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sorry mate....
i listened to it when i got it...hated it totally...
listened again.....still hated it!
listened again for the third time yesterday...not much better
cant say i didnt try to like it
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Streaming Steve Hackettâs new album Wolflight, on Grooveshark â canât wait for my copy to arrive! Incidentally, 'wolf light' refers to the time of inbetween light that happens just before dawn.
It really does sound as though heâs pulled out all the stops on this one. Thereâs bombast which is tempered by the occasional more lyrical segments and I donât mean bombast in a bad way; heâs earned the right to inflict a bit of grandiosity upon his audience, IMHO, and more importantly, it works. This is someone whoâs one hundred percent confident, and rightly so. The album is also interesting musically, not least because of the range of instruments at play - he keeps you guessing! We have the very clear guitar solos, big orchestration, traces of folk and some world/choral type offerings. Heâs exploring roots in many ways and in keeping with that concept, we get to hear some ancient instruments; the duduk, tar and didgeridoo. Clever guy â thereâs a nice mix of instrumental and vocal tracks, some of which evoke whispery, fleeting memories of others (CSN, for example on âLoving Seaâ).
Iâm looking forward to reading the liner notes, and being impatient to find out more about the title of âCorycian Fireâ, the gorgeous fifth track, I visited Mr Hâs blog, http://www.hackettsongs.com/blog/steve147.html, - very glad to find this, which I quote directly (I hope he doesnât mind!) â
âCorycian Fire has primal roots. It was inspired by the Corycian cave in Greece, where the Delphic oracle began before Delphi existed. In ancient times god of wine, darkness and creative imagination Dionysus shared prominence at Delphi with Apollo, god of light and consciousness. The song depicts the rights of wild women invoking the rebirth of Dionysus in the Corycian cave... around the time Christians now celebrate Easter.
The Corycian Cave is off the tourist map. When Jo and I searched for it we had to stop the car on the mountainside and walk up a stoney track for well over an hour as the terrain became increasingly remote and rocky. Finally we came across ancient steps which we climbed, turned a corner and there was the gaping cave entrance. It felt like an Indiana Jones moment!
As you enter there are huge stalactites like teeth inside a mouth. Then the whole cave opens up into cathedral sized proportions as you walk down into it. The formations in there are spooky and extraordinary. They look like monsters and you see faces of all kinds everywhere. It's as if creatures in there were once turned to stone. A huge one stands between the main cavern and the darkness behind. One of them in particular looks like a huge mouth. You feel a presence in there you can't quite describe. When we went back there with our photographer friends Angéla and Maurizio a few months later, Maurizio caught a strange and distinct shadow on film that wasn't there.
This was the most important spiritual cave in mainland Greece for the ancients, and I can see why. Some called it 'the golden cave' because of the way it looked lit by hundreds of torches, and I feel the dead could easily be brought back to life in that extraordinary place. Eerie and simultaneously awe inspiring, it awakens the imagination...
The track 'Corycian Fire' begins with duduk and harp, setting the scene for the atmosphere of that strange dark place. We then follow the torch lit procession into its depths, and the ancient rites begin... Gradually building in an exotic wild and ancient dance, gaining momentum with guitar followed by orchestra and finally reaching a crescendo with choir and heavy drums as a spirit is reborn.â
Thank you Steve Hackett! Lovely, lovely stuff. Hereâs Corycian Fire â
[video=youtube;rnj0UWbZ0Bk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnj0UWbZ0Bk[/video]
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^Thanks MH.
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Incredible stuff - Lee Clayton - I Ride Alone - awesome guitar work
https://youtu.be/dsanF9wZbn8
Another one - https://youtu.be/6LxFSo3r3do
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Se Keinuttaa Meitä Ajassa ~ Sara
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Time to return to a classic - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon - the only thing better than this is their 'Wish You Were Here' album. Sorry, not stuck in a rut - just have not heard anything that comes even close to these two albums. Jean Michel Jarre's 'Oxygene' is a close contender but is eclipsed by these two albums.
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Please don't fall off your chairs but I am actually listening to this and enjoying it - [URL="https://youtu.be/4yjUuX-I0QE?list=RD4yjUuX-I0QE"]https://youtu.be/4yjUuX-I0QE?list=RD4yjUuX-I0QE
[/URL]The harmonies are just plain brilliant.
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Jerome Wrote:Please don't fall off your chairs but I am actually listening to this and enjoying it - [URL="https://youtu.be/4yjUuX-I0QE?list=RD4yjUuX-I0QE"]https://youtu.be/4yjUuX-I0QE?list=RD4yjUuX-I0QE
[/URL]The harmonies are just plain brilliant.
Nice share, Bro Jerome, especially 'cuz of the click-through list on the side, all with lyrics.
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Al Stewart - Live in Dublin - currently listening to this on the radio while I am rewiring some of my home studio - a collection of his more famous tracks, Year of the Cat, Night train to Munich, On the Border, Time Passages etc. Quite like it. Takes me back to my acoustic/folky days.
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