Brian Eno - China my China

[montapica]

While I was in China all my albums were sold for $1.00. My parents got a little over $600. They didn't even count doubles, triples or quadruples. My last album is Brian Eno's Multi Media Album recorded on an island off the coast of Spain. I got copy # 101. The only reason I still have it is because it had my sister's name on it. She was living in Resolute Bay at the time. I had told her about this album. I read about it in Omni magazine.She bought it for my birthday. Thanks Wendy.

[gregfate]

great guitar riff!

[MegaLodewijk]

Will Never forget Clever Uncle JAN. !

[mustaffamoustachaa]

@gwdd wasn't it Eno Ono and Bono at Bowies wedding ?

[801liveable]

brian eno, is not a homosexual. back then he just dressed like one. in fact bryan ferry, states it used to drive him crazy of eno's line and how he could draw women with it. ferry said it was fantastic too watch.

[xwsftassell]

I don't know why he stopped singing. He's got such a brilliant voice. Maybe he doesn't like it. I do.

[07743777079]

is Eno an homosexual - and no it doesn't matter.

[07743777079]

is Eno an homosexual - and no it doesn't matter.

[TheMrMysteriouso]

Woah, listen to that bass line! Pretty manic stuff...

[Hollandia777]

Probably, the strangest rock musician ever!...

[brayrrero]

sick guitar riff

[hulakan]

Syd Barret didn't go mad. He just reincarnated prematurely into Brian Eno.

[sking55]

.......used to put this record on and leave the stacking arm up so it would play over & over while doing my (art) school projects....Sorry neighbors!!! Good to hear people still listening to BE's quirky brilliance...........

[jacksatease]

Manzanera guitar works, treatments by Eno. I was listening to this when most of you were dancing to the Beegees still...

[bruce369able]

@jacksatease touche'

[bruce369able]

@jacksatease

[bruce369able]

@jacksatease 

[SupperOfTheMightyOne]

4:10

Am I just out of it, or is that Tony Banks?

[deadhardy]

@SupperOfTheMightyOne

i thought the same thing...definitely looks like banks from the side

[blunklaura]

Eno n-Bowie would be awesome

[SupperOfTheMightyOne]

@blunklaura

Low, 'Heroes', and Lodger.

Check 'em out.

[ArcadianQueen]

@SupperOfTheMightyOne Best records of the 1970's. Bowie & Eno together is almost too good to endure if you know what I mean.

[upyerrzzz]

Oh No! Brian's selling phones!

[vaf88]

@upyerrzzz what?? take that back

[ksjoyjespeace]

PHIL MANZANERA SHINES AT MT. OLYMPUS OF GUITAR HEIGHTS HERE!!!!!!!

[AIKevorkian]

D flat Major! :)

[MrSpringburn]

china,my china!

[Lycaon43]

These poor girls are such fun, they know what God gave them their fingers for: to play percussion over solos.

That Eno, what a crack wit.

[Maruschek]

I like the fat lady of Limburg:D

[micheljch]

Fripp not on this LP at all. All guitars either Phil Manzanera or Eno himself

[The456781]

That's because it goes from God, to Eno, to You... and then, well... and then nothing. Unless of course you credit The Underworld. And then it goes to some actor... like John Travolta. Get ready for some nice, evil type stuff from John Travolta!

[flippypimpstein]

I LOVE ENO

[magziveify]

THEN THERE WAS YOU! :]]

[magziveify]

Then there was YOU ;]

[magziveify]

Then there was YOU :]

[yossarian9]

I remember a man who jumped out from a window over the bay

(there was hardly a raised eyebrow)

The coroner told me 'This kind of thing happens every day'

You see, from a pagoda, the world is so tidy.

[loorambient]

Great album !!!

[bhbar2003]

Way to go Corneritz,

I've been an Eno fan since the early 70's

Never even heard this one before.!!

Hey, does anybody know if thats Fripp doing

the solos?

Brian AZ

[weaseldragon]

That's a really good question. The guitar solo sounds like Fripp, but he's not credited. Some commenters below seem to think it's Fripp. But I suppose it could be Manzanera channeling Fripp. Anybody know for sure?

[qu1et]

Phil Manzanera on the solos.

[circumpspect]

I think this riff had influenced on Wire's "The 15th"

Am I wrong?

[dirtbag1713]

i think eno influenced the hell out of wire. most of chairs missing and 154 reminds me of eno really

[cacemphaton]

still think this is fripp's best solo...

[ksjoyjespeace]

@cacemphaton PHIL MANZANERA ON ALL GUITARS HERE!

[cacemphaton]

@ksjoyjespeace didn't imply otherwise so stop screaming. It may be apocryphal but i remember reading long time ago how eno would basically 'lend some assistance to the object'; spanking the pickups as fast as possible while phil fretted his own guitar- which would be the same one he gets credits for on the lp liner, right? Or did u hear me say: 'Eno played guitar on this song; not Phil'? u seem to be a Manzanera troll to judge from the comments here, so perhaps i should just stop right here.

[ksjoyjespeace]

@cacemphaton Not screaming,it's just easier to type without worrying about the shift key! I was just commenting on the great guitar-work, I know Eno played treated guitars! God bless!!!

[kimonui]

In the haze of the morning, China sits on Eternity

And the opium farmers sell dreams to obscure fraternities

On the horizon the curtains are closing

Down in the orchard the aunties and uncles play their games

(like it seems they always have done)

In the blue distance the vertical offices bear their names

(like it seems they always have done)

Clocks ticking slowly, dividing the day up

These poor girls are such fun they know what God gave them their fingers for

(to make percussion over solos)

[isolationeitheror]

lyrics

[qu1et]

"these poor(?) girls are such fun / they know what God gave them their fingers for / (to make percussion over solos) " then you hear a typewriter making percussion over the guitar solo. I love it!

[tiefhals]

Thanks for posting. I like that the back side of Tiger Mountain's sleeve shown here is really from the Tiger Mountain COVER album done by Doug Hilsinger and Caroleen Beatty several years ago in San Francisco. Well worth tracking down, and pretty simple to do also.

[jinksyjet1]

whaah whaah !

[ssballs]

Viva La Fripp and the whole darned band on this #!They are so incredibly swinging!

I haven't heard this on CD or on-line ever...classic and yet so new-sounding even if it was done in 1974.Grazie!Nice pix.

[depechemodevilla]

Cool song. Eno during this period reminds of of Syd Barrett. Too bad nobody else ever pointed that out before in this posting.

I like mechanical pencils because they are so much easier to use. Who is a pencil sharpener? I haven't done that in over ten years. Get with it.

[vonsmitty1313]

Listen for the typewriters during the guitar solo! Of course,kids today have never heard a real typewriter,a real telephone ringing,or any decent music,for that matter...

[robwyattfan]

I have to disagree. Eno's influence is more palpable on the current crop of experimental art rockers than any before. Artists as diverse as TV On the Radio to Animal Collective to more experimental musicians like Black Dice and Fuck Buttons are clearly influenced by Eno. That said, they're are plenty of great musicians kids are making as I type: from the L.A. art rockers to New York's new noise-pop stuff to Europe's noise/dance blowout. There's plenty good if you seek it, sir!

[siempre289]

cool pics

[titchbek]

love the guitar and typewriter solo in the middle !

[joeyrider]

@titchbek I love that too since I first heard, Eno used to call it "Writing Harpsichord".....just lovely

[astroman287]

don t wanna sound greedy,but can somebody upload the official video of this gem.

[juankenon]

Is there one? I doubt it because this wasn't the lead single off this album and it was the 70s and all, but if there were I would love to see it.

[cosmicwarrior287]

a few years ago there was a doc on roxy music on a program called rockprofiles on german telly.they showed a snippet of the video .don t know if it ever was on you tube though?

[passonno]

@astroman287 I sincerely doubt that there was ever a video for this, but if anyone of the era would have been savvy enough to see the potential, it would have been Eno.

[gwddd]

If Brian got together with Yoko to play a card game it would be Eno and Ono play Uno ! You know ?

[kookofor96]

That's funny. What if they got married and it drove her crazy. She'd be a loco yoko ono eno.

[markdcarter]

What if U2's Bono - and Sonny Bono - wanted a piece of the action too?

Yoko Bono Bono Ono Eno would be one very busy lady. Oh no!

[kookofor96]

Thats funny. By the way, I hope YOUKNOW that ENO also produced DEVO; but don't get me started!

[vainguitarist]

do any of you guys play Chrono Trigger?

[ColetteDoucet]

He also produced Zvuki Mu, a russian band. You should try to listen to them! :D

[weaseldragon]

Also produced Ultravox.

[bapyou]

@gwddd Eno? Oh no! I dunno.

[Simon0Brien]

@gwddd jhaaa

[deborahsuewho]

@gwddd I know.

[drogheda1966]

@gwddd I'd be a fly on the wall...  "Are you really going to play THAT card, Brian... ... ... Why don't you answer me...?"

[helloRiddel]

@gwddd Hahahahahahahahahahahah made my day!



[evelyneverettgreen]

@gwddd I know

[Ranzabar]

@gwddd Thats something I think Brian Eno would find pretty funny

[governor2202]

@gwddd dunno

[aadave88]

@gwddd I know!! lol

[esgotos]

Very nice!

[shitz37]

Love this song. Almost sounds a bit like syd barrett