Tangerine Pete
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Re: Roger Dean, ABWH, suckathon 89
May 09, 2005, 17:25
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in 1989, Anderson bruford wakeman howe released an eponymous cd housed in a Roger Dean-designed cover.
there is one track where they simulate a Brazilian carnival, with fake synth trumpets, and John anderson screams 'rrrrrico!". twats.
that is a terrible, terrible album. I would agree that all that 80s prog sucks. I would also say that Swedish 90s prog sucks. On top of which, Spock's beard suck pretty hard too.
When you get right down to it, any prog album made after 1979 is guilty until proven innocent. and even then, beware.
I would express admiration for the following -
King Crimson (1st two albums + Larks, Starless and Bible Black)
Van Der Graaf Generator (every track on every album is good)
Genesis (beginning till Gabriel's exit).
Gentle Giant (71 - 75)
Yes (yes album, close to the edge, tales)
ELP (tarkus, trilogy)
a note on tales from topographic oceans -
I think I like it because it is so absurd and ridiculously overblown. to me, the lynch pin is the dementia inherent in Jon's sleeve note, where he's "leafing through Paramahansa's autobiography of a yeti" or some nonsense, while eating room service in an atlanta georgia luxury hotel. Then he describes having sessions by candle light with Steve Howe, and one reads this thing with a fair sense that the author may well be several bars short of an intermezzo.
P.S. - Tormato sucks. Circus of Heaven? Mistah Kurtz, he dead!
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Fatalist
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Re: nice 80s prog?
May 09, 2005, 18:13
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More a precursor to the first rumblings of post-rock such as Bark Psychosis I would have said (though I've only got 'World Crunch')
Talking of BP, their debut album 'Hex' is very jazzy prog in places....
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keith a
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Re: gentle giant
May 09, 2005, 18:16
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> I heard that 'Betcha....' track, via a friend of mine at
>the time. (I couldn't bear to listen to it - sorry!)
With the exception of that and Turning Around, the rest of the album was fairly typical GG though IIRC.
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keith a
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Re: Roger Dean, ABWH, suckathon 89
May 09, 2005, 18:21
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> Gentle Giant (71 - 75)
You're missing out on Interview. I like that one!
(Loved your description of that Anderson, Brufor, etc track btw. Sounds hilarious!)
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Tangerine Pete
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Re: gentle giant
May 09, 2005, 18:22
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but to be fair, they lost the plot completely on giant for a day (1978). that was the most pathetic record they ever made.
curiously, their last studio album Civilian (1980) was actually good. and kind of good for the time period too, being a bit more rocky...of course, no new wave kids were going to buy Gentle Giant, so that was the end of that.
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keith a
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Re: gentle giant
May 09, 2005, 18:25
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Not heard either of those TP. The live album doesn't seem to have got a mnetion here. Used to like that a lot!
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Tangerine Pete
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Re: Roger Dean, ABWH, suckathon 89
May 09, 2005, 18:25
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ta ketih. yeah, you're right...there's cool things on interview...design, give it back, I lost my head.. that lp's alright. heck, i even like two weeks in spain from missing piece. why not, eh?
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Tangerine Pete
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Re: gentle giant
May 09, 2005, 18:30
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playing the fool...nice. I think that was the interview tour actually.
saw it on cd as a twofer with Civilian. you'd like Civilian. it's nice :)
only buy Giant for a Day if it's 1p. even then, maybe not.
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keith a
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Re: gentle giant
May 09, 2005, 18:38
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I'll take your advice!
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Vybik Jon
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Re: it's TRUE!!
May 09, 2005, 18:39
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No insult, morfe. I salute your Kylielikey with both hands.
*be*
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