tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post66454707908450608..comments2024-03-27T07:51:05.367-07:00Comments on R S Crabb Presents Record World : Top Ten Of The Week-Reviews Don't MatterR S Crabbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-27569304604055192932013-06-18T19:09:18.364-07:002013-06-18T19:09:18.364-07:00Barclay James Harvest always struck me as a low re...Barclay James Harvest always struck me as a low rent Moody Blues. Gentle Giant another can of worms although I think their was a 1981 album but then again I really cant get into their music either. Guess you have to be careful with some of those prog rock stuff out there. ;)R S Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-21131603607740883562013-06-18T18:50:24.943-07:002013-06-18T18:50:24.943-07:00Hey Crabbsta -- Just read Sheffield's review, ...Hey Crabbsta -- Just read Sheffield's review, & it's not that bad. I can even relate 2 some of it -- Prog as escape from highschool, parents, girls, etc. I've read WAY worse reviews, have even written some myself.<br />I think you really need 2 love this stuff in order 2 dig into the worst Prog appropriately. I've been having this ongoing hate-hate thing with Barclay James Harvest lately, listening 2 their oldest & "proggiest" stuff -- & man does most of it SUCK! All Prog definitely was not great, & the worst of it was Really Bad....<br />TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-52749368703173918002013-06-18T18:05:03.460-07:002013-06-18T18:05:03.460-07:00Yep, it shows on Sheffield's reviews on RS are...Yep, it shows on Sheffield's reviews on RS are basically afterthoughts if anything. at work if things go well, I can listen to a long piece, don't mind Passion Play, Tarkus another story and I got scared off Works Volume 1 although Volume 2 is more compact and has better songs. Tangerine Dream as well, I can navigate through their 45 minute Lagos if I'm taking a drive in the country but it's not for everybody. ;)<br /><br />And Lester Bangs was something else. He called Metal Machine Music the greatest album in the history of the eardrum once. I'll have what he's having. R S Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-34425821272257349142013-06-18T17:13:35.306-07:002013-06-18T17:13:35.306-07:00Hey Crabby: Nice 2 C Marshall Tucker, & "...Hey Crabby: Nice 2 C Marshall Tucker, & "Indian Lake" (which just got played on SOUND OPINIONS Sun nite, hadn't heard it in years).<br />Also: Rob Sheffield may hate Prog -- hell, a lotta the time I do, & I useta think I was a Really Big Prog Guy. But Rob's already done his masterpiece, a little volume called LOVE IS A MIX TAPE. He's already peaked-out, couldn't care less about his reviews.<br />When I was 15, I could listen 4 25 minutes waiting 4 something 2 happen. I don't have that much time left anymore. Altho their best stuff still holds my life 2gether, there is LOTS of stuff by Yes & ELP & King Crimson & Jethro Tull & Gentle Giant & Genesis & the Moodies & Pink Floyd & Procol Harum & other prog greats that I can't take (TARKUS, DUKE, TORMATO, mosta WORKS, ISLANDS, A PASSION PLAY, most later Moodies) & I think it's 2 late 2 convert me now. I DO think you hear things diffrently at an advanced age(?) then you do when you're 15 & just hearing stuff 4 the 1st time.<br />Even Lester Bangs liked some Prog -- ELP, 4 instance....<br />TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.com