Bands Successfully Reflecting Their Old Spirit

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: verslibre wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: verslibre wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: I'm not sure how successful it was but Yes on the Keys to ascension studio tracks from the mid 90's. It always seemed to me like they were trying to throw a bone to their hardcore fan base with those who were(are) obsessed with just the 70's era.    They did it, too. Those KTA tracks = the best Yes had done in a LONG time. Wakey was sizzlin'!  Too derivative to me and it just seems like they were trying too hard to recapture their golden era. How can they be derivative when it's their sound? It was a line-up sans Rabin. I do like Trevor (especially his pre-Yes rock), but I welcomed the return to the G4T1/Tormato sound. "That, That Is" and "Mind Drive" were the tonic we needed after the underwhelming Talk and the abysmal OYE. AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Imagine a sixty year old man trying to lose weight and get into shape just so he can fit into clothes he wore when he was in his twenties? That's how I see it more or less. I still like it to some degree but I enjoy talk more and I even think the Ladder was better at finding the balance between an old and newer sound. The keys stuff doesn't even try to be modern it's just hey let's go in the recording studio and pretend it's 1972 again. So the prog fanboy in me likes it but over all it seems a bit too contrived for me personally.   Exactly what they're doing now, especially with Chris gone. Yes needs to hang it up. They're no better than Foreigner. At one point it was their sound but the band evolved. For them to do that is like ignoring the pop success they had in the eighties which is exactly what the Yes prog snobs wanted(the "everything after GFTO sucks" mentality).

Rememering some who have left this world, Gerard Hourbette's Art Zoyd delivered top class until the end, Holger Czukay's last work is still original and fresh, as are Jaki Liebezeit's last collaborations. Reflecting the spirit of the old times perhaps, but always reinventing themselves.

David Bowie’s swansong Blackstar is one of the finest albums of this sort and truly stands shoulder to shoulder with his 70s oevre - some of it even giving a musical nod towards the olden days. I listened to it last night and was yet again completely blown away by this elderly man’s album.
Rest in peace my name-brother - you literally hit it out of the park with your last stint

richardh wrote: verslibre wrote: AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: ABWH sounded of it's time though. Sure it had long songs and a prog influence but not as blatantly a return to the old prog sound as KTA was. It was similar to ELP(with Powell)'s 80's album that way. Prog sound but not a blatant return to the seventies just a tip of the hat to it. All IMO. Ok, now I'm done. :)   3 - To the Power of Three was much more of an attempt to sound "modern" compared to ELPowell. The 1986 album is better. Much better. "The Score" sounds about as "ELP" as you can get, too. They also included a classical cover. What the album lacks is a side-length piece, or suite.     Greg Lake actually addressed that at the time and regarded Side One as something that was continuous and you could strap the headphones on and immerse yourself . Personally my main issue with that album was there was so little Organ but for that little tease on the third track. Also the 'shouting' was not good for my ears! I much preferred Black Moon. Three To The Power Of Three at least had Desde La Vide but mostly was boring AOR.

 

cstack3 wrote: The latest track by Jan Akkerman is the best thing I've heard in ages, it really harkens back to Focus' "Moving Waves"!

Great video Charles! But you didn't mention King Crimson! I hope you're not ill. 

Absolutely. Latest Strawbs album is right up there with group's best works in the '70s.

cstack3 wrote: The latest track by Jan Akkerman is the best thing I've heard in ages, it really harkens back to Focus' "Moving Waves"!   ...

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Logan wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: David Bowie’s swansong Blackstar is one of the finest albums of this sort and truly stands shoulder to shoulder with his 70s oevre - some of it even giving a musical nod towards the olden days. I listened to it last night and was yet again completely blown away by this elderly man’s album. Rest in peace my name-brother - you literally hit it out of the park with your last stint I love Bowie and I love Blackstar. I'm still so sad he's gone, but what a high note to go out on. It's my album of the millennium.

Yeah me too. I got all choked up whilst listening to Lazarus
The man’s music has followed me since I was 10 or so.
Still strange that he’s no longer here.

Blackstar though is a very rare accomplishment in that it genuinely sounds like an album spawned in the mind of someone who is still naive and childlike in his way around music. It is so rare you get that from musicians, especially successful musicians, 45 years into their career.

Franco Battiato’s from 2014 is like that as well imho. Mixes his early progressive rock albums with a contemporary type of electronica. Still get those poignant and wafting dove-like vocals as well as the slow oozing organs.
Perhaps not as great as Blackstar..but a damn fine album that takes it’s cue from the olden days..in a completely different light.