Grendel

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Love Contact

Yes Union

27 apr 07

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In matters of taste... this is democracy too!

Unfortunately, it happens that I fall for it every time: I try to categorize a group, and inevitably it ends up that I've built them a "suit" that's either too tight or too short. Unfortunately, synthesis leads to this as well. In the Styx of that period, if we want to be honest, there were still some prog echoes here and there (they had already figured out that the lemon had been squeezed enough…). The discussion regarding the definition of the music played by our guys came up in the other review as well. I reiterate that I don't like labeling. I only use it as a beacon to guide the reader who has never heard Styx. That's all. Thank you anyway for the compliments to all of you.

Manic Street Preachers This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours

1 dec 06

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I discover late (compared to others) what you write: it's the usual laziness we talked about elsewhere, remember? You made me want to rediscover them, because this CD, I admit my ignorance back then, made me discover them in a rather troubled moment of my life. For some time, I had left them there on the shelf along with the other discs. It’s time to “bring them back to life”...

AC/DC Let There Be Rock

1 dec 06

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go study the true history of music (and also the Italian language!). Play with the infantry and leave the saints alone...

10cc The Original Soundtrack

18 nov 06

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Your review is wonderful! We belong, at least as I understand it, to the same generation: perhaps that's why "I'm not in Love" represents something more than just a simple song for me as well. At certain moments in my life, I have listened to it many times in a row and without interruption. Records like this truly give dignity to the word pop, which is too often violated, especially these days...

Styx The Grand Illusion

17 nov 06

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Trying to answer those few questions, I would say: 1) I like the term "pomp rock" as a definition; perhaps it's because it fills your mouth when you say it, but in the end, it’s just a simple definition that, for some bands, is limiting; 2) I'm also a big fan of Kansas, and I would say that if we compare their output from the same period, they are not really the same: I used them as a benchmark to highlight the musical style in question, which is that "substantial" rock; 3) I don’t know when I will do the next review on Styx: at the same time, I did one on Mike Oldfield that I will publish soon; I’ll see, depending on my various commitments, if I can manage it: even though I gladly accept the "challenge" of Pibroch (and it intrigues me!).

Wishbone Ash Argus

15 nov 06

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Everything is shareable for a nice, no-frills review!

Styx The Grand Illusion

15 nov 06

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Thank you, Hybris, very kind: yes, there is a bit of rock culture, otherwise we wouldn't be here telling each other stories. But sometimes it seems like it's a treasure for the few, at least judging by what they're trying to shove down our throats and from what many of my acquaintances listen to... Unfortunately, it's labeled as pompous rock or, for short, pomp rock. Call it AOR, hard rock: in the end, they are just definitions to guide those who don't know the album/band. The various distinctions are just subtleties and quibbles about trivial matters that, in my opinion, are utterly irrelevant...

Styx The Grand Illusion

15 nov 06

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I picked up "paper and pen" again after a long time, due to my chronic and pachydermic laziness: I don’t promise anything, we’ll see. Your suggestion is excellent: yes, the Bostons are just as you describe them, indeed. I had given the friend a few names that are "easily" accessible: the usual story, many times the internet is a mandatory route for the search for something else...