Thoughts on Eloy

Ra has electronic drums so beware! I managed to find Destination not that long ago so I think its still available if you look hard enough. I've only played it a couple of times and can't think of anything to say about it.

love Eloy, never bothered by Frank's vocals.  I agree with Mellotron storm that they were probably at thenir most accented during the last 1970s, with Dawn especially bad (although it's a FANTASTIC album!).  On the early albums his voice was too freaked out to be accented, and on the early 1980s albums he seemed to have improved a lot in every sense, which is just one of the many reasons that Colours, Planets and Time to Turn were, for me, the peak.   Another was the marvellous synths, another the hearty change of direction while staying basically non-commercial, etc.  

Vocals are a huge piece of the puzzle. It's the human part of any rock band, which also means that they play a big part in making or breaking any band.

Btw I listened to 'Love Oer Six Centuries' yesterday and it again reminded me why it's my absolute favourite Eloy track: those wonderfully quirky sounding drums! Yep those and then everything surrounding them; the surreal and sluggish keys, the way the guitar falls in with the bass line, oh my!

I lie though.....the best thing about that song are the LSD narratives spoken by that hazy drugged out chick.
Best Eloy tune ever!

One of my favs bands now, and I have no problem with the vocals and his german acent, probaby because I don't have english as native language and is more difficult to me to find this type of problem.

I never found Frankie B a horrible vocalist at all, when I first heard it, I was more fascinated than put off! Their `Power and The Passion' was one of the first prog albums I heard (thank you Tom! ), and I think it was the first time I'd heard an accent so strong while being in English.

I always thought he sounded like Dr Nick `Hi evelybody!' Riviera from the Simpsons!

Hard to disagree with the Mosh man about the vocals. When it comes to Psychedelic and Krautrock they just aren't that important. Think of John L with Ashra Tempel or Moody with Can and on and on. There were some good vocalists i'm sure but it's about the mood and style more than the vocals.

^ I'm not sold. Peron and Cocker weren't on any level of "horrible".

Edited by Dayvenkirq - December 31 2014 at 02:02

Tom Ozric wrote: ^ And Chris Karrer doesn't have a thick accent ??    C'mon John, you can do better than that Love Eloy, never found Bornemann to have a bad sounding voice from the first listen.....

^ And Chris Karrer doesn't have a thick accent ??   
C'mon John, you can do better than that
Love Eloy, never found Bornemann to have a bad sounding voice from the first listen.....

Mellotron Storm wrote: His vocals are bad. I still remember how horrified I was the first time I heard Ocean. I have grown used to them but much prefer the early stuff(Inside & Floating") in part because the vocals aren't as bad there or even later. The worst period vocal-wise seems to be from Dawn to Silent Cries And Might Echoes.

You can do better than that, John.