Forum Home Forum Home > Progressive Music Lounges > Prog Music Lounge
  New Posts New Posts RSS Feed - Soft Machine Third - lyrics improv?
  FAQ FAQ  Forum Search   Events   Register Register  Login Login

Topic ClosedSoft Machine Third - lyrics improv?
 Post Reply Post Reply
Author
Message
  Topic Search Topic Search  Topic Options Topic Options
Dick Heath View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Jazz-Rock Specialist

Joined: April 19 2004
Location: England
Status: Offline
Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Topic: Soft Machine Third - lyrics improv?
    Posted: August 29 2004 at 12:34
SOFT MACHINE - Third
Review by Philo
Back to Top
goose View Drop Down
Forum Senior Member
Forum Senior Member
Avatar

Joined: June 20 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 29 2004 at 17:32
It was those very vocals that started me listening to Soft Machine, especially the bit where he goes "it's nice and you can get quite brown". I don't know why but the sound of the words really appealed to me, in fact all of the singing (not all that much,
Back to Top
Dick Heath View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Jazz-Rock Specialist

Joined: April 19 2004
Location: England
Status: Offline
Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 29 2004 at 20:42
[QUOTE=goose]It was those very vocals that started me listening to Soft Machine, especially the bit where he goes "it's nice and you can get quite brown". I don't know why but the sound of the words really appealed to me, in fact all of the singing (not
Back to Top
harry's toenail View Drop Down
Forum Newbie
Forum Newbie
Avatar

Joined: September 13 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 34 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2004 at 09:15
I think Robert's vocals on Vol. 2 show him at his best; but as much as I think the guy is deserving of respect, I don't enjoy his vocal work on much of his later work [except perhaps some of the Matching Mole stuff]. I agree in finding his vocals on Moon i
Back to Top
Dick Heath View Drop Down
Special Collaborator
Special Collaborator
Avatar
Jazz-Rock Specialist

Joined: April 19 2004
Location: England
Status: Offline
Points: 12818 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 20 2004 at 12:47

[QUOTE=harry's toenail]But also, on the rendition on Third, I got the feeling that in the bits where Robert was singing, the rest of the band didn't really seem to be giving him a very good backing. In fact they sounded to me like they didn't like those

Back to Top
harry's toenail View Drop Down
Forum Newbie
Forum Newbie
Avatar

Joined: September 13 2004
Status: Offline
Points: 34 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 23 2004 at 12:09
Ok, shows what I know I look forward to reading the SM bio you refer to when it comes out!
Back to Top
dafva View Drop Down
Forum Newbie
Forum Newbie
Avatar

Joined: September 24 2004
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 14 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 24 2004 at 07:17

The album is absolutely Soft machines best and I love all the songs. Wyatts voice are nice and raspy on "Moon in June" and I totally dig the crazy melody that just donŠt seem to go anywhere. Excellent!

Another funny thing is the use of the disto

You canŽt say no to the beauty and the beast!!
/David Bowie 1977
Back to Top
 Post Reply Post Reply

Forum Jump Forum Permissions View Drop Down



This page was generated in 0.156 seconds.
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.