I like 🙂
Why do some producers / musicians think that adding a lot of instruments improves a song? Often the result is just a mush of sound.
By the way, while searching for an available version of the demo I found an early version of her “Lazy Susan”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eh1ZGVO-iw
I like that it’s in a lower key than the record version, but maybe the tape is just running too slow.
May 14, 2013 at 11:53 am
https://www.box.com/s/o11o3zhgwzfqew23k7bd
May 14, 2013 at 12:11 pm
I haven’t hea5rd this one in a long time. Thanks
May 14, 2013 at 3:08 pm
Gnu,
It was my pleasure. I was trying to think of songs with picnic in the title-this one I remembered!
May 14, 2013 at 3:00 pm
I was going to ask a question and then I remembered, “Oh! It’s the internet. I can look it up myself.” So I did.
Was curious about the use of the word “surry” in the song. What could it mean? Since I apparently hadn’t been near a dictionary in all these years, I’d never looked it up. But today I did some investigating and, guess what? It doesn’t mean anything! Laura’s explanation: “Oh, it’s just a nice word.”
Isn’t that great!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoned_Soul_Picnic_%28song%29
Just for fun… here’s Ms. Nyro’s demo for the song. It’s, quite naturally, fabulous:
May 14, 2013 at 6:06 pm
What? A demo of Stoned Soul Picnic exists and they block the video in my country? I have 7 Nyro vinyls and 2 or more CDs and they won’t let me listen to this demo recording? That’s not fair! Well, at least I found the first 30 seconds. End of ranting.
Funny, I never thought about the word surry. Thanks, im6!
May 14, 2013 at 6:15 pm
Birgit,
I hate to see you miss out so I had an MP3 made of the video. Here is the link to the song:
https://www.box.com/s/7773hx0jjiyqc3d0soez
Enjoy!!
May 14, 2013 at 6:29 pm
Kat, thank you!!! im6 is right, this version is fabulous.
May 14, 2013 at 6:31 pm
Birgit,
I’m glad you enjoyed it so much!!
May 14, 2013 at 8:14 pm
Birgit… the remaster of “Eli/13th” has 3 demos: “Stoned Soul”, “Lu” and “Emmie.” None of them differ substantially from the final versions — just not quite as “produced.” It’s a tribute to Nyro that she apparently usually started off with very good and ended up with great. Doesn’t always happen that way with a lot of recording artists.
May 14, 2013 at 8:59 pm
im6, the not-so-produced is what I like 🙂
Why do some producers / musicians think that adding a lot of instruments improves a song? Often the result is just a mush of sound.
By the way, while searching for an available version of the demo I found an early version of her “Lazy Susan”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eh1ZGVO-iw
I like that it’s in a lower key than the record version, but maybe the tape is just running too slow.
May 16, 2013 at 9:38 am
Just thank you. It’s been a while…
May 16, 2013 at 10:28 am
You are very welcome, Michael