The Album Review Club - Christmas Break Until 8th January

[mrbelfry]

I can't quite believe I'm going to write this but:

Once roaming in vast herds the species (Bison, Rod, Bison) nearly became extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle. With an estimated population of 60 million in the late 18th century, the species was culled down to just 541 animals by 1889 as part of the subjugation of the Native Americans, because the American bison was a major resource for their traditional way of life. Mandolin Wind is a song written from the perspective of an aged farmer tending to his wife. The year it is set in is unknown.

Are you still with me mate?

Now steel guitars were invented in polynesia in 1885 and were extremely popular in the USA by 1915 when
Hawaian music was very popular.

Now this is where it gets interesting,

In 1905, the American Bison Society was founded, and the population gradually increased to a stable level of around 30,000 wild bison today.

So it would be altogether possible to have Bison/s freezing in a bloody field at the same time as Farmer Rod is sliding his steel rod up and down for the entertainment of his good lady.

I rest my case mlud.

And now we've all learnt something from the experience. Good team work.

 

[threespires]

I think this may be where it is worth mention that Rod had a reputation for never getting his round in at the bar but what he absolutely did do is pay Ronnie Lane’s medical expenses.

I think Ronnie Wood chipped in too? I'm sure I read somewhere that neither Lane nor Marriott got to see any royalties from Small Faces, by the time Kenney Jones managed to get what they were owed they'd both passed away.:-(

If I'd change anything about this album a bit more Ronnie Lane would be good. Wood is good on the bass but his guitarist instincts means he sometimes overcooks it. Lane started as a guitarist too so had that knack with a melodic line as well but as a 'proper' bassist knew less was sometimes more. Compare Woods bassline on Maggie May with Lane's on the glorious Stay With Me both are a great part of their songs but only one of them has no extraneous notes!

 

[journolud]

I can't quite believe I'm going to write this but:

Once roaming in vast herds the species (Bison, Rod, Bison) nearly became extinct by a combination of commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century and introduction of bovine diseases from domestic cattle. With an estimated population of 60 million in the late 18th century, the species was culled down to just 541 animals by 1889 as part of the subjugation of the Native Americans, because the American bison was a major resource for their traditional way of life. Mandolin Wind is a song written from the perspective of an aged farmer tending to his wife. The year it is set in is unknown.

Are you still with me mate?

Now steel guitars were invented in polynesia in 1885 and were extremely popular in the USA by 1915 when
Hawaian music was very popular.

Now this is where it gets interesting,

In 1905, the American Bison Society was founded, and the population gradually increased to a stable level of around 30,000 wild bison today.

So it would be altogether possible to have Bison/s freezing in a bloody field at the same time as Farmer Rod is sliding his steel rod up and down for the entertainment of his good lady.

I rest my case mlud.

Yes but can he play pool?

 

[Coatigan]

And now we've all learnt something from the experience. Good team work.

I haven't.

 

[Blue Mist]

I would like to review Rod Stewarts LP Every Picture Tells A Story from a 1971 teenagers point of view.

I have just been forced to turn the radio off because Tony Blackburn thought playing Knock Three Times by Dawn followed by Middle of the Roads Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep was groovy.
I turned to my record player and selected the latest Rod Stewart LP. It is the total opposite of the bland rubbish the blazers want us to hear. The title track is raw and even funny telling us about travelling the world.
The inclusion of rock goddess Maggie Bell makes it even better, her throaty voice lifts the track even higher in my estimation.
Maggie May, the number one single lifted from the LP has Rod at his best, we all know the story about being seduced by an older woman, something I'm sure we all dream about. The rest of the album is as equally good resonating with its target audience. Old farts like those at Radio One will moan about Rod singing Buffalo's instead of Bison but hey, its a song.Some may moan about other aspects of the LP but I've got to walk my dog so I'll end by saying it was brilliant. Not quite as good as Never a Dull Moment but that hasn't been released yet.

 

[threespires]

I haven't.

Are you telling me you already knew that the American Bison Society was founded in 1905? Are you available for a pub quiz on Sunday ? ;-)

I would like to review Rod Stewarts LP Every Picture Tells A Story from a 1971 teenagers point of view.

I have just been forced to turn the radio off because Tony Blackburn thought playing Knock Three Times by Dawn followed by Middle of the Roads Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep was groovy.
I turned to my record player and selected the latest Rod Stewart LP. It is the total opposite of the bland rubbish the blazers want us to hear. The title track is raw and even funny telling us about travelling the world.
The inclusion of rock goddess Maggie Bell makes it even better, her throaty voice lifts the track even higher in my estimation.
Maggie May, the number one single lifted from the LP has Rod at his best, we all know the story about being seduced by an older woman, something I'm sure we all dream about. The rest of the album is as equally good resonating with its target audience. Old farts like those at Radio One will moan about Rod singing Buffalo's instead of Bison but hey, its a song.Some may moan about other aspects of the LP but I've got to walk my dog so I'll end by saying it was brilliant. Not quite as good as Never a Dull Moment but that hasn't been released yet.

Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap - now there's a bloody odd song. It's either using child abandonment for entertainment or, if it's literal, mocking ornithological parenting skills. Either way it's not right.

 

[RobMCFC]

I would like to review Rod Stewarts LP Every Picture Tells A Story from a 1971 teenagers point of view.

I have just been forced to turn the radio off because Tony Blackburn thought playing Knock Three Times by Dawn followed by Middle of the Roads Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep was groovy.
I turned to my record player and selected the latest Rod Stewart LP. It is the total opposite of the bland rubbish the blazers want us to hear. The title track is raw and even funny telling us about travelling the world.
The inclusion of rock goddess Maggie Bell makes it even better, her throaty voice lifts the track even higher in my estimation.
Maggie May, the number one single lifted from the LP has Rod at his best, we all know the story about being seduced by an older woman, something I'm sure we all dream about. The rest of the album is as equally good resonating with its target audience. Old farts like those at Radio One will moan about Rod singing Buffalo's instead of Bison but hey, its a song.Some may moan about other aspects of the LP but I've got to walk my dog so I'll end by saying it was brilliant. Not quite as good as Never a Dull Moment but that hasn't been released yet.

Thanks for sharing this. It's good to get input from somebody who listened to the album when it was new.

It's something that comes up often in this thread: the fact that there's no possible way that everybody who isn't familiar with an album can get as much out of it as the nominator, or somebody else, has when they've had the benefit of 30/40/50 years+ listening and all of the memories that go with it.

My point being that it is great to read the experiences of those that lived an album at the time, but everybody's opinion is valid.

 

[Blue Mist]

Thanks for sharing this. It's good to get input from somebody who listened to the album when it was new.

It's something that comes up often in this thread: the fact that there's no possible way that everybody who isn't familiar with an album can get as much out of it as the nominator, or somebody else, has when they've had the benefit of 30/40/50 years+ listening and all of the memories that go with it.

My point being that it is great to read the experiences of those that lived an album at the time, but everybody's opinion is valid.

I am also available for reviews of The Doors 'Live' ( I don't think it had a proper title)
Bowies brilliant 'Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust' and of course Alladin Sane.
All before I became a soul boy.
Have you covered Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious B.I.G 'Ready to Die' yet ?

 

[Blue Mist]

Are you telling me you already knew that the American Bison Society was founded in 1905? Are you available for a pub quiz on Sunday ? ;-)



Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap - now there's a bloody odd song. It's either using child abandonment for entertainment or, if it's literal, mocking ornithological parenting skills. Either way it's not right.

That was my point, not meant as an attack on Mr Belfry. At the time of EPTAS, also in the charts was Clive Dunnes 'Grandad' and My Sweet Lord George Harrison !
Anyway, why have I ignored this thread for so long?

 

[RobMCFC]

I am also available for reviews of The Doors 'Live' ( I don't think it had a proper title)
Bowies brilliant 'Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust' and of course Alladin Sane.
All before I became a soul boy.
Have you covered Biggie Smalls aka The Notorious B.I.G 'Ready to Die' yet ?

If you want to join the list of nominators, just say the word .....