Joined: July 03 2010
Location: Coho Country
Status: Offline
Points: 1302
Posted: April 28 2011 at 22:58
Unbearable. A blasphemy and a abomination. I bought it 25 years ago and after one listen I couldn't get it back to the store fast enough to return it. I lied and said it skipped. I felt my hands were rinsed of blood.
Joined: July 27 2010
Location: FRANCE
Status: Offline
Points: 2585
Posted: April 28 2011 at 18:14
Barking Weasel wrote:
It is an unusual, engaging concept album that I also really enjoy. I like it better than "The Wall," but not as much as "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway." Still, I agree that it is one of the best extended concept albums ever recorded, though it isn't first in my book either. "Altamont," "Aegian Sea," and "The Four Horsemen" are my favorite songs off of "666."
It is an unusual, engaging concept album that I also really enjoy. I like it better than "The Wall," but not as much as "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway." Still, I agree that it is one of the best extended concept albums ever recorded, though it isn't first in my book either. "Altamont," "Aegian Sea," and "The Four Horsemen" are my favorite songs off of "666."
Joined: August 27 2006
Location: The Beach
Status: Offline
Points: 14325
Posted: April 28 2011 at 15:05
I've been listening to this alot this past week and while i initially felt the mood didn't seem to match the concept...who cares.That's part of it's charm actually,besides the music is so well done.Yes there are some freaky vocal sections but this one is a keeper.Very impressed !
Joined: July 27 2010
Location: FRANCE
Status: Offline
Points: 2585
Posted: April 27 2011 at 18:23
Slartibartfast wrote:
rikkinadir wrote:
A good album but not the best. For me "the lamb lies down on broadway"
Me, too. 666 was based on the bible. The Lamb was based on having a really weird dream. don't you think the apocalypse was kind of very weird dream for st John?
Oddly enough I did Wayne's War Of The Worlds. Had to skip a couple of tracks. Care to guess which?
I had heard of the 666 album when I first got a used copy, I had been a fan of V's latter 70's stuff. I like that stuff better.
Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 30072
Posted: April 27 2011 at 15:07
One of my favourite albums.Not keen on concept albums and arguably this is only a concept album up to side three. Both tracks on side 4 are actually tacked on. All The Seats Were Occupied is absolutely brilliant but exactly how this fits into the concept I'm not sure. The use of sampling and mixing in bits of the album into one complete self contained work is very clever but then Vangelis is a genius.
Joined: February 27 2005
Location: Nauru
Status: Offline
Points: 46301
Posted: April 27 2011 at 10:42
Dean wrote:
jean-marie wrote:
Bye bye my friend goodbye with a lie you forget and break it.........what would be the right place
How does that fit in with The Book of Revelations concept then
It's a pretty Pop song that does not fit with the lyric, music or the concept of the album.
It's modern music, Dean, it doesn't have to end with Agnus Dei. There would be several quirkier interpretations, if we insist on this. Surely The Four Horsemen is just as off..
I probably appreciate it more for its eclectics than for its conceptuality.
Joined: July 27 2010
Location: FRANCE
Status: Offline
Points: 2585
Posted: April 27 2011 at 10:41
Dean wrote:
jean-marie wrote:
Bye bye my friend goodbye with a lie you forget and break it.........what would be the right place
How does that fit in with The Book of Revelations concept then no comparison between break and spring summer winter and fall, as well the music as the lyrics, break is far more than just a pretty pop song
It's a pretty Pop song that does not fit with the lyric, music or the concept of the album.
Joined: August 27 2006
Location: The Beach
Status: Offline
Points: 14325
Posted: April 27 2011 at 10:23
Should have been called 911 because they could have used some outside help. I do like it but for me the mood is completely wrong. PLJ BAND from Greece also has that apocalyptic mood down perfectly on their "Armageddon" album. Just my opinion.
Joined: May 12 2009
Location: Coolwood
Status: Offline
Points: 6472
Posted: April 26 2011 at 19:20
A great album, but not the greatest. Accentuating the positive, I voted yea.
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
Joined: April 05 2006
Location: Vancouver, BC
Status: Offline
Points: 38332
Posted: April 26 2011 at 18:24
Cons yes, pros no in terms of me believing that it is the greatest Prog concept album. If there truly is such a beast as the bona fide greatest Prog concept album, then I don't know what it is.
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
This page was generated in 0.104 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
Aphrodite's child 666
Topic Options
Barking Weasel wrote:
Silver Koulouris wasn't there yet,,who plays the guitar?
