PEL Special: Bill Bruford on Nakedly Examined Music #25
Summary: NEM now features jazz, hip-hop, classical, folk, and more. Check out all the episodes at <a href="http://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/" target="_blank">nakedlyexaminedmusic.com</a>, where you can <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/NakedlyExaminedMusic" target="_blank">subscribe</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nemusicpodcast/" target="_blank">follow on Facebook</a>.<br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bruford" target="_blank">Bill</a> played with all of your top three '70s prog bands, as the original drummer for Yes, a default member of King Crimson, and even <a href="https://youtu.be/CLNCGG8YnZc" target="_blank">briefly played live with Genesis</a>. His near-final foray into pop stardom was with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.K._(band)" target="_blank">U.K.</a> in the late '70s, but most of his output has been with his own jazz-inflected bands Earthworks and Bruford, as rock proved too confining for his rhythmic and tonal creativity.<br> We discuss King Crimson's "One more Red Nightmare" from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00065MDSQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00065MDSQ&linkCode=as2&tag=theparexalif-20&linkId=be6764923ccf21015e8a86007a7bcf09" target="_blank">Red</a> (1974), "Thistledown" from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000005OO4/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000005OO4&linkCode=as2&tag=theparexalif-20&linkId=3ddd1c4cce3f62757ea35dba54db264d" target="_blank">If Summer Had Its Ghosts</a> by Bill Bruford, Eddie Gomez, and Ralph Towner (1992), and "The 16 Kingdoms of the 5 Barbarians" from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K8NZF62/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01K8NZF62&linkCode=as2&tag=theparexalif-20&linkId=87bf45c578d89696ff17df9a3b144c0f" target="_blank">Every Step a Dance, Every Word a Song</a> by Bill Bruford/Michiel Borstlap (2004).<br> We also listen to "Hell's Bells" (written by Alan Gowen and Dave Stewart) and (during the intro) the title track of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000003S15/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000003S15&linkCode=as2&tag=theparexalif-20&linkId=4cfde29506989b3e2388382e2f135236" target="_blank">One of a Kind</a> by Bruford (1979), and also during the intro you'll hear "Five Per Cent for Nothing" from <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00007KWHP/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00007KWHP&linkCode=as2&tag=theparexalif-20&linkId=7670a49456f4a3d815f7f7f1c47048fa" target="_blank">Fragile</a> (1972) by Yes.<br> Learn more at <a href="http://billbruford.com/" target="_blank">billbruford.com</a>. <a href="https://youtu.be/l_K9XobAxpc" target="_blank">Here's</a> more interview with Bill and one of the performances from his initial meeting/show with Michel Borstlap that I refer to in our discussion. <a href="https://youtu.be/2jVjJLawhFk" target="_blank">Here's Bill</a> demonstrating electronic drums in 1986. And <a href="https://youtu.be/couMYEjYG2I" target="_blank">here he is</a> in that Yes reunion (technically "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Bruford_Wakeman_Howe" target="_blank">Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe</a>") around 1990 (this is the tour where I saw him live), including a very long electronic drum solo starting about 3:30 in. <a href="https://youtu.be/uZ4-NGx_GD4" target="_blank">Here's a later incarnation (2002) of Earthworks</a> live, going full throttle. <a href="https://youtu.be/74GBPl2FaK0" target="_blank">Here he with the band U.K.</a>, and then within about a year of that, <a href="https://youtu.be/5gZW1_6zFuo" target="_blank">live with his quartet Bruford</a> (every member of which I'd like to interview). And if you doubt how difficult Bruford's composition for Yes's "Five Per Cent for Nothing" is,
