Posts: 34,763
Threads: 3,454
Joined: Jul 2010
![[Image: no-img-sm._CB192198896_AA160_.gif]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-site/icons/no-img-sm._CB192198896_AA160_.gif)
Alex Lloyd "acoustica"
online Spotify listen:
not a random pick but a specific listen
because I was a fan of this guy from his 2000
debut "black the sun" onwards...
this one is just what I feared it would be....
an acoustic album of re-recorded old tracks from
his first four studio albums..
some piano based, others strings/guitar based...
gone are his smooth almost falsetto vocals,
in are deeper ones with cracks in the tones for the most part...
maybe it was a deliberate ploy to use vocals sounding
like that to reinvent the songs totally, or maybe,
just maybe he cant cut the mustard anymore...
either way, im sticking to the originals,
this one is just not for me, which like I said,
is a shame because I was a fan of his music...
from the album: (has a distinct Sgt Peppers feel to the music on this one)
[video=youtube;Dvuc2-8swao]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvuc2-8swao[/video]
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
Posts: 34,763
Threads: 3,454
Joined: Jul 2010
and the original version of the above track I youre interested:
[video=youtube;CAFpjl_0BPk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAFpjl_0BPk[/video]
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
^^ This idea of going back and reworking your back catalogue is getting rather cliched. Eric Clapton did an "Unplugged" album, and it topped the charts. Suddenly every man and his dog has to do an acoustic album consisting of reworked earlier songs.
Posts: 34,763
Threads: 3,454
Joined: Jul 2010
yep, couldn't agree more...
mind you, Clapton's reworking of "Layla" was brilliant IMO....
its obviously such a popular version that he plays it twice during his concerts...the original rock version and the acoustic version...
Paul McCartney recorded two different versions of his 1984 hit "no more lonely nights"...
in the UK/Australia the ballad was the "A" side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxYpsB_jdH8
in the US it was the uptempo version that was the "A" side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYhVxrU3J9A
I liked both versions...
incidently, both versions came from his ill fated "give my regards to broad street" soundtrack album where he also reimagined a few Beatle/Wings/Solo tracks,
well, re-recorded them as opposed to changing the melody,
one I thought was very good was his re recording of "the long and winding road" with a cool sax intro which worked very well IMO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy9igda0tHg
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
Posts: 34,763
Threads: 3,454
Joined: Jul 2010
bob_32_116 Wrote:^^ This idea of going back and reworking your back catalogue is getting rather cliched. Eric Clapton did an "Unplugged" album, and it topped the charts. Suddenly every man and his dog has to do an acoustic album consisting of reworked earlier songs.
it seems anybody who was somebody recorded an Unplugged album...McCartney,Neil Young,Bob Dylan,KISS and obviously Clapton...
a lot of the modern singers have done it also ie: the ones who can sing, Katy Perry springs to mind immediately..
or alternatively,
have gone out 'acoustic tours', especially UK artists in the UK....Oasis, Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller, Pete Townshend, Ocean Colour Scene, Elvis Costello to name a few.
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
Posts: 13,354
Threads: 236
Joined: May 2011
Of course Nirvana's highly acclaimed unplugged set as well as Rod Stewart.
The ultimate connection is between a performer and its' audience!
"Acoustic" tours featuring acoustic performances annoy me less than "unplugged" albums. The former are a good way for artists to travel and play at locations that would otherwise not be an economic proposition, because of the expense saved in transporting gear.
Last year I saw Anathema perform an acoustic set at the Rosemount, which CH will know as a pub that is a popular live music venue in Perth. This is a band that packed out the Liverpool cathedral where they recorded a live album. There's no way they would have been touring Perth with the full ensemble, and I'd say I enjoyed them nearly as much.as I would have if it had been a "full" concert.
Posts: 13,354
Threads: 236
Joined: May 2011
^ Wow! I love Anathema! Their albums A Natural Disaster and Weather Systems floor me! I also love Lee Douglas' voice!
The ultimate connection is between a performer and its' audience!
SteveO Wrote:^ Wow! I love Anathema! Their albums A Natural Disaster and Weather Systems floor me! I also love Lee Douglas' voice! and We're Here Because We're Here. That, and Weather Systems, are their pinnacle IMO. I was a little disappointed with the last album, Distant Satellites.
I agree about Lee Douglas; the music is great anyway, but the occasional appearance of female vocals adds something extra.
Posts: 34,763
Threads: 3,454
Joined: Jul 2010
SteveO Wrote:Of course Nirvana's highly acclaimed unplugged set as well as Rod Stewart.
i'd forgotten about the Nirvana one....BEST ever unplugged album IMO, but I dont like their studio albums much
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
|
