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As the good reviewer says, there are two different souls: the acidly expanded one of some tracks and the laid-back rockblues of others. Texas during that time, besides the big names we know, had other lesser-known bands that, in my opinion, were more valid than this one, like Josefus or the stunning Cold Sun.
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I wonder what the hell we need a new Al Pacino or Paul Newman for, like those parodies of Sean Penn or Edward Norton. Do we maybe need a new Bogart or a new Mitchum, or a new Burt Lancaster (a fantastic actor, one of the greatest)? Or perhaps a new Michael Caine or Lee Marvin? (Just watch him in Without Remorse, Emperor of the North, Pocket Money; he's unbeatable). An actor is great when he is unique.
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The Moffs ;)
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imasoulman... prog-garage? Have you reviewed the Lollipop Shoppe?
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Anyway, the most extraordinary garage record (not the most beautiful) remains that of the Monks from 1966, Texan soldiers who stay in Germany after their service, clerical collar on their heads, a noose for a tie, sometimes a robe, banjo used as a percussive instrument, hallucinatory voice, dissonances, obsessive sound.
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Okay pinhead, but what does the nature of things have to do with Leighton? He's not Greg Lake... "Easy Listening For The Underachiever" isn't from the 80s, in fact, it's just three years older than Play Chess, yet unlike that one, you just need to put it on the turntable to feel the same punch to the stomach as twenty years ago. Plus, there's the most exciting cover of "Teenage Head" ever made ;)
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I don't think it's new, it's been around for a few years. Honestly, Easy Listening was a great album, the Morlocks are a legend, but in tracks like Boom Boom or those by Chuck Berry (and even I'm A Man by Bo Diddley) they seem very far from the iconoclastic spirit of GravediggerV / Morlocks. For me, it's a passable record.
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wow... Beck, Page, and Clapton... buddy, it seems you've got the wrong subjects to claim originality.
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In agreement with jargonking, passionate reception but for me the album is not indispensable. Manzanera does not possess the genius of Eno in "Here Come the Warm Jets." More than one track I personally find inconsistent, especially in terms of writing; the instrumentals are better where Phil’s guitar work shines. In some cases, it is very close to the tones of Steve Hackett; right now I’m listening to "Alma," and the solos are emblematic. "Carhumba" is not on the vinyl :(
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An album considered not one of Zappa's best by the fans? But which fans, those of Vasco Rossi?