Re: Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream (1969)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:45 pm

Guitar arpeggio.

by Guest Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:45 pm

They were getting far too clever with that last one.

by Guest Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:46 pm

The big hit!

With a different singer by the sound of it.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:46 pm

by Nightjar Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:46 pm

Everything considered, this is a fabulous song.

It shouldn't be tainted by out knowledge of album as a whole. no no

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:46 pm

Piano's back.

by Nightjar Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:46 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:The big hit!

With a different singer by the sound of it.

No, still John Keen.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:47 pm

Handclaps.

by Nightjar Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:47 pm

Classic Strawberry Fields descending chords.

by Guest Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:47 pm

This came out in 1970 apparently.

by Nightjar Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:48 pm

Andy Newman's piano works here.

I guess because it's playfully Beatles-esque.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:48 pm

Hints of Dear Prudence.

by Guest Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:48 pm

Little Prog masterpiece innit?

by Nightjar Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:49 pm

It's such a glorious Beatles rip-off.

1970 - everyone was in mourning.

This was just the ticket.

bounce

by Guest Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:49 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:Little Prog masterpiece innit?

I didn't mean that as quite as sarcastic as it came out.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:50 pm

It is over.

That was a generally lacklustre album with the same musical tricks used over and over again, then suddenly culminating in a track that put the rest of the LP to shame.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:50 pm

I shall give it 3 stars.

by Nightjar Thu Jul 23, 2020 7:57 pm

Well, what can I say.

What can anyone say.

Overall it was a bit of a lark - a vanity piece from Pete Townshend.

Three completely different kinds of musician - a pub-rock veteran, a teenage prodigy and a self-taught multi-instrumentalist with a music hall schtick more akin to the Bonzo Dog band than anything else (indeed, he would've known Roger Ruskin-Spear from Ealing).

All held together in dubious style by Pete Townshend.

My feeling is that, although it's inevitable that Wendi and ButtonZ will be scathing, it's unfair.

It is a jolly album that never really effectively coalesces other than on the hit single.

It used to puzzle me how a band like TN could've come up with Get It Together and then disappear off the face of the pop universe, but now I can see clearly why.

Still, have some compassion.

Is it/was it hateful?

No.

Never.

Of course not.

Disappointing of course, but God bless them all. love them

by Guest Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:01 pm

Nightjar wrote:
My feeling is that, although it's inevitable that Wendi and ButtonZ will be scathing, it's unfair.

We've given it a ★★★ mark

Colbert

The vocals are weak, the production dated, even in 1970, the lyrics are poor, and it's too much like a poor man's Who, but it's alright, it's got charm, and good moments, a ★★★ album if you will.

by Nightjar Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:06 pm

It's amazing how perfectly effective Andy Newman's piano break works on Something In The Air and just comes over like hackneyed thorn-in-the-side on so many of the other tracks.

And how John Keen's strained, reaching vocals work so well - straining and reaching for a collective sense of revolution.

Probably.

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