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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by Nightjar Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:34 pm
A bit Elton, a bit Bovvie, a bit Mott.
Unreconstructed '50s/'60s R&R basically.
Unreconstructed '50s/'60s R&R basically.
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by Nightjar Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:34 pm
Nightjar wrote:A bit Elton, a bit Bovvie, a bit Mott.
Unreconstructed '50s/'60s R&R basically.
A Little Richard goes a long long way...
Nuff said.
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by Nightjar Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:36 pm
"O how the strings retch"
Brilliant opening line.
Brilliant opening line.
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by Nightjar Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:37 pm
I used to have this on shuffle on my iPod and it didn't work out of context of the rest of the album.
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by Nightjar Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:37 pm
Is this Frampton on guitar?
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by Nightjar Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:39 pm
Jobriath's real name was Bruce Wayne Campbell. 
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by Nightjar Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:39 pm
Nice little whine of Mellotron at the very end there.
Really ace album too.
Really ace album too.
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by The Call of the Wendigo Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:41 pm
It is over.
In places, it was interesting because it sounded like Bowie. In places, it was interesting because it sounded like Elton John. But the Bowie bits were never as good as Bowie and the Elton John bits were never as good as Elton John. Overall, it had the feeling of an album that was perpetually disappearing through the cracks.
Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it.
In places, it was interesting because it sounded like Bowie. In places, it was interesting because it sounded like Elton John. But the Bowie bits were never as good as Bowie and the Elton John bits were never as good as Elton John. Overall, it had the feeling of an album that was perpetually disappearing through the cracks.
Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it.
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by The Call of the Wendigo Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:41 pm
I shall give it 3 stars.
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by Nightjar Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:44 pm
A very engaging and enjoyable album throughout.
Broad comparisons to D. Bovvie and all don't quite tell the whole story.
A lot of the apparent Elton, D. Bovvie, Lou Reed etc-type stuff preceded or was contemporaneous to what those artists were doing or did.
In truth it runs alongside and even ahead in certain cases.
All the work by those artistes that bear comparison to the stuff on this album are from '73-'77.
GYBR, DD, SCD for example.
Broad comparisons to D. Bovvie and all don't quite tell the whole story.
A lot of the apparent Elton, D. Bovvie, Lou Reed etc-type stuff preceded or was contemporaneous to what those artists were doing or did.
In truth it runs alongside and even ahead in certain cases.
All the work by those artistes that bear comparison to the stuff on this album are from '73-'77.
GYBR, DD, SCD for example.
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Re: Jobriath - Jobriath (1973)
by Guest Wed Aug 26, 2020 10:35 pm
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:More mentions of pierrots.
Parrots?
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