Reviews that Stand Out

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BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS - The Sound of Surprise
Review by James D Hill @ 11:24:43 PM EST, 8/25/2004

  —   What in the heck is one of the best prog drummers of all time doing playing jazz?I have respect for jazz but its not progressive rock and I can only take so much of it.To me most jazz sounds like there making it up as they go which is good in small doses but I get bored. sorry.

Dick Heath wrote: Peter my mentor, welcome back

Hello Mr. Heath!

"Mentor?"

Thanks!

Your insightful reviews and thoughtful posts continue to impress!

See you on the reviews page,

P.

some more man + machine phenomenelogical poetry from the master :

BLACKMORE'S NIGHT - Shadow of the Moon
Review by andrea salvador @ 1:24:34 PM EST, 8/30/2004

  —   If mistresses middle age and renaissance the Blackmore's Night are what ago for you. I then that I am a lover of the castles (above all those of my region, Friuli Venezia Giulia) I cannot not love them. Optimal sonorous column for a visit to an ancient castle is one. And then the voice of Candice is amazing and Ritchie does not have need of presentations, for which... Too good conoisseur, little words!

HAWKWIND - Silver Machine
Review by andrea salvador @ 12:39:46 PM EST, 8/30/2004

  —   You want become an idea of what are the Hawkwind? Here an infallible mathod! This compilation very is made and is sufficently exhausting. Unfortunately it is too much trades them, but in order an idea of what is made is able (repeats) enough and is left over... Not only for fans!

 

HAWKWIND - In Search Of Space
Review by andrea salvador @ 12:26:27 PM EST, 8/30/2004

  —   Sincerely: a spaces album them! The fear that puts a piece as "You Shouldn't Do That" is only. But more allegroes are also pieces (?) like "We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago". Personally, moreover, I love also "Master Of THe Universe" and bonus traks "Silver Machine" and "Born To Go". Finally creed that the electronic inseriments and sax parts of Nick Turner are beastly, like the ritmic parts. Mad absolute Masterpiece!

Peter Rideout wrote: Your insightful reviews and thoughtful posts continue to impress! See you on the reviews page, P.

 You are ever so kind - but we can't carry on with the mutual backslapping

As one of the older pharts here, with (approaching) 37 years of prog music/prog rock experience (even so, far from comprehensive), I'm compelled to correct illusions, false assumptions and in particular misconceptions about the early days - but equally I value others' opinions (especially if I get introduced to bands/albums missed the first time around). And one think I've discovered over the months I've been here, is much to my surprise (from an old youngster point of view), I reckon I've have a  more liberally attitude/acceptance to what is prog, compared to many younger folk - I guess in the mid to late 60's anything rockwise that was innovative was thought of as progressive, there were no other conventions/rules. It is good to remind folks that Canned Heat would have been included amongst the progressives, with Krimson, Renaissance, Moody Blues, Soft Machine and the johnnies come later, Yes and Genesis.

This was posted later .Harsh words but I agree with the basic sentiment of it

EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) - Emerson, Lake & Powell
Review by Andy Robinson @ 8:52:10 AM EST, 9/1/2004

  —   Drivel. Cozy Powell clearly needed money and Emmerson and Lake clearly needed to get an album out - maybe for contractual reasons. So whats wrong with it? The musicianship? No. Keith Emmerson is unlikely to play like a baboon! Cozy Powell drums like a gorilla banging a wheelybin with mallets as usual, but you have to expect that. Its the collage of crap ideas, and comical pomposity that makes this album almost unlisternable. 'The score' starts positive enough. It sounds exciting then all of a sudden Emmerson breaks into the most awful and innapropriate fake trumpet riff. It ceases to be 'rock music' at that point, IMO, at least until Greg Lake rescues the day with the first verse, about two days into the song. In all fairness 'The score' is probably the best tune on the album, followed by 'The Miracle' and 'Touch and go' the latter which was a single, which went rather unfairly, I felt, ignored by the British record buying public. Pompous though it was it was dead catchy! The good news stops there. 'Learning how to fly' sounds like Dido at half speed. You can almost hear how bored Greg Lake is as he yawns his way through this mundane, characterless piece of muzak. The rest of the album is plain boring. Then you get 'Mars the bringer of War' Gustav Holst starts to breakdance in his grave as this ponderous trio tear his classic music to bits with synthetic pings, and fake orchestral boings! Then the crowing sh!t on the dung heap has to be 'Loco-motion' Yes, thats right it is THE 'Loco-motion' Done ELP style. Imagine it. Painful. This is for ELP fans only, and I would imagine plenty of them must have felt somewhere between heartbroken and greatly amused at it

Easy Livin wrote: EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) Emerson, Lake & Powell Review by tranny prog dude @ 8:03:02 AM EST, 9/1/2004  —  stop whingeing you prog fools (adrix) you knob. this is a rocking great album, powell simply blows palmer away! my advice is to not listen to adix's advice and go get this disc and whack it up LOUD it rocks!!!   I've also posted Adrix's review below. He also gives the album 4 stars, compliments Cozy Powell, and says "my advice is to listen to it". I dread to think of the tongue lashing and abuse he'd have got from TPD if he'd posted a bad review!   EMERSON LAKE & PALMER (ELP) Emerson, Lake & Powell Review by AdRiX @ 4:38:42 PM EST, 1/31/2004  —  A very good album: Cozy Powel filled nicely the position of Carl Plamer with a very different style, Lake sings well here, and Emerson is... Emerson. The only aspect I don't like is the sound: boomy drums and voice with way too much reverb. Anyway, my advice is listen to it!

I'm more interested in whether 'tranny prog dude' is a transvestite or transmission mechanic...I hate to deal in stereotypes but most of the transvestites I know have pretty bad taste in music (pop divas, mainly, and the lamest kinds of house music) and ELPowell would actually be a step up from that. On the other hand, if he were a mechanic we can shudder at the image of ELPowell being blasted in an echoing garage while green fluid oozes out onto the cement floor...

James Lee wrote: The mystery continues. NEW TROLLS - New Trolls '70 Review by andrea salvador @ 4:19:13 PM EST, 9/1/2004   —   It is not a progressive album, but one collection of published songs on 45 turns. But it is the beautifulst album, because us extension all the technique for which are famous the New Trolls. Therefore, if in music tried feeling and excellent technique this is that ago for you. Useless to describe a song instead of an other because they are the all beautifulst ones. It listens to you and then you say to me.   Questions:   1. is 'andrea' a she (as in Andrea Dworkin...hmm, odd example) or a he (as in Andreas Kisser of Sepultura)?   2. is s/he using an electronic translator (the spelling question a few posts ago raises a doubt)?   3. is intent necessary in art (i.e., can I appreciate his/her words despite the fact that s/he is probably not purposely writing dadaist poetry)?   4. is andrea the Anti-Rideout?

"Andrea" is the Italian form from English "Andrew" or Spanish "Andrés". So, he is he  (one question answered). But despite his... hum... strange writing method (I guess my own English isn't much better  ), I find his reviews absolutely cohesive .