Forum Home Forum Home > Other music related lounges > Proto-Prog and Prog-Related Lounge
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Spirit: Spirit
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedSpirit: Spirit
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12
Author
Message Reverse Sort Order
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
HolyMoly View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Retired Admin

Joined: April 01 2009
Location: Atlanta
Status: Offline
Points: 26138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2015 at 11:30
Originally posted by Toaster Mantis Toaster Mantis wrote:

I've never actually listened to this band, but I've always imagined them as rather heavy for their time on account of them supposedly being an influence on Deep Purple. Didn't DP actually get hit by a plagiarism lawsuit from the Spirit members at some point?
Their truly heavy moments are very few and far between.  I'm not aware of any such link between them and Deep Purple, but Led Zeppelin is sometimes accused of ripping off Spirit's song "Taurus" (which is a fully acoustic song and bears a passing resemblance to Stairway to Heaven's opening guitar figure).
My other avatar is a Porsche

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.

-Kehlog Albran
Back to Top
dr wu23 View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: August 22 2010
Location: Indiana
Status: Offline
Points: 20631 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2015 at 11:30
A very good  album.....and a band that never received enough acclaim imho...to this day the songs Fresh Garbage and Mechanical World still blow me away for their originality and style. Kind of a darker version of Love or at least a more rocking version....? Dunno... but Spirit and Love both felt like they had something unique going on.
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
Back to Top
Toaster Mantis View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: April 12 2008
Location: Denmark
Status: Offline
Points: 5898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 25 2015 at 11:25
I've never actually listened to this band, but I've always imagined them as rather heavy for their time on account of them supposedly being an influence on Deep Purple. Didn't DP actually get hit by a plagiarism lawsuit from the Spirit members at some point?
"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
Back to Top
hellogoodbye View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar
VIP member

Joined: August 29 2011
Location: Troy
Status: Offline
Points: 7251 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2015 at 13:25
An excellent album. Great beginning and great end. Some weaker songs in the middle. 
Back to Top
HolyMoly View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Retired Admin

Joined: April 01 2009
Location: Atlanta
Status: Offline
Points: 26138 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2015 at 13:18
Darn it, I like this album a lot.  I wrote a fairly decent review of it, and can't think of anything to add to that right now.

http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=985637
My other avatar is a Porsche

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.

-Kehlog Albran
Back to Top
SteveG View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: April 11 2014
Location: Kyiv In Spirit
Status: Offline
Points: 20616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2015 at 09:25
Spirt's s/t debut still knocks me off my feet. There's nothing particularly inventive on this album but it still sounds so fresh to as the day I first purchased it. How do you feel about Spirit's s/t debut? 
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply Page  <12

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.123 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.