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spiral_abraxis

Hocus Pocus by Focus

Feb 07, 2010 08:19

This is probably in my top 3 favorite progressive rock songs and is definitely one of the coolest pieces of music I've ever heard. It seems like they just don't make music with this kind of ENERGY anymore. Or maybe the drugs were really just that good ( Read more... )

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encompassbeyond February 10 2010, 07:57:15 UTC

Wow, yeah, I don't think we're likely to hear a sound quite like that again soon. I think heard yodeling, some Steely-Dan-like guitar chords, and some jazz flute?

I think that level of "energy" is out there, but it's diverged into a number of niche musical genres that aren't really highly visible.

It reminded me of this a little bit, but it's less jazzy:

ticklishteeth February 11 2010, 11:54:59 UTC

8 ball, great wall of China style

We'd all like to wish you a Merry Christmas anonymous February 15 2010, 14:00:53 UTC

Implementing BOTH konnokol (Indian vocal percussion; pronounced a 'conical'), yodeling, AND prog! What a cocktail, eh ( ... )

Re: We'd all like to wish you a Merry Christmas anonymous February 15 2010, 14:18:39 UTC

Ah, never mind. I thought you had posted the video of them performing that song live in PA around Dec. 25th one year --- so since I watched it finally, I realized my preceding subject line makes no sense. Anyway, at the end of the video I -thought- that was, Thijs van Leer's yodeling yuletide wishes / platitudinous christmassy stuff, et cetera as the songs cuts out. That's all.

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Also, these guys are definitely worth checking out at least once
Pre-1969 -- fairly obscure even then -- t'was their only LP ever to be released, but hey, it's good stuff. Cuttin' edge for its day.

Noah Presents Brain Suck:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/08/can-i-tell-you.html
(I'd recommend starting with The Other Side Medly)

Re: We'd all like to wish you a Merry Christmas spiral_abraxis February 18 2010, 19:25:44 UTC

Is this MD?

Re: We'd all like to wish you a Merry Christmas anonymous February 18 2010, 23:38:23 UTC

Naw, this is Lindsay. I got the impression M.D. didn't think too much of Focus. Said he'd seen 'em -- they played in Philly a lot. Same with the Nazz and Quicksilver Messenger service.

Whenever I independently come upon some noteworthy band or song, bringing it up to Mike is pretty pointless unless the band/musician didn't even begin performing 'til the early 90's or afterward, (i.e. Todd Snider).

I almost always get a "been there, done that, heard 'em, who cares" reaction. LOL. "Never thought much of Henry Cow."

Well, I take that back. There's one case of someone active between early 50's late 60's he'd never heard of & seemed intrigued by. Louis Thomas Hardin (A.K.A. Moondog). He was a vagrant who played on the streets of New York city, was blind, and dressed himself as a viking (that sort of introductory description probably wouldn't make anyone want to hear anyway of this guy's work LOL).

Mike is now convinced John Lennon got the idea of "Johnny and The Moondogs" (consisting of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Hanton, & Lowe -- ( ... )

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spiral_abraxis February 27 2010, 23:01:30 UTC

They do have some misses, but they also have some great hits.

Don't auto-format anonymous March 8 2010, 20:21:36 UTC

Guess if my Dad didn't expose me to 'em ad infinitum & ad nauseum at a tender young age, I wouldn't care for 'em either. Kidding, of course ( ... )