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On Whole Lotta Diana Snah goes all Jimmy Page in his solo at the 4min mark in tone, styling, phrasing (edit: that said, he may laugh at this saying "nope, I went all [insert any other guitarist]"). The little melody after VS's first verse reminds me of KC Starless' guitar intro lick.
Six years ago, on a thread about something completely different, I wrote this:
In a program on Norwegian radio back in the mid-90s, Norwegian radio legend Harald Are Lund talked about the music that had influenced Motorpsycho. He mentioned the band Mountain, and said that the MP song "Mountain" was inspired by a song by Mountain. He played that song, and you could hear his point. The two songs were not identical, far from it, but there were some similarities.
A few years later, on an impulse in a record shop, I bought a Mountain collection, Over The Top. I managed to get through the 34 songs a couple of times, but couldn't figure out if any of these songs had influenced "Mountain". I haven't listened to it since, my main recollection is that even if the music was ok, the vocals were just horrible. Almost painful.
Wanting to get the bottom of said riddle, I e-mailed Harald Are Lund, to find out more. He replied that he remembered the program, and that there indeed was one Mountain song that had inspired "Mountain", but he couldn't recall what the song was called. So there you are – a mystery unsolved.
To which TraktorBass replied:
I only have Mountains album Twin Peaks here, but could it be 'Never in my life'? There is also a track named 'Theme for an imaginary western' on the album..
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And if I remember correctly, I agreed with the mighty Traktor, and found similarities between the two songs.
And the leader of Mountain was called Leslie West, of course. Motorpsycho played "Leslie's Vest" a couple of times in 2011 – didn't that song turn into On A Plate?
Bedroom Eyes – Nick Drake
Never Let You Out – Syd Barrett
and of course – HBM2 is a great tribute to Echoes
Quote:Never Let You Out – Syd Barrettand that's why I like this one so much. Quirky Syd style. And that fuzzbass.
Where's the connection between Never Let You Out and Syd Barrett?
Are unintended references allowed as well? Then I have to say, that the album cover of Angels And Demons At Play always reminds me of the Stones' Beggars Banquet. Don't even know why, I guess it's the color.
Geb may not sing about gnomes on bikes in interstellar overdrive, but at least the intro sounds very Sydish. Also Syd often based the songs' rhythms around the lyrics or rather the amount of words he used, hence the quirky beats. Never Let You Out goes quite a bit there, too. So it's not a reference as say "Sterling Says" but the vibe's there.
Now that you explained it and I just listened to the song again, I find the connection kinda obvious. "Let's get some weed and chill out to Pink Floyd" on the same record.
They will probably quote a line from Hawkwind's Space Ritual on the (hopefully) forthcoming next Roadwork: "We had to take out a bit of [insert song title] because it was too long:"
Lacuna/Sunrise – Black Sabbath's Laguna Sunrise (Vol. 4)
I.M.S. = Inner Mouthing Shame – Mahavishnu Orchestra's Inner Mounting Flame debut album (I know for some reason Kenneth Kapstad is a big fan)
Gullible's Travails – Gulliver's Travels by author Jonathan Swift. Part of the title of the satire has 'Captain of Several Ships' in it, which is often referred to in MP's back catalogue (Ship of Fools, Hollow Lands, other stuff from The Death Defying Unicorn…)
Cool thread!
There is of course also "stained glass" which might or might not refer to Judas Priest's "Stained Class" album. Unlikely though, as "stained glass" is the original meaning modified by Priest.
L.T.E.C. on the other hand refers to a historical anecdote – when told the people of France didn't have anough bread to eat, Queen Marie Antoinette alledgedly answered: "Let them eat cake…" or "Why don't they eat cake?"
Motorpsycho's title message seems to be more on the side of "Let's give them some really sweet pop songs after we fed our audience with heavy drone material the past years".
Flick of the Wrist is also a song from Queen.
You can find that song on the album "Sheer Heart Attack" – Motorpsycho also covered the song Sheer Heart Attack. That song is on the Strings of Stroop live album.
The Bombproof Roll and Beyond
Although I expect this is common knowledge amongst long-time psychonauts, I had no idea what this title referred to until I bumped into this:
"The Bombproof Roll and Beyond: Mastering Balance and Boat Control" by Paul Dutky
This book is copyrighted 1993.
I did some research on the «Bomb-Proof Roll and Beyond (for Arnie Hassle)» a few years back, curious about who the Arnie Hassle being referred to might be.
Apparently there was a norwegian cayak manufacturer called Arne Hasle who passed some years back. His family is still in the business.
@TraktorBass – Aha! I was wondering who the Arnie Hassle character might be, and whether or not there was a connection with the boating title. I figured there had to be, but I had no idea. Thanks for filling in that blank for me (and many others, I would guess).
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