Re: John Cale - Helen of Troy (1975)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri May 01, 2020 7:06 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Sounds a bit like the Talking heads.

by Nightjar Fri May 01, 2020 7:06 pm

Eno's making himself known.

by Guest Fri May 01, 2020 7:07 pm

Spedding then recorded his own instrumental album, Songs Without Words (1970) for Harvest Records, which was only released in Japan.[1]

Sly

That must be some obscure sh*t there.

by Guest Fri May 01, 2020 7:07 pm

I like this. Shame it sounds like a third generation cassette copy.

by Nightjar Fri May 01, 2020 7:08 pm

All getting a bit much now.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri May 01, 2020 7:08 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:Is Chris Spedding the bloke who did Motorbiking?
Wikipedia tells me he was one of The Wombles.
And that he was on Tug of War and Pipes of Peace.

There is no mention of him on the credits for either of those albums. Sly

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri May 01, 2020 7:08 pm

Track 3 - China Sea.

by Nightjar Fri May 01, 2020 7:08 pm

"Junkie on the China Sea"

by Nightjar Fri May 01, 2020 7:09 pm

Slight.

Slightly nice.

Beach Boys-ey.

by Nightjar Fri May 01, 2020 7:09 pm

Sweet strings.

Moog!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri May 01, 2020 7:10 pm

This is trying to be catchy but is too leaden for that.

by Nightjar Fri May 01, 2020 7:10 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri May 01, 2020 7:10 pm

Also trying to be the Beach Boys but without the harmonies to make it work.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri May 01, 2020 7:10 pm

Track 4 - Engine.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri May 01, 2020 7:11 pm

This is the worst thing on the album, so far.

by Guest Fri May 01, 2020 7:12 pm

I thought it was going to be ballad all the way. scared

by Nightjar Fri May 01, 2020 7:12 pm

Welsh miserableism.

by Nightjar Fri May 01, 2020 7:12 pm

Vocals like a grinding gear.

by Nightjar Fri May 01, 2020 7:13 pm

He's doing that occasional thing he does.

Namely, just squawking and shouting. oh no

by Guest Fri May 01, 2020 7:13 pm

:scary:

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John Cale or John Fail?