Re: The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle (1968)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:51 pm

Harpsichord.

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:52 pm

I never thought I'd be thinking that there was too much Mellotron. oh no

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:53 pm

It seems amazing, in retrospect, that this was only 7 years before the Sex Pistols appeared.

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:54 pm

Strange Beatles-y harmonies but with all angliar major-minor key fluctuautions.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:54 pm

Track 9 - This Will Be Our Year.

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:55 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:It seems amazing, in retrospect, that this was only 1 years before the Nightjar appeared.

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:55 pm

This is pretty good.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:56 pm

This is probably the best piece of songwriting on the album, so far.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:56 pm

It's a shame his voice is too weedy for it.

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:56 pm

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:57 pm

Track 10 - Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914).

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:57 pm

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:It's a shame his voice is too weedy for it.

It's breathy, not weedy. rant

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:57 pm

Are they tilting at the Brechtian?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:57 pm

Sounds like a different singer.

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:58 pm

Something something Remarque?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:58 pm

Accordion.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Oct 29, 2020 8:59 pm

Track 11 - Friends of Mine.

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:00 pm

Use of pantechnicon calliope type thing.

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:01 pm

Inventive use of use of Mellotron. happy

by Nightjar Thu Oct 29, 2020 9:01 pm

This is a much better album than I'm giving it credit for.

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