tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40977975121598210462024-02-07T04:45:19.114+00:006 Album Sunday52 weeks : 312 AlbumsNicki Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06832035040303966851noreply@blogger.comBlogger320125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-68537458017111033392020-12-20T23:56:00.004+00:002021-01-03T00:40:33.298+00:00Log #221 - Spotting Haken From The Panopticon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYOBTXcN_WJwRKZK0U_eE_c_gVc8hnW9AsgFWOO1XDVSp2-JXuFGt29bg2bs1YJkkj7IP4C3qwVAzYoidGLHY3mtXL6u5nV_VcHIHTXK80tGMnwc3nGTI4mm6pSZqJGw_P8o0oj5ZDjE/s512/isis+panopticon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVYOBTXcN_WJwRKZK0U_eE_c_gVc8hnW9AsgFWOO1XDVSp2-JXuFGt29bg2bs1YJkkj7IP4C3qwVAzYoidGLHY3mtXL6u5nV_VcHIHTXK80tGMnwc3nGTI4mm6pSZqJGw_P8o0oj5ZDjE/s16000/isis+panopticon.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The heavy rock/metal band Isis are a surprise to me... because I really like them. Why do I like them when I have previously written about how I don't much like "post rock" instrumental bands like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Explosions In The Sky or Mogwai? I can only put it down to a significant difference even if I can't quite put my finger on what that difference is. To be fair I heard the band name mentioned in despatches in connection with Tool and Opeth, who I do like. </p><p>Anyway right from the very first power chord <i>Panopticon</i> is a tremendously exciting album. The sound is full on wall of sound - rather like My Bloody Valentine (who I don't know much to be honest - I used to have <i>Loveless</i> but fell out of love, if you excuse the pun, with that possibly overrated album quite early on). The pace of <i>Panopticon</i> is much slower and more ominous than the musically more dynamic Tool and Opeth. In fact some of the music is verging on ambient or drone. But boy is it heavy! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhczGml51ohsjU4Op8INbeuAvif4_t9_fUiYQUzeEzlZNMu2BMyH1gXJjIysqROQtvaY0PFT3MPGww_2XH-k8uTWqFJU6lhimhbPZYJLouZPDdKeleZF-6wgH2Z-h3uDd388x1OAWIFQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFhczGml51ohsjU4Op8INbeuAvif4_t9_fUiYQUzeEzlZNMu2BMyH1gXJjIysqROQtvaY0PFT3MPGww_2XH-k8uTWqFJU6lhimhbPZYJLouZPDdKeleZF-6wgH2Z-h3uDd388x1OAWIFQ/s16000/image.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Melodies are provided by repeated simple four or five note guitar sequences supplemented by long drawn out chords drenched in feedback and sustain, rather like Neil Young's languid playing on <i>Zuma's </i>longer tracks. There are very few vocals - singer Aaron Turner growls but the voice is so low in the mix it is really used as just another instrument in that very thick wall. The other distinguishing feature is clear sharp down tempo drum taps which at first sounded a bit out of place to my ear: these remind me of some of the "shoegaze" bands from the early '90s, particularly Ride. Now Ride had that famous album <i>Nowhere</i> which I, again, had at the time but never really got (notice how the album artwork is similar too). More on that later.</p><p>Isis only produced 5 studio albums. The final one <i>Wavering Radiant</i> in 2009 broadened their instrumental palate with more keyboards, without, I'm glad to say, reducing their raw power. </p><p>Generally the music on both albums is simple and goes where you expect in a satisfying way. There are less of the sudden mindbending U-turns you get with bands like Opeth and Tool - hence the drone descriptions. The tracks tend to shift and build gradually usually over 7 - 10 minutes. </p><p>Will I ultimately find this music unsatisfying? I don't think so. Like pure ambient music there is more to discover the more you listen. I think Isis will have staying power at Bamyasi Towers.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZ_OwrvJwTjQLj7Zl1FbXdcgGfkcUJN91T64aC4Vfl3GA5f2jaSZrgKcUDIBGIGAjHFf9LgtgVWidvg9-yg9cqEvEKlpVep4BUKrL05GA3-Fvg6xUWvD8eCTYrKrFrndk7zCJCbZNIjI/s170/ride+nowhere.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZ_OwrvJwTjQLj7Zl1FbXdcgGfkcUJN91T64aC4Vfl3GA5f2jaSZrgKcUDIBGIGAjHFf9LgtgVWidvg9-yg9cqEvEKlpVep4BUKrL05GA3-Fvg6xUWvD8eCTYrKrFrndk7zCJCbZNIjI/s0/ride+nowhere.jpg" /></a></div>So on to the Ride album <i>Nowhere</i>. Was my initial impression from 30 years ago wrong? Well, actually no. I still don't like it. This has got to be one of the most overrated albums in history (were the band just lucky in time and place)? I'm not going to spend much time writing about it here. The 40 minutes or so I spent listening is long enough suffice to say the out of tune singing doesn't help - painful - better off growling. <p></p><p>There were quite a lot of new rock bands emerging around the turn of the 80s/90s decade weren't there, combining traditional guitar led rock instrumentation with a shuffling dance beat - most disappeared as quickly as they came - Jesus Jones, The Farm, The LAs, Inspiral Carpets, The Wonder Stuff, Charlatans etc. Did any have staying power other than The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses?</p><p><b style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Isis</b><i style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> - Panopticon<br /></i><b style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Isis - </b><i style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Wavering Radiant<br /></i><b style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Ride - </b><i style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Nowhere</i><br style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;" /><b style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Opeth - </b><i style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Sorceress<br /></i><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b>Opeth</b><i><b> </b>-<b> </b></i></span><i style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px;">Blackwater Park<br /><b style="font-style: normal; text-align: center;">Haken</b><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: center;"> - </span><i style="text-align: center;">The Mountain</i></i></p><p>I thought the Opeth trajectory would continue upwards but I was left slightly underwhelmed with <i>Sorceress</i> (their 12th album from 2016). It has several tracks which are right out of the early Love, Jethro Tull and Pink Floyd catalogues. It also has classical guitar, bongo drums and strings. </p><p>Mmmm, what did the trad. Opeth fans think of this release? Had they finally taken their prog influences too far? One easy listening instrumental is actually entitled <i>The Seventh Sojourn</i> which is a Moody Blues album title - a rather too obvious homage. I hope it's a grower. Either way it's the first album from Opeth I haven't been hugely impressed with so they are allowed an off day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisITV35ymWfb6TPsxJvwZOUDza4HSWHo0SCaiUTDkD1PreFpaGmjNmVD7gb0Gu2oNboT_yRxmwGBBiHG0inLPNqToktLNMrqboYNNo7hvqMi7Dnv1GTIEI7u9dDNaNRflyYA1cUHTIqo/s188/haken+mountain.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgisITV35ymWfb6TPsxJvwZOUDza4HSWHo0SCaiUTDkD1PreFpaGmjNmVD7gb0Gu2oNboT_yRxmwGBBiHG0inLPNqToktLNMrqboYNNo7hvqMi7Dnv1GTIEI7u9dDNaNRflyYA1cUHTIqo/s0/haken+mountain.PNG" /></a></div><p>Last new album this week and continuing my discovery of nu prog metal I tried <i>The Mountain</i> by London prog band Haken. Honestly this is a whole new world to me. I thought prog music died in 1974 (apart from a tiny revival in the early '80s with Marillion). I had no idea. But of course, every other type of music has been revived so why not prog? I'm just surprised at myself, having been a keen fan of prog back in the day, I had not discovered this vibrant current scene. I guess, good music, like cream, will eventually rise to the surface irrespective of any current trends or fads. </p><p>Opening track is a gentle piano ballad in the style of The Cinematic Orchestra around the time of <i>Ma Fleur</i>. This gives way to the exceptional <i>Atlas Stone</i> - a sort of combination of Rush and Yes. Think that is exceptional? Then hear <i>Cockroach King</i>! Here the band throw in Queen on top of Rush and Yes - in particular the operatic Queen of <i>Bohemian Rhapsody</i>:<i> </i></p><p><i>The Cockroach King sits on his throne<br /></i><i>With the Midas touch and a heart of stone<br /></i><i>An empire built on guile and greed<br /></i><i>A bleeding ground for those who heed</i></p><p><i>In Memoriam</i> is on the face of it a 4 minute rocker, but there is so much packed into this modest timeline it really needs to be heard to be believed. There's a whole Genesis album in this track. </p><p><i>Because It's There</i> starts with acapella harmonies before moving into skittish jazz percussion and guitar. There are also some distant glitchy effects giving the song a Radiohead flavour, but ultimately it's a beautiful ballad with a moving chorus.</p><p><i>Falling Back To Earth</i> is the longest track on the album at a more traditionally proggy 12 minutes. It's an epic number containing multiple shifts and the deepest metal riffs on the album. Similarly <i>Pareidolia </i>allows Haken to display all their Opeth chops.</p><p>The musicianship is amazing throughout but it's the vocals that really standout as on <i>As Death Embrace</i>s and the slowly building closer <i>Somebody</i> - singer Ross Jennings resurrects the high clear enunciation of classic prog vocalists Jon Anderson, Geddy Lee and Rodger Hodgson.</p><p></p><blockquote>The whole album is blindingly technical, but the beauty of what has been crafted here is that <i>The Mountain</i> doesn't feel like an exercise in how to get the most notes out of any given instrument.</blockquote><p style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=14990" target="_blank">Steven Reid</a> </p><p></p><p>I realise I've thrown around a lot of casual comparisons and influences here which could lead to a dog's breakfast of a sound. But fear not, Haken offer a unique perspective on the metal prog scene and <i>The Mountain,</i> albeit constantly shifting across a myriad of styles, presents a very cohesive whole. I'm looking forward to hearing more from this talented band.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.3600825 -71.058880114.049848663821152 -106.2151301 70.670316336178843 -35.902630099999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-40174958965788935512020-12-13T10:43:00.003+00:002020-12-20T17:06:40.724+00:00Log #220 - Animals Is Pink Floyd's Best Album<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyuEdahrrbBFvC-xj4zYN6WoamnBIHZjUkCeGmmzevVYw5kD2htNFiL0j5iD-VlY_S4Z6Le__Trq7FyXuOUDCV7bEq6ERqG5iB7bejHrS6xfbr2RrEat8IbRyyXl4ORs2WyL9I6vJV5w/s537/animals.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="537" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxyuEdahrrbBFvC-xj4zYN6WoamnBIHZjUkCeGmmzevVYw5kD2htNFiL0j5iD-VlY_S4Z6Le__Trq7FyXuOUDCV7bEq6ERqG5iB7bejHrS6xfbr2RrEat8IbRyyXl4ORs2WyL9I6vJV5w/s16000/animals.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">My recent listening to the likes of Opeth, and Eloy in particular, plus a spin of <i>Atom Heart Mother</i> last week, has led me back to some more Pink Floyd this week. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Wish You Were Here</i> was my favourite album of theirs when I was younger (in fact, my favourite album of all time by anyone for a while). It's still excellent with the centrepiece of <i>Shine On You Crazy Diamond </i>of course, the futuristic <i>Welcome To The Machine</i>, and the rock of <i>Have A Cigar</i>. Objectively the title track is undoubtedly a great song too with brilliant lyrics and a catchy acoustic progression, but now a tad over familiar. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Meddle</i> is a little aged but quite a step up from its predecessor <i>Atom Heart Mother</i>. The celebrated side long track <i>Echoes</i> is more fully formed than the bombastic <i>Atom Heart Mother Suite</i> and the acoustic songs are better than that album's comparatives.</p><p style="text-align: left;">But actually I now think <i>Animals</i> is the best Pink Floyd album. It's just well, so cool. It's one of the band's heaviest albums, and angriest... pointing the way to the more bloated <i>The Wall</i> which followed, but with only 3 long songs simply bookended by a matching acoustic intro and outro it's a lot more focused. One senses Roger Waters was really beginning to take over the song writing with some of his most politically charged lyrics:</p><p><i>You got to be crazy, gotta have a real need<br />Got to sleep on your toes, and when you're on the street<br />Got to be able to pick out the easy meat with your eyes closed<br />Then moving in silently down wind and out of sight<br />You got to strike when the moment is right, without thinking</i></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFSEQvYbJeAqWZxdDNVS7vMAidX2Sx4LMSqfzpfh4hV_QcxkpEEn65yhAAtvdm7qfusTADzTem2cfZxU-kMbDM2GofbWHrltwFfc7D51HkLU6oMlWQ4lLj8O4bqXQyP_SaRcae618faQ/s262/ihat.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfFSEQvYbJeAqWZxdDNVS7vMAidX2Sx4LMSqfzpfh4hV_QcxkpEEn65yhAAtvdm7qfusTADzTem2cfZxU-kMbDM2GofbWHrltwFfc7D51HkLU6oMlWQ4lLj8O4bqXQyP_SaRcae618faQ/s0/ihat.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Johnny Rotten in his I Hate Pink Floyd T-Shirt</td></tr></tbody></table><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">In the face of political and economic turmoil and the burgeoning punk movement (in actual fact there was mutual respect between quite a few of the old dinosaur rock bands and the new wave of young punk bands - <a href="https://thequietus.com/articles/03750-john-lydon-wants-to-re-record-dark-side-of-the-moon" target="_blank">Johnny Rotten actually said</a> some years later that he loved <i>Dark Side Of The Moon</i>) this powerful album released in January 1977 and described by NME as...</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote>one of the most extreme, relentless, harrowing and downright iconoclastic hunks of music to have been made available this side of the sun</blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">...couldn't have been better timed.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> <span>~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Van Morrison</b><i> - Hard Nose The Highway<br /></i><b>Van Morrison - </b><i>Veedon Fleece<br /></i><b>Pink Floyd - </b><i>Meddle</i><br /><b>Pink Floyd - </b><i>Wish You Were Here<br /></i><span><b>Pink Floyd</b><i><b> </b>-<b> </b></i></span><i style="text-align: left;">Animals<br /><b style="font-style: normal; text-align: center;">Opeth</b><span style="font-style: normal; text-align: center;"> - </span><i style="text-align: center;">Damnation</i></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">~</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPDAFcpw-JAgzA_ksCgSmNOoyvmr1kKjYXKJxzVRpVixeU56XdLUBRBiYV5vDCahyphenhyphenceQSbTpItzmScUJW-UI54DlVtGGSkAtfsyazTpRCkbeBV6Z4PplodeXKfL6f1jc2rH7X7Ha_59g/s750/pink+floyd+pig.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="750" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPDAFcpw-JAgzA_ksCgSmNOoyvmr1kKjYXKJxzVRpVixeU56XdLUBRBiYV5vDCahyphenhyphenceQSbTpItzmScUJW-UI54DlVtGGSkAtfsyazTpRCkbeBV6Z4PplodeXKfL6f1jc2rH7X7Ha_59g/s320/pink+floyd+pig.PNG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The famous Pink Floyd pig still floating over Battersea Power Station during the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0Battersea, London, UK51.472200699999988 -0.16554723.161966863821142 -35.321797 79.78243453617884 34.990703tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-18559961973736353802020-12-06T14:32:00.008+00:002020-12-12T08:56:37.388+00:00Log #219 - New Pleasures With Others Remaining Unknown<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitawpW_qfFu_xMgpSccikKDif7VUetaJs_aE55jcQZ9yraPhmXlBLIBB4D267PaKtyewTNCEQ2w5msVabEIja9m7C0mWMgimqUy5pV8zeoYN5t1OQXOGGQq5GB_tTi0tSNn0biXqBLh3k/s900/unknown-pleasures-cover-art.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitawpW_qfFu_xMgpSccikKDif7VUetaJs_aE55jcQZ9yraPhmXlBLIBB4D267PaKtyewTNCEQ2w5msVabEIja9m7C0mWMgimqUy5pV8zeoYN5t1OQXOGGQq5GB_tTi0tSNn0biXqBLh3k/s16000/unknown-pleasures-cover-art.png" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>OPETH'S STILL LIFE AND DAMNATION</b></i></span></p><p>A continuation of my discovery of Swedish group Opeth this week proceeds with one of their classic early albums - their fourth <i>Still Life</i> (from 1999). As an early record from their "death metal" days I wasn't expecting to like it so much as their later work. But actually it was great. The growl vocals are used relatively sparingly and I didn't mind them too much once I'd tuned in. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56u125DdR9ke533ma1QHZvRMBelJ1V6yPU1ySsoVHWXre1L7Ut6SxA5lrvldTTq_ijpa0gPKbZ3VXUhueIkYoK_3t5e1EVr-E2DGO-iR8ZUAkyHNQEw9FwSpRJliQwOcbxABsYnttN68/s225/still+life.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56u125DdR9ke533ma1QHZvRMBelJ1V6yPU1ySsoVHWXre1L7Ut6SxA5lrvldTTq_ijpa0gPKbZ3VXUhueIkYoK_3t5e1EVr-E2DGO-iR8ZUAkyHNQEw9FwSpRJliQwOcbxABsYnttN68/s0/still+life.jpg" /></a></div>Furthermore when lead singer Mikael Åkerfeldt sings cleanly he has a great voice. And the music (and the musicianship) is amazing. Most prominent is the super fast guitar riffing. <p></p><p>This has got to be one of the band's most powerful albums (but then again there are plenty of gentle acoustic guitar interludes too including the lovely <i>Benighted</i> which has that gentle interlude feel of the quiet tracks on Black Sabbath's massive <i>Master Of Reality</i> album with its reverbed vocal and jazzy finger picking). </p><p>The cover would also indicate a certain Black Sabbath influence and I guess if you played a Sabbath album on 45rpm it could sound like this - Sabbath on speed if you like!</p><p>The<i> Damnation </i>album is an odd entry in the Opeth catalogue even in the history of a band not afraid of change. Apparently originally conceived as part of a double album recording sessions were eventually released as two separate albums (<i>Damnation</i> following 5 months after <i>Deliverance</i> in 2003). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsErRmjc0h0eL9JPyL6egyX-j1075VrtzgLmYFW5hZPX_YvE0KffHPrK1ippD0f0bQ8XGhGVhQM6LJqW7F4YeMUT5v2TWxS_Jbb0V7sxYqaugqXXHAkAdKLx6AckLn9W-6h3lesBHugvI/s220/220px-Damnation_cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsErRmjc0h0eL9JPyL6egyX-j1075VrtzgLmYFW5hZPX_YvE0KffHPrK1ippD0f0bQ8XGhGVhQM6LJqW7F4YeMUT5v2TWxS_Jbb0V7sxYqaugqXXHAkAdKLx6AckLn9W-6h3lesBHugvI/s0/220px-Damnation_cover.jpg" /></a></div>The split made sense as both albums are very unlike each other - the former (which I haven't yet heard) more metal, the latter more mellow prog (you might have thought the titles of each might have suggested the opposite). As such the latter album is a revelation with <i>In My Time Of Need</i> the most beautiful Opeth tune I've heard and the whole album my favourite by the band to date. <p></p><p>Considering this album came out nearly 20 years ago it is a surprise to me to still read about Opeth fans bemoaning how the band have gone soft relative to their metal days; it would seem they've been "progressive" for a lot longer than they've been "death metal". To be fair it's not like the early albums were devoid of progression (far from it) and the later albums are certainly not soft!</p><p><i><b><span style="font-size: large;">THIS WEEK'S FULL SELECTION:</span></b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>~</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Opeth</b> - <i>Still Life</i><br /><b>Opeth</b><i> - Damnation<br /></i><b>Joy Division - </b><i>Unknown Pleasures<br /></i><b>The Enid - </b><i>Something Wicked This Way Comes</i><i> </i><br /><b>Eloy - </b><i>Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes<br /></i><span><b>Pink Floyd</b><i><b> </b>-<b> </b></i></span><i style="text-align: left;">Atom Heart Mother</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">~</p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>JOY DIVISION'S UNKNOWN PLEASURES</i></b></span></p><p>It's not a massive jump from Opeth to Joy Division. They are equally dark, well even darker actually. JD were a band I held in a lot of contempt when I was at school in the late '70s for no good reason apart from I thought they were laughably bad musicians (in that respect you couldn't get further poles apart between Joy Division and Opeth). But of course I was missing the point entirely. I was coming from a point of view of liking (or more to the point admiring) the fancy musicianship of prog bands like King Crimson and Yes. The tuneless singing of Ian Curtis, the one note bass playing of Peter Hook, and a guitarist who had to look at his right hand to pick out feeble 3 note leads, therefore didn't do it for me. </p><p>However seeing old footage of the crazed elbow dancing Curtis fronting the band is pretty mesmerising. How did they come over on record though? I'm about to find out with a spin of <i>Unknown Pleasures</i>.</p><p>Mmmm, not sure I've been missing much. Save for a few more fleshed out songs on side 2 of the album like <i>Wilderness</i> where the band approach a Doors sound (Curtis was a fan) and the atmospheric <i>I Remember Nothing</i> the majority of the record sounds very basic almost to the point of amateurish. That's not necessarily a bad or unexpected thing (think Velvet Underground) but it just doesn't sound like the band particularly had much chemistry together: It sounds like four young guys jamming in their bedroom each playing slightly different tunes in slightly different keys and time signatures on cheap instruments they've only had a few weeks. It begs the question whether Joy Division would have become so iconic without Curtis's death.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqvwhCjDY4cp8hisi_QoqIHx5vymZHKW3s0Cng2uYlVDKObDGumBsMvjKZ76RmtxvgPoaReyAPog7dtdfrV5tuu4teGI4b0YKf1q5Wzys4tpCZuc2BPibko5gt2qwLHTDB0ufvSUWd4M/s263/ian+curtis.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqvwhCjDY4cp8hisi_QoqIHx5vymZHKW3s0Cng2uYlVDKObDGumBsMvjKZ76RmtxvgPoaReyAPog7dtdfrV5tuu4teGI4b0YKf1q5Wzys4tpCZuc2BPibko5gt2qwLHTDB0ufvSUWd4M/s16000/ian+curtis.PNG" /></a></div>The drummer sounds pretty good though which is no mean feat at a time when electronics were just starting to infiltrate drum beats. I know this album (and band) is a bit of a sacred cow but here I am 40 years later and I'm still not really feeling it. Christ, if I ever come back to this record again I could be 90 years old! That's a grim prospect too. <p></p><p>Were New Order, who rose from the ashes of Joy Division in 1980, any better? Different as I understand it, not knowing much from them save for <i>Blue Monday</i> of course.</p><p>Oh, by the way, the film <i>Control</i> is excellent. The lead actor really pulls off Curtis. It's pretty grim as you'd expect, and just had to be shot in black and white. And one other thing, I saw Peter Hook's current band a few years ago at a festival and they were a highlight of the weekend.</p><p>Iconic cover too of course (see top) which is now much more famous than the actual music. A classic of minimalist artwork and fitting for the contents. Those contours make me think of the Misty Mountains in <i>Lord Of The Rings.</i></p><p><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>THE ENID'S SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES</b></span></i></p><p>Apparently The Enid's <i>Something Wicked This Way Comes</i> was the band's first album with vocals (and their fifth released in 1983). This makes their mostly instrumental music even more "stageshow". The album's lyrical content is apparently about a post apocalyptic reality and not based on the well known Ray Bradbury 1962 novel although the carnival setting for the latter would fit well with the music. </p><p><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">ELOY'S SILENT CRIES AND MIGHTY ECHOES</span></i></b></p><p>The most remarkable thing about Eloy's <i>Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes </i>from 1979<i> </i>is how similar the opening is to Pink Floyd's <i>Shine On You Crazy Diamond </i>(1975). I mean, really similar! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ0xGaVGBgM&list=PL674DE5E348A946DB" target="_blank">Give it a listen</a>. Is it a deliberate homage? It seems too similar to be a coincidence.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBfcT60DvLNpZPRSvrQNYWG-Ll-4z_jjFzONKyU_uipx3YYNp8yqEhbMD66i4V36kfnIM_PIGoaqqOh33zuJMF7o1J-o_6fSBGJ-euz7q-nDUxxfL4sVM4lvPh09K9R_SkIV_G-Ij-bg/s294/eloy+silent+cries.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBfcT60DvLNpZPRSvrQNYWG-Ll-4z_jjFzONKyU_uipx3YYNp8yqEhbMD66i4V36kfnIM_PIGoaqqOh33zuJMF7o1J-o_6fSBGJ-euz7q-nDUxxfL4sVM4lvPh09K9R_SkIV_G-Ij-bg/s0/eloy+silent+cries.PNG" /></a></div>After the opening guitar sequence <i>Astral Entrance</i> jumps into that galloping sort of rhythm also favoured by Pink Floyd (particularly on <i>Animals</i> I'm thinking but also think of <i>One Of These Days</i>). Eloy to be fair are often compared to Pink Floyd. Or Pink Floyd with Arnold Schwarzenegger on lead vocals I read from one online reviewer (perhaps a little unfair). <i>The Acopalypse</i> continues the Floyd sound with Clare Torry (<i>The Great Gig In The Sky</i>) like vocals and long Rick Wright synth string chords.<p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>PINK FLOYD'S ATOM HEART MOTHER</b></i></span></p><p>To complete this little tangent final record of the week was a revisit to Pink Floyd's <i>Atom Heart Mother</i>. This came out in 1970 and was already the band's fifth album. It's still Pink Floyd in development: The sound moving slowly towards a fuller fruition on the follow up <i>Meddle</i>. Indeed the side long title track could be viewed as an <i>Echoes</i> forerunner. However <i>Atom Heart Mother</i> is more baggy round the edges. It has a nice main theme but with it's brass section and choir is somewhat overblown. The best part is a central section where the core band groove (as they do in the central part of <i>Echoes</i>).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSrfa3aljrVrOnjuYLcREOfZWANWzxR9i2If9XTe2fvvw0KPVb4NqMVENojZuRnhZjHOidNtsqgnGVNMLwl3yZyj6FiVvqrROenlPxty5CSwbPdPsnVTGVThMVD_vET61KIl3zhC5cMk/s406/styles.PNG" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSrfa3aljrVrOnjuYLcREOfZWANWzxR9i2If9XTe2fvvw0KPVb4NqMVENojZuRnhZjHOidNtsqgnGVNMLwl3yZyj6FiVvqrROenlPxty5CSwbPdPsnVTGVThMVD_vET61KIl3zhC5cMk/s16000/styles.PNG" /></a></div>Side two, like <i>Meddle</i>'s side one, contains some catchy more acoustic numbers - a rock song, an acoustic picker, and a piano track (with some more brass), plus a classic early Floyd piece of avant garde whimsy in the literal form of <i>Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast </i>complete with "found sounds" from Alan's kitchen. Who was Alan? He was Pink Floyd roadie <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/12/14/english-alan-styles-dies-at-75-his-breakfast-rant-was-recorded-by-pink-floyd/" target="_blank">Alan Styles</a> as pictured (left) on the back of the <i>Ummagumma</i> album cover.<p></p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-12074285801537937902020-11-29T17:24:00.016+00:002020-12-09T23:05:36.915+00:00Log #218 - Moving Through The Prog Metal Gears With Opeth<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZnPyOA5BzNetfq8VefY8E4A_DMoqA81wz8TV00lOzDbza83RDb66bBPGKxUgimAD4df452XtEx-JdqKFdYJ6mVdLYvwLZ_atV8-tMEr-dfLFpDAyK03zs7ZqWlPjfSxr08t1AVZwJqU/s1000/heritage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZnPyOA5BzNetfq8VefY8E4A_DMoqA81wz8TV00lOzDbza83RDb66bBPGKxUgimAD4df452XtEx-JdqKFdYJ6mVdLYvwLZ_atV8-tMEr-dfLFpDAyK03zs7ZqWlPjfSxr08t1AVZwJqU/s16000/heritage.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">My recent listening to King Crimson and Tool (and a facebook post extolling their virtues) has led me to Opeth. They are a Swedish metal band. Sounds unpromising doesn't it, and this initial reaction was confirmed as I listened to the opening track of their 2001 <i>Blackwater Park</i> album (as recommended by some Twitter fans as possibly their best) but bear with me as Opeth just could be my greatest discovery of the year! </p><p style="text-align: center;">~</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Opeth</b> - <i>Blackwater Park</i><br /><b>Opeth</b><i> - Heritage<br /></i><b>Opeth - </b><i>Watershed<br /></i><b>The Enid - </b><i>Invicta<br /></i><b>Manu Chao - </b><i>Clandestino<br /></i><span><b style="font-weight: bold;">Cornershop</b><i><b> </b>-<b> </b></i></span><i style="text-align: left;">When I Was Born for the 7th Time</i></p><p style="text-align: center;">~</p><p style="text-align: left;">The first impression from opening track <i>The Leper Affinity </i>is off putting to my ear due to the frankly scary thrash/death metal growl vocals. But... I'm so pleased I persevered as the vocals are not exclusively "growl" aka "cookie monster". Some tracks are part "cookie" part "clean" and some are fully "clean". Apparently this was a gradual change for the band that started out firmly in the death metal camp and have gradually over the course of a long career (they were formed in 1989) moved more into prog rock. Of course many of the legacy fans remain perturbed by the change and won't entertain the later albums accusing the band of selling out. </p><p style="text-align: left;">For a new fan like me it's the other way round: What I've heard of the newer stuff I really like. What I've heard of the old stuff I'm not so sure about on account of the singing (the music sounds great throughout however) - I can't imagine there is a better exponent of metal in terms of musicianship and melody. These boys can certainly play, even if their music isn't your "tea" (as <a href="http://6albumsunday.blogspot.com/2020/11/can-sacrilege-review.html" target="_blank">Damo Suzuki once said</a>). </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>The Leper Affinity</i> is powerful chugging riff metal, follow up <i>Bleak</i> contains Rush like guitar passages, and the attractive <i>Harvest</i> showcases their frequent use of acoustic guitar strumming with a gorgeous slow distorted guitar lead over the top. <i>The Drapery Falls</i> is simply epic reminding me of the entire <i><a href="http://6albumsunday.blogspot.com/2018/11/log-112-fantastic-voyage-to-centre-of.html" target="_blank">Journey To The Centre Of The Eye</a></i> album by Nektar. It also fits in some Jethro Tull acoustics and latter day Frippertronics on distorted guitar.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote>Full of gorgeous melodies but still thunderously heavy, Opeth’s breakthrough album is widely and rightly revered as both a classic and a progressive metal benchmark.</blockquote><p style="text-align: right;">Dom Lawson (Classic Rock) </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">However it is fairly misleading to single out individual tracks as most contain multiple dynamic changes across a generous length (many tracks are in the 10 minute range). In fact most of the songs could be defined as epic and almost any one of them would be a centrepiece on most rock albums.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Jump forward ten years and we have <i>Heritage</i> which I gather is a real marmite record in the Opeth catalogue. Apparently this is the first album where Opeth went full on prog leaving behind their heavy metal roots (and more pertinently the cookie monster vocals, entirely). </p><p style="text-align: left;">I love it. I think it's a superb record. Subtle expressive brilliant prog rock employing many of the traits of classic '70s rock (organs - damn, hammond and mellotron no less!, acoustic guitars, banked vocals, jazzy guitar) but with a very modern sound. I can hear many bands in this music (King Crimson (especially in <i>Famine</i>), Camel, Rush, Nektar, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull etc) but probably the one that comes through the most is Radiohead.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><blockquote>I've always seen Opeth as a band without boundaries.</blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: right;">Mikael Åkerfeldt</p><p style="text-align: left;">The whole record sounds like a concept album - more so in the musical themes than any lyrical content which I haven't paid much attention to (aside from his growling roots singer Mikael Åkerfeldt is actually a very nice singer).</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>For my third forage into Opeth I listened to <i>Watershed</i>, the band's 9th studio album from 2008, and the one before <i>Heritage</i>. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>Goodness there is so much to take in from these records. The first two tracks on <i>Watershed</i> alone practically cover the whole spectrum of prog and/or death metal. Opener <i>Coil</i> is a gentle acoustic guitar piece with female vocals (the acoustic guitar is very good throughout the Opeth records I've heard). Are the band going to serve up a mellow album? Not at all, second song <i>Heir Apparent</i> is full on heavy metal with that growl... but not always, there's clean singing and classical guitar and flute too. It shouldn't work, but it does. It's amazing what this band pack into 8 minutes. They do it immediately again on the identically lengthed <i>The Lotus Eater.</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>Indeed the band have been accused of a lack of continuity in a lot of their song writing with seemingly unrelated parts being randomly strung together to form a whole. But isn't that what a lot of prog was like back in the day anyway? I'm sure <i>Foxtrot</i> or <i>Close To The Edge</i> could have gone off in any number of different directions on a whim.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>Akerfeldt's clean vocals soar on this record never more than on fourth track <i>Burden</i> which is an epic stadium filling ballad. He so reminds me of another singer but I can't figure who that might be <i>[It could be Tim Smith from Midlake, or Roye Albrighton from Nektar, or is it one of the old King Crimson singers Greg Lake or John Wetton? Ed]</i>. These sorts of more restrained one paced songs are easier to take in, stripped of the trademark sudden structural changes. But even this one finishes on a bizarrely unusual detuned acoustic guitar passage (there is lots of acoustic guitar on this album too).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>More acoustic guitar (and strings) drives the first half of the 11 minute <i>Hessian Peel. </i>Then there's some electric guitar, then a quiet piano passage, and then death metal growls and heavy riffing. Just a typical Opeth number then, although this could be the last ever Opeth song with death metal cookie monster singing? Is that actually the case? - I don't know yet.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>The final track is perhaps the best of all. It's a little different from the rest of the album. The pace is understated, the guitar is jazzy, with a rising Fripp like scale chorus, and the whole piece is framed by mellotron keys. I've said it before but, again, this multi part track is like a whole album all of its own, yet it's "only" 7 minutes long. There aren't many bands that can create such "efficient" prog, perhaps Rush in their mid period around the time of <i>Permanent Waves</i> were one. Sadly most of the prog pioneers of the '70s floundered after that decade. If they had been able to adapt to making music like Opeth they may have survived longer (perhaps King Crimson have bucked that trend remaining relevant for longer than other contemporaries with two significant shifts in style in the '80s and '90s). </span>Similarly what's particularly impressive about Opeth is they aren't afraid to experiment or change, even at the risk of alienating existing fans (who have generally stayed loyal to be fair). Each album sounds different and a progression from what came before. </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvx9t-pwcYtFFv9FjTyVN7EnUzJKKGvRWDo6xBqnQ10-xW5smurbvNO15lM2ddQQwl0zJIt1HX2cvoX58SJPqgFofNnVgK8_1YzHOlTKQcH61JvUsLRBJwfiws2eFHGVwYyj_2yLu00/s762/opeth.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvx9t-pwcYtFFv9FjTyVN7EnUzJKKGvRWDo6xBqnQ10-xW5smurbvNO15lM2ddQQwl0zJIt1HX2cvoX58SJPqgFofNnVgK8_1YzHOlTKQcH61JvUsLRBJwfiws2eFHGVwYyj_2yLu00/s16000/opeth.PNG" /></a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">So lots of future listening sorted for the blog there with Opeth having produced at least a dozen albums themselves and having opened the door to more "prog-metal" bands I've never heard like Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Mastodon, and Isis (and maybe even old skoolers like Metallica and Iron Maiden?). </p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>The Enid record is very different. Not only from the previous Enid album I played last week, but pretty different from almost anything I've heard. I can't quite decide if it's a non entity or brilliant.<i> </i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span>Much of the character is given by the vocalist. Originally I thought the vocals were female and/or a choir but it's actually (for the most part) singer <a href="https://www.thatjoepayne.com/" target="_blank">Joe Payne</a>. His high falsetto voice makes some of the music sound like Queen or Sparks.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;">There are passages of outright beauty on this record. Unfortunately it's not consistently maintained across the whole 9 tracks and 53 minutes. But there's enough there to provide a fascinating album which could become a major grower at Bamyasi Towers.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The stunning opening track <i>The One And The Many </i>provides an almost religious experience with some gorgeous chord changes over its ten minutes of orchestral opera. Actually you know what its like - that famous (and much used in adverts and the like) song from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeB4cpRq16M" target="_blank">Dido and Aeneas</a> opera.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Heaven's Gate</i> is the sort of track I don't really get. It's just a pure classical piece, quite bombastic. Classical pop really. <i>Villain Of Science</i> is a bit stageshow - Andrew Lloyd Webber, albeit with some rare electric guitar.</p><p style="text-align: left;">But these are the weaker moments only. Overall it's a curious, yet ultimately satisfying mix of classical and rock. Symphonic pop if you like but in this edition with much more depth and gravitas than I found on that <i>Aerie Faerie Nonsense</i> from last week.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Finally two fillers in the back end of the magazine this week (which someone else slipped in there without me noticing) with the Cornershop album (this was briefly of interest to me when they had that hit <i>Spoonful of Asha</i> or something which is on this album), and the Manu Chao album (this was briefly of interest to me when he had that hit <i>King Of The Bongo</i> or something which is on this album). </p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0Stockholm, Sweden59.329323499999987 18.068580831.019089663821141 -17.0876692 87.639557336178825 53.2248308tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-39853280506054170692020-11-22T09:32:00.138+00:002020-11-28T19:47:44.133+00:00Log #217 - Splashdown (Into the Ocean from the Stratosfear)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaNMPdV2YtsZpTLds37O2oLgGJz-9JCyFZumz7uBpk0PIX9dma4vVadpES-e_2fFdXJc-deHLAp0dyOWHfOgCwYW75XgRTT9kpvYSkuBNJWoE_Lo4ATLazNsALlWmBx4h9xsQGN2Rz9w/s1200/Eloy-Ocean-Front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnaNMPdV2YtsZpTLds37O2oLgGJz-9JCyFZumz7uBpk0PIX9dma4vVadpES-e_2fFdXJc-deHLAp0dyOWHfOgCwYW75XgRTT9kpvYSkuBNJWoE_Lo4ATLazNsALlWmBx4h9xsQGN2Rz9w/s16000/Eloy-Ocean-Front.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>After the success of <i>Lateralus</i> last week I doubled down with <b>TOOL</b>'s most recent album <i>Fear Inoculum.</i></p><p><i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtiuMnhP3Qk" target="_blank">Invincible</a></i> sounds very much like Rush with the picked guitar and latter period Geddy Lee like vocals.</p><p><i>7empest</i> is epic and the opener is very powerful.</p><p>The drumming is obviously very busy and front of mix in this style of full on nu-metal and the guitars are generally of the chugging variety - not an awful lot of soloing even in such lengthy songs.</p><p>Could it be a bit samey after a while? Not so far, plenty to enjoy here, and I think I even prefer this album to <i>Lateralus. </i>These boys should go far.<br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Tool - </b><i>Lateralus</i><br /><b>Tool</b></span><b> - </b><i style="text-align: left;">Fear Inoculum</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tangerine Dream</b><b> - </b><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Stratosfear</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Enid - </b><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Aerie Faerie Nonsense</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Eloy</b><b> - </b><i>Ocean</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Van Morrison - </b><i>Into The Music</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><p>I was slightly disappointed with <i>Stratosfear </i>though<i> </i>coming as it did (1976) slap bang in the middle of <b>TANGERINE DREAM</b>'s "heyday". It doesn't seem to develop their sound much and gives me the impression of treading water with "random" synth melodies over trademark pulses. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w8VsvJ40sM" target="_blank">The title track</a> which kicks off the album is one of the band's most commercial pieces with a predictable melody and one of those Edgar Froese guitar solos which sound a bit random to me without adding anything to a track.</p><p></p><blockquote>I respect their synthesizer textures in theory, but these guys should leave the accessibility to Kraftwerk. When they program in received semiclassical melodies and set the automatic drummer on 'bouncy swing,' the result is the soundtrack for a space travelogue you don't want to see.</blockquote><p style="text-align: right;">Robert Christgau </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Stratosfear</i> points the way towards the more developed rock sound TD would master on <i>Force Majeure </i>3 years later.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Years ago I had an album by English classical prog group <b>THE ENID</b> called <i>Six Pieces </i>(1980). I can't remember much about it apart from it didn't really grab me (by definition presumably). </p><p style="text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3uffqn49juh9EDgdprFTXC?si=Pbis7ntMQK-IkLY80f7iiQ" target="_blank">Aerie Faerie Nonsense</a> </i>was the group's second album released in 1977. It's an oddity. It actually sounds like symphonic classical pop music (the emphasis on pop meaning the music is awash with upbeat melodies). I can't even tell if they actually recorded with an orchestra (there doesn't seem to be a mention of this in the sleeve notes but it certainly sounds like it). Other than that the music centres around founder keyboardist Robert John Godfrey, with some rock guitar and drums, but it's mostly orchestral and entirely instrumental (the slimmed down parts consisting of just a conventional rock band appeal to me more than the overblown orchestral flourishes). </p><p style="text-align: left;">There are moments that remind me of some of Camel's instrumental work, especially <i>The Snow Goose.</i> Perhaps this was the sort of music the naff instrumental "supergroup" Sky were striving for?</p><p style="text-align: left;">Apparently some of their albums did have vocals and I'll source one of them before filing the group away in the "tried that once" drawer.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The <b>ELOY</b> album is more to my liking. This German prog rock band is, surprisingly, new to me. Of course I've heard the name but this is the first time I've ever heard any of their music... and it's pretty good. </p><p style="text-align: left;">It isn't massively new or different - many comparisons to Nektar and Pink Floyd can be made (and Grobschnitt too but I'm undecided if that is just because of the vocals), but nevertheless <i><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/055oBGhGjcZixkBREWdav2?si=jYTcTDU6R3SUQWPVK7f_Lw" target="_blank">Ocean</a></i> (their 6th album, also from 1977) is excellent at what it does and can take its place proudly among the offerings of those 2 (or 3) contemporary prog bands.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Both Eloy and The Enid are still going in various forms. Two bands I'd mixed up together in my mind's eye (most likely just because of the similar names, as the actual music is quite different).</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>VAN MORRISON</b> is currently my second favourite artist (as judged by frequency of plays in my CD player!). However I am yet to hear all of his albums and at my age time may be running out (I should at least commit to hearing everything up to the end of the '80s). I came to <i>Into The Music</i> (his 1979 offering) after reading <a href="https://albumreviews.blog/reviews/1970s-album-reviews/van-morrison/" target="_blank">an album ranking</a> that, surprisingly, put this at No.1.</p><p style="text-align: left;">There is no doubt that Van, as always, has a crack band behind him as they race through these jaunty tunes - both of the string (<i>Astral Weeks</i> template) and brass (<i>Moondance</i> template) variety, often employed together in these tracks. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I prefer <i>Astral Weeks</i> to <i>Moondance</i> and generally therefore like his stringy folky albums (like <i>Veedon Fleece</i>) more than his souley brassy ones (more prevalent in the '80s and beyond). In fact the strings on this album remind me of the raw fiddle playing of Scarlet Rivera from Bob Dylan's superb <i>Desire</i> album especially on one of my Van favourites the life affirming <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXMwEsfUBUo" target="_blank">And The Healing Has Begun</a></i>, albeit they do dip into The Chieftains territory on one or two of the lighter weight songs..</p><p style="text-align: left;">He's in fine voice too, a little more age and gravel, supplemented by abundant choir.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>Into The Music</i> is a good "later period" more commercial Van album, but certainly not his best.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-42372154523988194562020-11-21T19:57:00.000+00:002020-11-28T19:57:43.234+00:00SAHB - Rock Drill Reviewed<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBi6dIMKGYdM1gztcUliS-faZffErcjpaXWSI2GkTj9d0lX2gRwwV5GZbgtliTsv1avaEoagMrAOTjk33Q5hedmkWRzjIMkyy_R6OQc1bDApLgiTKXHCFWabEmXK798CMji9aEL_fgUQ/s605/rock+drill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBi6dIMKGYdM1gztcUliS-faZffErcjpaXWSI2GkTj9d0lX2gRwwV5GZbgtliTsv1avaEoagMrAOTjk33Q5hedmkWRzjIMkyy_R6OQc1bDApLgiTKXHCFWabEmXK798CMji9aEL_fgUQ/s16000/rock+drill.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj701CxO3VICnVuflx5isE482MdjmxTapndEDCe3b3LJt4pz5kRbin3RyoeRKgUgHdpoRJDh3MQ0-PepoJKiK-DoxsWQPw5U7_zpi0uITlbTwF365_3D0xxEaErAE4TUaZ__l3p-s189c/s116/6.0.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="111" data-original-width="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj701CxO3VICnVuflx5isE482MdjmxTapndEDCe3b3LJt4pz5kRbin3RyoeRKgUgHdpoRJDh3MQ0-PepoJKiK-DoxsWQPw5U7_zpi0uITlbTwF365_3D0xxEaErAE4TUaZ__l3p-s189c/s0/6.0.PNG" /></a></div></div><p></p><p><i>Rock Drill</i> was the last proper SAHB album (SAHB did record another album <i>Fourplay</i> between <i>Stories</i> and this one, although bizarrely without Harvey who was equally bizarrely otherwise engaged working on a Loch Ness monster documentary!).</p><p>Although often considered a bit of a non event and largely disowned by the band who were slowly disintegrating at the time (keyboardist Hugh McKenna had already left being replaced by Tommy Eyre who would stay for Harvey’s following solo albums), <i>Rock Drill</i> does, to be fair, contain some inspired moments despite some degree of general incoherence.</p><p>In its best moments the album continues where SAHB <i>Stories</i> left off, extending further into a more progressive heavy rock sound. The first three tracks are excellent ranging from the heavy metal title track, through the progressive <i>The Dolphins</i> (considered “one of the best things we ever did” by guitarist Zal Cleminson) and the straight forward rocker <i>Rock N Roll</i> with its Adam Ant like jungle drumming (a percussive style that appears on several tracks).</p><p>But tracks like the instrumentals <i>King Kong</i> with strings and <i>Booid</i> with Scottish pipes are confused and ultimately pointless, and the album finishes weakly with the country style <i>Mrs Blackhouse</i> although not before a welcome return to basics with the Zeppelin/Stones swagger of <i>Who Murdered Sex</i> and <i>Nightmare City. </i>Oddity <i>Water Beastie</i> was no doubt inspired by Harvey’s recent Loch Ness monster research.</p><p>Disappointingly another track <i>No Complaints Department</i> was oddly pulled from the final pressings at the last minute apparently at Harvey’s personal request:</p><p><i>So my best friend died in a plane crash<br />my brother was killed on the stage<br />So don’t be upset if I’m angry<br />and seem in some kind of a rage</i></p><p>Although by no means as weak an album as some critics have made out <i>Rock Drill</i>, not unlike many of Harvey’s records, is a two thirds decent record that doesn’t quite match the consistency of his best work.</p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0Ireland53.41291 -8.2438933.293252237068131 -43.400140000000015 73.532567762931862 26.912360000000014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-46105836536294646522020-11-15T12:07:00.024+00:002020-11-22T20:00:08.906+00:00Log #216 - King Crimson To Tool<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_pSI9_Q-WPScsLbSwEa9JOIVKOz92U6bRE0Aj3vBg3018tHy2u5SbqMqOHhJY6IO-wLvWzVgRHgqmE4vpfS011Z-9X-JHFCxbIL3NMAg_IRWMgUApCG8EN4onQHGs7WKqreHyT83xEU/s400/tool+lateralus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tool Lateralus Album Cover" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7_pSI9_Q-WPScsLbSwEa9JOIVKOz92U6bRE0Aj3vBg3018tHy2u5SbqMqOHhJY6IO-wLvWzVgRHgqmE4vpfS011Z-9X-JHFCxbIL3NMAg_IRWMgUApCG8EN4onQHGs7WKqreHyT83xEU/s16000/tool+lateralus.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>So the provenance of this week's listening is really via King Crimson. Specifically that band's last 3 albums which were of a style of music I was not really familiar with before. It sounded a bit like Heavy Metal but much more complex and progressive. So Prog Metal is unsurprisingly a term you could apply. But I've also heard the terms Nu-Metal, Industrial-Metal, Alt-Metal and Stoner-Metal. <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I heard that this version of King Crimson (circa the turn of the millenium) had toured with Tool. I can't say I've even heard of Tool before let alone any of their music. Possibly in the distant recesses of my mind I had an inkling they might be some sort of thrash metal band.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So <i>Lateralus</i> was a nice surprise being an excellent album of powerful heavy rock displaying the speed and musicianship of a band like Rush plus the chunky riffs of Black Sabbath = Metallica?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Comparisons are perhaps unfair as Tool do sound unique in my experience. They've only produced 5 albums over nearly 30 years so it won't take me long to catch up on the whole catalogue.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Save for a bizarre sarcastic <a href="https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/8104-lateralus/" target="_blank">review in Pitchfork</a> where the music is described as excellent but the score is an appalling 1.9, <i>Lateralus</i> seems to be universally acclaimed. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tool</b> - <span style="text-align: left;"><i>Lateralus</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>The Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno</b></span><b> - </b><i style="text-align: left;">Starless and Bible Black Sabbath</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Primus</b><b> - </b><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Sailing the Seas of Cheese</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Miles Davis - </b><i>Bitches Brew CD 1</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Miles Davis</b><b> - </b><i>Bitches Brew CD 2</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Steve Hillage - </b><i>Rainbow Dome Musik</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What the hell is this <i>Starless and Bible Black Sabbath</i>? Suffice to say it's nothing like either Black Sabbath or King Crimson. The album, if you can call it that, consists of one 35 minute noisy metal thrash in which I think I counted two chords, and one better single track of very shouty fast metal, but to be honest I wasn't really listening by then. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAaPYEx0xHwwBw6RCq7mYWDcJZOisfMvrxNdjxsNs_mxtHxHxMK3CxTdaSRp9NOJFzvuw4k0j8lX6BBGmzpg7m2pLBQjWiUGT58nsZQLIjgzrrThd_KqVs22-YU3ezo9trD_kVletI5I/s220/starless+and+bible+black+sabbath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAaPYEx0xHwwBw6RCq7mYWDcJZOisfMvrxNdjxsNs_mxtHxHxMK3CxTdaSRp9NOJFzvuw4k0j8lX6BBGmzpg7m2pLBQjWiUGT58nsZQLIjgzrrThd_KqVs22-YU3ezo9trD_kVletI5I/s0/starless+and+bible+black+sabbath.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover is a homage to Black Sabbath's debut album, the music not so much<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The trading standards should be on to The Acid Mothers Temple and the Cosmic Inferno about that mis sold album title.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I span the Primus album, again, on hearing them being compared to modern King Crimson (there is a vague connection to both KC and Tool in the music-map below). </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNLI7us6_1O5tdIMoPtpYRJW4cUDXGQddX0jockWrxVCF1uPgmGrfzTTU1qeqj9aCgk6e1Y6JC3jrhl1dMtEJQVSqNrUS_KzsNs-xOiY1auuUoWQpBnRByH1eRmQIXBokPT18AeH2VG8/s547/primus.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="547" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNLI7us6_1O5tdIMoPtpYRJW4cUDXGQddX0jockWrxVCF1uPgmGrfzTTU1qeqj9aCgk6e1Y6JC3jrhl1dMtEJQVSqNrUS_KzsNs-xOiY1auuUoWQpBnRByH1eRmQIXBokPT18AeH2VG8/s16000/primus.PNG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I didn't like it. It's unusual and original in a way although the singer sounds more manic than the guy in The Decemberists and the over intrusive bass punch is straight out of Red Hot Chilli Peppers. No, no, no likey. An acquired taste (one that I probably haven't got time to acquire)?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I return to Miles Davis fairly frequently in my listening. The <i>Bitches Brew</i> album is of course one of his famous jazz fusion excursions from the early '70s. Is it sacrilege to say I enjoy the jazz rock fusion grooves more when Davis isn't playing?</div>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.24368495.64397280644879 -153.3999349 62.460495593551215 -83.0874349tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-88454564155648575552020-11-14T20:36:00.011+00:002020-11-21T10:34:35.824+00:00Can's Sacrilege? - Eddy reviews the remixes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHKdm_xmYWD-yujobZB8gf13f1gEYXQ9f60DWnGSZ1oAoIt61gRA-QxnIRw4kESNMX7VWg5qkFVBuwa-2obTKNBn4w5OjB7SxsUgrzkWILQzO6dBdWg4p1qp8XJUKLKx1mO5FIZTF5Gg/s500/can+sacrilege.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpHKdm_xmYWD-yujobZB8gf13f1gEYXQ9f60DWnGSZ1oAoIt61gRA-QxnIRw4kESNMX7VWg5qkFVBuwa-2obTKNBn4w5OjB7SxsUgrzkWILQzO6dBdWg4p1qp8XJUKLKx1mO5FIZTF5Gg/s16000/can+sacrilege.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLCJGs9fVis3Km4I9-sLBqjpABlRjWQoucRGjYuLRODbjldsSMbZE2c7YJWOCMuuI_4K3Zox98yHRu5DpqcFAvAcRbcQKE8VyHz-UQfph1aedKUFi2mGiAfLcFB1q_1pOuGVdY6mLCzY/s117/7.4.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLCJGs9fVis3Km4I9-sLBqjpABlRjWQoucRGjYuLRODbjldsSMbZE2c7YJWOCMuuI_4K3Zox98yHRu5DpqcFAvAcRbcQKE8VyHz-UQfph1aedKUFi2mGiAfLcFB1q_1pOuGVdY6mLCzY/s0/7.4.PNG" /></a></div><p>As the title suggests this album of Can remixes was a risky project but it actually works pretty well and there are some exciting reworkings here which have, on the whole, been praised by the band… except Damo Suzuki that is:</p><p></p><blockquote>It’s not my tea.</blockquote><p></p><p>As befits the era <i>Sacrilege</i> (1997) consists mostly of remixed instrumentals of original tracks in the drum and bass style. Therein lies the issue. As the original Can songs are already very drum and bass heavy the artists behind this project struggled to improve upon the fab originals. It wasn’t enough to simply add some banging beats and funky drummer fills. Brian Eno sums up the problem:</p><p></p><blockquote>Any attempt to do anything rhythmic against Jaki is an insult to his beautiful, spare playing, and just fills up the gaps he so gracefully left.</blockquote><p></p><p>Eno’s track, <i>Pnoom</i>, is one of the most interesting (although it is a shame his version of <i>Uphill</i> has never surfaced). The 56 second free form jazz honker is given new clarity and light.</p><p>Probably the most successful tracks are the ones where the re-mixer has given up attempting to better the original and has created something altogether different. Irmin Schmidt states that he enjoyed <i>Tango Whiskeyman</i> but didn’t recognise it! <i>You Doo Right</i> is a case in point where the original basic riff is turned into a magnificent Ibiza style anthem!</p>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="eddybamyasi" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Sponsor a CD" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" ></script>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0Berlin, Germany52.520006599999988 13.40495424.209772763821142 -21.751296 80.830240436178826 48.561204000000004tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-75625640689313421042020-11-08T21:51:00.019+00:002020-11-15T23:11:42.872+00:00Log #215 - The Sparks That Still Burn<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8G4XK0ouxwXZylW6_YbIFwmlCYG4t-vJsAl4OHLx8_2NF94X2RcQkIGb5qTYyttY1SgArwWGbkqNWkiD8kqnHUeE-znKi2lZ9F0wzo6lSiS1NdBevcePOIYcTf8IXf1LbxRKjhq89KU/s600/sparks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA8G4XK0ouxwXZylW6_YbIFwmlCYG4t-vJsAl4OHLx8_2NF94X2RcQkIGb5qTYyttY1SgArwWGbkqNWkiD8kqnHUeE-znKi2lZ9F0wzo6lSiS1NdBevcePOIYcTf8IXf1LbxRKjhq89KU/s16000/sparks.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>If you are near my age and grew up watching BBC's <i>Top Of The Pops</i> in the '70s chances are you will only know Sparks from their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ztSKDbDRXc" target="_blank">weird appearance singing</a> <i>This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us.</i> This song, most memorable for hyperactive singer Russell Mael's high pitched falsetto and older brother Ron Mael's deadpan keyboard playing and sinister looks to camera, was a #2 UK hit in early 1974.</p><p></p><blockquote>[That song] was written in A, and by God it'll be sung in A. And no singer is gonna get in my way.</blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: right;">Songwriter Ron Mael </p><p>And that was it? Actually no. Unbelievably this band of brothers was formed in LA in 1967 and are still going today. Their most recent album <i>A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip,</i> released this year, was their 24th! That's pretty impressive for apparent "one hit wonders". <i>Were they actually "one hit wonders" Ed.?</i></p><p><i>No, they actually had several hit singles and well charting albums (including some recent ones). The band have achieved 6 Top 20 singles in the UK charts (all in the '70s). </i>Ed.</p><p>Hearing the band in an album context for the first time I was expecting a series of similarly quirky keyboard songs along the lines of their big hit. Indeed there are a few that recall this vaudeville entertainment, but actually Sparks were more a glam rock band with a drummer and guitarist, than a novelty pop duo, and were fairly close to Sweet or T-Rex, or even Queen or David Bowie at the time. Not surprising considering this album, their 4th, also came out in 1974. </p><p>With the times they moved to more electronic disco sounds later in the decade with songs like <i>Tryouts For The Human Race</i> and <i>The No.1 Song In Heaven.</i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Comet Is Coming</b> - <i>Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Miles Davis</b><b> - </b><i>Jack Johnson</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Sparks</b><b> - </b><i>Propaganda</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">King Crimson</b><b> - </b><i>The Construkction Of Light</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">The Mahavishnu Orchestra</b><b> - </b><i>Inner Mounting Flame</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Return To Forever</b><b> - </b><i>Romantic Warrior</i></div><p></p><p>Further new entries in the player this week extend my recent interest in jazz, or specifically jazz fusion, inspired by Return To Forever and, especially, The Mahavishnu Orchestra.</p><p>I continue to struggle a bit to "get" the The Comet Is Coming album which came near the top of my local record store's Top Albums Of The Year last year. It's extremely busy and the brass is pretty grating. I prefer Miles Davis' <i>Jack Johnson</i> which is much closer to heavy rock with John McLaughlin's gritty guitar to the fore - definitely one of Davis' heaviest albums. </p><p><i>The Construkction Of Light</i> is also one of the, or the, heaviest King Crimson album(s). I think it's brilliant and it has actually become my favourite out of the band's last 3 albums I reviewed back in <a href="https://6albumsunday.blogspot.com/2020/09/log-208-reassessing-non-king-crimson.html" target="_blank">log #208</a>, and actually pretty close to one of my favourites overall. Oddly the reviews weren't great at the time and it was certainly considered weaker than the albums that surrounded it, <i>Thrak</i> and <i>The Power To Believe, </i>but for me it has strength in its individual tracks and in its overall "albumness" <i>(a new word Ed. which I've just made up to describe the overall aesthetic of an album where the wholeness does not necessarily equate to the summation of the parts). </i>I'm still working on my King Crimson album ranking and Construkction has potentially moved up two or three places this week.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.24368495.7420003638211554 -153.3999349 62.362468036178846 -83.0874349tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-2628876248890412462020-11-06T20:44:00.001+00:002020-11-16T23:03:54.469+00:00John Martyn / Well Kept Secret<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepdQv4D72SBu0u3meN3xhyFsZbfbsqQOeEKszFfP8EFdIjx6zL_qCiNHdXWG0MaUt01gRiOFwLEVuQjK36vruHI_UjYoI42IlhtrWynzpWzzVvh02InVHWkFD6oY9bUeSOx6tEPN_OQE/s355/well+kept+secret.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepdQv4D72SBu0u3meN3xhyFsZbfbsqQOeEKszFfP8EFdIjx6zL_qCiNHdXWG0MaUt01gRiOFwLEVuQjK36vruHI_UjYoI42IlhtrWynzpWzzVvh02InVHWkFD6oY9bUeSOx6tEPN_OQE/s16000/well+kept+secret.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yA_M5q7HdMSOJX3IQuL8M78l3XgD4KYPMF9j7OCDzIu7yPYpllI62teTMMbx0iEsJRrjteknQ2z7mmKXqNQ8o_LftsqxzlnJFEaHUkFUo_BZpBg8f-v4Tw-MuLjP50grzmnSc2TCf7w/s114/5.0.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="111" data-original-width="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yA_M5q7HdMSOJX3IQuL8M78l3XgD4KYPMF9j7OCDzIu7yPYpllI62teTMMbx0iEsJRrjteknQ2z7mmKXqNQ8o_LftsqxzlnJFEaHUkFUo_BZpBg8f-v4Tw-MuLjP50grzmnSc2TCf7w/s0/5.0.PNG" /></a></div><p>Released in 1982 just one year after the excellent <i>Glorious Fool</i> is it fair to ask if <i>Well Kept Secret</i> was the beginning of John Martyn's long decline? Sure Martyn wholeheartedly embraces the production values of the day and the tracks are submerged in keyboards and easy listening bass and saxophone. However to be fair the songs are passable retaining some hints of the immediately preceding albums, said <i>Glorious Fool </i>and the harrowing <i>Grace and Danger</i>. They just aren’t very memorable and there’s no way songs like this would have passed the quality control on earlier albums.</p><p><i>You Might Need A Man</i> is a catchy upbeat number that reminds me of <i>Perfect Hustler</i> from <i>Glorious Fool</i>. <i>Love Up</i> is similarly upbeat but very corny with an awful sounding heavily treated guitar riff and <i>Hiss On The Tape</i> is light hearted/weight. The soppy lyrics don’t help as evident on the weak love song that finishes the album — maybe Martyn had been hanging out with Phil Collins too long.</p><p>Nevertheless the voice is still strong, and clear, and high in the mix. The slightly corny grizzly cracks in the vocals, which became more and more prominent on later albums, are employed with restraint. But after the impressive <i>Glorious Fool</i> this, his second and final album for the WEA label, was a disappointing follow up which set Martyn on the road towards irrelevant easy listening.</p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-70194886095530311942020-11-01T19:29:00.004+00:002020-11-15T22:15:32.225+00:00Log #214 - Van Morrison's Uncommon One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisc42WAu8HCX15CPFmf7NAR7uVfxO37HANHY9PGZq8l6EWWXGdkN34gQGM0X15THQw3nOs8my22FQNRiC1B0gT0W4vIxS2XGD4fqZcO8tAS4pqj8jkS14IO2i4tC5N28MUnlHcZ2CQBqE/s500/commonone.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisc42WAu8HCX15CPFmf7NAR7uVfxO37HANHY9PGZq8l6EWWXGdkN34gQGM0X15THQw3nOs8my22FQNRiC1B0gT0W4vIxS2XGD4fqZcO8tAS4pqj8jkS14IO2i4tC5N28MUnlHcZ2CQBqE/s16000/commonone.jpg" /></a></div><p><i>Common One</i> from 1980 is a bit of a forgotten outlier in the Van Morrison catalogue. For me it sounds like a mix of <i>Astral Weeks*</i> and <i>Avalon Sunset </i>ie.<i> </i>the freeform stringy impro of the former (especially on the extended stream of consciousness <i>Summertime In England)</i> merging with the sax and organ groove commerciality of the latter (like on <i>Satisfied</i>). I can forgive Van banging on about all his favourite poets again in the former (Joyce, Blake, Eliot, Wordsworth, Coleridge etc).</p><p>*Having said that the dynamic brassy <i>Spirit</i> with its strident chorus reminds me more of the <i>Moondance</i> tracks.</p><p>The album ends with the ambient <i>When Heart Is Open. </i>This lengthy peaceful piece has elements of <i>Small Hours</i> by John Martyn.</p><p></p><blockquote>No wonder the rock critics of the time didn't get it; this is music outside the pop mainstream, and even Morrison's own earlier musical territory. </blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: right;">Allmusic</p><p>There's no doubt that Van Morrison was attempting something a bit different with this easy listening laid back jazz infused album. An approach that yields mixed results. Critics were initially unimpressed but over the years <i>Common One</i> has become a bit of a lost Morrison classic. I wouldn't quite go that far but it's certainly a pleasant unobtrusive record that I can imagine putting on in the background on a rainy Sunday afternoon (like a lot of his others actually). </p><p>I love the cover, and it graces this week's post.</p><div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b>Van Morrison</b> - <i>Common One</i></div><div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b>Depeche Mode </b>-<b> </b><i>Violator</i></div><div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b>Chicago</b><b> </b>-<b> </b><i>Greatest Hits</i></div><div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b>Weather Report</b><b> </b>- <i>Heavy Weather</i></div><div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b>The Mahavishnu Orchestra</b><b> </b>- <i>Inner Mounting Flame</i></div><div style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: "Roboto Slab"; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><b>Return To Forever</b><b> </b>- <i>Romantic Warrior</i></div><p>The beginning of <i>Romantic Warrior</i> surprised me. <i>Medieval Overture </i>opens with a Terry Riley like keyboard pattern, before it veers off on a number of tangents. Just in this 5 minute track alone I can hear so much: Yes, Rush, Philip Glass, Uriah Heep, Jethro Tull, Pat Metheny, King Crimson and Frank Zappa. The musicianship is astounding - a particular shout out for the drummer Lenny White who ratta-tats away like a maniac.</p><p>Who were they? - well, as it turns out although I've never heard of the band I have heard of the individuals (and I have seen the album cover around before, although I may be mixing it up with the Quicksilver Messenger Service one?). </p><p>Chick Corea – keyboards<br />Stanley Clarke – bass<br />Lenny White – drums<br />Al Di Meola – guitar</p><p>It's somewhere in between my other jazz fusion discoveries of recent weeks - Weather Report and Mahavishnu Orchestra, but much nearer the latter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTupP9k6209wzmhPT6SrUHCrR5o03GyxP3mK-ujzyHqWLjN9K9Q-LL-B1urZY-04G0owvLt-6xSTohD7eILu2aaQ0ZmOIPhb56FdblqqQAO8L_MpWkfr-eJz8MR43lwtNBgU692cjniw/s300/RomanticWarrior.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="299" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTupP9k6209wzmhPT6SrUHCrR5o03GyxP3mK-ujzyHqWLjN9K9Q-LL-B1urZY-04G0owvLt-6xSTohD7eILu2aaQ0ZmOIPhb56FdblqqQAO8L_MpWkfr-eJz8MR43lwtNBgU692cjniw/w199-h200/RomanticWarrior.jpg" width="199" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEbYd5zQrXZkvldJ2piNbTnNcMxZk4C6JbtiL8E5n0VBX8vFLYg1NF-ax2poa8hur5agliDLURGlHXIWGwwj1Q8saWX04Yk3udXOno-SXtSGqdoRr0qZ75LeNRbgUBrcAQeI-hmZ-wPI/s300/Quicksilver_Messenger_Service-Happy_Trails_%2528album_cover%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsEbYd5zQrXZkvldJ2piNbTnNcMxZk4C6JbtiL8E5n0VBX8vFLYg1NF-ax2poa8hur5agliDLURGlHXIWGwwj1Q8saWX04Yk3udXOno-SXtSGqdoRr0qZ75LeNRbgUBrcAQeI-hmZ-wPI/w200-h200/Quicksilver_Messenger_Service-Happy_Trails_%2528album_cover%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Like my posts? 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It's a long decade since, as a post-rock contemporary of fellow Louisville legends Slint, Oldham (along with sibling Paul as Palace/Palace Brothers/Palace Sound) started searching for a new American music. With an exponentially decreasing brouhaha, successive releases have shorn slick production values until he reached the zen-like clarity of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Last album, <i>Ease Down The Road</i> was a far jauntier trip, but this time it's all ambient foot-tapping, sighing electronica and hushed harmonies. This is hardly suprising as <i>Master And Everyone</i> was produced by Lambchop's Mark Nevers, whose <i>Is a Woman</i> had the same whispered vibe.<br />
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This gorgeous album however replaces Kurt Wagner's pantheistic joy in small things with a more carnal slant on life's mysteries. "Let your unloved parts be loved" he mutters in the opener, <i>The Way</i>. Previous reviews of Bonnie 'Prince' Billy seem to have downplayed his influence on master magpie, Beck, yet it's this track that proves the fact irrefutably.<br />
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Like Beck he's not frightened of mixing bluegrass religiosity, slacker nonchalance or even English folk rock. Duetting with Nashville professional Marty Slayton on several tracks, they summon the ghost of Sandy Denny. The title track even resembles a stripped down reel. Yet it's the ambivalent lyrics that draw you in - balancing tender love songs (<i>Ain't You Wealthy, Ain't You Wise?</i>) with explorations of biblical evil, only to deflate the whole enterprise with a song like <i>Maundering</i> (it means talking drivel - look it up). It tells you straight that he's just a very flawed man, on the lookout for redemption - and with a tendency to ramble. In the end it's all about infidelity and indifference.<br />
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Even a song called <i>Joy And Jubilee</i> hardly convinces you that this is a happy world to visit. As American gothic goes, this is far more compelling and convincing than, say, Nick Cave's cartoon baptisms of fire.<br />
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Finally, the key track seems to be <i>Wolf Among Wolves</i>, with its plea to let Oldham/Billy be loved for what he really is. The biggest question seems to be; if we are evil, why can't we accept it? This is a peaceful album, but it contains very little peace.<br />
<br />Review by Chris Jones (2003) shared by CC <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/2pqv/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/2pqv/</a> with scoring by E.B.
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<script type='text/javascript' src='https://ko-fi.com/widgets/widget_2.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>kofiwidget2.init('Sponsor Bonnie Prince Billy', '#29abe0', 'X8X72QGSD');kofiwidget2.draw();</script> Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0Los Angeles, CA, USA34.0522342 -118.24368495.7420003638211554 -153.3999349 62.362468036178846 -83.0874349tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-17223996387235098522020-10-25T22:48:00.027+00:002020-11-07T21:47:23.583+00:00Log #213 - The Mahavishnu King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOTvtYSRJleCXlw9nL913bCORUC-MptilwqpPChRMB9Klwg4NM-fT2UFu6vTAtcWRA5OLz2CTVENqwTj2sijy8pFWDcz4suF7MNOY_o7ggVk8D90krZITSY7rZiwQQMRFm9dKLZWOaq8/s961/mahavishnu+orchestra.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="961" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOTvtYSRJleCXlw9nL913bCORUC-MptilwqpPChRMB9Klwg4NM-fT2UFu6vTAtcWRA5OLz2CTVENqwTj2sijy8pFWDcz4suF7MNOY_o7ggVk8D90krZITSY7rZiwQQMRFm9dKLZWOaq8/s16000/mahavishnu+orchestra.PNG" /></a></div><p>I dip into two stalwarts of jazz fusion this week - two bands I know very little about despite having tried half heartedly to acquaint myself with their charms in the past: Weather Report and The Mahavishnu Orchestra both make their 6 Album Sunday debuts. </p><p>Checking out the forums I alighted upon the apparent best albums of both bands: <i>Heavy Weather</i> and <i>The Inner Mounting Flame </i>respectively. Both entirely instrumental the two albums nevertheless have quite different feels. <i>Heavy Weather</i> from <b>Weather Report</b> is very easy listening as demonstrated by the opening hit and jazz standard <i>Birdland</i> with its chirpy melody and squishy fretless bass. To be honest it doesn't really grab me on first listen and I'm surprised at the critical acclaim bestowed on the album and the band generally. But that is the case, so it must be me? </p><p>This is always a question in the back of my mind at Bamyasi HQ? </p><p></p><blockquote>Just because something is universally critically acclaimed (whether a book, film or album) must we all like it? </blockquote><p></p><p>I realise this is different from "popularity". I'm not talking about commercial acclaim as demonstrated by popular sales - that's something else entirely. But then we are moving towards controversial territory by implying that critical acclaim is superior to popular acclaim.</p><p>The correct answer to the question is of course no and all art appreciation is personal...</p><p>... (but the nagging feeling remains that to not appreciate something critically acclaimed may imply something lacking on one's own part).</p><p>Anyway, honesty, is the best policy, generally, and the counter argument to one's implied deficiency is the calling out of a "sacred cow" and there are many of them in my (honest) opinion (IMHO). <i>Actually that's a good idea for a blog post Ed. </i></p><p>That's a long way of saying I don't really get the Weather Report album, but I will try again. This album is from 1977, and the band's 7th, by which time I imagine much of the rough and exciting edges from the jazz fusion movement had been honed down.</p><p>No such navel gazing and self reflection with the <b>Mahavishnu Orchestra</b>. This is amazing music. It's a full on assault on the senses - brilliant musicians playing progressive jazz rock at breakneck speed. I would venture it is more rock, or progressive rock, than jazz, and that must for a large part be due to the brilliant electric guitar work of John McLaughlin.</p><p></p><blockquote>McLaughlin redefined the role of guitar in jazz, Cobham the drums and the band set new standards in ensemble cohesion. They did it without sounding glib, a trick their legion of followers never fathomed.</blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: right;">Jazzwise</p><p>The progressive rock comparisons lead me to realise how much they sound like King Crimson in their heavier instrumental passages - both from that band's prog rock heyday circa 1973/4 and in their most recent reincarnations as detailed in <a href="http://6albumsunday.blogspot.com/2020/09/log-208-reassessing-non-king-crimson.html" target="_blank">log #208</a>. Listen to the start of <i>The Dance of Maya</i> for instance and tell me that doesn't sound like a Robert Fripp riff (indeed <a href="https://www.music-map.com/mahavishnu+orchestra" target="_blank">the music-map</a> does show a connection):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAmzo6X-dXC-s6zyqCBLCKzhy74Hy7sqhSyXxUpdr9kKt3FJePOygAqnxAE5JDCSj_MvNHA2NkGELiw_WE3RdXlLmEZg8c_30Lu6bJiiu4Y1YU1J-GpuvWfumwVY4LfUO0JWm00F_c3A/s570/music-map-mahavishnu-orchestra.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOAmzo6X-dXC-s6zyqCBLCKzhy74Hy7sqhSyXxUpdr9kKt3FJePOygAqnxAE5JDCSj_MvNHA2NkGELiw_WE3RdXlLmEZg8c_30Lu6bJiiu4Y1YU1J-GpuvWfumwVY4LfUO0JWm00F_c3A/s16000/music-map-mahavishnu-orchestra.PNG" /></a></div><br /><p>Brilliant stuff, but not for the faint hearted. I will explore further albums from The Mahavishnu Orchestra although I think they only made very few (certainly from this era - <i>The Inner Mounting Flame</i> was their debut released in 1971).</p><p><br /></p><p><i>THIS WEEK'S SELECTION:</i></p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Camel</b> - <i>The Single Factor</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Asia </b>-<b> </b><i>Asia</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Weather Report</b><b> </b>-<b> </b><i>Heavy Weather</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">Depeche Mode</b><b> </b>- <i>Violator</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">The Mahavishnu Orchestra</b><b> </b>- <i>The</i> <i>Inner Mounting Flame</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">ABC</b><b> </b>- <i>Beauty Stab</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><p></p><p><i>The Single Factor </i>from <b>Camel</b> was the band's 9th album, released in 1982. Apparently there was pressure from the record company Decca to produce a hit single (where have we heard that before?) and there are plenty of candidates of which <i>Camelogue</i> was probably the best (I've literally only just realised the name of the album may be a reference to the need for a single).</p><p><i>Were there any singles, hits or otherwise Ed.?</i></p><p><i>Yes, two singles with A sides of Selva and No Easy Answer, and B sides of Camelogue and Manic respectively. You're welcome, Ed.</i></p><p><i>ps. No hits.</i></p><p><i>Manic</i> is a powerful instrumental and the lovely guitar instrumental <i>Selva</i> is a homage to <i>Ice</i>.</p><p>Outside the single material <i>Heroes</i> is pretty epic.</p><p>But generally a fairly so-so album from the erstwhile prog rockers. I am tempted to declare the previous album <i>Nude</i> was probably the group's last great album. One more album followed, <i>Stationary Traveller,</i> before Decca were off.</p><p><b>Asia</b> were one of those "supergroups" formed out of the ashes of various '70s prog rock bands - Yes, ELP, King Crimson, and err... Buggles. And, not surprisingly with its vintage (1982), it's the Buggles influence that is writ large across this album of easy listening AOR: The keyboards dominate and you rarely hear Steve Howe's guitar.</p><p>As far as it goes, in terms of catchy hooks, it's fine pop rock, in the vein of US acts like Journey or Styx - indeed the lead single <i>Heat of the Moment</i> was a massive hit in the US. </p><p>Amongst the pap there are a few decent tracks<i> - Time Again</i> hints at what the band could do sounding like a rocky King Crimson a la <i>The Great Deceiver</i>.</p><p>I had no idea the band were still going, with 2 original members (Carl Palmer and Geoff Downes) and 13 albums to their name now.</p><p>Finally to round out this week's post the best two albums from my <a href="http://6albumsunday.blogspot.com/2020/10/log-211-giving-those-early-80s.html" target="_blank">'80s retro last week</a> are retained - <i>Beauty Stab</i> from <b>ABC</b> and <i>Violator</i> from <b>Depeche Mode</b> (although the latter was actually a 1990 release but you know what I mean). Really enjoying both these albums although <i>Violator</i> is the one that will have the greater longevity.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0New York, NY, USA40.7127753 -74.005972811.4425770887288 -109.1622228 69.9829735112712 -38.849722799999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-6040564391542312982020-10-18T22:31:00.000+01:002020-11-03T22:48:43.486+00:00Log #212 - Giving Those Early '80s Synthesizer Bands A Second Chance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpwhgyksNG_fuJY5SqEb2XOc5Pj-Lea0JXmZ2bhZCbhr8pWm5pgErLeSQh0humF0Nf5A6RIFewh_ZEm35BbH3e_smqR6ndALRWXeNeVH5kqWfrYCid5XWUajHKlbfEbW_kdfqc5soOrE/s300/Depeche_Mode_-_Violator.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpwhgyksNG_fuJY5SqEb2XOc5Pj-Lea0JXmZ2bhZCbhr8pWm5pgErLeSQh0humF0Nf5A6RIFewh_ZEm35BbH3e_smqR6ndALRWXeNeVH5kqWfrYCid5XWUajHKlbfEbW_kdfqc5soOrE/s0/Depeche_Mode_-_Violator.png" /></a></div><p>I'm heading back to the early '80s this week with some formative music that impacted my ears around school sixth form time. Personally I wasn't ever into these new romantic and electronic bands, preferring rock and prog. It's remarkable to think that at that time the music I was listening to was already considered old when in truth most of it was less than 10 years old and some was even still current. But when you are only 16, 10 years is a very long time and in comparison with the likes of Depeche Mode and OMD, King Crimson, Genesis and Pink Floyd were dinosaurs.</p><p><b>OMD</b> - <i>Architecture and Morality</i><br /><b>OMD </b>- <i>Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark</i><br /><b>Human League</b> - <i>Travelogue</i><br /><b>Depeche Mode</b> - <i>Violator</i><br /><b>Dexy's Midnight Runners</b> - <i>Don't Stand Me Down</i><br /><b>ABC</b> - <i>Beauty Stab</i></p><p>OMD were one such new electronic band that suddenly appeared on the scene one day in the sixth form common room. I certainly remember some of the cool boys with their new romantic floppy jackets (with the sleeves rolled up) and matching floppy hair carrying around the OMD debut LP with it's modern grid cover (if I remember correctly the outer cover had holes through which the bright orange of the inner cover showed through - that was pretty cool and different).</p><p>Sadly the albums here from OMD were a bit of a disappointment. I was expecting something more ground breaking remembering the esteem with which these albums exchanged hands at school. </p><p><i>Architecture and Morality</i> is pretty basic synth pop without anything that memorable. It's why I turned to the debut album actually to see if that offered more originality and indeed I think it's the better album. It has more of those intriguing Tangerine Dream '70s synth sounds. Some tracks sound a little like Boards Of Canada (<i>The Messerschmitt Twins</i>) and <i>Electricity</i> is a great tune.</p><p>On both the albums I don't think much of the singing.</p><p>That's where the ABC scores well actually. Although the tone and style sounds so of its era somehow, Martin Fry nevertheless had a good voice. ABC sound more like a regular band, with traditional instruments, less electronics, and some decent electric guitar (much more than you would expect), and proper drums - they are even quite heavy in places. <i>Heavy Citizen</i> is a storming track, and <i>The Power Of Persuasion</i> is pretty cool. <i>Bite The Hand</i> has some excellent riffing. Am I bonkers or does the funky <i>King Money</i> even sound like latter day Led Zeppelin? I think people would be quite surprised with this album, as I was when I first heard it.</p><p><i>Travelogue </i>was The Human League's 2nd album released in 1980. Surprisingly to me it wasn't until the 3rd album <i>Dare</i>, and it's accompanying hit single <i>Don't You Want Me</i>, that The Human League achieved wide commercial success (I had assumed <i>Don't You Want Me</i> came immediately in their career). This preceding album is a bit rawer and minimalist than the subsequent albums. Some of the rhythmic pulses and glitchy effects as on <i>Dreams Of Living</i> and <i>Being Boiled</i> are like Kraftwerk and the hypnotic instrumental <i>Toyota City</i> is where Tangerine Dream meets Steve Hillage (again it might be unfair to suggest the lack of singing is an advantage).</p><p>The Dexy album is slightly different to the <i>Come On Eileen</i> template everyone is familiar with. Lots of thumping drums - but it's genuine, not over produced. Quite a lot of surprising spoken word in the songs - the band members sounding like they are in conversation (at first I wondered if I was hearing some interference from somewhere else in my headphones, or whether these were studio outtakes). <i>One of Those Things</i> sounds like the great <i>Werewolves of London</i>. <i>The Waltz</i> is a great song.</p><p>10 years on (again) and you can really hear the improved synthetic production on the 1990 Depeche Mode album <i>Violator</i>. The synthesizers sound much better, and the bass floors you. But it's the drum machines that show most improvement over their sound at their inception.</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtQWbU8_FOfynDWTSYbv2yuY_WjGe5BhUeZccCeD3KeROaIz-qe_MCEh8sjAFmvEBIfwAqdfxfLjC0AvaLF5xTAhEJdBMsGuBFsV_erDUtku7v7AWUfD9eIuOCLGqfkT-tk1ifX1xwEM/s322/dm.PNG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtQWbU8_FOfynDWTSYbv2yuY_WjGe5BhUeZccCeD3KeROaIz-qe_MCEh8sjAFmvEBIfwAqdfxfLjC0AvaLF5xTAhEJdBMsGuBFsV_erDUtku7v7AWUfD9eIuOCLGqfkT-tk1ifX1xwEM/s16000/dm.PNG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That was then...<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I used to think this group were so naff when they first came out: teenagers who barely looked 17 playing feeble one finger melodies on cheap (probably not that cheap in those days) keyboards. What was their big hit they started off with? It was laughable to me, in comparison to the complicated prog rock I was in to.<p></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcqBY52Ii1vqz7vkqqePQimgXSWSTTh2qqWb07a6O85Vn_2TlJrZORi8j4YMJKisMKRxYgVgWItaKt47hyHOZ20Dfiubd5hsXVMn24jXoufSGk_JQP6za1a_-R7QXmMUuu1PDh4x0CrE/s319/dm2.PNG" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="193" data-original-width="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgcqBY52Ii1vqz7vkqqePQimgXSWSTTh2qqWb07a6O85Vn_2TlJrZORi8j4YMJKisMKRxYgVgWItaKt47hyHOZ20Dfiubd5hsXVMn24jXoufSGk_JQP6za1a_-R7QXmMUuu1PDh4x0CrE/s16000/dm2.PNG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...this is now<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I was vaguely aware Depeche Mode became massive over the years especially in the US and South America. I remember seeing footage of the group playing to massive stadium crowds. They changed their image too of course and moved from a teeny bopper band to a tattooed rock outfit. Lead singer Dave Gahan's heroin problems were widely reported and no doubt contributed towards their new persona (I'm sure not a marketing ploy but possibly increased their cred!).</p><p>There are some great tunes on this album including <i>Enjoy The Silence </i>(that's the one with the king walking up a hill holding a deck chair)<i> </i>and<i> Personal Jesus:</i></p><p><i>Reach out and touch faith<br /></i><i>Someone to hear your prayers<br /></i><i>Someone who cares<br /></i></p><p>It's the best album in this 6 by a wide margin.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQKrbVuitALZ_1KTz79KSnaIpS6lpsG-reiUp-tLKL1DCueKKLVm7DVV5U-xlFmKm87wnh3RpfnA2cg2J9BFF_iQs1uShrqI9yF5FqFEo6p-WP4Pvn7qh9wHM3TIM-CdaMEgMUq4Gouw/s406/dm.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQQKrbVuitALZ_1KTz79KSnaIpS6lpsG-reiUp-tLKL1DCueKKLVm7DVV5U-xlFmKm87wnh3RpfnA2cg2J9BFF_iQs1uShrqI9yF5FqFEo6p-WP4Pvn7qh9wHM3TIM-CdaMEgMUq4Gouw/s320/dm.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-38912661980888302702020-10-11T18:12:00.000+01:002020-11-03T22:48:04.578+00:00Log #211 - First Ladies On The Moon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nuPrvHoayqZ0-P-B9r-HlTyqi_fubdUar1Qx4jfwf7e1EDQqrsxznPsb5rKfDCO7E1dmb-AKdBWyRNUsGUu_Jtaynqf5FJt9uyLO2il1c4x_7HD7J5lpU22JIV6dgiq6C3EUwRbcXR4/s600/moonmad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0nuPrvHoayqZ0-P-B9r-HlTyqi_fubdUar1Qx4jfwf7e1EDQqrsxznPsb5rKfDCO7E1dmb-AKdBWyRNUsGUu_Jtaynqf5FJt9uyLO2il1c4x_7HD7J5lpU22JIV6dgiq6C3EUwRbcXR4/s16000/moonmad.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Lots of female singers in the magazine this week - Carly Simon continues her great form with <i>No Secrets </i>which is proving very popular at Bamyasi HQ, and on the road - Carole King makes a re-entry with the similar <i>Tapestry - </i>Caitlin Canty lays down some Nashville country rock - and Nina Persson of The Cardigans sings some quirky pop.</div><div></div><p></p><ol><li><b>Carly Simon</b> - <i>No Secrets</i></li><li><b>Carole King</b> - <i>Tapestry</i></li><li><b>Caitlin Canty</b> - <i>Reckless Skyline</i></li><li><b>The Last Shadow Puppets</b> - <i>The Age Of The Understatement</i></li><li><b>Camel</b> - <i>Moonmadness</i></li><li><b>The Cardigans</b> - <i>Life </i></li></ol><div>On top of that we have, in essence, a missing Arctic Monkeys album from The Last Shadow Puppets and some smooth prog from Camel in the form of their 4th studio album, <i>Moonmadness</i>. The latter is many fans' favourite from the Guildford prog rockers, although not for me. I notice it was produced by Rhett Davies who I hadn't heard of before but his name cropped up in my recent King Crimson listening having produced that band's 1981 comeback album <i>Discipline. </i>My edition of <i>Moonmadness </i>comes with some excellent additional live and demo tracks.</div>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-82936883311023112342020-10-04T22:04:00.002+01:002020-10-28T07:20:12.221+00:00Log #210 - A Heavy Rock Crossword Puzzle Circa 1983<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXZ1QSUbQ9UGY5B3SFCBwnowYs9mfooOIyJqNizBpgBm_f7OTRn537aRSqqtYpJC8Vrz1NUXzFvEmC71eRgDDVtUni9u5xBUn9KndXOgAJzt960j5vtFJdKYiKIV7xu5Q1oxN3xrTtsE/s407/saga.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidXZ1QSUbQ9UGY5B3SFCBwnowYs9mfooOIyJqNizBpgBm_f7OTRn537aRSqqtYpJC8Vrz1NUXzFvEmC71eRgDDVtUni9u5xBUn9KndXOgAJzt960j5vtFJdKYiKIV7xu5Q1oxN3xrTtsE/s16000/saga.JPG" /></a></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><div style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">I recently came across an old photo of my album collection from when I must have been about 18 years old. I had laid the albums out in the garden and taken a photo from an upstairs window:</div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 17.6px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="954" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2muAfKpVvkObUKOU32Dr38bPl83E9LD6zyUgysKUr9DKX9gjMTbtrQa20SZcqez8MSB0t6tX5LhfrjwIHppubWM5iP7O0r8GtcJu8eA-Im0HcMj0zFsgqd9neG7gk2ZAtfmZVXFJA7k/w640-h429/LPs19.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My LP collection - circa 1983?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">It's interesting to track my taste through a photograph like this. Considering I only bought my first proper album around the age of 15 (ELO <i>Out Of The Blue </i>on blue vinyl!) I had amassed a decent collection by the time I took my box of records off to Uni. </div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">From ELO (<i>Face The Music</i> and <i>Discovery </i>lie prominently above) I moved swiftly into heavy metal (Rainbow, AC/DC, Black Sabbath and The Scorpions), and then more considered rock like Led Zeppelin, Santana and Deep Purple, then more synth and spacey rock like Hawkwind and BOC, prog rock like Jethro Tull, BJH and King Crimson, some first excursions into electronics (Tangerine Dream), first singer songwriters (Neil Young - Van Morrison and John Martyn came later) and then finally Krautrock (I can see my first Can album on the top line). </span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Like everyone at that time I also had a lot of cassettes (mostly home recorded) as I know there were bands I had discovered by then that don't appear in this photo.</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">How many of these albums did I reinvest in as CDs later on? Probably about two thirds of them?</div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">This week I've revisited 6 of these albums from my teenage years:</div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><b>Saga - </b><i>Worlds Apart</i></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Camel</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">The Snow Goose</i><br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Sammy Hagar</b><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"> </b><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>- Danger Zone</i><br /><b>Barclay James Harvest - </b><i>Eyes Of The Universe</i><br /><b>Jethro Tull</b><i> - </i></span></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><i>A</i></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><b>Moody Blues</b><i> - Seventh Sojourn</i></span></span></div></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">SAGA</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">To be fair it's quite hard to listen to some of these albums now. The Saga <b>(5 down 4 across)</b> is a case in point. It was a struggle to get to the end of the album. I just don't have any interest in this sort of keyboard soft rock music any more (and probably only a very fleeting interest at the time - nice cover though). My reaction to hearing <i>Worlds Apart </i>mirrored my reaction to the Styx album I played a few logs ago ie. not positive. </span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">I fail to see how this music was ever categorised as prog rock. Great cover though, although more recent versions have different artwork.</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">CAMEL</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Nothing wrong with the great Camel and <i>Snow Goose </i><b>(4 down 6 along)</b> (their third album from 1975) is one of their best. Save for the odd bit of chanting and humming this is an instrumental concept piece displaying the full range of the band's prog rock tendencies and musical talents - keen guitar, melodic flutes, and bubbling keyboards. </div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">The concept is loosely based on the wartime novella <i>The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk. </i>Very loosely based really as the album is instrumental, so there were no lyrics, just song titles. Nevertheless the author sued the band for copyright (seems odd really as surely such exposure would only increase his readership). </div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><i>Snow Goose</i> has remained in my collection and I know it well, along with their best album in my opinion, <i>Mirage</i>. I see I also had <i>The Single Factor</i>, one of their later albums, at the time of this photo and that might have been a more interesting album for me to revisit - one for next time.</div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Eyes Of The Universe </span><span><b>(5 down 2 across)</b></span><span style="font-style: italic;">-</span> starts of with a gated keyboard rhythm. The best tracks, like this opener, and <i>Capricorn</i> do remind me of <i>Octoberon</i>, personally my favourite BJH album. AOR, or yacht rock if you like, but a good version thereof. </div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><i>The Song (They Love To Sing)</i> sounds like Genesis. But then a song like <i>Skin Flicks</i> demonstrates all the schmaltz of the era (a waste of 7 minutes to be fair). The album is redeemed by the final track <i>Play To The World</i> which is classic BJH - an epic moving mellotron drenched ballad.</div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">All in all a pretty good album from BJH, considering they were well passed their best by 1979. Great cover too.</div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">JETHRO TULL</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Jethro Tull's </span><span style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic;">A </span><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><b>(7 down 9 across)</b></span><span style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">came out just a few months after </span><span style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic;">Eyes Of The Universe. </span><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">What to think about this? Mmmm, it's almost good. I like the fundamental Tull sound which is still intact - Anderson's voice, the catchy melodies, the harmonies, tinkly piano, guitar breaks, and of course the breathy flute. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Already having moved on (</span><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses</i><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">) a fair bit from their earlier rock and prog days (</span><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">Aqualung, Thick As A Brick</i><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">) the songs on </span><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">A</i><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"> are not a massive departure from what the band were already doing in the late '70s. Just a little bit more synthesized. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">In fact this album reminds me a lot of the more popular <i>The Broadsword And The Beast</i> album (also in the picture) which followed two years later - possibly their last good album before declining into an '80s mire? I can't comment to be fair having not heard anything post Broadsword apart from <i>Thick As A Brick 2</i> which I now learn is credited as an Ian Anderson solo record.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">My interest waned a bit on side two where there are quite a few throwaway tunes like <i>4.W.D.</i> and <i>The Pine Marten's Jig</i>.</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">An odd cover, related (by UFOs?) to the <i>Eyes Of The Universe</i> one come to think of it, and also the recently reviewed <i>Levitation</i> by Hawkwind (also in the photo). Apparently the "A" derives from the fact that the album was originally conceived as an Ian Anderson solo record.</div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">THE MOODY BLUES</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">The Moody Blues never seem to be mentioned in the same breath as other prog rock (and mellotron heavy) bands of the late '60s and early '70s. They were never on my radar like Genesis, King Crimson and Yes. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">There is some nice stuff on <i>Seventh Sojourn</i> <b>(1 down 4 along)</b> and some tracks like <i>When You're A Free Man</i> have elements of <i>Nights In White Satin</i> with some nice acoustic and electric guitar. It's all nicely played and produced but is just a bit too easy listening - and for a 1972 album it even sounds more dated than that when compared to what their rock contemporaries were producing by then.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">SAMMY HAGAR</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Heavy rocker Sammy Hagar enjoyed a solo career through the late '70s (after leaving rock group Montrose) and early '80s (before joining Van Halen). <i>Danger Zone</i> (<b>5 down 9 along</b>) was released in 1980 becoming his fifth solo album. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">It's exactly what you'd expect - heavy rock guitar in the mould of a Ted Nugent. Nothing too fancy or ambitious - just good old straight forward rock music which hasn't aged as poorly as some of the more progressive music above.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">That was a fun trip down memory lane. I'll be returning to this photo for some more listening inspiration in the future.</div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></div>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-75489564258467031462020-10-03T20:28:00.000+01:002020-11-14T20:38:27.368+00:00Can's Spanner In The Sky Album Reviewed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gKaqGMRlOHdshoytFe74ZH7eIjKR9NRjsGEFPQAaZvTEJPwZPjEglUbIgJ9gXwG90_z69bkegW9zbgZ9-SBjva_Fnq5ZmXroMTrZq76vP5CWSd8o3VWzqi0IwsA7rqyfK3tWR88zxu4/s500/can+inner+space.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gKaqGMRlOHdshoytFe74ZH7eIjKR9NRjsGEFPQAaZvTEJPwZPjEglUbIgJ9gXwG90_z69bkegW9zbgZ9-SBjva_Fnq5ZmXroMTrZq76vP5CWSd8o3VWzqi0IwsA7rqyfK3tWR88zxu4/s16000/can+inner+space.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1b4O3uedRLKgXxHRqHQ0bjBOGz0NaLDsuowgZVOHQe58VA6f8GxRrZoTEW63JBkOqQ_1F40GtChVwSklQyM6Cm7npZ5_s6AT7tjHIKqk3TSjgFyLd4LBv_BGXuHJ-LgJ-PsgsefaL0w/s117/7.2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1b4O3uedRLKgXxHRqHQ0bjBOGz0NaLDsuowgZVOHQe58VA6f8GxRrZoTEW63JBkOqQ_1F40GtChVwSklQyM6Cm7npZ5_s6AT7tjHIKqk3TSjgFyLd4LBv_BGXuHJ-LgJ-PsgsefaL0w/s0/7.2.PNG" /></a></div><p>Of all Can's latter period albums <i>Can </i>aka <i>Inner Space</i>, the band's last proper album released in 1979, before the short lived reunion a decade later that was <i>Ritetime</i>, is patchy but good. The album presented another shift in sound; a bit more gutsy, jazzy, rhythmic and very unusual. It has more the character of <i>Landed</i> from 1975 than its immediate predecessors; the world music flavoured albums <i>Saw Delight</i> and <i>Out of Reach</i>.</p><p>The old side one is strong, in particular the two openers <i>All Gates Open</i> and <i>Safe</i> with confident vocals, synthesizers, and Jaki Liebezeit's scatter-gun drumming, to the fore. Erstwhile bassist Holger Czukay returned after missing the <i>Out of Reach</i> sessions but only on “editing” with Rosco Gee formerly of Traffic retaining bass duties.</p><p>The quality continues through <i>Aspectacle</i> with its funky drummer breaks, but, as was the case with several of Can’s latter period albums, the overall atmosphere is diluted as the band literally appear to run out of ideas and fill the remaining time of this already quite short album with several out of context tracks — in particular a poor and pointless cover of the Offenbach <i>Can Can</i>.</p><p><br /></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-65548886161795786732020-10-01T23:20:00.000+01:002020-11-28T19:58:01.782+00:00The Sensational Alex Harvey's New Band<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrINTAFw6q7PuOAL5IsRHupGWT6TVsTAbiWX7Dmi6N8NsrbrnjhEjtFuBSjdG7r7tOPMIusNbyOYg5m85IzADnroGe6tQkl7hZpQB1SA7sj6VcbkzidbXTQwkDu1okAzik4eodY0wGK1c/s600/mafiastolemyguitar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrINTAFw6q7PuOAL5IsRHupGWT6TVsTAbiWX7Dmi6N8NsrbrnjhEjtFuBSjdG7r7tOPMIusNbyOYg5m85IzADnroGe6tQkl7hZpQB1SA7sj6VcbkzidbXTQwkDu1okAzik4eodY0wGK1c/s16000/mafiastolemyguitar.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnjHx3H0ECASIESIiUHOF5OnQH_5Nvz55YCIYIPlE8Wd-iAegNRaQMDFoSRl9uKrpUWnjQHOMp87miqgK89FsU47JqrVVxVgpLrjWrK0udzZ-Ry6GOM1MAtPLssYnfyRHaGxIl2IkgIY/s116/8.0.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="116" data-original-width="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnjHx3H0ECASIESIiUHOF5OnQH_5Nvz55YCIYIPlE8Wd-iAegNRaQMDFoSRl9uKrpUWnjQHOMp87miqgK89FsU47JqrVVxVgpLrjWrK0udzZ-Ry6GOM1MAtPLssYnfyRHaGxIl2IkgIY/s0/8.0.PNG" /></a></div><p>This album represents quite a departure from Alex Harvey’s rock and blues roots. The vocals are still there of course and are stronger than ever making it unmistakably Harvey but the musical arrangements are more involved displaying a wide range of dynamics both across and within songs resulting in moments of power and beauty. An approach that was perhaps attempted with less success on the preceding album, the less cohesive <i>Rock Drill</i>.</p><p>However Harvey has literally gathered a new band here. Although SAHB were no slouches you get the impression he has sourced some crack session musicians here from the rock and jazz field.</p><p>This is immediately evident with the instrumental opener which showcases new horn man Don Weller’s saxophone breaks which remain prominent throughout the album. Meanwhile the guitarist Matthew Cang trades in clean solos with less emphasis on the heavy riffing of Zal Cleminson, and the bass player and drummer underpin a very tight band. Keyboardist Tommy Eyre remained as the only surviving member from the last SAHB album.</p><p>There are two epics which with their slow piano based build up recall former glories like <i>The Last of The Teenage Idols</i> or <i>Give My Compliments to The Chef</i>; <i>Back in the Depot</i>, and the save the whales anthem <i>The Whalers</i>:</p><p><i>Murder in the silver foam<br />Grab the gold and sail back home<br />Slaughter cubs and mummy too<br />Here’s a perfume just for you</i></p><p><i>There she blows<br />See the spout<br />Money is what it’s all about<br />In leopard skins and tiger shoes</i></p><p><i>We all sing the dog food blues<br />Sling it on the rusty deck<br />Rip the sinew from its neck<br />You can’t complain, it’s fair enough<br />We kill it and you buy the stuff!</i></p><p>Both covers in the set are inspired — <i>Shakin’ All Over</i> and <i>Just A Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody</i>. The latter would have been quite a fitting last hurrah for Harvey if the ill conceived <i>The Soldier On The Wall</i> had remained in the vaults.</p><p>With an invigorated Harvey, brilliant musicianship, a strong song set, and crisp production, <i>The Mafia Stole My Guitar</i> is a return to form and stands up as Harvey’s last great (and often overlooked) album despite the absence of SAHB.</p><p><br /></p><p>A full rundown of all of Alex Harvey's albums can be found at <a href="https://medium.com/6-album-sunday/the-sensational-alex-harvey-band-albums-ranked-worst-to-best-312ec8f11c45" target="_blank">https://medium.com/6-album-sunday/the-sensational-alex-harvey-band-albums-ranked-worst-to-best-312ec8f11c45</a></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-24157706448573791192020-09-27T08:24:00.005+01:002020-10-27T20:48:29.795+00:00Log #209 - Sunday Bible Class<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWfospT1xHfOachyphenhyphenvrdXeobvpDS4xdJx57Ath8qyyvQEJtofpVlFvC-u1Ltc_TzvmDDRzhtmxoA-LAP4-FXPeloCwnFYoJO4P3bNXeFrx1btj9E24wlOuL26VLytLfJBWtZFKr4HU5n8/s355/kc+sbb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWfospT1xHfOachyphenhyphenvrdXeobvpDS4xdJx57Ath8qyyvQEJtofpVlFvC-u1Ltc_TzvmDDRzhtmxoA-LAP4-FXPeloCwnFYoJO4P3bNXeFrx1btj9E24wlOuL26VLytLfJBWtZFKr4HU5n8/s16000/kc+sbb.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">Exposure </i><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">was Robert Fripp's first solo album released in 1979. It's a real dolly mixture of new wave rock, pop, post punk, and blues (and very little prog, ambient, or frippertronics, surprisingly). Guest singers included Daryl Hall and Peter Gabriel. More punky singing is provided by Peter Hammill and Terre Roche.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Mostly consisting of short pop songs there are nevertheless some trail blazing instrumental workouts like the brilliant <i>Breathless</i> which is reminiscent of <i>Red</i> and <i>Fracture.</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Side two does veer off into some more experimental work with spoken samples. But it's not until the ambient drone of <i>Urban Landscape</i> and the <i>Water Music</i> loops does <i>Exposure</i> really touch upon what I was expecting.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">All in all it sounds like Fripp was throwing everything into this album - all his current (New York and Berlin) influences, and as a result, although there are some decent singles, the album as a whole sounds disjointed. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">To read an extended review of <i>Exposure</i> please <a href="http://6albumsunday.blogspot.com/2019/03/robert-fripp-exposure-review.html" target="_blank">click here>></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><b>King Crimson</b></span></span> - </span><i style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Starless And Bible Black<br /></i><b style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Robert Fripp</b><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"> - </span><i style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Exposure<br /></i><b style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">King Crimson</b><b style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"> </b><span style="color: black; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>- Three Of A Perfect Pair<br /></i></span></span><b style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">King Crimson </b><span style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><b>-</b></span><b style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> </b><span style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><i>Thrak<br /></i></span><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><b>King Crimson</b><i> - </i></span></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><i>The Construkction of Light<br /></i></span></span><span style="font-size: 17.6px; font-weight: bold;">King Crimson</span><i style="font-size: 17.6px; font-weight: bold;"> </i><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">-</i><i style="font-size: 17.6px; font-weight: bold;"> </i><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">The Power To Believe</i></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><i>Starless And Bible Black</i> is an excellent Crimson album - coming in between the more celebrated <i>Larks' Tongues In Aspic</i> and <i>Red</i> it is nevertheless equally as powerful. I just love the squishy bass guitar and Fripp's distorted arpeggios like on <i>Lament</i> (very similar to <i>One More Red Nightmare</i>).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Some tracks (from this partially live recording) are apparent jams that chug along just the right side of chaos (<i>We'll Let You Know, The Mincer </i>and most of all the title track). <i>The Night Watch</i> is one of King Crimson's most gorgeous songs with a typically melodic Fripp solo (I read somewhere that some of these solos are track reversed and this one does sound like it actually). <i>Trio</i> is a classical piece reminiscent of the work on the jazzy <i>Islands</i>. The album ends on the monumental and infamous <i>Fracture</i> instrumental with Fripp's fingers exploring the dusty parts of the fretboard with series of ascending guitar scales (a theme he would revisit in the following <i>Red</i> album and the "Crimson mk. III" trio of albums retained in the player this week).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Great minimalist album art too which I've opted for at the head of the post over Fripp's less interesting <i>Exposure</i>:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8kWxi_V1glNiALSjPen-Wyc2YFu-qAGLCfNTGINKU-yJgSElEvo0TFGO1hQSX1F8r1bBgFgmvWFa6L43oF2mQBcHW8BI61sJvRzpsbORqA25xdTY3tkwSD65TBi8c5yQf8T6O8LesSk/s220/fripp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh8kWxi_V1glNiALSjPen-Wyc2YFu-qAGLCfNTGINKU-yJgSElEvo0TFGO1hQSX1F8r1bBgFgmvWFa6L43oF2mQBcHW8BI61sJvRzpsbORqA25xdTY3tkwSD65TBi8c5yQf8T6O8LesSk/s0/fripp.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-36915875543422113852020-09-20T20:12:00.037+01:002020-11-20T18:44:53.198+00:00Log #208 - Reassessing The Non King Crimson King Crimson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBIkzNeOntXyYoSToGE9TF_eL_gsHPmFCwr9G7dLe1UZwQzUA1Gnjk26Vkbv0qreFXEtQwcEjXTmP5Th55TylvinDKaaPboQB6Bd8gkxTl0Rjboz3uCD35NNVRm18tCFr6nJHltsgWsw/s500/kcbeat.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBIkzNeOntXyYoSToGE9TF_eL_gsHPmFCwr9G7dLe1UZwQzUA1Gnjk26Vkbv0qreFXEtQwcEjXTmP5Th55TylvinDKaaPboQB6Bd8gkxTl0Rjboz3uCD35NNVRm18tCFr6nJHltsgWsw/s16000/kcbeat.png" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">It's taken me a long time to reach King Crimson in this blog. After seeing some quirky Robert <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRjw76_RrD8" target="_blank">Fripp and Toyah videos on Youtube</a> I revisited some of the classic albums from the band's prog rock hey day - spinning </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Larks' Tongues In Aspic</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> and </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Red</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> last week (this could have possibly been my first revisit in the whole history of this blog - what, 3 years?, 4 years? Can you check Ed.?). [</span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Actually you forget Eddy, the blog is about 4 years old now, but you did play King Crimson eventually in <a href="http://6albumsunday.blogspot.com/2019/03/king-crimson.html" target="_blank">log #130</a> after they had won the most surprising non appearance award in the <a href="http://6albumsunday.blogspot.com/2019/01/2018-review-year.html" target="_blank">2018 review</a>. You're welcome,</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> Ed.]</span></p><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Great, great albums, those two, their presence barely diminished by the passing of time. These were two of the seven albums the band released between 1969 and 1974. And that was it, for the band, and most the fans - Fripp pulled the plug (when the band were at their creative and commercial peak) and buggered off to find himself.</span></p><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">But hold your horses...</span></p><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMP0nLjow8YZZ3YwMRVbP0zeGa1wPaNJvf3PjfXOgKkeKrcycVyodQeTBrJ6YHl-cTFEKAA1_CKi7UHZYv7W_zifdiy0A6brDScXnmKMqvIhOeYudWYv2diFTZYgC3OBFfEqJSUiuwW6I/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMP0nLjow8YZZ3YwMRVbP0zeGa1wPaNJvf3PjfXOgKkeKrcycVyodQeTBrJ6YHl-cTFEKAA1_CKi7UHZYv7W_zifdiy0A6brDScXnmKMqvIhOeYudWYv2diFTZYgC3OBFfEqJSUiuwW6I/s16000/image.png" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">There was a hiatus for 7 years, and then a comeback in 1981, with a new funky, punky, new wave band - a band so diverse from the original that they should n't really have used the King Crimson name (in fact Fripp did originally rename the group). </span></p><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">3 albums ensued, known as the <i>Discipline</i> trilogy (or the red, blue and yellow ones), from the same new personnel (the first time King Crimson had ever maintained the same band members over more than one consecutive album). </span></p><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>Discipline</i> trilogy personnel:</span></span></div><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"></span></p><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><div style="text-align: left;">Adrian Belew – electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, lead vocals </div><div style="text-align: left;">Robert Fripp – electric guitar, guitar synthesizer, devices (Frippertronics)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tony Levin – Chapman Stick, backing vocals, bass</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bill Bruford – drums</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTu-RTKrecHQ1gnjyBBho5RsmLupUzlWC5OENP0AXo_OEPcM8PduFJ8EXjoYtO8Jo6z0CnZJm42cL5p0mKPcVEgUTEp4QAnk43lq3ilGDMgLOLThwgFpxKiP6yNQ4sj3xgGlZtTLZWugc/s1200/3.jpg" style="font-size: 17.6px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTu-RTKrecHQ1gnjyBBho5RsmLupUzlWC5OENP0AXo_OEPcM8PduFJ8EXjoYtO8Jo6z0CnZJm42cL5p0mKPcVEgUTEp4QAnk43lq3ilGDMgLOLThwgFpxKiP6yNQ4sj3xgGlZtTLZWugc/s16000/3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Discipline Trilogy<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">I tried to like them when they came out but yearning for Wetton's thick bass, Bruford's sharp rim taps, and Fripp's distorted solos, I was left disappointed. I lost interest and didn't even notice when, following another hiatus, this time even longer, the band released another comeback album, <i>Thrak</i>, in 1995 (in the history of a band like King Crimson this feels thoroughly recent, but it's mindblowing to me that this record is now 25 years old, and I've only just heard it, and... it's amazing!). 2 further albums followed in the early 2000s - equally mind blowing for a fan like me who had written the band off in 1974!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfjMB0HywbWXzee6pKETwYG8YFIOVzNplzwE3ZRIxtwZLukmNHPJtNRYc2fXlDj3-41H_yQ8nm8dQVEcfEjf4GERB8zw4yyehkvoJxFM57nqt5-Au3mPA22Iu4jZZT6ObXyIHosD1bwY/s846/kc+collage.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="279" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfjMB0HywbWXzee6pKETwYG8YFIOVzNplzwE3ZRIxtwZLukmNHPJtNRYc2fXlDj3-41H_yQ8nm8dQVEcfEjf4GERB8zw4yyehkvoJxFM57nqt5-Au3mPA22Iu4jZZT6ObXyIHosD1bwY/s16000/kc+collage.PNG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Thrak Trilogy<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><i>ReconstruKction of Light</i> line up (2000):</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Robert Fripp – guitar, keyboards</span></div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Adrian Belew – guitar, vocals</span></div></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Trey Gunn – Ashbory bass, Warr guitar</span></div></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Pat Mastelotto – drums, percussion</span></div></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">So 6 albums spanning nearly 25 years, practically half their overall output of 13 studio albums (when the first 7 had spanned just 5 years) had been dismissed by your careless correspondent (not for the first time - I had done something similar with Bob Dylan, Radiohead and Genesis).</span></p><p><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Here Eddy rectifies things by taking a deep dive into the post '74 King Crimson with a clean sweep of the albums released after King Crimson stopped (for many) being King Crimson, sort of!</span></p><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><b>King Crimson</b></span></span> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Discipline</i></div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: 17.6px; font-weight: bold;">King Crimson</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; font-weight: bold;"> - </span><i style="font-size: 17.6px;"><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">Beat</i></i></div></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: 17.6px; font-weight: bold;">King Crimson</b><b style="font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </b><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>-<b> </b>Three Of A Perfect Pair</i></span></span></div></span><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-size: 17.6px;">King Crimson - </b><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-size: 17.6px;">Thrak</i></div><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><b>King Crimson</b><i> - </i></span></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><i>The Construkction of Light</i></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><b>King Crimson</b><i> - The Power To Believe</i></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">DISCIPLINE</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><i>Discipline</i> was the first of the 3 "comeback" albums which emerged from the "former" prog rockers in the early '80s. Released in 1981 the new album came 7 years after leader Robert Fripp had disbanded the group in 1974. </span></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Representing essentially a new band (only Bruford remained with Fripp from 1974) and a new sound the group was originally named Discipline before Fripp decided to reincarnate the King Crimson name.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><div><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEagJtuo_7s0nn4PRxqldyMzowsXsKVic9oOzQfUunFyLwpxioWJjmD_HqB0NQm1igdVS1uPCU740J8uSA8S0C0xqHFH5WkDC82Cv4OJHs93lVC6jUNzqtgNqHmmqTUoC89gH-j8w7wU/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="492" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEagJtuo_7s0nn4PRxqldyMzowsXsKVic9oOzQfUunFyLwpxioWJjmD_HqB0NQm1igdVS1uPCU740J8uSA8S0C0xqHFH5WkDC82Cv4OJHs93lVC6jUNzqtgNqHmmqTUoC89gH-j8w7wU/" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">King Crimson as Discipline</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Much criticised at the time this brave record has since become viewed as a modern classic for its unexpected embracing of modern beats and world music.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Attempting to create the sound of a "rock gamelan" Fripp plays complicated loops and scales upon which new guitarist Adrian Belew weaves interlocking leads over Bill Bruford's polyrhythmic toms and new electronic beats. New bassist Tony Levin played a "stick" - a ten string bass guitar thingy played in a tapping fashion, the first time I'd ever come across such an instrument.</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVyyD5TZP2qH2IJLD5dV-VYfctF5TbmtYsYjlgH3tIpgpxT3eiXSusBwKCPsjmbCwjPuchB392TMKLM0yVvG4-rChhOQDdCQCrzd9g9vLv5RwkGW2OGkPfqfIz0uILtLIIgOFHycsQVE/s273/stick.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVyyD5TZP2qH2IJLD5dV-VYfctF5TbmtYsYjlgH3tIpgpxT3eiXSusBwKCPsjmbCwjPuchB392TMKLM0yVvG4-rChhOQDdCQCrzd9g9vLv5RwkGW2OGkPfqfIz0uILtLIIgOFHycsQVE/s16000/stick.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">The band's songs were shorter in comparison to previous King Crimson albums, and very much shaped by Belew's pop sensibilities and quirky approach to writing lyrics. So you had the marvellously efficient openers <i>Elephant Talk</i> and <i>Frame By Frame</i> - great pop songs which belied the complexities and dynamic shifts and key changes within, followed by the jazzy ballad <i>Matte Kudasai.</i></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Though the former King Crimson's tendency to launch into long instrumental improvisations was largely reined in the band did break free on some numbers including <i>Indiscipline</i> where Bruford rat-a-tats, Levin pulses, and the guitarists freak out. Belew raps spoken word: "I like it!" </div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">More spoken word follows on the dancey <i>Thela Hun Ginjeet </i>and<i> </i>an extended instrumental <i>The Sheltering Sky</i> forms the album's centrepiece. On the final title track (another instrumental) the intricate repeating guitars circle around like a minimalist Steve Reich piece.</div><div style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">BEAT</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>Beat</i> is a pretty decent album. The copy I was playing must be a remix. It sounds much more vibrant and upbeat than the rather lacklustre edition I first bought back in 1982. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">Generally the poppiest and most accessible of the three <i>Discipline </i>albums the songs are slick and efficient as demonstrated most by single <i>Heartbeat</i> (but even this one has some gorgeous "backwards" guitar if you listen closely) and the soft ballad <i>Two Hands</i> (I can leave that one really). There is even some funk and reggae (in a The Police type fashion).</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">The sequencing is similar to <i>Discipline</i> - a couple of pop tunes, then an instrumental <i>Sartori In Tangier</i> which is like an edited <i>The Sheltering Sky</i>. Some lovely distant guitar lead on this one. A funky <i>Waiting Man</i> showcases world beats from Bruford and some more awesome guitar distortion.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>Neurotica</i> is another New York centric spoken word number following the lead from <i>Discipline</i>. There's a lot in this track including a beautiful central section.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">The closing track </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Requiem</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> is a classic Fripp solo recalling the Fripp and Eno ambient projects </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">(No Pussyfooting)</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> and </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Evening Star.</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> A most surprising piece a little out of context with what comes before. Nice jazz drumming on here too.</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">THREE OF A PERFECT PAIR</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><div style="font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">The final album of the three - <i>Three Of A Perfect Pair - </i>starts off with a near side of intricate yet efficient new wave pop underpinned by Frippertronic guitar shapes. </span><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">However, as with each of these three albums, there are moments of progressive instrumental brilliance. On this album the prog rock influences are most prominent on side 2 as Fripp points the way to what would become the next phase of King Crimson, a decade on, with a series of modern prog instrumentals from the industrial bass slap of </span><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">Industry </i><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">via a drum laden experimental <i>Warning</i></span><i style="font-size: 17.6px;"> </i><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">t</span><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">hrough to a homage to the great </span><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">Larks' Tongues In Aspic </i><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">(via a "part III")</span><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">.</i></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">The finest track of all is <i>Nuages </i>though which really takes the biscuit - one of the band's greatest tracks - a track that would be recognised as a masterpiece if it had appeared on one of the more celebrated early albums (not that it would have done as it sounds so modern with it's gurgling rhythms). </span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Such moments become a bit lost amongst the new wave pop of this underrated series but account for at least half of this fine album which, although it definitely tends towards the bipolar and is often overshadowed by the more groundbreaking <i>Discipline</i>, I think is possibly (?) the best of the trio.</span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">A lot of the problem at the time was the "King Crimson" expectation. Hearing these albums fresh, and delinking from the KC expectation, of legacy fans circa 1980, they are all very good pop albums and much more rock than I had appreciated. Fripp (with Belew's influence) had taken the band away from prog but had invented an original new wave sound more in keeping with bands like Blondie, Talking Heads, Devo, David Bowie, and even Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, whereas many of his contemporaries got lost in '80s production values producing watered down prog, bombastic metal, or cheesy keyboard pop (Genesis). </span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><div><br /></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">THRAK</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>Thrak</i>, wow, this is in the "Why haven't I heard this before category?". It sounds superb. It's a mix between the old prog rock music and the more "modern" dance style from the <i>Discipline</i> trilogy. It jumps straight into my shortlist for most surprising discovery (or rediscovery) of the year.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">Opener <i>Vroom</i> is like the <i>Red</i> instrumental that opens that album. Great riffing with some intricate Frippertronic breaks. The track merges seamlessly into <i>Coda 475 - </i>KC write some great codas.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">The album contains some excellent single material beginning with <i>Dinosaur</i>. The band sound like a heavy Beatles. The Beatles influence (circa <i>Abbey Road</i>) continues into the jazzy <i>Walking On Air</i> with Belew sounding very much like John Lennon. The Fripp guitar on this recalls the gentler Crimson tunes from their prog period. Super deep bass on this one too. A beautiful tune.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>B'Boom</i> is a clackety drum solo with world music toms. The drumming continues into the title track which is a metal monster instrumental with a distorted bass that sounds just like the John Wetton bass on <i>Red (</i>and <i>Starless And Bible Black).</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">Another respite tune with the gentle guitar arpeggio-led <i>Inner Garden I</i>. Belew showing off his vocal chops here. The funky <i>People</i> is more single material - it's the most commercial track on the album with a chorus and backing vocals like a modern David Bowie or Talking Heads number. I could leave it really, it's not the best King Crimson and probably a complete Belew track without much Fripp input. The production is great though.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>Radio 1</i> is a little Takemitsu like avant garde piece which precedes another ballad <i>One Time </i>which even has some Bruford rim taps. Bliss. Belew nails the song again. Lovely stuff. <i>Radio 2</i> comes in and then there is a reprise of <i>Inner Garden (II)</i> which knits this whole section together like a little suite.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream</i> is another funky rocker. Heavy like prime period Pixies. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">The album ends on a <i>Vroom</i> reprise (sounding even more like its <i>Red</i> predecessor) making Thrak feel like </span></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">a concept album, or a full circle at least. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">By the way the formerly brilliant Bruford I hear has now retired officially (this being his last King Crimson album) and was having a yard sale of his kit. Hear a nice interview on this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha0OimHJv70&" target="_blank">here >></a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">THE CONSTRUKCTION OF LIGHT</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br />Loving the opening blues number. It's been called "tongue in cheek": </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>Well I woke up this morning</i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">... but I think it's great fun. It so does not sound like King Crimson - for a start I'm not aware of any other blues tune they've done, and the singing is in a Tom Waits style with Adrian Belew's deep down growl. I assume that's his guitar screaming over the top too - Fripp tending to concentrate on the riffs and frippertronics.</span></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> Before these 3 most recent albums I'd never fully appreciated Belew's skills as a rock guitarist. The twin Fripp/Belew attack is a revelation.</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">The extended title track is a typically intricate mostly instrumental number led by a Frippertronic figure. Next follows a superb rock track <i>Into The Frying Pan</i> - great singing from Belew and incendiary electric guitar (Belew's shredding, Fripp's trademark distortions). There are moments where the upward guitar breaks recall the unique <i>Starless</i> guitar solo.</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><i>Frakctured</i> is a new duel guitar work based on the original <i>Fracture</i> (a notoriously difficult piece) from the 1974 <i>Starless And Bible Black</i> album. It's mesmerising in the detail of the interlocking guitars.</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><i>The World's My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum</i> is another heavy rocker with an exceptional Fripp treated solo which sounds like frenetic jazz piano.</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">A treat for the old fans follows with "Part IV" of <i>Larks' Tongues In Aspic</i>. In keeping with this heavy album this is a powerful rendition which walks the line between the original and the new. It storms to a peak with some rare mellotron like keyboards in the <i>Coda </i>and Belew's distorted vocals:</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><i><div style="text-align: left;">Tragedies of Kennedy's, refugees, AIDS disease</div><div style="text-align: left;">Photos of Hiroshima, the Holocaust, and Kosovo</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tim McVeigh, Saddam Hussein, the bombing of the World Trade</div><div style="text-align: left;">Hostages in Bosnia, atrocities, South Africa,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Abortion and Kevorkian, Vietnam, napalm,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Lady Di, and Lennon died a violent crime, Columbine,</div><div style="text-align: left;">I have a dream that one day Rodney King, O.J.,</div><div style="text-align: left;">Symbols of our life's and times, One giant leap for mankind</div></i></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">The "relatively" calming final "bonus" track is credited to ProjeKct X (a spin off of King Crimson at the time). With some pleasant string moments this track really begins to cook around half way with a driving groove over which Fripp improvises.</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Oddly this album received relatively negative reviews on its release. Some even calling it King Crimson's worse album. I find that assessment bizarre. To be fair none of the 13 are bad and as very few are similar it's a rather arbitrary task to rank them (something Eddy must try some time) so perhaps it could be? I doubt it though - all these 3 latter day albums are more my thing than the <i>Discipline</i> trilogy. </span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">One of the main criticisms concerns the drumming. Apparently drummer Pat Mastelotto (post Bruford) uses a lot of electronic drums and programming. I can't say I really noticed. He later re-recorded the drum tracks for the entire album using regular acoustic drums - this new version was released in 2019 as <i>The Reconstrukction of Light</i> to much improved reviews. I haven't heard this remix.</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8uLJE03YraRhbB4WwuwUkwmLBkzqDyr2jtOB1hFlKKPXOQfHjnNVR7Zb-bkmfPuCaf__r4FwQecAEFteaXKvDx6SxjMhPRBx0q8v0Q095auGSs_7St5f6SqhA-Et8A9CoWZ-pMo5KiU/s432/kc+2000.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8uLJE03YraRhbB4WwuwUkwmLBkzqDyr2jtOB1hFlKKPXOQfHjnNVR7Zb-bkmfPuCaf__r4FwQecAEFteaXKvDx6SxjMhPRBx0q8v0Q095auGSs_7St5f6SqhA-Et8A9CoWZ-pMo5KiU/s320/kc+2000.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KC circa 2000<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">THE POWER TO BELIEVE</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br />After a brief vocoderised introduction King Crimson's latest </span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">(and possibly final?)</span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">album launches with a trademark power instrumental a la </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Red</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> or </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Larks' Tongues</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> again (entitled </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Level 5</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> could this be </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Larks' Tongues</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> Part V?). Here the drums thrash and crash, the duel guitars trace intricate lines at breakneck speed. The pace is so full on the seven minute track feels like a track of twice the length. A brilliant track.</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">The best tracks indeed are the instrumentals (Belew's vocals, normally so reliable, seem to be a bit off on this record) - <i>Electrik</i> is a prog masterpiece highlighting drummer Mastelotto's masterly fusion of electronic and acoustic drums, and <i>Dangerous Curve</i> builds powerfully from silence like the classic <i>Talking Drum </i>from<i> Larks' Tongues.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Ballad<i> Eyes Wide Open</i> would make a great Bond song - the only soft song on this ever so loud and aggressive record. </span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">The rock songs on the album are the most heavy metal Crimson have ever been. However I don't think they are quite as good as the heavier tunes on </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Thrak</i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"> and </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">The Construkction Of Light - </i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Belew's voice is over distorted and the lyrics, particularly on </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Happy with What You Have to Be Happy With </i><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">are a bit cringeworthy (albeit ironic):</span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">And when I have some words</div><div style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">This is the way I'll sing</div><div style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">Through a distortion box</div><div style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">To make them menacing</div><div style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Yeah, then I'm gonna have to write a chorus</span></div><div style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;">We're gonna need to have a chorus</div><div style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">The whole record is held together by the title theme which appears in different formats four times (the most impressive being the electronic synthesized <i>part II</i>) giving this almost concept album a nice sense of whole. Overall another intense and complex modern album - not quite as good or eye-opening as the other two in this trilogy but still, so much better than anyone had the right to expect from these veterans of prog. </div><div style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">IN CONCLUSION</span></div></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">I'm mightily impressed with these 6 albums. The first three from the <i>Discipline</i> era are so much better than I remembered - melodic intricate pop displaying the quartet's amazing musicianship, and much heavier than I appreciated too. I don't know why I never got into these albums at the time and can only put it down to the shock of the difference in comparison to the band's classic prog period. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Advance ten more years and the <i>Thrak</i> era trilogy is even better. I had no idea the band were still making such vital music this late in their career. These albums are a fusion of the prog days and the <i>Discipline</i> days - they actually add both elements together (not so much a fusion as a multiplication!) and weld on a new heavy industrial metal edge too, to create some of the most complex music I've ever heard. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">With only 13 studio albums in total over their whole career Fripp and Co. have maintained a consistency of quality over quality whilst forging new directions at each rebirth. These "latter day" half dozen of albums deserve more credit than they get and I'm pleased to have (re)/discovered them.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xaanUudfUOgkTHftxfPdUYsne5mhvT38GzS2_9mp66fgszPQc8UZCw0hW3NIcA4QRRJMd2T-LDxyMvholWHsZAyqKcDbIbSWcRDDG8KUBqzDeAOPQDYDiebsu__dEQMRdWNo5hxZMvI/s800/kc+now.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="800" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xaanUudfUOgkTHftxfPdUYsne5mhvT38GzS2_9mp66fgszPQc8UZCw0hW3NIcA4QRRJMd2T-LDxyMvholWHsZAyqKcDbIbSWcRDDG8KUBqzDeAOPQDYDiebsu__dEQMRdWNo5hxZMvI/w400-h178/kc+now.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KC today with three drummers<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">Further viewing...</span></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">from a couple of guys who really know their music...</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpAMKRPAAg8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpAMKRPAAg8</a></span></span></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcdGDNNvUO4" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcdGDNNvUO4</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: gentium basic, times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-11612170751443955412020-09-13T18:55:00.081+01:002020-11-15T11:25:37.003+00:00Log #207 - Red Gamma Rays In Aspic<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSzLuqoJDpr3zSIOzKa_k-JdDA8GF8_picBGqILGMe1FGVoirnyBFCukN4I0DLh_AAPwnSfak465-hdnoc0fmmwPdu0tQJvrNMI8XIPLpnzrL9Hjfz8rV9HaLSlNE5YKwuBv3Pm9BYmI/s400/gamma1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSzLuqoJDpr3zSIOzKa_k-JdDA8GF8_picBGqILGMe1FGVoirnyBFCukN4I0DLh_AAPwnSfak465-hdnoc0fmmwPdu0tQJvrNMI8XIPLpnzrL9Hjfz8rV9HaLSlNE5YKwuBv3Pm9BYmI/s16000/gamma1.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">I literally have not heard this Gamma album for 35 years. Yet it is amazing how I remember some of the songs. Of course it is very '80s and does sound dated, particularly on the vocal front. But there are some excellent hooks, decent electric guitar from founder Ronnie Montrose, and interesting synth embellishment with even some ELO like vocoder! On some of the more pumping bass tracks they remind me a bit of Budgie.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Carly Simon </b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;">- </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">No Secrets</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: gentium basic, times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;"><b>Sigur Ros</b></span></span> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Takk<br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">King Crimson</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">Lark's Tongues In Aspic</i><br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">King Crimson</b><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"> </b><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>- Red</i><br /><b>Harmonia - </b><i>Deluxe</i><br /><b>Gamma</b><i> - 1</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I could n't stomach the singing on the Sigur Ros album <i>Takk</i>, their fourth. I was into their break through <i>Ágætis Byrjun</i> album (their second) so it's a mystery to me whether my tastes have changed, or the band, or more to the point, the singer has changed. Or were they just a one trick pony? I had to turn it off about half way through to be fair.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Two superb albums from King Crimson reaffirmed my faith in progressive rock this week. Displaying both power and musicianship these albums are high watermarks in the genre. Whereas the monumental debut and fan favourite <i>In The Court Of The Crimson King</i> was beautiful it is now also a little dated and slightly whimsical. A few years later Robert Fripp's band had come on leaps and bounds - there is less mellotron and more drums and bass (the former so sharp and the latter so heavy in the mix), and sawing violin especially on Larks', and guitar especially on <i>Red</i>. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Red</i> was a fitting climax to the end of the first era of King Crimson ending on perhaps their greatest ever track, <i>Starless</i>, which featured one of the most unique guitar solos in rock history. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Interestingly these two albums feature at number 14 and 8 respectively in this well researched list >> <a href="https://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?salbumtypes=1#list">https://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?salbumtypes=1#list</a> with the debut album at no. 4!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fripp mothballed the band and set out on some solo experimentation and collaborations with the likes of Bowie and Eno. Not until 1981 did he return with a reformed King Crimson releasing the revolutionary <i>Discipline; </i>an album which was most confusing to the early fans but is now viewed as an underrated classic ahead of its time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">ps. What is Aspic? All these years I assumed it was a place, fictitious or otherwise. I never realised it was a foodstuff, which makes sense - something you would serve lark's tongues in.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidid5ltMEIq5Q21dMWjOsLx7_IQkrYnbalhjk8l6m0TQHJAEU2Ksc7uqmUa5pB-EEHGok7ij0SbgYe8EypBLhXheE8Xu-crK4k-5GSvROfavIqZkqy7s5RxB3TIawUC9OqyLdB-ratD4k/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="326" data-original-width="449" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidid5ltMEIq5Q21dMWjOsLx7_IQkrYnbalhjk8l6m0TQHJAEU2Ksc7uqmUa5pB-EEHGok7ij0SbgYe8EypBLhXheE8Xu-crK4k-5GSvROfavIqZkqy7s5RxB3TIawUC9OqyLdB-ratD4k/w400-h290/image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy my posts? Help support my blog with a cheeky Cortado! Many thanks, EB</div></div>
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-19578227419992682272020-09-05T11:09:00.132+01:002020-11-18T23:04:03.514+00:00Log #206 - 3 Hawkwind Eras<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6C-9OW7LIoS0M48dSy0GWSMkhADQjnV77HTv3C4sMeV6Qxk2R-BWICBex1lMyW9E4XdUMZ1faLYZED2letU6uiAv62S9V3SBfrnoUX9pk_7Oh6hwr1utjwq9nLEhRYd9WV5K1hZ66uiU/s600/lev.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6C-9OW7LIoS0M48dSy0GWSMkhADQjnV77HTv3C4sMeV6Qxk2R-BWICBex1lMyW9E4XdUMZ1faLYZED2letU6uiAv62S9V3SBfrnoUX9pk_7Oh6hwr1utjwq9nLEhRYd9WV5K1hZ66uiU/s16000/lev.jpg" /></a></div><p><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Hawkwind</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"> -<i> PXR5</i></span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Hawkwind </b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;">- <i>Levitation</i></span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></i><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Hawkwind</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">In The Hall Of The Mountain Grill<br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Hawkwind</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Warrior On The Edge Of Time<br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Steve Miller</b><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"> </b><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>- Circle Of Love</i><br /><b>Mouse On Mars - </b><i>Autoditacker</i></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">More Hawkwind retrospection this week - after the fantastic prog epic <i>Warrior On The Edge Of Time</i> Hawkwind reinvented themselves with a new record label as a more modern new wave rock band for a series of late '70s albums fronted by eccentric singer Robert Calvert. The final of these (four) albums was <i>PXR5</i> released in 1979. The results throughout the series were mixed with shorter poppier songs which occasionally hit the mark but missed out on the mind expanding space rock experimentation of the early albums. A far cry from <i>Space Ritual</i> this period, for me at least, does not represent Hawkwind's finest hour. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">However at the turn of the decade Hawkwind changed again. With a new crack line up, which welcomed back slick lead guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton (who appeared on the debut album), plus ex Cream legend Ginger Baker on drums and ex Gong keyboardist Tim Blake, the band produced a series of more heavy metal based albums beginning with<i> Levitation </i>in 1980.<i> </i>The album is almost brilliant, the first two or three songs are fantastic demonstrating a renewed energy and vigour and brilliant playing. Just checkout how hot this band were:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1-QEpRgs9sM" width="320" youtube-src-id="1-QEpRgs9sM"></iframe></span></span></div><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">Unfortunately it does n't quite maintain its momentum as the album runs a little out of steam. The follow album up <i>Sonic Attack </i>(although lacking both Baker and Blake)<i> </i>is more consistently heavy. <i>Sonic Attack</i>, although not necessarily a regular fan favourite, is particularly significant for me being the first Hawkwind album I heard. I saw the band when touring the album as <a href="http://6albumsunday.blogspot.com/2017/05/night-of-hawks.html" target="_blank">reported here >></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">The Steve Miller album <i>Circle Of Love </i>is most renowned for the side long groove of <i>Macho City </i>which was an innovative track at the time (as was the ending of 2 minutes plus of rain and thunder sound effects). </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"> </span></span></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-15099469169549162602020-08-30T11:07:00.189+01:002020-10-27T21:27:19.869+00:00Log #205 - The Hall At The Edge Of Time<p><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkm4togG6uroBWZtRkPJ5WaRg11AdD7y9V0Wr_WpuR6t8F6dt_MfgQ8bywv80oHjkStVUGtae5XRCLyKN97idjerTnRhdP0JqxmDfnaVJsWLyJAQFrMZNpH6lW_858Wbj08i_7C-4RZQ/s600/april+wine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="591" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkm4togG6uroBWZtRkPJ5WaRg11AdD7y9V0Wr_WpuR6t8F6dt_MfgQ8bywv80oHjkStVUGtae5XRCLyKN97idjerTnRhdP0JqxmDfnaVJsWLyJAQFrMZNpH6lW_858Wbj08i_7C-4RZQ/s16000/april+wine.jpg" /></a></b></div><p></p><p><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Deeper we go into my old heavy rock roots this week. I follow up Led Zep's debut album with another listen of the classic <i>IV</i>. I pick up on a relatively little known Canadian rock band. I reacquaint myself with Black Sabbath's most progressive album, and dive into possibly Hawkwind's greatest two albums. Carly Simon retains some calm from last week's playlist. </span></b></p><p><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Led Zeppelin</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"> -<i> IV</i></span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">April Wine </b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;">- </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Harder...Faster<br /></i><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Hawkwind</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">In The Hall Of The Mountain Grill<br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Hawkwind</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c; text-align: center;"> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 17.6px;">Warrior On The Edge Of Time<br /></i></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;">Black Sabbath</b><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"> </b><span style="font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath</i><br /><b>Carly Simon - </b><i>No Secrets</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;">Led Zep's <i>IV</i> has a great balance of heavy rockers and acoustic whimsy. <i>Black Dog</i> is a powerhouse of blues rock - incorporating one of Page's greatest riffs and Plant's call and response moans. I'd never heard anything like it on first hearing. Now, years later, I still think it's pretty unique. Then you've got the Tolkien influenced <i>Misty Mountain Hop</i> and <i>The Battle Of Evermore</i> (with Sandy Denny). The Bonham showcase <i>When The Levee Breaks</i> and the hippie flower power <i>Going To California</i>. And <i>Stairway To Heaven</i> of course which is a little tired but I still love the jaunty middle section with it's "bustle in the hedgerow".</p><p style="text-align: left;">April Wine were alright. Attempting the monumental <i>21st Century Schizoid Man</i> was probably not a wise move though - it has none of the show stopping power of the original.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Brilliant stuff from Hawkwind. I love both these two albums which both follow a similar pattern with alternate rock anthems and instrumental or spoken word interludes. The rock tunes are often based on just 2 or 3 stuttering guitar chords with Lemmy's heavy bass underlay. The interludes are simple piano figures, crude synthesizer effects, sawing violin, or, in the case of Warrior, spoken monologues from sci-fi writer Michael Moorcock (who also wrote lyrics for The Blue Oyster Cult).</p><p style="text-align: left;"><i>In The Hall Of The Mountain Grill</i> (the band's fourth album) is the more basic and less polished album. <i>Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear in Smoke)</i> is a classic Hawks tune. There are a couple of tracks on the band's fifth album <i>Warrior On The Edge Of Time</i> that approach some of the best progressive rock of the mid '70s, namely <i>Assault and Battery / Golden Void</i> and <i>Magnu,</i> where the band present monumental walls of sound. One of the most intriguing tracks for me when I first heard this album was the heavy motorik beat instrumental <i>Opa-Loka </i>which foretold my interest in krautrock. Surprisingly the band changed their sound after Warrior choosing to go down a more "new wave" road. The line up changed too with Lemmy, who had described <i>Opa-Loka</i> as "fucking rubbish" and Warrior generally as "a fuck up", moving on to form Motorhead.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-60996980493289821322020-08-23T10:49:00.010+01:002020-11-20T18:33:54.479+00:00Log #204 - I Am Sailing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0r1r8DweWvW6JlbRbraXUlD5ZUXx7pyBDr14GKCCYTWPaolpnUg1mC50GM-O68BtP43vctJ2NHlyMhnTaBjQZAQ92P-bGPVHZuZC1teNBpF2eOwK8fmucaH4fkn9s_DiMfFSA39L781k/s640/Climax-Blues-Band-Flying-the-Flag.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0r1r8DweWvW6JlbRbraXUlD5ZUXx7pyBDr14GKCCYTWPaolpnUg1mC50GM-O68BtP43vctJ2NHlyMhnTaBjQZAQ92P-bGPVHZuZC1teNBpF2eOwK8fmucaH4fkn9s_DiMfFSA39L781k/s16000/Climax-Blues-Band-Flying-the-Flag.jpg" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">A whole raft of new releases this week. When I say new I mean new to me! Nearly all these albums date from the '70s. My listening has been influenced by a documentary I viewed on something called "Yacht Rock" which is basically soft rock by another name. The very heavy Led Zeppelin debut album is an outlier but other than that we cover a soft rock range from singer songwriter Carly Simon, through to prog soft rock band Styx, via the more traditional guitar rock of Bob Seger, Steve Miller and The Climax Blues Band.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Styx</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Pieces Of Eight<br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Bob Seger </b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">- <i>Against The Wind</i></span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><br /></i><b style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">The Climax Blues Band</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"> - </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Flying The Flag<br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Steve Miller</b><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"> </span><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">- </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Fly Like An Eagle<br /></i><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Led Zeppelin</b><b style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; font-style: italic;"> </b><i style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;">- I<br /></i><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"><b>Carly Simon - </b><i>No Secrets</i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">STYX</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">Hate is a very strong word but I am actually going to say I hated this Styx album. Urgh, it makes me shudder to think of it again now. Yuck. So naff. I might try another as I recognise some of their other famous covers but I'm 99% certain they will be the same. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">That's another thing. With the artists I like, many many of their albums are different. I just know all Styx is going to be the same. Go on, surprise me! I'd never consciously heard any Styx before but one of the big disappointments was it sounded just as I expected. There was no surprise at all.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">And they are (or were?) hugely popular in the States. Maybe they filled a gap between that middle of the road cruising rock like The Eagles for instance, and more challenging rock or prog bands like Rush and Yes, both of whom I can hear slightly in this record (that's not surprising really though as they throw everything into the music, and then when its done, they add another fatuous vocal or keyboard track).</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">THE CLIMAX BLUES BAND</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">I love the cover of the Climax Blues Band album - it was probably the reason I bought it in the first place (I don't think I'd heard of the band formed in 1967 and still going today with 19 albums to their credit). </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">I saw a BBC documentary the other day on something called "Yacht Rock". No, I'd never heard of it before either - I guess just a recently made up term in order to sanction another documentary on '70s West Coast music. Well although not released until 1980 and from as far away from LA as you could get, in the midlands British town of Stafford, this is pretty much Yacht Rock and hell, there's even a yacht on the cover.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">You don't need me to describe what Yacht Rock is do you? The documentary featured The Doobie Brothers, Michael MacDonald, Toto, Tom Petty and Steely Dan, but it could have been a number of other bands.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">Hang on, let's see if there is an actual definition on Wiki...</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast sound or adult-oriented rock) is a broad music style and aesthetic commonly associated with soft rock, one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to early 1980s. Drawing on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B, funk and disco, common stylistic traits include high-quality production, clean vocals, and a focus on light, catchy melodies. Its name, coined in 2005 by the makers of the online video series Yacht Rock, was derived from its association with the popular Southern Californian leisure activity of sailing.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">Funny how they say sailing like it's an unusual activity, and perhaps one confined to Southern California only. Marginal yacht rockers and Laurel Canyon residents Crosby, Stills and Nash, could certainly be linked by this association. Several of their songs and album covers refer to (I refuse to use the new term "speak to") sailing and David Crosby famously spent much of the '70s stoned on his beautiful schooner, The Mayan:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8AhFiePczT8" width="320" youtube-src-id="8AhFiePczT8"></iframe></div><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">Another 1980 release was Bob Seger's <i>Against The Wind</i>. With that title it sounds like this could be another Yacht album. Actually it's not. It's much more gritty guitar based rock than the "Yacht Prog" of Styx. </span></p><p><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>Yacht Prog?: Rock music that has progressive pretensions but is actually just middle of the road soft rock with high sheen production values, and lots of instruments.</i></span></p><p><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"></span></p><p><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">I made that up.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">I know Seger is famous and has a much revered Live album to his name but this, again, must be Stateside only as I've never heard anything by him, nor am I aware of any of my UK friends having any of his albums - that's quite a statement in 40 years of listening to rock music on my part.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">So anyway, it's fun to try new artists for the first time. Perhaps not always fun (Styx), but revealing in any case. I liked <i>Against The Wind</i> - some of the tracks reminded me of Thin Lizzy strangely! I'll follow up with some further listens, probably should check out that live one.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">LED ZEPPELIN</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">Led Zeppelin <i>I</i> must have been an eye opener on its release in January 1969. Playing it again now I wonder if it hasn't aged so well as I used to think. Sure there are some classic hits on here - the opener <i>Good Times Bad Times</i> (famously also the opener again on the band's comeback O2 gig as long ago as 2007 now!) and <i>Communication Breakdown</i>. But also a fair bit of blues derivative filler which if you compare with what The Beatles (or even more comparable bands like Jimi Hendrix or Cream) were doing at the time was perhaps unremarkable relying mostly on power and volume. Rolling Stone agreed at the time:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"></span></p><blockquote><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">Two much-overdone Willie Dixon blues standards fail to be revivified by being turned into showcases for Page and Plant.</span></blockquote><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;">However the combination of blues influences and originality come together brilliantly for the final track <i>How Many More Times</i> which points the way towards what they would become. The follow up <i>II </i>coming only 9 months later represented a huge leap forward.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="" style="color: #6c6c6c;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">THE STEVE MILLER BAND</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">[Initially] I was surprised how synth led this album was (but in a good Hawkwind-y type of way). I was expecting lots of guitar but the album [initially] features keyboards, synthesizers and effects [first three tracks].</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">It's also pretty mellow and laid back. If I'd heard this on the radio without any warning I would not have guessed it was Steve Miller (not that I've really heard much before, but I had pre-conceived ideas)....</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">...Actually <i>Stop Press</i> - the second half is much more guitar led, and more what I was expecting. It's quite yacht-y actually in a boogie/blues/JJ Cale/Beach Boys way. Tracks like <i>Rock 'n Me </i>and <i>Mercury Blues</i> are pretty lightweight. Perhaps this is more road rock, Californian driving music, with the yacht in tow.</span></p><p><i><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">I'm gonna buy me a Mercury<br /></span><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">And cruise it up and down the road</span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><span style="font-family: courier; font-size: x-large;">CARLY SIMON</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><i>No Secrets</i> is one of those classic famous early '70s female singer songwriters' albums like <i>Tapestry</i> or <i>Blue</i>. It has that West Coast Laurel Canyon vibe but was actually recorded in London (where the iconic cover photo was shot). </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2sb3O5TCdqiarGYKyLx_y6xsx71ste1WeHWMdBOETVw-7YefJYsSVf2f0asCqK3s2-xZRqlJnRnBFVw1IFIsbWOizFUxg5cJzhfWXXlSdNGR3dc85B19DZw4YBZXOtr04HIUqmFwqvc/s773/carly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="768" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2sb3O5TCdqiarGYKyLx_y6xsx71ste1WeHWMdBOETVw-7YefJYsSVf2f0asCqK3s2-xZRqlJnRnBFVw1IFIsbWOizFUxg5cJzhfWXXlSdNGR3dc85B19DZw4YBZXOtr04HIUqmFwqvc/w209-h210/carly.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"><br />It's pretty good. Not particularly surprising or unusual but good at what it does. Easy listening and melodic, what's not to like really? </span><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">I even like the very very famous </span><i style="color: #6c6c6c;">You're So Vain. </i><span style="color: #6c6c6c;">The subject of that song has been debated for years and is rumoured to have been Warren Beatty or Mick Jagger (who guested on the album - the two oddly look very similar, Jagger and Simon). In truth Simon has never publicly confirmed the identity of the subject matter suggesting it was written with several people in mind.</span><span style="color: #6c6c6c;"> </span><p></p>
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Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4097797512159821046.post-44156010101475186462020-08-16T16:07:00.009+01:002020-10-28T17:26:55.949+00:00Log #203 - The Rise And Fall Of Rainbow<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmQz-5azU_k__Q8S-Wgn9FKKv_1hBt4mgLPvHLKLd-VHRocmOk38kyp_IaVt-0vBw-VLvhLbXeCheFbiF18UPoq789mqSehp-YkbztojOZKZ0uJKC4IvhGdO9XUiqH7lzg7zp8yeZd3A/s700/rainbow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmQz-5azU_k__Q8S-Wgn9FKKv_1hBt4mgLPvHLKLd-VHRocmOk38kyp_IaVt-0vBw-VLvhLbXeCheFbiF18UPoq789mqSehp-YkbztojOZKZ0uJKC4IvhGdO9XUiqH7lzg7zp8yeZd3A/s16000/rainbow.jpg" /></a></div> <p></p><div style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">This is the first appearance for Rainbow in the blog. Rainbow were of course a rock band spring off from the Deep Purple family, led by Ritchie Blackmore. Their most famous and go to album for teenage metal fans was <i>Rainbow Rising (</i>with its brilliant painted cover and gatefold sleeve - reproduced at the top of the post) which is represented well in the first half of this <i>The Best Of</i> compilation. </div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">I had n't really appreciated how bombastic the music was, especially with Ronnie James Dio's singing. <i>Stargazer</i> is classic Rainbow and classic heavy rock often (at the time) near the top of best songs ever lists, up there with <i>Stairway To Heaven</i> and <i>Freebird</i>. Its most obvious bedfellow for me, though, with its slow build and slight ethnic atmosphere, is Led Zeppelin's <i>Kashmir. </i>All those bands were making music like this in the mid '70s.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">Later in the '80s they went more mainstream with shorter rock numbers and even had a few single hits with tracks like <i>All Night Long</i> and <i>I Surrender</i>. Although not as epic as their older songs this move didn't represent a complete sellout to synthesizers and '80s production values although I do remember fans were unimpressed with new singer Graham Bonnet's haircut which was very non heavy metal.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: center;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><img alt="" height="139" 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Various reformed versions of the band are still going generally under Blackmore's leadership but the original band disbanded in 1984.</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">In a similar vein we revisit more heavy rock with Led Zeppelin and The Scorpions (what a brilliant lead guitarist Uli Jon Roth was - he should be at least as famous as Jimmy Page).</div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;">However Klaus Schulze's gurgling worldy flavoured <i>Picture Music</i> is much more my thing these days. </div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px; text-align: left;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">Led Zeppelin</b> - <i>Physical Grafitti (cd 2)</i></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><b>Midlake </b>- <i>The Courage Of Others</i></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><b style="box-sizing: inherit;">John Legend</b> - <i>Get Lifted</i></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><b>Rainbow</b> - <i>The Best Of</i></span><br /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><b>Klaus Schulze</b><b style="font-style: italic;"> </b><i>- Picture Music</i></span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6c6c6c; font-family: "gentium basic", times, serif; font-size: 17.6px;"><b>Scorpions - </b><i>Tokyo Tapes</i></div></div></div></div>Eddy Bamyasihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10049898060972415121noreply@blogger.com0