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Aah! Motorpsycho sure put batteries to the test! But, yes, thank you, we are blessed with some fine versions.
I wish! You've just sent me into wild fantasising territory! If only I could play anything like as well as him!
There is something sad and poignant about seeing that kit up for sale. I absolutely love everything Kenneth did when with the band. I know things change and we're still doing very well for new music but, damn, they were good together!
Yup – ordinary language is inadequate. That's where poetry comes in – although not most of what passes for poetry these days.
@Punj Lizard: Far from being "a load of guff", that was an excellent read! Thank you! I particularly enjoyed your take on the resolutions of both albums. We're obviously of like mind here. By the way, as well as 'Zanoni', I also plead guilty to having read 'Autobiography of a Yogi' and 'Siddhartha'. No doubt you've been there too!
@Johnny; @supernaut: I know! Even many Yes fans can't get on with 'Tales', but I love it! I would accept the notion of cutting side 2 right down – the musical ideas on that side probably should only sustain 10 to 12 minutes. However, I place sides 1 and 4 alongside their other very best works, while I'm also very fond of side 3 and I'm glad they felt free enough to go where it took them. Maybe the spirit that enabled that sort of pushing at the edges – truly progressive – is similar to that which animates MP at times – yes, with N.O.X., Folk Flest, etc.
Tull? It's Songs from the Wood for me! Bit of a concept there? Anyway, it's a wonderful, joyful album!
Poor old Bulwer-Lytton! He always gets panned for that! It's actually a perfectly reasonable opening. Here is the first sentence in full:
Quote:It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.While I can't vouch for the quality of 'Paul Clifford', I have read 'Zanoni' – a profound, fascinating and most certainly well-written work that I would recommend to anyone.
I don't know what you make of the concepts on which hang 'Tales from Topographic Oceans' and 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway' but, if they played a part in the making of two of the best albums of all time, I'm in!
@Punj Lizard: Yes, one of the real good guys – and it comes across. Notable that he was Jon Anderson's best man. Technically, Bruford might be better but I actually prefer listening to Alan (and, as a drummer, I expect I've probably just committed some terrible faux-pas as far as the purists are concerned) and I think the post-Close to the Edge material benefitted from his style. He was no slouch, mind you, as Sound Chaser, for example, will demonstrate. I don't know whether you bought Progeny (I'm guessing, yes!) but I remember a review saying that it was Alan that was the revelation on those shows – really driving the band. You were lucky to see them in 1977. My first was a Drama-era show. While Trevor Horn was abysmal, the band, including Alan at the height of his powers, were really on form.
Sorry, guys, for the deviation, but if Neil Peart can have a whole thread (and who can forget that one?!) then this is the least Alan deserves.
Just want to add: that edition of Prog also features a great article in memory of Alan White, whose passing deserves a mention. Rest in peace, Alan – great drummer and great man.
