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)
