Hero and Heroine: Strawbs |
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cstack3
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Posted: January 20 2015 at 21:28 | |||||
Fantastic album! I had never heard of the band, but saw them one evening on the American TV show "Midnight Special..." As I recall, they opened with "Round and Round". I was blown away! I was just starting to learn guitar and bass, so my first real bass I ever learned to play was Chas Cronk's line to "Hero and Heroine." Some years ago I emailed a bit with John Hawken, he seemed to be a real British gent! Highly recommended (also their followup "Ghosts")
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Chris S
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Posted: January 20 2015 at 21:58 | |||||
Not in the least bit dated. This is a fine fine album showing all the pedigree Strawbs had to offer around the early/mid 70's. Autumn, Out In The Cold, Midnight sun.....Remembering( Hawkin's at his best), It was the precursor to their best IMHO, Ghosts. In terms of the membership of Strawbs, the finest line up, although personally I felt all their albums were vintage up to and including Deadlines even with latter day line up changes. I have the most wonderful vinyl pressing of this, sorry showing off now. edit- Remembering off Ghosts, apologies, getting old....remembering or lack of Edited by Chris S - January 20 2015 at 22:03 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: January 20 2015 at 22:53 | |||||
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tszirmay
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 00:51 | |||||
You are right!
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 02:33 | |||||
Bought the vinyl cheap a decade ago but haven't listened to in years. It it really considered their best? I prefer all their pervious releases. The album opener Autumn would be sublime if it wasn't for its childlike singalong ending. That's folk-cheese for you and so is the cringeworthy chorus on Shine on Silver Sun. There's at least a couple of half assed pubrock-rockin' tunes as well. There's little I loath more. A hard working band among many trying to complete a decent album while knowing they have a slight lack of quality material is what it sounded like to me. A couple of standouts are about as good as the best stuff on Grave New World but very little comes near their peak album From the Witchwood. I saw them live as an acoustic trio a couple of years ago which was fantastic. Better than any of their studio albums.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 05:21 | |||||
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SteveG
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 09:52 | |||||
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floflo79
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 10:00 | |||||
Dated music doesn't bother me, but the 80's drum sound is an exception.
Hero & Heroine is easily the best Strawbs album, easily one of the best prog folk albums, but it's not in my top 20 of 1974 (!).
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Walton Street
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 10:02 | |||||
don't bother me in the least either
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SteveG
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 10:19 | |||||
^That works too.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 10:56 | |||||
Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 21 2015 at 10:59 |
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SteveG
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 11:07 | |||||
^Because criticizing the 'age factor' of a musical genre like prog rock achieves the same goal. That's the point.
If you don't understand that, then I can't help you.
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tszirmay
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 11:21 | |||||
So the 1967 to 1974 mellotron 'fad' makes one want to move onto something else? What about the '67 drums, or '67 bass or '67 guitars?. Just making your point a tad pointless! You could not have heard the 'tron in 1967 , you were not born yet, according to your profile Of course, you were just making a point.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 11:39 | |||||
^ Huh? ... You are not making any sense. What does any of it have to do with what I said? I said: "... I'd be much more interested in something else." That does not necessarily imply I'd give up on the 'tron. What I look for is evolution. And why are we bringing in other instruments?
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tszirmay
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 11:44 | |||||
If I need a teacher or a psychiatrist, I will give you a call. I have more sense than you think, as I write reviews instead of ambushing words I then conveniently forget. If you do not remember what you wrote, scrolling back may be a good idea.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 11:47 | |||||
^ Eh ... a knee-jerk and arrogant comment. Instead you could point out what it is that I "conveniently forgot" for no apparent reason, because yes, I do read and re-read, edit and re-edit my comments (in case if you haven't noticed).
Forget about time and what instrument is being used. Think about what methodology the user applies when working with an instrument when it comes to writing for and producing an album. An important note: I see what SteveG meant by the "age factor". When I use the word "dated", I automatically think "used over and over for a long time until its popularity wears thin" (couldn't think of a word other than "dated"). I don't think about when a particular thing came about or became popular, which is probably what both of you meant.
Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 21 2015 at 12:31 |
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tszirmay
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 11:59 | |||||
Arrogance ? MOI? I think not ! Please, you are not dealing with a child, be a little wiser!
You state that 7 years is way too long to anoint the mellotron as a major musical
mover (you solidify the argument by stating YOU would look for something else
and the need to move on). So is that not applicable to other instruments? Are
you bigoted in any way? Also we did not raise that argument, I did! Thirdly,
Chopin and Bach are dated or not dated, in your humble and worldly mind?
Knee-jerk , I am a buddhist ! |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 12:17 | |||||
[QUOTE=tszirmay]Arrogance? MOI? I think not ! ... be a little wiser![/QUOTE] ... ... Eh? (The quoting system is letting me down; I'll break up my responses in posts.)
Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 21 2015 at 12:19 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 12:18 | |||||
[QUOTE=tszirmay]You state that 7 years is way too long to anoint the mellotron as a major musical mover (you solidify the argument by stating YOU would look for something else and the need to move on).[/QUOTE] Again, that's not what I said. What I said was: "... I'd be much more interested in something else." "That does not necessarily imply I'd give up on the 'tron. What I look for is evolution." The way the 'tron was used (I'm going for a word more general than "played") back in the day is how you hear it on the records from that '67-'74 period. Time to move on from that methodology to a different way of using the instrument. So, no, I am not bigoted; you just misunderstood what I said. Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 21 2015 at 12:22 |
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: January 21 2015 at 12:19 | |||||
(Also, I've edited this post with bold. Just a heads up.)
Edited by Dayvenkirq - January 21 2015 at 12:32 |
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