Re: Trees - On the Shore (1970)

by Nightjar Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:53 pm

My problem with female vocals on folk songs is they're often employed in a lazily breathy, s*xy manner to allure the unwitting male unsure of what record he should buy at HMV.

e.g. a sallow, spotty herbert is more likely to buy the record if a sylphlike waif with a voice like a dandelion clock is singing rather than a firm-voiced, nasal Dave Mattocks! sad yes

by Nightjar Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:54 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:This one's growing on me now.

Something something mildew...

by Guest Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:55 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:55 pm

Track 5 - Fool.

by Nightjar Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:56 pm

Witches dancing around on teh Sabbat!

music

by Nightjar Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:56 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Fool

What'you saying!?

by Guest Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:56 pm

Now this is Steeleye Span!

Oh, hang on, that piano bit isn't…

by Guest Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:57 pm

Nightjar wrote:
WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Fool

What'you saying!?

by Nightjar Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:57 pm

As the album trundles on I sense the band's limitation.

by Nightjar Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:58 pm

I don't really feel the individuals are fully engaged with the genre.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:59 pm

All the songs are going on too long now.

by Nightjar Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:59 pm

This psych-rock guitar solo for example...

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:00 pm

Track 6 - Adam's Toon.

by Nightjar Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:01 pm

Folk, isn't really supposed to drag like this.

The conspicuously posited girly vocals are no longer subtle enough to stretch the overall machination.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:01 pm

This is a short one. cheer

by Guest Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:01 pm

Oswald the Smith has Not Returned / To see which way the world has turned

Folk / psyche

by Guest Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:01 pm

I liked the wrong notes in that one.

by Nightjar Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:02 pm

Nightjar wrote:The conspicuously posited girly vocals are no longer subtle enough to stretch the overall machination.

I am not exactly sure what I mean by this.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:02 pm

Track 7 - Geordie.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:02 pm

This sounds more promising.

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Can't see the woods.