MrGMauro

WHEN YOU ENTER THE CHAT YOU HAVE TO WRITE!!!!!!!

this is something more than just a nice album...(just one thing, if I may: it’s his sunniest album, no doubt about that, but "pleasantly" and "gene clark" cannot be put in the same sentence)

to my friend Ribaldo, I hope in name and not in fact, I'm in chat by mistake, and I don't know how to get out of it... as for the use of "pleasantly" with the person of Gene Clark, it's true that it's an absurdity, but, as you can imagine, I was referring to his listening and not to his life...

In reality, when it comes to sound, it's true that what you hear on this album the GG won't bring out again. But as for the quality, the levels remained not just high but divine at least until 1973, but let's say until 1975. Then, well, de gustibus. Moreover, for me it’s such a perfect and great album that I feel sorry to hear you being a bit "cold" towards it, but, I reiterate, de gustibus etc.

I'm sorry for having misunderstood about the G.G., who for many are still untouchable icons. No, I’m not cold towards them at all; in fact, I still enjoy listening to them very much. What I meant was something else: like almost all rock musicians, after their debut albums, they tend to exhaust the initial momentum and the originality that characterized them at the time of their debut. In the case of the G.G., as a music lover and not a musician, while acknowledging their technical skill and talent, I found their subsequent albums to be a bit heavy to listen to over time...

Mauro, first of all, here we are all, or almost all, music lovers and not musicians, so when we talk, we often speak from personal tastes or for the pure enjoyment that this or that artist brings us. Just to keep talking a bit about the band, I'm not an excessive fanatic of the "First Album Law" even though this very album is my favorite from the band in question. Sometimes I support "The Law," other times I don’t. With Gentle Giant, I have always loved the evolution of their subsequent albums, which maintained a high quality while filling in where the visceral nature of the first two albums had, partially, diminished. For example, in "Octopus," they managed to condense all the classic progressive stylistic elements into songs of no more than 5 minutes, unique stuff at the time, not to mention that a ballad like "Think of Me With Kindness" is something you don’t find every da...y...century. "In the Glass House," for instance, I find much lighter than this, it has almost danceable groove moments amidst the virtuosity and tempo changes that can give you a headache. Just to talk about it, of course. If you’re someone who feels closer to the spontaneity of a band’s early days, that's usually fine too; it’s still a matter of personal feelings. In their case, I think we’re talking about a band that has always maintained a certain spontaneity and a high level of inspiration at least until 1976, and that has never made a bad album. Of course, you lose the surprise of the beginnings, but that's normal; if the band keeps the quality of their offering high, that’s perfectly fine with me anyway.

"it gets lost"

"Classic Prog album." I don’t agree with the second part of the definition: it’s true that the Giant experienced a decline towards the end of the Seventies, but IMHO it still delivered excellent demonstrations of skill :)

Octopus and Acquiring The Taste are up for a vote... I still need to determine which of the two is actually my favorite...

*runoff...

Well, the debut and Three Friends remain two great albums... but Acquiring and Octopus are still vital for me, also because they made me love them.

Pssss... "In A Glass House" and "Free Hand". XD

Hi, go back to uncle Hammill, then I'll take them back in hand, no worries...

Now I'm at Uncle Roy's place anyway.

That awkward moment when I have no idea who you're talking about... damn...

Harper. I'm listening to the debut.

Gender?

The answer isn't that simple... Wait until after lunch.

@[tonysoprano] I was saying. The first album I'm listening to is a natural child of the so-called British Baroque Folk school, or British singer-songwriter style, which later also developed into the recovery of traditional sounds and the British traditionals themselves. Harper emerges from people like Davy Graham, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, and after him came John Martyn, Nick Drake, etc. Those people, who, among other things, placed the acoustic guitar at the center of everything rather than just as a simple accompaniment, played with tremendous technical skill; they were true virtuosos. From this album, however, Harper shows himself to be something a bit different, more free, "expanded" psychedelic (sometimes close to the psych pop-rock of the era, sometimes simply Roy Harper). What he did in the following years... Well, a path of his own, marked by a thousand difficulties (read something about him) a character always on the edges and margins of the music industry and society. Advocate of an evolved, expanded, highly dilated folk, sometimes almost mystical, with the voice used as an instrument and vehicle for infinite psych-folk rides like "The Lord's Prayer" 23, I repeat, 23 minutes of pure ecstasy. His most celebrated album is "Stormcock." Unfortunately, I still need to delve into it properly myself so I can't tell you more. The debut is already a very good work, nonetheless, one of the most unique in the British baroque folk scene, from a class of acoustic virtuosos.

My beloved Led Zeppelin...great. One more reason to listen to it.

Anyway, I'm in a phase of doubt about my favorite band. I'm almost loving Van Der Graaf Generator more than LZ.

A really nice challenge indeed! By now, I've given up on putting an artist on any podium ;)

When I finish the discography of the Generator, I'll know who my favorite is... even though VDGG will undoubtedly remain among the top two...

92 minutes of applause for Kotatsu.

Engaging in pointless challenges is useless, right? However, I want to delve into groups and how far they can go...

The rankings I create are simply reminders for me of the albums I love from that specific artist, but in the end, they are more of a list. I certainly don't intend to randomly place 100 artists, as that wouldn't make much sense...

I had mentioned that I would stop by Disco Club these days to treat myself before returning to work, I've decided: I will buy "Acquiring The Taste" again (even though I already have it in mp3 format).

Without a doubt, money is spent!

Well, excuse me.

you always beautiful things...

It seems interesting.

I don't agree with the point "even today it has no rivals in terms of beauty," but after all, I have different tastes than you. Welcome to debaser :D

When commenting on an album or a musician that falls within our preferences, we usually use absolute terms. Fortunately, there is still no single thought, and this world still has room for many different genres and musicians, as long as they are sincere and do not solely depend on record label conveniences and business. Speaking of Lizard, it was an irreplaceable experiment of its time, which became so unique also thanks to the contribution of exceptional guests, especially that of Tippett.

I would like to correct one thing about your personal profile: Van Der Graaf Generator are certainly not dead after Pawn Hearts. Up to the present, they have continued to produce a lot of high-quality material.

*Present, not apresent

Oh no, I read it wrong ahahahah

The VDGG one thing after another? Are we crazy?

Tony doesn’t really say they died after "Pawn Hearts"...

I read it wrong today, ahahahah

Lol

I misread it because I was in a hurry...sorry @[MrGMauro] for the inconvenience.

You had me worried.

The VDGG have never died, they’ve had their "lows", but they continue to amaze me.

How great!! I've had 'I know a little' from 'Street Survivor' as my ringtone for years. I've grown fond of it by now.

To illustrate how gullible Americans can be: when "Short People" was released, the Little People association vehemently condemned the song, when it was actually an obvious satire on moral "shortcomings." Tough times for the overly intelligent.

It's true, I've also read about his social commitment in other American issues and events (e.g. Hurricane Katrina).

Los Angeles is the chosen hometown, but Uncle Randy has never forgotten his roots, of being a Man from the Deep South.

I'm glad that you appreciate R.N. too, whose strength, in my opinion, lies not only in the quality of his music and lyrics but also in how he manages to convey to us a specific state of mind, or rather, a "musical climate," that you can experience in Venice, for instance, when you feel its charm even as you walk through a calle, and you don’t need to be visiting the Palazzo Reale; this is not only his merit but also that of other great musicians, who create true works of art as if they were beautiful paintings; despite being different from one another, this intrinsic quality is common to artists such as King Crimson (especially their early LPs), Van Der Graaf Generator, Nick Drake, and especially Robert Wyatt, who in Rock Bottom powerfully communicated—and cried out—the despair and anger he felt after that accident, which irreparably changed his life for the worse.

Not far away, in musical terms, you find the singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones. Can you believe that (in the group) where I proposed her earlier, they branded me a heretic, and after personal attacks, they expelled me (and the posts speak for themselves)?

Randy Newman is, around here, something more than a talented, extremely talented musician. He is one of the editors of the GRA (Great American Novel) spanning the centuries, like Faulkner, like Salinger, like Fante, like De Lillo, like McCarthy.

...who has as blood brothers in his field the Dylans, the Cohens, the Murphys, the Zevons, the Waits

Dearest imasoulman, what do you think of Rickie Lee Jones?

You are talking about one of the women who disturbed, not only musically, my youthful dreams. And lately, she is aging beautifully... her last two albums are excellent.

John Murphy has a lot in common with R.N., I believe, less bluesy and more instrumental.

fascinating woman, not just musically, she was T. Waits' partner, it seems; at this point, step by step, we are getting closer to the beloved Little Feat, wonderfullyyyyyyy.

In due course, I posted this: l'ascolto di G: Nina Simone - Baltimore -…

I actually meant Elliott Murphy...

"In Germany Before The War" is the classic song that devours multitudes of discographies; although I have to say that this album is splendid overall...

My favorite album🔝