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Thixotropic
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King Crimson: Discipline
One of my all time favorite albums.
One of my all time favorite albums.
Fraggle Rocker
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They are quite different. Greg Lake (later of Emerson, Lake & Palmer) was the group's first singer, with a relatively mellow voice that suited the epic progressive rock of the era. Adrian Belew was recruited as lead vocalist and guitarist in the late 1970s and as far as I know still has the job. His voice and delivery are much harsher and fit the--I don't know what you'd call it--"post-prog" style they settled into and still doggedly stake out with only a handful of peers. They also picked up legendary experimental bassist Tony Levin who practically defines every song he plays on with his art-funk chops and his "Stick," a vaguely bass guitar-like instrument that requires no picking and is therefore played with all ten fingers on the fretboard.
Some of the songs on "Discipline" resemble the avant-garde fusions of classically trained rockers like Gentle Giant, others sound like Talking Heads with better drugs and fifty more years of virtuosity, but many are indescribable. Thirty years later the lyrics are still intelligent and provocative, the sounds are still fresh, the musicianship is still as good as it gets, and the total is still greater than the sum of its parts.
In my opinion this album is the group's all-time best and it's on my own top hundred list too. It's nothing like "Court of the Crimson King," but if you were up for that one in 1969 I'd be very surprised if you're not up for this one today.
If you're serious about music you must check it out. The experience is not one to be missed, even if you end up not being quite as fond of it as we are.
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Another good one "Larks' Tongues in Aspic" that one is as good now as I am sure it was in '73.
Also something I just found out is that Boz Burrell singer/bassist (Islands,Earthbound) died on September 22, 2006 from a heart attack.
I never really liked his vocals. I think the guys that were in bad company with him felt the same.
Also something I just found out is that Boz Burrell singer/bassist (Islands,Earthbound) died on September 22, 2006 from a heart attack.
I never really liked his vocals. I think the guys that were in bad company with him felt the same.
snow goose by camel at the moment
Nice Hot Fuss
The Killers - Hot Fuss: Disappointing in a way, almost a bait-and-switch. What opens as a mod-rock album tinged with goth-pop influences breaks down into far too much synth and artifice. By the time it starts sounding like a dance record .... Nonetheless, I'd prefer if radio pop sounded more like this than other things. Unfortunately, 'tis a dubious honor to be one of the better among suck bands.
Puffy Ami Yumi - Nice: By actually exceeding my expectations, this album has become a welcome addition to my library. It's not that I despise pop, but Puffy Ami Yumi aren't trying to sell themselves as something else entirely.
The Killers - Hot Fuss: Disappointing in a way, almost a bait-and-switch. What opens as a mod-rock album tinged with goth-pop influences breaks down into far too much synth and artifice. By the time it starts sounding like a dance record .... Nonetheless, I'd prefer if radio pop sounded more like this than other things. Unfortunately, 'tis a dubious honor to be one of the better among suck bands.
Puffy Ami Yumi - Nice: By actually exceeding my expectations, this album has become a welcome addition to my library. It's not that I despise pop, but Puffy Ami Yumi aren't trying to sell themselves as something else entirely.
If only they could've finished it as well as they started it. And yes, all that unnecessary artifice does leave a bad taste in the mouth. So if only they were as cool as they think they are too. The first 5 songs or so are blindingly good though.
3 thumbs-up!!!
And I'm only stopping there because I've reached the image limit. Young man, my respect and admiration for you grows and grows.
I must say that, in general, I prefer the late 60s/early 70s era when psychedelia still reigned and bands were still deciding what prog rock would become. As the 70s progressed I think a lot of the experimentation that made it interesting was lost in favour of tasteless, 23-minute-long virtuoso wibbling for wibbling's sake (yes, you know what I mean by wibbling).
As someone who grew up on a diet of fizzy pop, The Sex Pistols and The Clash, I hated all this long-haired hippy nonsense for a long time. I still hate most of their cultural inheritors, the (spit) metal bands. I truly hope they all die...
OK - well maybe not die...
But, yes, 1974-6: the nadir of musical history in my opinion. In general. With a few exceptions. I'll add the exceptions here when I think of them (right now I'm at a bit of a loss).
But... I'll track a copy of Discipline down and give it a spin. My sense of anticipation isn't strong, I have to say, but I'll listen with open ears and maybe I'll get back to you.
I can't say fairer than that, now, can I?
camel are one of my guilty pleasures although the inbred friends i have that are in to al this wiki wiki dance crap take the piss out of me for it
Fraggle Rocker
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Well if you're looking for experimentation you'll love "Discipline."
Oh golly whiz. Forty-five of the albums on my top 200 list are from those three years, including:
Aerosmith: Toys in the Attic
Black Sabbath: Technical Ecstasy
Blue Oyster Cult: Secret Treaties
Gentle Giant: Free Hand
Heart: Dreamboat Annie
Jefferson Starship: Dragonfly
Led Zeppelin: Physical Graffiti
Nektar: Recycled
Jean-Luc Ponty: Imaginary Voyage
Pretty Things: Silk Torpedo
Patti Smith: Radio Ethiopia
Supertramp: Crime of the Century
Tomita: Holst's "The Planets"
Robin Trower: Bridge of Sighs
No wibbling there.
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