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Points: 388 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2006 at 13:11

Great band.  I love Curved Air and especially the beautiful sultry Sonja Kristina.  Have all of their albums except the rare Air Cut, which may be their best.  Personally, Phantasmagoria seems to me to be one of their weakest albums.  Second Album and Lovechild are much stronger, and Air Conditioning is more prog. than usual.

 

 
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Points: 502 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2006 at 02:46
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Starette Starette wrote:

Is it just me or do many guys called Andrew tend to have fav-bands with females as the lead vocals?

Perhaps you fans could help me on one particular thing then. I saw a video clip of Curved Air playing Vivaldi but does anyone know when and where it was filmed? for the record- we see random shots of fish in aquariums super-imposed on the band while the synth takes us 'underwater' right after Sonja sings.

And yes- she is...EXTREMELY gorgeous.

It originally appeared on The Beat Club which was a German rock programme.It is available on a DVD (which I have) but all you get is the 30 minutes of the performance (live but in a studio) plus a 7 minute interview with Darryl Way.I have no idea where it was actually recorded although Germany might be a fair guess!


If it was Beat Club then probably Bremen, since the program was broadcast from there.

Well the walls are red but then they turn to grey, and Sonja seems to sing out of tune towards the end of her 10second part in the piece. In fact, she looks stoned. Do you think that could be it?

I have it on a special DVD too= but alas there's no interview with Darryl

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This is a band I want to get into-I've seen them described as 'glam-prog', which sounds very intresting. Plus, I love hearing a nice violin in a rock song; pure bliss.
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Points: 2818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 07 2006 at 16:48
I have Phantasmagoria, which, admittedly, is pretty good, but not worth all the praise it gets, IMO.
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Originally posted by Jimbo Jimbo wrote:

I have Phantasmagoria, which, admittedly, is pretty good, but not worth all the praise it gets, IMO.
 
Which isn't a huge amount, to be fair. "Over and Above" is an amazing track. It just does everything I want from a bit of sympho.
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One of the best artrock bands. I have heard everything except the ones with eddie jobson. The first three are loaded with lots of catchy tracks. The last 2 ones are the weakest. I specially like the live one.
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Originally posted by Prog-jester Prog-jester wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I've got ''Curved Air Live''.Excellent album.




I like this one too.Air Cut is also a great one.It has "EASY",which is ,IMHO,best Curved Air's ballad."Metamorphosis" is great epic too


"Air Cut" is stunning, and Eddie Jobson's performance on both violin and keys is out of this world - especially if you think that he was only 17 at the time. His piano playing on "Metamorphosis" is among the most beautiful I've heard. Sheer class!

I also own "Phantasmagoria", which is a very good album, but IMHO not on the same level as "Air Cut".
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Second Album is my favorite album although Over and Above is my favorite track. All the first four are fantastic. 
Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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