Re: Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Best Years of Our Lives (1975).

by Nightjar Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:38 pm

J.R. Harley struggling to hit the high notes.

Or any kind of note at all.

by Nightjar Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:38 pm

Please banter with me the banter of you? cringe

by Nightjar Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:39 pm

I think Butterpops is off looking up what a guiro is. yes

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:39 pm

by Butterfield Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:39 pm

Nightjar wrote:
Butterfield wrote:
Nightjar wrote:
Butterfield wrote:Guiro.

I'm not hearing it.

It was in the chorusy thing. I heard scraping.

Isn't a guiro the drum with a stick through it that makes a jaunty, squeaky 'vigourously wiping a shammy on a window' sound?

We have this conversation every time. That might be a vibraslap. stare

THIS is a guiro. One scrapes it.

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Best Years of Our Lives (1975). - Page 9 61lip5eH03L._AC_SX679_

by Nightjar Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:39 pm

Gabriella Drake doesn't look very pleased.

by Butterfield Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:40 pm

Nightjar wrote:I think Butterpops is off looking up what a guiro is.

No, looking it up to inform you what one is. evil

by Nightjar Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:40 pm

Butterfield wrote:We have this conversation every time. That might be a vibraslap.

It's not a...

I can't bring myself to say it. Mrs M

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:41 pm

Record is over.

by Butterfield Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:41 pm

Those 6 minutes went quickly!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:41 pm

It is over.

I felt it was all too busy and hither and thither to properly cohere.

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

by Butterfield Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:41 pm

Bonus talking!

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:41 pm

I shall give it 2 stars.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:42 pm

There was something of the Musical Theaartre about it. Just a hint.

by Butterfield Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:43 pm

I quite enjoyed that in the end. Bits were generic, his voice a little annoying, but the music was pleasant or quirky enough to keep one interested this once, with some nice acoustic guitar soundz.

3/5

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:43 pm

S'alright. Was very mid 70s though, or at least post Ziggy ~~Sawdust~~ Stardust.

doom canary

by Nightjar Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:46 pm

Nightjar wrote:
Butterfield wrote:We have this conversation every time. That might be a vibraslap.

It's not a...

I can't bring myself to say it.

I'm thinking of a cuíca.

I always get the two mixed up. doh

by Nightjar Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:48 pm

What would my ex-wife say to me? oh no

Other than "I don't know what you're talking about".

by Nightjar Tue Jul 04, 2023 7:56 pm

Anyway, it was an overworked and indulgent gallimaufry of a thing.

Good musicianship and flashing moments of inspiration, but, despite being (probably) instigated and originated and developed by Liz "That Dress" Harley, the songs in themselves were also spoilt by his overbearing 'persona'.

A persona that ultimately seems to be a cross between Bryan Ferret's 'jaded sophisticat' and Rodney from Only Fools and Horses.

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