What Are You Listening To?

[Jerome]

Hard to believe he's 63! Plays with the energy of a twenty-year old.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

And also,
You can see that he enjoys his job.
Not simply going through the motions....

[CRAZY-HORSE]

PINK FLOYD  "the final cut: a requiem for the post war dream" cassette/cd 1983.

theyre twelfth .
only one not to feature keys dude Richard Wright.
was more fighting between band members during the recording of this album than WWII.
a concept album re: the ultimate sacrifice Waters' dad made and how he perceived it was for nothing
with the follow-up Falklands conflict.
album still sold several million copies worldwide even though it received mixed reviews,
either way, it is my equal second favourite Floyd album (with AMLOR) after The Division Bell.
in hindsight , and im not a big fan, believe Waters' dominance/arrogance possibly stifled the other three to an extent over the years but....
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

favourite: love the drumming on this track.





In my rear view mirror the sun is going down
Sinking behind bridges in the road
And I think of all the good things
That we have left undone
And I suffer premonitions
Confirm suspicions
Of the holocaust to come.

The wire that holds the cork
That keeps the anger in
Gives way
And suddenly it's day again.
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done.
Two suns in the sunset
Hmm
Could be the human race is run.

Like the moment when the brakes lock
And you slide towards the big truck
"Oh no!"
"Daddy, Daddy!"
You stretch the frozen moments with your fear.
And you'll never hear their voices
And you'll never see their faces
You have no recourse to the law anymore.

And as the windshield melts
My tears evaporate
Leaving only charcoal to defend.
Finally I understand the feelings of the few.
Ashes and diamonds
Foe and friend
We were all equal in the end.

"And now the weather. Tomorrow will be cloudy with scattered showers
Spreading from the east with an expected high of 4000 degrees
Celsius"

[CRAZY-HORSE]

BILLY JOEL "storm front" cd, 1989:

eleventh of thirteen studio album.
I own nine, maybe ten from memory.
contains a couple of rockers, a few pop songs and ballads.
seven of the ten tracks were issued as singles in an era when singles were actually singles
and not simply streamed.
another good album from Jelly Bowl.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM

favourite: love his vocal range in this one

[Ruby]

^Lol! Jelly Bowl lives on. Excellent song. I like "Leningrad" too - written for Viktor Razinov - so powerfully poignant, most probably because it's true. 

Chris de Burgh – Crusader. Just felt like it today. Some musical storytelling of a certain flavour. The man is not all “Lady in Red”, thank the gods, or at least he wasn’t – no idea of his later material. There were leanings then, for sure, but there was other, meatier material back in the Spanish Train days. There is sentimentality on this album, without question, and there is also quite exceptional song-writing IMHO - anyway, who doesn’t enjoy a little meander down the sentimental road now and then?! Possibly a lost opportunity in terms of exploring the Crusader theme to a fuller extent, but oh well …. fab musicians – the APP line up largely – Ian Bairnson on guitars, Stuart Elliot on drums, David Paton bass and vocals and Andrew Powell producing and arranging as well as playing piano.

Shades of foreboding and of “Spanish Train” (which he references here) resurface on the surprisingly vibey and somewhat ominous “The Devil’s Eye” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21_dEetXK0I

"Can you hear me, are you listening, has your programme disappeared?
I can see you, I am watching you, I've been planning this for years
I have blacked out your television, every station in the world is mine
And there are millions who are just like you as you sit there, paralysed!
I have some orders which you will follow, and there's nothing you can do
'Cos as you're looking at your T.V. screen, I am looking back at you…"
 
Seldom that one hears the harp in rock. Skaila Kanga on said instrument, Curved Air’s Francis Monkman on the harpsichord and Chris Laurence double bass. Here, have some vinyl crackles – I didn’t like how some of the other YouTube clips sounded -  “The Girl With April In Her Eyes” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qZz_m3uFh0
 
And the title track which is epic albeit a tale of a certain disillusionment –




"...Then the fool said "Oh you wise men, you really make me laugh,
With your talk of vast persuasion and searching through the past,
There is only greed and evil in the men who fight today,
The song of the Crusader has long since gone away,
Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost
Jerusalem."

Time for some Al Stewart now - just in that kinda mood ... Time Passages

[Jerome]

PINK FLOYD  "the final cut: a requiem for the post war dream" cassette/cd 1983.

theyre twelfth .
only one not to feature keys dude Richard Wright.
was more fighting between band members during the recording of this album than WWII.
a concept album re: the ultimate sacrifice Waters' dad made and how he perceived it was for nothing
with the follow-up Falklands conflict.
album still sold several million copies worldwide even though it received mixed reviews,
either way, it is my equal second favourite Floyd album (with AMLOR) after The Division Bell.
in hindsight , and im not a big fan, believe Waters' dominance/arrogance possibly stifled the other three to an extent over the years but....
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

favourite: love the drumming on this track.





In my rear view mirror the sun is going down
Sinking behind bridges in the road
And I think of all the good things
That we have left undone
And I suffer premonitions
Confirm suspicions
Of the holocaust to come.

The wire that holds the cork
That keeps the anger in
Gives way
And suddenly it's day again.
The sun is in the east
Even though the day is done.
Two suns in the sunset
Hmm
Could be the human race is run.

Like the moment when the brakes lock
And you slide towards the big truck
"Oh no!"
"Daddy, Daddy!"
You stretch the frozen moments with your fear.
And you'll never hear their voices
And you'll never see their faces
You have no recourse to the law anymore.

And as the windshield melts
My tears evaporate
Leaving only charcoal to defend.
Finally I understand the feelings of the few.
Ashes and diamonds
Foe and friend
We were all equal in the end.

"And now the weather. Tomorrow will be cloudy with scattered showers
Spreading from the east with an expected high of 4000 degrees
Celsius"

A stunning album and the lyrics are superb. Very chilling listen. Mr. Waters paints a very dark but totally mesmerising picture.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

PINK FLOYD  "a momentary lapse of reason" cd, 1987.

their thirteenth, my first on cd (well, purchased it the same day was The Wall).
no conceptual thread here.
love just about everything on this album.
band is down to Gilmour and Mason, Wright being credited as an 'additional musician' and Waters,
well he had left the band and trying to sue them, their label and everyone else he could think of.
over the years ive have become a bigger fan of Gilmour than Waters and the more I read about Waters
the more he comes across as an arrogant piece of crap who is only out for himself (sounds like Neil Young and Waters
are in a photo finish for "biggest rock and roll asshole").
anyway, I love the sound Gilmour gets out of his guitar, very distinctive style.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM

from the album:

[Ruby]

^Love "Terminal Frost", as well as the rest of it, of course. 

Colin Masson's Anvil of the North. Always an enjoyable listen. 

[Jerome]

Show me any band around today who can play with this type of precision - amazing stuff - https://youtu.be/sAHKWlugQ80

[CRAZY-HORSE]

PAUL WELLER "as is now" cd/vinyl, 2005.

his eighth solo set.
only peaked at #4 in the UK, a failure by his standards.
good solid rock album here.
eclectic mix of rock, folk, ballads, funk on here.
the last complete album Weller made IMO, after this he changed his band and started to go all experimental on me.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM





I come to you when you least expect
I call to you to come with me now
I ask of you to drop all things of absolution
And whatever may be in your hands.

All on a misty morning
I come to you with love
All on a misty morning
I come to you, I come to you with love.

I talk to you as a lover should
With a voice close to your ear
If I may get so near enough
Oh, you might hear, what I hear.

It was all on a misty morning

I come to you with love
All on a misty morning
I come to you, I come to you with love.

Let my hands be nimble
Let my tongue be quick
Let my loins move slowly
Against your skin.

Let my face and mind
Disappear for a while
Let my kisses rain
Down like silk
Let our spit and sweat
Mingle into one
Let it form a stream of union
That would always run forever on.

It would have no start and know no end
It would have no start and know no end.

All on a misty morning
I come to with love
All on a misty morning
I come to you, I come to you with love.