Hogtown wrote:Still, I don't mind "A" that much...
For me "A" is half good album. Not great as "B & B", but not nearly bad as "Under Wraps".
Protect and Survive, The Pine Martens Gig and And Further On is good songs too, but I can't stand Batteries Not Included, Uniform and 4 WD(Low Ratio) att all. Same unlistenable electronic crap as Under Wraps album.
btw, What do you think about Nightcap first CD - "Chateau D' Isaster" tapes? Are these outtakes better or A Passion Play album?
Was Eddie Jobson on A and B&B? I think I bought them both when they came out because I was a big fan of Jobson's band UK. Excellent keyboard player (especially Hammond organ) and violinist.
I'm pretty sure he was on A but not certain about Broadsword . I met him backstage after a Curved Air gig at Manchester's Free Trade Hall in the 70's, although we'd really gone back there to see Sonja Kristina.
justabagofatoms wrote:1. Reading this thread is like Living In The Past.
2. I, however, am not Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll.
3. Or Bungle In The Jungle, for that matter.
1. Are you happy and smiling?
2. You're NEVER too old too to rock 'n' roll - take it from an old greaser (Bran, there is a photo of me on a website from last year, when i returned to using brill cream to slick back my hair)
3. That sounds really exciting - would you bungle in the woods in Canada?
Maybe. Would you consider trekking 60 miles across the Alaskan tundra with a belly-full of mouse legs?
I'm just asking, because there are some idiots on "Out of the Wild" on the Discovery Channel, that are doing just that, and I'm trying to judge the depth of your potential insanity.
Meanwhile, we have had a sudden frost, and I'll be Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day.
Well, the mouse police never sleeps, so trekking up there with mouse legs in my belly might get me arrested...but, I would do it naked, because that DJ the Wolf Man jack screwed me up as a child...
The song Back Door Angels from Warchild is not about anal sex. Don't be fooled. It IS the 2nd best tune on that album. Skating Away is # 1, of course.
The album Too Old to Rock and Roll is even worse than Under Wraps and A. I'm surprised that no one here has noticed. The title track is terrible. Putting it on all of the greatest hits packages does not make it a good song. The rest of the album is just as bad. Pied Piper? Unbearable.
The suite Baker Street Muse was a masterpiece compared to that album. It's pretty great compared to any prog rock. He/they rebounded SLIGHTLY from Too Old... with Songs From the Wood. Heavy Horses would have been a great follow up to Minstrel in the Gallery.
Benefit is my favorite because it is very well written, arranged, played and sung. Some of the transitions in their songs during their heavy Prog phase are clumsy and unnecessary. However, the transition into the final section of Baker Street Muse is one of the finest in 70's Prog. It occurs between the lines I tried to catch my eye but I looked the other way and Indian restaurants that curry my brain. (great line!) Smooth and brilliant. Check it out again for your own sake.
As for Eddie Jobson, he replaced John Evans so it was hopeless from the start.
I realize no one cares but I screwed up in my last post and feel compelled to correct it because it's important. The transition I referred to in Baker Street Muse occurs between the lines Circumcised with cold print hands and Windy bus stop click shop window heel. Not the lines I stated above. Check that part out for an amazing shift in musical direction. That is a great example of an effective transition.
oldhippy wrote:My all time favorite track has to be from Stand Up - We Used To Know It's the fuzz guitar from the first time I heard it made my hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Yes! Fantastic song! I agree with the old guy again.
Yeah!
We Used To Know is really great song. One of my JT favourites.
Apparently, Eagles thought the same, they stole that song and made Hotel California! Pure plagiarism.
The transition I referred to in Baker Street Muse occurs between the lines Circumcised with cold print hands and Windy bus stop click shop window heel. Not the lines I stated above. Check that part out for an amazing shift in musical direction. That is a great example of an effective transition.
