tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post8790633866317784133..comments2024-03-27T07:51:05.367-07:00Comments on R S Crabb Presents Record World : Cromagnon-Cave Rock The Most Bizarre Album EverR S Crabbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-9244816918724219822013-01-04T10:21:12.712-08:002013-01-04T10:21:12.712-08:00Cave Rock is unique for the unconventional freedom...Cave Rock is unique for the unconventional freedom that ESP Disk gave Cromagnon, you certainly wouldn't have a major label give the okay, maybe Bizarre Records but I can't see even Frank Zappa approve this. Caledonia kinda reminds me of Ministry without the industrial metal. Since Cave Rock came from the late 60s you can make an argument that it's original but it reminds one on being a bad acid trip or worse OD'ing on Meth. It still draws a lot from Contact High With The Godz in terms on being bizarre to be called a cult classic by selective bloggers while the rest of the world just wishes that it would buried deep in the ground and leaving it there.<br /><br />The only other album i would compare Cave Rock to would be Wire 154, which when I first heard it really didn't get it but unlike Cave rock the songs got better and more memorable, kinda like English Settlement. Usually songs with melodies are remembered better than whatever Cave Rock is supposed to be. If anything else Cave Rock is perfect for getting rid of unwanted guests.<br /><br />Unless that guest is a freakie zombie ;)R S Crabbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763473179086750283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-6438443994716871252013-01-04T02:12:37.686-08:002013-01-04T02:12:37.686-08:00PS -- XTC's ENGLISH SETTLEMENT at least has &q...PS -- XTC's ENGLISH SETTLEMENT at least has "Senses Working Overtime" on it, & I could see where Wire WAS trying to do Something Different, even if it wasn't for me. But CAVE ROCK, well... Guess I'm just scarred for life....<br />TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866391505956532442.post-49634767767443515262013-01-03T13:50:34.465-08:002013-01-03T13:50:34.465-08:00Jeezus, 50 BUCKS?! Where can I sell my copy...?
I&...Jeezus, 50 BUCKS?! Where can I sell my copy...?<br />I'll stand behind my rating that CAVE ROCK is the most disturbing album I've ever heard. It's not "music," really. More like an aural documentary. & I played it while WORKING! How many people did I traumatize that nite? Other than myself? A very scarring experience....<br />Parts of it really DO sound like some prehistoric tribe chanting around a campfire. & on "Ritual Feast of the Libido," I thot that guy was getting buried in a landslide -- but maybe he's getting BURNED ALIVE? For 7 minutes? & he's NOT fooling around, either....<br />Is "Toth" really just "Caledonia" turned backwards & slowed WAY down? Then how did they get that earth-shaking, erupting, earthquaking, dinosaur-stomping BASS in there? Way ahead of its time -- which doesn't mean it's pleasant.... Compared 2 the rest of this stuff, that little aliens' song at the end coulda been a hit....<br />Can't see any reason why I would EVER play it again. I thot of giving it to a friend who was looking for New Sounds awhile back, but I'm not sure keeping this stuff in circulation is really in the Best Interests Of The Public....<br />It's 1 of a kind. Your review really nailed it. Thanx 4 sharing... I think....<br />TADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853931230081777310noreply@blogger.com