New Videos From "Flash"
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Topic: New Videos From "Flash"
Posted By: sherrynoland
Subject: New Videos From "Flash"
Date Posted: February 08 2010 at 14:39
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I'll add new videos to this thread as they become available. Here's a clip of the newly reunited FLASH rehearsing their '72 hit, "Small Beginnings" this week - 'wrestling the beast'! It's early on and still pretty rough, but exciting to hear it come to life again...... |
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Posted By: The Runaway
Date Posted: February 09 2010 at 10:12
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Colin's voice is better than ever! ------------- http://www.formspring.me/Aragorn224" rel="nofollow - Trendsetter win! The search for nonexistent perfection. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: February 09 2010 at 19:17
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Hi,
I hope they get Hipgnosis to do another album cover ... but it's pretty hard to redo that first one!
So, here's to hoping that the lady has grown ... and become a woman and then some ... just like the music!
(ohh Storm ... you're gonna hate me for this one!) ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: March 08 2010 at 01:20
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I love this review of the "Flash" reissue, especially the description of "Small Beginnings" and "Children of the Universe".....I found it on Peter's myspace blog page, but if anyone knows where it originated, please let me know. Tuesday, March 02, 2010 Five Stars for First FLASH CD = Flash= Lightning strikes again for Yes founder Where one branch of 70s prog was rooted in a mulch of dark portent and spiritual unease (King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator), there was another which instinctively grew towards the light. The early Yes albums are often derided for their simplistic hippy sentiments, but they radiate a fierce, heart-bursting euphoria. One of the chief architects of that sound was guitarist Peter Banks, who formed Flash in 1971 following his contentious departure from Yes. Comparisons are tiresome but inevitable: Flash is a riot of fervid extrapolations-on-a-theme, cockily juggled time signatures, rattling Rickenbacker bass and Gordian Knotted guitar runs. With two very significant fifths of the original Yes on board – keyboardist Tony Kaye guests throughout – there’s no reason why anyone should have any problem with that. Furthermore, the band’s contagious joie de vivre and we-set- sail vigour – particularly prevalent on the glorious cartwheel of Small Beginnings and Children Of The Universe – renders criticism meaningless. This album hoses fresh hope lesserand unforced goodwill directly into your synapses. Buy it right now – but don’t play it until the first bright sunny morning thereafter, so as to fix it in your mind with the appropriate setting. Alternatively, play it anytime to banish the clouds within. ***** Esoteric | ECLEC 2166 Reviewed by Marco Rossi |
Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: March 09 2010 at 01:30
My clouds are banished! 
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Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: March 14 2010 at 04:50
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Another Flash rehearsal clip - one of my favorite Flash tunes, "Manhattan Morning" from their third album, "Out of Our Hands"... |
Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: March 16 2010 at 01:24
| There was an 'oops' moment at 2:00, did you notice? It's a rehearsal - warts and all. But check out the guitar work at 3:40! |
Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: March 16 2010 at 01:35
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The 3 miniute coda from a new 8-minute piece called "10,000"... |
Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: March 26 2010 at 01:18
| Long live rock 'n roll - especially progressive rock 'n roll!!!! |
Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: September 29 2010 at 22:45
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Live footage of Flash on their trip to North Carolina and headlining at the ProgDay Festival 2010... |
Posted By: Ruby900
Date Posted: September 30 2010 at 03:30
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Great to see them again! Such an underated band. IMHO. ------------- "I always say that it’s about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place". Rick Wakeman |
Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: September 30 2010 at 14:18
I agree, but I have a theory about that. Flash shot quickly into the limelight in 1972 with their debut album "Flash" and their hit single "Small Beginnings", causing quite a stir. Within 6 months of their first rehearsal, they were playing huge venues alongside all the big stars of the day, were getting great reviews and were touring very successfully when they impetuously broke up. The fact that they're remembered at all after all these years, and their albums have been reissued again and again is a testament to the mark they made and the quality of their music and musicianship. Had they carried on, I believe Flash would be a household name right alongside the very best of the best! i also believe they'll stick around long enough this time to get the accolades they deserve.  |
Ruby900 wrote:Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: November 21 2010 at 00:22
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Here's a very up-close and personal conversation/interview with Ray Bennett and Colin Carter of "Flash" recorded at Ray's home in Las Vegas. Carter and Bennett talk publicly for the first time about the "Flash" break-up, the reunion, progressive rock and much more.... |
Posted By: sherrynoland
Date Posted: November 21 2010 at 00:24
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Part 2 of the interview... |