Blackmore´s Night
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Topic: Blackmore´s Night
Posted By: WaywardSon
Subject: Blackmore´s Night
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 21:54
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What are your thoughts on Ritchie´s mediaval band? When their first album was released "Shadow of the Moon" I remember rushing out to buy it. After the initial shock that it was far removed from the music I was used to, I gradually came to like it and thought it different. I landed up buying the second album, but it sounded much the same as the first. Also Candice Night´s voise gets a bit monotonous and monotone. I basically gave up on them after that.
Some stuff on each album is really good but the majority of the songs seem like rehashed songs.
Was there anything great that came after "Under a violet moon"
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Posted By: Abalaea4
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 22:02
| I like them a lot specially their first album.Their third album is more electric than the previous so you might like it. |
Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 22:07
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^^^ Thanks for the advice, I think the third one is Fire´s at Midnight, isn´t it? I will give it a try definately. I´m also keen to see their DVD. |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: May 02 2006 at 23:29
I have the first two, first one is quite good, but the second one is crap IMO BTW, they are prog and they're on this site. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 01:30
Horrible.  It's a shame Ritchie has gone that low quality-wise. Great guitarist. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 03:54
Actually this is exactly this kind of attitude that Blackmore hates: he spent years making a fortune for the record industry and now he wants to do what he wants and not whartt is expected from him
 I also was taken aback at first
 and had repulsion for what seemed a phoney Troubabour /bard trip which some obviously well-endowed but moderately talented blonde bombshell half his age induced, but this medieval thing was a real interest from him since the early Rainbow days. It took meyears to come to terms with his new career twist , but I recently rewrote some reviews of mine - though not of the second album yet!!! There are still some superb wailing guitars solos on some tracks of BN, just listen to the stuff!!!
 Of course there are times when this stuff is close to laughable (the travelling bard myth, the dressing up>> obviously an influence of Candice , the touring in medieval castle etc..) , but why the hell should Ritchie not live his fantasies the way he feels >> with a luscious babe in his arms , sounds like a dream come true
 and believe me, this group has its solid following , far away from the rock crowds. Next time he comes around in Belgium, I will try to catch his show, out of curiosity , but I think I might actually enjoy it ------------- 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 |
Logos wrote:Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 05:33
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Is actually good but as you said Night's voice gets monotonous. Is good music but not for ears that used to listen prog. ------------- 
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Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 05:34
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Sorry, i forget. RycheMan, the dvd is quite good, i recommend it -------------
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 07:05
"Shadow" is quite good, "Under a Violet Moon" is more of the same.
Is there anything great after those two? Yes. Last three albums are the best in my opinion. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 07:46
I would tend to agree with you that the later albums are generally better 'although I have not heardthe one from this year yet). ------------- 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: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 09:16
| I Have Never HEard them, do you reccomend me to buy one of their albums? |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 10:53
IMO the best starting point is "Castles And Dreams" DVD - good selection of songs, impressive performance, high sound and picture quality, lots of extra features. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 11:09
ritchie blackmore is, and always was, a magical guitar talent. he spent many years learning his craft, some years before he formed deep purple (he named the group after one of his mother's favourite songs). after almost driving himself into the ground touring with purple (management flogged them to death with relentless touring, afraid that the "bubble" would burst - they made it burst!) he left purple and ploughed his own hugely successful furrow with rainbow. i'm not a fan of "blackmore's night" but whatever ritchie decides to do is fine by me, he's given his all for us in the past and he's entitled to do what he likes, he's entitled to be happy in his work and good luck to him! -------------  Prog Archives Tour Van 
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 11:57
That has a lot of atributes, but also a big price tag. I would recomend "Fires at Midnight", is probably their easier album to listen. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 11:58
Thanks! but i have many cd's to be bought before that DVD
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 15:20
And, in this case, what for you asked recommendations? ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Flip_Stone
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 18:31
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I've mostly only listened to their first album. Though I really like Deep Purple, Rainbow, and a lot of medieval rock out there, the first Blackmore's Night album seems very weak. I've heard a few later songs (like Road to Mandalay), and they sound much better (slightly heavier and rockier).
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Posted By: Serguilloche
Date Posted: May 03 2006 at 18:45
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Blackmore's Night is wonderful. Some of the songs that Ritchie lets his lass write are a bit iffy, but that's the price of having a tasty wife half your age. Her voice is much like her, sweet and pretty  Most tracks from Ghost of a Rose and Shadow of the Moon (the ones I own) are just lovely, simple yet catchy and innocent. Not everyone's cup of tea, but they make a jaded bugger like me smile. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Serguilloche/?chartstyle=Bubbles"> 
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Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: May 04 2006 at 04:22
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Those who wish for a rockier version of Blackmore's Night should try their latest, The Village Lanterne. For everyone who just have he first one, I'd say the best of the rest is 'Ghost of a Rose', specially the title track, which is the closest thing to the proggish sound they have got. |
Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: May 05 2006 at 10:32
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I like the live album - is a good overview of their career to that point. ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: XTChuck
Date Posted: May 05 2006 at 11:21
I've only heard the first album. I wasn't impressed........
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Posted By: moodyxadi
Date Posted: May 05 2006 at 12:04
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I'm a huge Blackimore fan, and a moderate Blackmore's night fan. Have all their albums minus the last one (in the buying list), and these are my impressions about them:
Shadow of the moon - excelente begining, tracing the lines for the group and their future work. 4/5 (in Blackmore's Night terms, of course)
Under a violet moon - more electric than the first one. Forget the usual silly lyrics. Don't understand the bad impression some of you have about this album, that is their best. Listen to Spanish Nights and the guitar soklo in Gone wit the wind. A forgettable Candice ballad is the weak point of this album - 4,5/5
Fires at midnight - a lot of electric guitars, but the tunes star to repeat themselves a lot. More forgettable ballads. 3/5
Past times with good company - a great deception. Boring in most parts, this double album doesn't reflect the real energy of this band playing live. Only the cover of Sixteen Century Greensleeves saves the album. 2,5/5
Ghost of a rose - I expect for the worst after the previous albums, but this one is far better than Fires at midnight. Diverse moods (not the "more of the same" thing that bores me in their playing in the live album) and a good cover of Tull's rainbow Blues. 3,5/5
Castles and Dreams DVD - absolutely necessary even for the casual listener. This is a huge improvement after the disapointment of Past times... It's a complete show, full of energy, dynamic and a band very excited with their playing. Ritchie still captures the atention for him, even when he's playing an almost audible acoustic guitar (that lies under the keyboard and violin sounds in many songs). Candice talks a lot, what it's boring, but you'll survive. Only flaw: an unecessary Black Might at the end of the show. Why not one or two rainbow tunse? And Candice's Soldier of fortune is too weak. But it's a wondeful show with a bonus DVD full of information. 4,5/5
I hope this comments can help you. ------------- Bach, Ma, Bros, Déia, Dante. |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: May 05 2006 at 12:16
I don't think the lyrics are silly, nice lyrics IMO, with images from good books we read in our childhood years.
I find it rather lovely than boring. This lady has irresistible charm and a good sence of humour.
------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |