Blue Oyster Cult - Tyranny and Mutation
Brain Tickler/Foot Mover. Worth it for the first three tracks alone. O.D.’d on Life Itself indeed. I first heard this some thirty years ago - nice to hear it remastered. Haven’t listened to this properly though.
Mike Oldfield -Hergest Ridge
Brain tickler. haven’t listened to this for an age. Lovely organic guitar sound and some nice mellotron if I’m not mistaken. Haven’t listened to this properly though.
Led Zeppelin 4
Foot mover. got the squidlings jumping. Haven’t listened to this properly though.
Deep Purple in Rock
Foot Mover. I particularly like the "studio chat" joke about Take Five, and the piano version of Speed King. Haven’t listened to this properly though.
Moody Blues - On the Threshold of a Dream
Brain Tickler. Supreme head music. Might sound like Radio 2 used to, but if you get over that the lyrics and concepts are timeless and magical. Haven’t listened to this properly though.
Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts and Still Life
Brain Ticklers. I am still exploring these LPs and finding more in them with each listen. Sometimes I enjoy them a lot, sometimes they leave me cold. The jury is out, although Still Life is gradually creeping up on me, and bits of Porn Hearts rock. Haven’t listened to this properly though.
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Foot Mover. Still rocking. Wakes me up every time. Haven’t listened to this properly though.
King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon
Brain Tickler. Still beguiling after all these years. Myth and magic from the Crimson Kings. Haven’t listened to this properly though.
JC - 20 Mothers
Brain Tickler/Foot Mover. Still awesome. An evergrowing masterbeast. I still have to remember to talk loudly over the f*** you bit on greedhead dectector to avoid the squidlings delicate ears. I obviously haven’t listened to this properly.
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Brain Tickler. Lovely lovely lovely. No amount of overexposure will dull the brittle beauty of this LP for me. If I remember correctly I was first exposed to the title track via a cheapo sampler, but I can’t remember it’s name - I bet Fitter Stoke can (was it "a nice one" or summat?). I still haven’t ever listened to this properly.
Gryphon - Gryphon
Brain Tickler/Foot Mover. Elizabethan-style folk, complete with crumhorns. Get the awle in and rock n reel.
Kate Bush - the Hounds of Love
Brain Tickler. Make my tear ducts activate within the first few seconds. What is it about this LP that is so emotional? Irresistible. Every time it rains, you’re here in my head, like the sun coming out…like your sun’s coming out, I just know that something good is going to happen, I don’t know when, but just saying it could even make it happen…eeyayeeyayeeyayeeoooh….
Vivaldi - concertos and chamber music
Brain Tickler. Been on a bit of a classical music jag this week, and Vivaldi seems to hit the spot. Brings a really positive vibe to the house. As always Mozart is lurking in the wings (string quartets), but after a while I needs ta rock n roll. I haven’t listened to any of this properly
Greenslade - bedside manners are extra
Brain Tickler. It took me a long time to get into this, but I can’t get enough of it now. I love the melodic thing it has - and all those analogue synths (a la Keith Emerson) and melotrons are luscious and lovely. I think it was his voice that didn’t click at first, but I quite like it now. I’d quite like to have a chance to listen to this properly - I might even have to review it for Unsung if no-one else has already.
I must admit, Shrimp has made me think about this proper listening business, despite me being so off hand about it. I don’t think I will ever have listened properly to most of the fantastic music that has been made, but if I don’t want to analyse it too closely - if I do it’s appeal may dwindle, I may get bored…and that has happened many times when I have played things to death. Music is for the now.
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