BARRACUDA BLUE

The beginning of the definition is gold medal-worthy; they are unknown but taking a look online and based on what you tell me, they seem really interesting. The final Zappian quote is another point in their favor. In my opinion, it’s a classic group where you can find their discography in that nice vinyl shop around Viale Monza.

I hope so too, it's the vinyl I'm missing to complete their discography.

can we define them as inexplicably relegated Audience in Serie B? yes, but also no because they are also Fotheringay, but also Pavlov's Dog who however sound like Uriah Heep, but also...

Exactly, having one foot in Hard-Progressive, the other in Funk-R'n'B, wrapped in a Latin frame of Hispanic craftsmanship, will have caught off guard not only the printed media but also many potential buyers. Being out of alignment is always very costly.

"Janita" Haan remains one of the greatest front-women of all time for me. Incredible voice. A hurricane.

Oh, how I would love to listen to Bill Bruford as a soloist sooner or later.

Oh yes, these are three albums that deserve to be discovered... one after the other. ;D

How much I love them. However, who deserves great praise, more than Bill, already famous, is Dave Stewart who founded National Health in the midst of '77, facing great difficulties in recording.

I feel compelled to strongly recommend watching Rock Goes to the College. It's available on torrent or on YouTube. Get it and enjoy it all. Amen.

Of course. In '77-'78, everything was happening in music, and the wonderful and innovative records were countless, but for a record to be cool, it doesn’t necessarily have to be innovative; it just needs to be cool. The NH are proof of that, and Bruford, I imagine, as well.

Well...death metal seems a bit far-fetched to me, come on :D

Musically no (thank goodness!!!), but conceptually without them, the Coven, the Writing On The Wall, Necromancer, of course the early Black Sabbath and several other minor entities (the list is long but I'll spare you) paired with the classic Hammer/Amicus films, I doubt we would have reached such malevolence later on. The lack of empathy is in itself the essence of evil; the artists back then challenged the average listener and even those who wrote music, much more with the message than with the heaviness of the sound. It’s logical that the Anglo-Americans had the upper hand.

mmm...I don't know, but Death Metal really seems like a whole different thing. Sure, Black Metal maybe, maybe (but then let's also include COmus who are even cooler). Black Sabbath were pioneers in everything...I believe their first album is several months earlier than this Sacrifice.

Without a doubt, the Sabbath are the Bible for many; I am neither a fan of their music nor of the subsequent sector cinema. So I have no say in the matter, but my feelings are precise. I love "Sacrifice," Kip Trevor's voice, the late Clive Jones's saxophone (whom I met years ago, a special person in many ways), Jim Gannon's concept. "Sacrifice" was ready as early as 1968; it was meant to be a concept album by the Pesky Gee!, their second album. I prefer the debut of the Pesky Gee! to any Sabbath album, and it has nothing to do with them, with Metal, or even with Hard Rock. I am not interested in who came out first or later; what matters to me is what a record can convey.

I have 5 of his albums, including this one. It's a lot of fun. It's pointless, once certain "light-hearted" music was done better.

You wrote a perfect mini-review in two lines. Perhaps, but perhaps, this is my favorite album from their first five. "Plastic Letters" is definitely more sharp and cutting, but the pop-wave synthesis that captures every facet of the spectrum (and the spirit of the times) is in "Parallel Lines." And then there's "Hanging on the Telephone."

Not surprisingly, a USB stick for the car contains the complete discography of Cars + two Ocasek and the first 5 Blondie.

Today I put the old faithful vinyl on the turntable; the intro to Hanging On The Telephone remains a thunderous business card. In the car, it can only be an invitation to hit the gas.

even if an infinitesimal preference goes to Eat to the Beat - Dreaming, Sound-a-Sleep..and then of course, Atomic. Quintessence of pop in one of the most unconventional pop pieces ever.

Atomic is one of the cornerstones of the New Romantic movement, especially Duran Duran. Eat to The Beat contains one of my favorite tracks by the band, the masterpiece PowerPop Slow Motion.

Ohhhps tread, in the sense that the New Romantics whores have gathered so many prestigious dicks to build a reputation ;-)))