Re: David Essex - Rock On (1973).

by Guest Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:32 pm

Odd lyrics.

by Nightjar Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:32 pm

This is like an overprotective dad or older brother lecturing his teenage daughter. no no

by Guest Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:32 pm

B*llocks! Wrong thread!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:33 pm

Turning up the voice.

by Nightjar Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:33 pm

Hitting and holding the high notes!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:33 pm

Last track - Sept. 15th.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:34 pm

More piano.

by Nightjar Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:34 pm

Dainty, melancholic coda.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:35 pm

Oddly short one.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:35 pm

That last one could have done with being longer. rant

by Guest Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:36 pm

I've been posting my insightful comments in the wrong thread, killcomputer

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:37 pm

It is over.

That was a very odd album that didn't seem to know just what direction it should be going in. It worked best when it was being strange and menacing and worst when it was being more mainstream and heartthrobby. I did feel his own songs worked better than the covers.

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

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:37 pm

I shall give it 3 stars.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:38 pm

WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:I've been posting my insightful comments in the wrong thread,

by Guest Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:38 pm

Funny album.

I quite liked it for all it's borrowed bits.

by Nightjar Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:38 pm

I was all set to be very cynical and unimpressed by that album.

Bu' I wern'.

In truth it was a bit of a dog's dinner song-wise and in the hands of a lesser producer it might've not worked out so well, but Ess*x's vocals were pretty impressive and there was plenty to just simply enjoy.

by Nightjar Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:41 pm

I liked his Paul Simon cover as well.

I'd be quite interested to hear the original because I can't imagine Gunken and Simarfel doing anything that sounded like that, production-wise at least.

I'm unsure how to mark it.

Part of me thinks 4 stars, yet another part of me says that if I listened to it again I'd be less impressed...

hmm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:42 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:I've been posting my insightful comments in the wrong thread,

I think I've succeeded in moving your posts over to this thread.

by Guest Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:43 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
The Call of the Wendigo wrote:
WhatDoesThisButtonDo? wrote:I've been posting my insightful comments in the wrong thread,
I think I've succeeded in moving your posts over to this thread.

by Nightjar Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:49 pm

The discussion on Wikipedia about the composition and production (Arrangement and context) was conceived for the song "Rock On" is really interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_On_(song)

"Flowers himself noted that, as a reward for devising the double-tracked bass line, he was paid double his normal session fee, and thus received £24 instead of the usual £12."

joy