Admiration thread: Manfred Mann

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   Been aware of him for many years but only own Solar Fire.  When I was a kid, Quinn the Eskimo was one of my fave top 40 radio hits (still is) - along with Blinded by the Light.  
Funny story, when I was in high school the "cool thing" to do was go to the local junior college planetarium for this show called, "The Cosmic Concert".  It lasted about an hour and a half and they'd play music through this killer sound system and make the lasers dance along inside the planetarium dome.  Very 70's.  One night me and some friends (all Led Zep maniacs) went to the show.  One of the songs they played was Father of Day, Father of Night and afterwards all my friends were saying, "you're into that synthesizer stuff, who was that?"  Nobody called it prog rock back then...so I poured through all the bins at my local Tower Records until I found the song.  Unfortunately, the rest of the album has always paled in comparison for me to such a great song.

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The.Crimson.King Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 29 2013 Location: WA Status: Offline Points: 4596	Posted: March 30 2016 at 14:51
	Been aware of him for many years but only own Solar Fire. When I was a kid, Quinn the Eskimo was one of my fave top 40 radio hits (still is) - along with Blinded by the Light. Funny story, when I was in high school the "cool thing" to do was go to the local junior college planetarium for this show called, "The Cosmic Concert". It lasted about an hour and a half and they'd play music through this killer sound system and make the lasers dance along inside the planetarium dome. Very 70's. One night me and some friends (all Led Zep maniacs) went to the show. One of the songs they played was Father of Day, Father of Night and afterwards all my friends were saying, "you're into that synthesizer stuff, who was that?" Nobody called it prog rock back then...so I poured through all the bins at my local Tower Records until I found the song. Unfortunately, the rest of the album has always paled in comparison for me to such a great song.
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dr wu23 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20671	Posted: March 30 2016 at 13:25
	I'm also a fan ...like all of his incarnations ....my favorite being the Chapter Three albums vol 1 and 2; they had this nice proggy psychy jazzy thing going on.......but I also own all of the Earth Band albums up to and including Angel Station. I suppose my favorite is Solar Fire from that period but they all have nice things going on. (I even had Pretty Flamingo on 45 back in the old days. ) Edited by dr wu23 - March 30 2016 at 13:33
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Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34086	Posted: March 30 2016 at 08:36
	I think Earth band also is quite similar to how i feel Alan Parson project also were, sort of musical project of enigmati experience, of a mix of psych, pop, and progressive rock. with a prouction to drawl after. and some stellar vocalists who sung with emotion and passion.


Guy Guden Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 07 2014 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 2617	Posted: March 30 2016 at 08:28
	Agreed. His work and placement in the history of it all, never fails to inspire. Early days are very evocative. And the phases of his Earth Band are like a Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson merged with a Brian Auger and his Trinity. I have many favourites and they fit many moods. But if forced to take only one, it would be Glorified Magnified. cheers...

Icarium Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34086	Posted: March 30 2016 at 07:51
	This is not just an appreciation attempt but sincere admiration for a musician I not often think about, but when I do, I cannot help but to admire him. What is it to admire; you could ask, for me it is many elements to what makes the career of Mann admirable. One thing is his longevity, he have been active since 1962, almost non-stop, second, he have been also touring with high level concerts for as long, 50 years, concert after concert whom are attractive, magical and memorable, third he is a keyboard and synthesizer wiz, one of the most legendary, a pioneer. He have had an eclectic career, spanning 5 decades, spanning multiple genre, from early as RnB, psychedelic rock, pop, to jazz fusion, art rock, progressive rock, blues, jazz, funk, probably more as well. also his most famous trademark, the impeccable skill of rejuvenating other people’s songs, fearless tweaking of big names like Dylan, Springsteen, Marley, the Beatles, etc. fearless and playful covers, renditions, reworking’s, of such degree they are known to surpass the original. So let pay some respect to the Mann, to the South African keyboard wiz, muse, pioneer of British invasion, prog and jazz fusion, and live show. Bow down to the ever impressive Manfred Mann Edited by Icarium - March 30 2016 at 08:44