What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



I needed that. Don't find many studio albums coming out this high for me, outside of Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Cohen,
Jones. Close to a perfect album. Having only seven tracks helps that. Love five of them and the other two pass. The
seventeen minute closer seals the deal. Prog rock had arrived. This is the groups second album, trying to follow up
the classic Whiter Shade Of Pale. One of the greats, Robin Trower is on here, listed as Robbie Trower. Settled on
Rambling On as my favorite with Wish Me Well as the least but nothing bad. The album made #24 here with no singles
showing from tracks on my copy. Not sure why but allmusic lists three aditional tracks that are not on my copy. One
of those is Homburg that does show as a single, but I don't have it. Think mine is an original copy, but won't
swear to it. Ok fine I will dammit.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Wish Me Well

Best Track - Rambling On

Our local picture house was showing a Batman movie
You see this guy fly up in the sky, thought to myself, 'Why shouldn't I?'
So I bought a pair of wings, went up upon a wall
I was about to jump into the air when a guy from the street called
He said, 'Hey wait a minute! Don't you realize the danger?
What do you think you are, some kind of angel?'

I considered for a minute, realized he spoke the truth.
For the barbells on my eyelids only emphasised my youth
and the sawdust in my plimsolls means the same to him as me
But that's neither here nor further, so I spoke considerately
'Now if you understand just what I'm trying to say,
whatever you do, don't grin, you'll give the game away!'

By now a crowd had gathered and it seemed that all was lost
In the anger of the moment I had diced with death and lost
It seemed to me the time was right so I burst into song
In the anger of the moment the crowd began to sing along
I could not see a way out of this predicament
Just then a breeze came through the trees and up in the air I went

I must have flown a mile, or maybe it was eight
Thought to myself pretty soon I'd hit the Golden Gates
Just then a passing bird for no reason I could see
took a peck at my wings and that was the end of me
I went down, hit the ground faster than the speed of sound
Luckily I broke no bones only tore my underclothes

1) Quite Rightly So ***
audio - Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly - 01 - Quite Rightly So - YouTube
2) Shine On Brightly ***
live - Procol Harum Shine on Brightly - YouTube
3) Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) **
audio - Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly - 03 - Skip Softly (My Moonbeams) - YouTube
4) Wish Me Well **
audio - Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly - 04 - Wish Me Well - YouTube
5) Rambling On ***
audio - Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly - 05 - Rambling On - YouTube
6) Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) ***
audio - Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly - 06 - Magdalene (My Regal Z - YouTube
7) In Held 'Twas In I ***
audio - Procol Harum:-'In Held 'Twas In I' - YouTube

3's - 5
2's - 2
1's - 0

Grade - 2.7

so many albums, so little time