Re: The Motels - All Four One (1983)

by Nightjar Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:02 pm

This is a quite odd mix of elements.

Not an entirely successful mix. sad yes

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:02 pm

Nightjar wrote:
Nightjar wrote:Archetypal rock chick singer.

Called Martha.

Is it? I thought it was Geddy Lee style ROCK singer.

by Nightjar Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:02 pm

It's like new-wave, hard rock and prog.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:03 pm

Sounds like if Toyah was the lead singer of Heart.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:03 pm

Track 2 - Take the L.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:03 pm

Patti Smith lite?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:03 pm

Hints of Nils Lofgren's No Mercy.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:04 pm

Nightjar wrote:It's like new-wave, hard rock and prog.

~~Wuss Rock.~~ Glam Metal?

by Nightjar Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:04 pm

They're from 'Berserkely'.

They sound more like they're from Australia.

By way of Merthyr Tydfil.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:04 pm

"Wanting to stretch the limits as to what they could do artistically and musically, the band recorded some of its darkest and heaviest music to date"

shifty

by Nightjar Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:04 pm

This is a bit cringe

.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:05 pm

The rest of the band sound quite anonymous.

by Nightjar Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:05 pm

They surely must've been the most uncool band in the hipster Bay Area scene at the time. sad yes

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:06 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:The rest of the band sound quite anonymous.

It's like they're a band with no musical fingerprints.

by Nightjar Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:06 pm

Pointless soft-rock keyboard instrumental break.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:06 pm

3: Only The Lonely

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:06 pm

Track 3 - Only the Lonely.

The Roy Orbison song? Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:07 pm

Hazell O'Connor seems to have appeared.

by Nightjar Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:07 pm

Apparently this was their 'hit'.

by Nightjar Tue Sep 06, 2022 7:07 pm

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All Four One or ALL BAR ONE (Wood Green branch)?