Spooky Tooth
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Topic: Spooky Tooth
Posted By: rainbow111
Subject: Spooky Tooth
Date Posted: December 19 2006 at 21:52
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Personally, I'm not sure if they're prog or not...so I wasn't sure where to put them...
Anyway, I've only been listening to them for a short while, but am a fan none the less (I only own the album Spooky Two)...
Any fans here??? ------------- It's got to be slow Taking love the only way It's got to just flow Making love and taking time to let it grow |
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 05:31
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Rock will do fine ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 06:47
| We've been here before. I can see why they are considered prog and many years ago I considered Spooky Two to be a prog album. But in all honesty, it's a blues/ heavy rock album (yet is one of my all time favourites- their output gets no better than that album imo), really. 'Ceremony' is the one where they branched out yet that's less their music than the avant garde electronics that goes with it. |
Posted By: Harkmark
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 07:09
| I only have "Ceremony". Very weird stuff... (Bluesy) rock meets experimental electronic music. The avant part courtesy of Pierre Henry. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 07:35
Hit it right on the button, James
 , I'd say their proggiest album is their last one, the collab with Pierre Henry.But all in all ST is not really anymore than a good blues-derived band that went along with the prog tendencies of the day.
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salmacis wrote:Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 08:10
------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: rainbow111
Date Posted: December 20 2006 at 10:18
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I was just unsure where to put It, I'm not as smart as all of you :) ------------- It's got to be slow Taking love the only way It's got to just flow Making love and taking time to let it grow |
Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 19:06
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Spooky Thooth one of the greatest band i consider them to be protoprog, but Ceremony have one of the most fiery guitar played, only ruined by the electronics of Pierre Henry.
Also The Last Puff was a great album with a killer version of I am the Walrus. -------------  |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 19:35
| Not prog, I think, and I wouldn't even call them proto-prog. But great melodious songs, fantastic autumn-like atmosphere and two magnificent singers. I'm talking about Spooky Two now: fantastic album for the biggest part. |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 20:34
| Yep, they were your standard issue heavy blues-rock band. Spooky Two is a great album, one I enjoy every time I listen to it, and I've been listening to it for nearly 40 years now. The guitar solo on Evil Woman is worth the price of admission. |
Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 21:01
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i think they have some prog elements to call them protoprog ------------- |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 22:18
AGREE!! I am not much into covers, but I AM THE WALRUS
 by Spooky Tooth is wonderful. SPOOKY TWO is maybe one of the 100 best rock albums ever made...Lost in My dreams (if i am correct) is a wonderful athmospheric song and the 9mn Evil Woman a great hard rock epic.
Mike Harrison had a heck of a voice!
Not a prog band, but i have seen even less proggish artists listed here on PA.
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: June 19 2008 at 23:50
| Spooky Tooth were a great rock rock rock and rollll band. |
Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: June 20 2008 at 10:57
You are quite right like for example Iron Maiden, is more Heavy metal that progressive rock or Messugah and the like
i vote that Spooky Tooth enter in Prog archives!!!! ------------- |
Posted By: artmyxolydian
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 12:29
| I dont care what they're categoerised as, but they're a great band. They should have been much bigger. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 12:34
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The Mirror is probably the closest to the fringe's of prog, with Gary Wrigh't swirling synths leading the way. The whole album is exceptional but the title tune is an outright FM rock classic . Great drumming on the album also. Anyone heard this one, used to play a lot on FM radio back then ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: June 21 2008 at 13:04
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Spookytooth is a great great band, but it is hard to say if they should be included in here. If so, they should be in the "proto prog" or "prog related" section. They're so awesome that I chose their name to be my user name on these forums...
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Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 13:04
I Agree with you totally they should be in the prog related section, and nnow how do we do this?
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 13:20
Suggest them to the Admin Team, and if they are accepted, volunteer to write a bio and add the albums. That is how we go about PP and PR additions. If you write the bio, whoever adds them physically will credit you. |
Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 13:28
A question? how is the procedure to add a band??
thanks
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 23 2008 at 13:46
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Bands can be added only by Special Collaborators, but any member can contribute to the addition by writing the bio and adding the albums. Since Spooky Tooth are being suggested for Prog-Related, you should contact a member of the Admin Team, and submit the band to them. They will then vote for or against the addition, and if the suggestion gets the green light, the band can be added. In case you want to write the band's bio, you can send it to any SC who has shown interest in adding the band, and they will be added as soon as possible. Voilā!  |
Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: August 23 2008 at 02:47
Who wants to add ST?  ------------- |
Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: January 29 2009 at 12:39
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I send a request to the Admin Team to suggest ------------- |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 29 2009 at 14:29
| No, Alberto, you must have an SC to sponsor the request for addition to the Admin Team... Unless there is someone ready to suggest them for addition, I'm afraid there is little to be done. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: January 29 2009 at 14:36
I'm with you all the way. That album got a lot play back in the day and was one of the first FM albums to grab my attention, mostly because of the title cut, which, as you say, is highlighted by Wright's spacey keys. He soon became a crooner (Dream Weaver), but his live appearances at the time exposed his very weak voice.
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