pier_paolo_farina

Up with life, I say that the fans of A.O.R. are few but good. For me, it's a perfect genre, combining power with melody...I live in a real shithole! Naturally, like all genres, it has its pioneers and imitators, masterpieces and crap. Regarding Journey, I had the pleasure of seeing them perform in 1999 near Seattle, at "The Gorge," a hell of a place inside a canyon (you can admire it on the back of the official live CD by Steely Dan). They opened for... Foreigner (good evening!)

Absolutely sacred, everything you say this time: the Henley/Frey duo, perfect in its complementarity (the former strong, determined, courageous, instinctive, the latter meticulous, perfectionist, attentive, both great singers and great composers, with Henley being a great lyricist as well), has given unforgettable pages to music, and personally they have given me so much. I’m also fond of the others; among their favorite songs I include "Bitter Creek," "My Man," "Take The Devil," "Take It To The Limit," and the arpeggio of Hotel California (which is Felder's).
Meisner and Schmidt do not sing in falsetto (except occasionally in the embellishments and also in the higher harmonies): they truly have alto voices, although different, Tim's being round and melodic, Randy's penetrating and "soulful."

I have my thoughts on the production of the DT: this album doesn't excite me, unlike "Images," "Metropolis II," and "Octavarium," which nailed it perfectly. I'll write one of the reasons: Labrie has a beautiful voice, but it's not metal, and when he "forces" it towards the high notes and aggression, it becomes cloying. For me, he's an A.O.R. singer.

Country music lends itself well to virtuosity (Leo Kottke, Albert Lee, Rusty Young come to mind, along with a long line of violinists, banjo players, and mandolinists that I don't cultivate or know, as I'm not particularly interested in the genre). The often very tight tempos of bluegrass and the fact that the sounds are acoustic or, if electric, "relentlessly" clean, undistorted, with a quick decay, force one to play clean and precise. Regarding John DAVID Souther, with his great voice, I recommend the album "Black Rose." Leadon is a banjo virtuoso, and live with the Eagles, he had his "spot" at the end of "Earlybird," five minutes of frantic and captivating solo on this instrument. It's certain that the Eagles can all play more than decently. The voice is certainly an instrument, but when in a sentence it is specified separately ("talented musicians and great singers"), the judgment "talented" remains solely in the aspect of musicianship, that is, in the executively and compositionally skilled, original, and intelligent abilities.

Of your hypotheses, the correct one is the second: no suites, pieces almost all around four minutes long.

Musicians on the cover, from left to right: Wilkenson, Powell, Van Zant, Rossington, Burns, Collins, and King.
Hey Guzzanti, do you know which band Robert Nix played with during his time collaborating with the Skynyrd?

Staff! Please cut and paste and move the last sentence of the review (She has a rather high-pitched voice...) to where it should be, when I write about Ty Tabor... or delete it altogether! Thank you.

Imprecise review. You want to delve deeper but then you don’t feel like... studying, let's put it that way. You tell Frey, Henley, and Meissner that they are talented instrumentalists, because they've never fancied themselves as such... if you then tell them they are great singers and FANTASTIC composers, you'll see them nod in agreement... I swear "Peaceful" is sung by Frey, not Leadon. Henley plays his two toms in unison at the beginning of "Witchy," without touching the usual snare drum and all that, and to you it already feels like a tribal atmosphere!... Let it go, or do more instinctive reviews, from the heart... or call me and I’ll give you some updates on this record. Try to GET INTO what you love, without just storing data like a parrot... or let yourself go and just share your feelings, damn it, like so many others do so well!

you need to rotate the cover keeping the top left corner towards you...and here's a nice ear (right, and underwater). The photo didn't turn out well...but it's effective enough.

Among the best rock albums. Pete Townshend, with that somewhat peculiar face and his violent, rhythmic playing style, is one of the great English composers of the twentieth century. "Next" is an unmissable gem, released between two double albums that, in my opinion, are overrated (Tommy and Quadrophenia).