The Other Side of Life

irrelevant wrote: Fearless and Bandstand are my Family faves.  ... Maybe check them out if you like the other ones

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Tom Ozric wrote: The only Moodies album m I’ve never heard (from Days-Keys to the Kingdom. Am I missing something ?? Keys to the Kingdom is the only one you haven't heard? If so then no you aren't misssing much. Lol. I was trying to tell Yesesis earlier to avoid it but not sure if he did. It's pretty bland mor for the most part. This is coming from someone who likes Phil Collins solo albums and Mike and the Mechanics.

No, surprisingly The Other Side Of Life, although I know Your Wldest Dreams of course. I never found the Moraz years that exciting.

The only Moodies album m I’ve never heard (from Days-Keys to the Kingdom. Am I missing something ??

Fearless and Bandstand are my Family faves. 

Edited by irrelevant - April 07 2020 at 00:28

Logan wrote: I have thousands of albums in my collection, and I have complete discographies of quite a few actually (which have more than, say, three albums), but I also have a lot that only put out one or two albums or that's all I got around to. Of any band in PA, I have the most by Magma, not just for the studio albums, but lives, followed by Art Zoyd, Robert Wyatt and some others. I haven't been discovering a lot of new music for some years, so it's insane how much I got to know over eight or so years. I still discover new-to-me music, but at a snail pace comparatively. I don't listen to my CDs or records much, or my iPod which has a huge number of albums on it, but I still stream new-to-me music. When I really like an album, I'm the kind who likes to play it again and again and again. In one week, I might only listen to one album multiple times. I'm getting back into more variety in my diet (for a while I stopped listening to music and just listened to podcasts). I still discover new-to-me stuff on youtube regularly (mostly psych, folk and electronic). I only have Family's first two albums in my collection.

YESESIS wrote: Logan wrote: Even if Chapman can sound billy goat gruff, just imagine it's Peter Gabriel in a goat costume, rather than dressed as a fox. "What is it now, there's something I see in your face Feel like a fox, hounds close at heels at the chase Do I see blood in your eyes, babe? Is it the end of the race?" (the Chase, first lyrics of the first song off Music in a Doll's House). I think Music in a Doll's House is a really cool and interesting album from 1968, whether you will, I don't know. The vocals are rather divisive and might take some getting used to (not so much on some songs as others). I'd say that 1969's Family Entertainment, the follow-up, is rather easier listening. I think you'd like it, but who knows. Go where your ears take you, and your heart guides you. It's one of those bands that i expect you'd get around sooner or later if you decide to really explore that early progressive rock scene. I'm not of the pushing through complete discographies mindset, except with a few or ones with limited releases, and have wanted to know lots and lots of different ones, and explore new musical avenues. Most of my music knowledge is more general than specialised. Ok, you seem to know an awful lot of music artists but yeah if you're not listening to all their albums then that makes more sense. I just got in a groove there with the Moodies and didn't want to stop lol. Ok then, this singer sounds horrible, but I'll try to pretend it's PG just haven't an especially bad outing lol. We'll see how it goes.

I have thousands of albums in my collection, and I have complete discographies of quite a few actually (which have more than, say, three albums), but I also have a lot that only put out one or two albums or that's all I got around to. Of any band in PA, I have the most by Magma, not just for the studio albums, but lives, followed by Art Zoyd, Robert Wyatt and some others. I haven't been discovering a lot of new music for some years, so it's insane how much I got to know over eight or so years. I still discover new-to-me music, but at a snail pace comparatively. I don't listen to my CDs or records much, or my iPod which has a huge number of albums on it, but I still stream new-to-me music. When I really like an album, I'm the kind who likes to play it again and again and again. In one week, I might only listen to one album multiple times. I'm getting back into more variety in my diet (for a while I stopped listening to music and just listened to podcasts). I still discover new-to-me stuff on youtube regularly (mostly psych, folk and electronic).

I only have Family's first two albums in my collection.   

Even if Chapman can sound billy goat gruff, just imagine it's Peter Gabriel in a goat costume, rather than dressed as a fox.

"What is it now, there's something I see in your face
Feel like a fox, hounds close at heels at the chase
Do I see blood in your eyes, babe?
Is it the end of the race?" (the Chase, first lyrics of the first song off Music in a Doll's House).

I think Music in a Doll's House is a really cool and interesting album from 1968, whether you will, I don't know. The vocals are rather divisive and might take some getting used to (not so much on some songs as others). I'd say that 1969's Family Entertainment, the follow-up, is rather easier listening. I think you'd like it, but who knows. Go where your ears take you, and your heart guides you.

It's one of those bands that i expect you'd get around sooner or later if you decide to really explore that early progressive rock scene. I'm not of the pushing through complete discographies mindset, except with a few or ones with limited releases, and have wanted to know lots and lots of different ones, and explore new musical avenues. Most of my music knowledge is more general than specialised.

Well, if you want to hear an album that sort of got the prog ball rolling before most then you could do a lot worse than the first Family album called "music from a doll's house." There's a lot of experimentation on it. You'll hear violins, saxophones, mellotron, cool musical interludes, bluesy jams, psychy guitar and yes a singer who sort of resembles a horny goat at times. Enjoy! 

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - April 06 2020 at 19:41

That's true. I was going to call it an unholy union of those three (having watched the Omen recently), but decided not to. Now that you mention a goat, that would have been really appropriate terminology.

YESESIS wrote: Well I went ahead and listened to Prelude, and boy FlowerKC you were on the money with that one. That was great! I think I liked December so much largely because I was comparing it to their other post 80's albums. And then you here something like this lol. Really reminds you how good this band can be. Obviously I agree with you it's way better than that debut album. Man, thank you really for recommending that. A bunch of great MB stuff that I never would have otherwise heard. 'Long Summer Days' was totally kick butt and worth it just for that track alone. Whole thing was great though, so glad you recommended it to me.  Logan wrote: You've certainly explored far more of The Moody Blues than I have (I have heard a few albums, but not in ages). As for Procol Harum, the "In Held Twas in I" suite off Shine on Brightly is, I think, terrific, and is very important to me additionally from an early Progressive Rock perspective. For another interesting band to check out from the 60s if you haven;t already (and sorry if it's already been mentioned as I haven't read the thread), there is Family. Family, ok. Thanks for the recommendation. When I get through these Procol Harum albums I'll go to that deal next lol. I try to listen to one new album a day(or at least average that). So good, lot's of new stuff for me now. Right on.

If you do try Family, a word of warning, you might not like Roger Chapman’s vocals which to me rather sound like the love child of Peter Gabriel of Genesis, Roger Wootton of Comus, and Demis Roussos of Aphrodite's Child (Peter Gabriel being the most obvious to my ears).

Edited by Logan - April 06 2020 at 15:31