dsalva
dsalva
18 aug 20

DeRank™: 4,69

Isn't Life Strange
#finallyimoody
 
Lao Tze
Lao Tze
18 aug 20

DeRank™: 14,50  Capish

Socrates - Phos* 1976 (full album)

Originally (and also later, but only on special occasions), they were called Socrates Drank the Conium, "Socrates drank the hemlock." However, since a considerable amount of literature had already been produced about the death of the Athenian, and not to mention that it wasn't exactly the most agile name for a band, they chose to shorten it (even on the covers) to Socrates. Synthesis is always important.
They entered history - and the English charts, where they lingered for a couple of weeks - with the album Phos (Light) in 1976. It was produced by Evangelos Papathanassiou, whose (omni)presence on the record goes far beyond the role of "special guest" and co-writer ascribed to him.
Under Papathanassiou's artistic direction, the muscular blues rock of the band - dominated by the Hendrixian riffs of Piraeus guitar hero Yannis "John" Spathas - allows for airy and evocative ambient/progressive openings highlighted by celestial synth textures (the majestic coda of 'Every Dream Comes To An End'), as well as complex folk frameworks of Hellenic and/or British flavor, particularly paying homage to Gentle Giant ("Time of Pain") and inevitable yet valuable nods to the pop of Aphrodite's Child ("A Day in Heaven").
A radiant testimony of the potential of Greek rock, less prolific than that of the nameless Anatolian counterparts but certainly no less inspired, and a way to remember Yannis Spathas, who passed away in 2019.
 
Marcorock
Marcorock
18 aug 20

DeRank™: 12,48

Human Music
The Soft Boys
 
ALFAMA
ALFAMA
18 aug 20

DeRank™: 1,17

#noclassics ttps://youtu.be/9pYux5-d1Es
and the braids, when?
 
JOHNDOE
JOHNDOE
18 aug 20

DeRank™: 16,48

Genesis - Live - Pop Shop (1972)

although they have never really gotten under my skin, Genesis are among my top 10 favorite rock bands (perhaps the only prog-rock band I can digest)
 
iside
iside
18 aug 20

DeRank™: 7,96

#radius you "didn't do well in school" Alberto Radius 1975 - 04 - L'asino