Not dissing Saxondale
No indeed - I'd go so far as to say that I'd be suspicious of anyone (or anybloke let's say) (it's A Bloke Thing) who didn't identify just a teensy tiny bit with Saxondale... recognise a glint of affinity
It's a top tune, any road.
I wonder what Aaron Copland made of it. I checked and he was still alive when this was a hit.
Now this - Mussorgsky Moogified - doesn't sound nearly as good but the visuals are mad
"Groundbreaking cinematic techniques" said Richard Williams, the presenter of Old Grey Whistle Test when they played a clip (at 8.02)
But it's just the same howlround plastic-fantastique FX used on Top of the Pops whenever they had a glammy groop on.
And a barrage of comic strip Pop Arty images in garish hues overlaid.
I don't know why they turn the FX off half way through - after that, who wants to look at Emerson Lake and Palmer au naturel?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
What are the other Saxondale jams?
"Jessica" by the Allman Brothers?
(Aka the Top Gear theme tune)
ELP rock harder than I'd expected in that live clip. They sound like Add N to (X).
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