Vincent

Vincent commented on the post, A (positive) consequence of Brexit you might have missed… 8 hours, 49 minutes ago

If brexit means a united Ireland, an independent Scotland, and parties which correspond accurately to being left, right and liberal rather than a mush in all parties, it’s an outcome i can live with.
Vincent commented on the post, Hawkwind – All Aboard the Skylark/ Acoustic Daze 2 days, 7 hours ago

Well, yer Highness, I had a download, so i don’t rightly know, but I dare say the CD is a twofer (touches forelock).
Vincent commented on the post, Extinction Rebellion 5 days, 6 hours ago

Not real XR, I expect we’ll be told.
Vincent wrote a new post, Hawkwind – All Aboard the Skylark/ Acoustic Daze 6 days, 2 hours ago

What does it sound like?:

The last Hawkwind album was a bit of a disappointment; what could have been stentorian orchestrated selection of older tracks was a bit 70s Radio 2, and Hawkwind should NEVER be 70s […]
Vincent commented on the post, Extinction Rebellion 6 days, 6 hours ago

I totally accept the climate change science and am involved in various transition activities. XR game paying and hard left entryism is unhelpful as it encourages futile protest.
Vincent commented on the post, Extinction Rebellion 6 days, 11 hours ago

XR are not exactly taking the people with them, and are ostensibly another “smash capitalism and replace it with something nice” bunch. That “something nice” sounds a lot like communism, an ideology that […]
Vincent commented on the post, The Rock & Roll A Level 1 week, 4 days ago

“rock n roll A levels”. COR! A suitable playlist will be at least:

“Tutti Frutti”
“Relax”
“Knockin’ at your back door”
“Dirty back road”
Vincent commented on the post, You really can’t beat a bit of whiny middle class 70’s angst 1 week, 5 days ago

Lumme, I was at that Supertramp at the Brighton Dome feb 1975 gig, too. It was my third gig (I’d seen John Williams and Steelyeye Span before), but the first gig where it was ‘my’ band. I was 14, and i was […]
Vincent commented on the post, You really can’t beat a bit of whiny middle class 70’s angst 1 week, 6 days ago

Though we can joke about whiney supertramp songs, “Crime of the Century” is very well crafted. It was my first album to be obsessed by, when I was 14. The song “Rudy” gets to me, as it syncs with a time when my […]
Vincent wrote a new post, Steve Howe – New Frontier 2 weeks, 2 days ago

What does it sound like?:
Steve Howe is an endlessly inventive guitarist with a lovely tone. His solos with the current day band are now the best thing about them, and he has been semi-Zelig in his popping up […]
Vincent commented on the post, Gentle Giant 30-disc box set ahoy! 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Sir, that “oretty average” is uncalled for. They have more ideas in tracks than some people have in careers, and the noodle-to-freakout ratio is well-controlled. Songs may be suites, but, like King Crimson, they […]
Vincent commented on the post, Your first……. 3 weeks ago

Single: “Back Home” by the England World Cup Squad, 1970.

Album: The Music for Pleasure “Jungle Book” album.

CD: QCD – none more 80s.

Gig: John Williams performing “The Height Below” with what would become […]
Vincent wrote a new post, Canadian glam rock, anyone? 3 weeks, 2 days ago

The discussion of Bad Co./ Free the other week, it got me thinking about glam rock, which was often the inverse of meat n’potatoes and greatcoats blues rock. Glam was affected, self-conscious, ironic, camp, and […]

https://thisiscanadianglam.tumblr.com/post/142860571049/sweeney-todd
Vincent wrote a new post, Sharp dressed men/ persons 3 weeks, 3 days ago

I’m not generally a fan of the ‘Purp, but earlier stuff like this I can tolerate more, and i must say they do look fine. Bouffant hair, orange satin Knickerbocker trousers, and Hugh Hefner in the middle of it […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiXcqxms3Bs
Vincent commented on the post, Gong 12 CDs and a DVD Box Set 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Personally I can live with bad taste. In fact, i thrive on it. I say ‘crass’ when Yes became son-et-lumiere hippie kitsch and then the Jon Anderson wetness really flowed out (“Circus of Heaven” was the […]
Vincent commented on the post, Gong 12 CDs and a DVD Box Set 3 weeks, 5 days ago

An important distinction, is ‘head’ versus ‘hippie’. ‘Heads’ are not scared of science, like electricity and it’s gifts, and eschew eastern mysticism, 1968 radicalism, and strummy fey bollocks like Tyrannosaurus […]
Vincent commented on the post, Some Music News – Ginger Baker critically ill 3 weeks, 5 days ago

it is telling that anyone who knows anything about Mr Baker (or at least what we think we know) is measured in their sympathy here. Hope his loved ones are bearing up, whatever, but even then you wonder…
Vincent commented on the post, Gong 12 CDs and a DVD Box Set 3 weeks, 6 days ago

Have a thumb up from me, Ret. If I could have the Flying TeaPot trilogy with Daevid Allen’s snide sneering vocals (and Gilli Smythe’s silly witch stuff) I would go for it. I never understood why he was such a […]
Vincent commented on the post, Gong 12 CDs and a DVD Box Set 4 weeks ago

I agree with you that the jazzier the progressive rock, the better it is, as I like that more, too, but this sounds like a “what have the Romans ever given us? ” argument, given “Henry Cow … Gong … Crimson … […]
Vincent commented on the post, Gong 12 CDs and a DVD Box Set 4 weeks ago

progressive rock (if you please) was big in the fans, but the normative view of music journalists post 1975 has been to take the piss. Popularism and user-generated content means fans now express their […]
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