Popol Ace anyone?
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Topic: Popol Ace anyone?
Posted By: olafr
Subject: Popol Ace anyone?
Date Posted: August 15 2005 at 08:17
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Hi from Norway! The best norwegian band of the seventies, in my opinion, was Popol Vuh (not to be confused with the German band of the same name), which changed their name to Popol Ace after two albums. This was a GREAT band, with lots of vocal harmonies, intricate arrangements, and multi-layered synths/mellotron/rhodes etc. I was surprised to see they're not included here on progarchives (although I'm a newbie, I've listened to prog for eight years now |
) ....anyone got an opinion abouth them? They put out four fantastic albums from 1972-1978 ("Popol Vuh", "Quiche Maya" , "Stolen from Time" and "Curly Sounds").....could be compared to a mix of Genesis, Gentle Giant and Black Sabbath 
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Posted By: Biekin
Date Posted: August 16 2005 at 06:08
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I've had something of them... I think it was Quiche Maya that I d/l-ed during the AudioGalaxy dayz.... But I couldn't tell you anymore how they sounded.... Maybe I still have it, maybe not.... Greetings |
Posted By: olafr
Date Posted: August 16 2005 at 10:10
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... Thanks for the reply Biekin! Popol Ace is a bit difficult to find, but if you like seventies-style progrock with zappa-like arrangements and good vocal (Jahn Teigen), I recommend them strongly! what other music are you into by the way? ------------- ...Better be a witty fool, than a foolish wit! |
Posted By: Mategra
Date Posted: August 16 2005 at 10:18
| Lead singer Jahn Teigen got an invitation from Genesis to make an audition, when thhey were searching for a replacement for Peter Gabriel. Teigen declined, he wouldn't leave Popul Ace. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 16 2005 at 12:01
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Actually I heard the two Popol Vuh albums but never anything as Popol Ace. But Asbjornssen says that out of those 3 Ace albums only the first one is good , the second just OK!. Are they prog after the name change? I mean , they were prog before but not a full-blown outfit, just rock with good prog tonalities! I could make a case for them , but if they get accepted , I would need the infos, and artworks! ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: olafr
Date Posted: August 16 2005 at 16:48
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...that's true Mategra! StrangelyTeigen didn't accept the offer from Genesis, but instead chose to develop his solo career, which is mostly awful stuff (sadly). However, they got together in 2003 for a concert at Rockefeller in Oslo with the Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, which is quite good actually! : ) to Sean: could send you a short biography and some album info if you're interested? The last album they made, "Curly Sounds" from 1978, is more readio-oriented, and they disbanded shortly afterwards.. but the first three albums are very good I think ------------- ...Better be a witty fool, than a foolish wit! |
...this concert was put out on double DVD together with old archive stuff, mostly which is very good! Recommended!! 
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 17 2005 at 02:53
Can Do !!! I'll PM you my personal e-mail address!! I'll need mostly the full discography , the group composition and the album sleeves in Jpeg. No rush , though , the Archives are here to stay!
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
olafr wrote:Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: August 17 2005 at 05:31
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I've only heard one album by them. It's good but not a masterpiece. It's very difficult to find their album too. But i think they should be included in the archives. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: olafr
Date Posted: August 17 2005 at 13:43
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Thank you Sean! I'll see what I can do!
------------- ...Better be a witty fool, than a foolish wit! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 18 2005 at 03:19
so you did not study hard enough in may and june , uh? ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Progbear
Date Posted: August 18 2005 at 16:03
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Yeah, I think they should probably be added. I certainly don’t hear any
Black Sabbath, but the Genesis parallel is pretty spot-on. The first
Popol Ace album (self-titled) is actually just a compilation drawn on
the two Popol Vuh albums. I have Stolen From Time and it really is quite good. A bit prog-pop, somewhere between Kestrel and Kayak to my ears, but good. Jahn Teigen’s voice can be something of an acquired taste, he kinda goes over the top at times, but I must say I’ve heard worse in my day. Pete Knutsen’s keyboard work is exemplary, he plays a little bit of everything (Hammond, grand piano, harpsichord, Moog, string-synth and Mellotron!) on album-opener “Bury Me Dead”. I think the only real throwaway on the album is the commercial hard-rock tune “Mr. Bigalow”. Other than that it’s a fine album. Supposedly, Curly Sounds isn’t worth bothering with. There’s apparently a Popol Ace box set out now, collecting all the Vuh/Ace output with extra tracks and a bonus DVD. ------------- [IMG] http://www.denness.net/rpi/u/Progbear/fs/8/w/500/cp/2/s/5/si g.png"> |
Posted By: italprogfan
Date Posted: August 22 2005 at 00:56
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yep, add 'em.
hey, mike - |