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Posted: August 14 2015 at 22:52
micky wrote:
zravkapt wrote:
Annie is a good singer but she could have hired better session musicians.
If you vote for Third you get two() cookies!
how about if you voted twice do you get 4?
wow.. Renaissance found some muscle and bitch slapped the Softs.. this was close last time I checked.
Oh well.. I had to pick one.. happy to see either move on.
As somebody once said, Ren has a silent fanbase on here. The Richard Nixon of prog, ha ha. I am surprised nobody wrote in yet to express offence at zravkapt's comment. There was an incident from back in 74 or so when Miles Copeland arranged for a photo session of Annie and intended to use the photos to promote the band as "Annie Haslam and the Renaissance". The band (except Annie, obviously) did not like the styling at all and shot it down.
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Posted: August 13 2015 at 19:09
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Posted: August 11 2015 at 05:47
rogerthat wrote:
Yeah, I always wished they could have had just one more track like that per album, like Trip/Ashes/Touching Once. They could write some musically interesting tracks once in a while but seemed to be content with the mournful symph sound.
it definitely worked for them.. no band could do schmaltz as well as Renaissance did but the shame is they really could.. and did occasionally. do some very interesting stuff.
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Posted: August 10 2015 at 21:37
micky wrote:
t d wombat wrote:
I think I voted for both of these in the previous round. Finding Sheherezade overly schmaltzy this time round. Funny how time and place effects one's decisions. Its probably just a vote for Wyatt but Third gets it.
oh man.. classic era mk. 2 Renaissance is 90% schmatlz... but alive it is 75% of it tasty schmalz...
the one album of their essential first 4 I really did not like was Turn of The Cards.. yawn.... all the other ones at least had one standout track that wasn't just ....schmaltz but killer stuff. (Rajah Khan, Ashes are Burning, A Trip to the Fair)
Might listen to a bit more later on. I remember from previous that I kind of sort of maybe liked it but disliked the opposition more. Could be wrong of course. Often am.
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Posted: August 10 2015 at 20:19
Yeah, I always wished they could have had just one more track like that per album, like Trip/Ashes/Touching Once. They could write some musically interesting tracks once in a while but seemed to be content with the mournful symph sound.
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Posted: August 10 2015 at 19:02
t d wombat wrote:
I think I voted for both of these in the previous round. Finding Sheherezade overly schmaltzy this time round. Funny how time and place effects one's decisions. Its probably just a vote for Wyatt but Third gets it.
oh man.. classic era mk. 2 Renaissance is 90% schmatlz... but alive it is 75% of it tasty schmalz...
the one album of their essential first 4 I really did not like was Turn of The Cards.. yawn.... all the other ones at least had one standout track that wasn't just ....schmaltz but killer stuff. (Rajah Khan, Ashes are Burning, A Trip to the Fair)
Edited by micky - August 10 2015 at 19:04
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micky wrote:
) cookies!
The band (except Annie, obviously) did not like the styling at all and shot it down. 
it definitely worked for them.. no band could do schmaltz as well as Renaissance did but the shame is they really could.. and did occasionally. do some very interesting stuff.
