― Manny Parsons, Tuesday, 9 July 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
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― unknown or illegal eagle, Wednesday, 10 July 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
― -, Wednesday, 10 July 2002 00:00 (10 years ago) Permalink
Knowing the story I have always been curious about what their records sounded like, but never come across one in a dollar bin.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 00:48 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison, Tuesday, 13 April 2004 01:45 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Justin Farrar (Justin Farrar), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 01:48 (9 years ago) Permalink
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 01:57 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 07:49 (9 years ago) Permalink
See:
http://www.klaatu.org/klaatu1.html
They do sound like The Beatles on certain tracks (John Woloschuk, the main writer of the band, can do a good John Lennon impersonation) most notably "Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft", though mostly it's the 'I Am the Walrus' pop-prog vibe.
I guess you'd have to imagine that "Anus of Uranus" was the Ringo track. :)
― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 21:40 (9 years ago) Permalink
― uh (eetface), Wednesday, 5 May 2004 21:53 (9 years ago) Permalink
But hey, should I ... uh ... check out a Klaatu record? I feel like listening to "Calling Occupants" right now.
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 9 September 2005 16:24 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 9 September 2005 17:14 (7 years ago) Permalink
Overstated a bit. It's a pleasant pop rock record.
― George the Animal Steele, Friday, 9 September 2005 17:51 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 10 September 2005 22:55 (7 years ago) Permalink
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 10 September 2005 23:31 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 10 September 2005 23:38 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 11 September 2005 00:20 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 04:21 (7 years ago) Permalink
They are still playing!!
― everything, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:22 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:24 (7 years ago) Permalink
― everything, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:27 (7 years ago) Permalink
http://kempa.com/blog/archives/000696.html
― jb, Tuesday, 13 September 2005 16:34 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Thursday, 15 September 2005 03:04 (7 years ago) Permalink
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 15 September 2005 03:42 (7 years ago) Permalink
― walter kranz (walterkranz), Thursday, 15 September 2005 04:08 (7 years ago) Permalink
― chad (chad), Thursday, 15 September 2005 05:42 (7 years ago) Permalink
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 15 September 2005 09:33 (7 years ago) Permalink
-- George the Animal Steele (george_the_animal_steele...), September 9th, 2005.
Jeez, George, you do make it sound like a bit of a trifle! It's really a damn intense and impeccable pop record! Their songwriting skills were just at a super high level. And just the genius of these guys - it's like they were playing their own genre of music entirely.
I'm a little puzzled, frankly, by the whole deal with these guys! Why isn't Sir Army Suit considered something along the lines of being to the seventies what Odessey and Oracle is to the sixties? You'd think a major label album like this would have been more widely discovered by now!
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 17 September 2005 05:07 (7 years ago) Permalink
I guess it must have seemed a good idea at the time when some dimbulb US reviewer started the rumor and the record company let it stand because it was inspiring sales.
― George the Animal Steele, Saturday, 17 September 2005 17:50 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 17 September 2005 18:03 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 17 September 2005 18:05 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 17 September 2005 21:10 (7 years ago) Permalink
― George the Animal Steele, Saturday, 17 September 2005 22:32 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 17 September 2005 23:34 (7 years ago) Permalink
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 17 September 2005 23:38 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Earl Nash (earlnash), Sunday, 18 September 2005 04:37 (7 years ago) Permalink
― do feed the troll, Sunday, 18 September 2005 05:16 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Sunday, 18 September 2005 05:32 (7 years ago) Permalink
― jaxon (jaxon), Friday, 9 December 2005 22:43 (7 years ago) Permalink
― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Friday, 9 December 2005 23:45 (7 years ago) Permalink
― baked beans (Royal Bed Bouncer), Friday, 9 December 2005 23:47 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 10 December 2005 01:41 (7 years ago) Permalink
Quite a bit of other material included, nothing duff. I was surprised at the consistancy of it. Even someone unfamiliar with Klaatu originals would find a great deal to enjoy in its mix of classic FM pop tunes, Politzania-craziness and on and off British combo sound.
― George the Animal Steele, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 17:23 (7 years ago) Permalink
Geir's comment makes no sense, by the way. Magentalane was their last album, recorded only for Canadian Capitol after they got dropped in the U.S. Not sure why someone who likes Sir Army Suit wouldn't be into Magentalane.
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 22:40 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 04:29 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 04:33 (7 years ago) Permalink
― George the Animal Steele, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 08:55 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 12:15 (7 years ago) Permalink
Also, one live cut, to show they occasionally did do a show or two, I guess. It's mediocre at best. Shows they had a reason not to play live. And a couple of "singles" that were either never released in the US or kept off albums for various reasons. I can't recall the titles offhand, but both are good. And I very much enjoy the complete orchestral mix sans synthesizers of Hope.
For the professors in the fan demographic, the original mix of "Rugglesby" with normal voice vocals. They were thought inadequate, so the tape was played sped up, the vocal line sung again for a different track, and then the song remixed at normal speed to give the version on EST.
― George the Animal Steele, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 17:14 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 17:53 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Joe (Joe), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 18:04 (7 years ago) Permalink
Shame, really, because the records were good ones. In fairness, the box does a nice job of documenting it, warts and all. The press instantly vanishes after EST and the examples included all have the same inane Beatles references and article titles like "Klaatu Lets it Be" or things worked off Beatle refs. I barely hear any Beatle things. Actually, infrequently, I do hear them a little like Supertramp. Then again, they were all over the place in pop styles.
― George the Animal Steele, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 18:04 (7 years ago) Permalink
― everything, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 19:42 (7 years ago) Permalink
so OTM!
― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Thursday, 29 December 2005 17:40 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Jeffrey Adams, Sunday, 8 January 2006 03:57 (7 years ago) Permalink
― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 8 January 2006 04:00 (7 years ago) Permalink
"Named for a robot in a science fiction movie, Klaatu's only claim to fame came through rumor; its self-titled first LP was reported to be the re-formed Beatles, a 1976 scam perpetuated by the group members' refusal to identify themselves. When word leaked out that it was only a batch of anonymous Canadian session players, reality asserted itself: mediocrity runs rampant through each of these discs, even the attempt to make Sir Army Suit a Northland Sgt. Pepper. Good for a laugh - barely."
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 13 May 2006 22:26 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 19 April 2007 07:47 (6 years ago) Permalink
I found this for $0.50 and didn't buy it. Did I make a mistake?
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 31 August 2008 01:57 (4 years ago) Permalink
Yes.
― our work is never over, Sunday, 31 August 2008 02:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
Shit.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 31 August 2008 02:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
We all make mistakes.
― our work is never over, Sunday, 31 August 2008 02:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
WOah that was fast.
I bought that record for like 5 bucks! I'm the one who made the mistake..
But seriously, this is an okay album in comparison to "Hope". Best space-themed pop rock band to come out of Canada in the late 70's, which contained three memebers...
― our work is never over, Sunday, 31 August 2008 02:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=c1FSg5gcviU
― our work is never over, Sunday, 31 August 2008 02:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
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― our work is never over, Sunday, 31 August 2008 02:16 (4 years ago) Permalink
I totally defend the first record, there is definitely something really hokey about it but some great songs, especially "Sub Rosa Subway" and "Interplanetary Craft." Don't know calling something "Anus of Uranus" ever seemed like a good idea, actually in general when they try to bring the "ROCK" element (that song, also "True Life Hero") they fall really flat. But I dig em in psychedelic mode, and of course their Muppet number "Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby" is a charmer. Was that supposed to be the Ringo track?
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 24 September 2012 23:40 (8 months ago) Permalink
It's Woloschuck singing with his voice slowed down.
― timellison, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
"True Life Hero" is classic '70s hard pop-rock in my book.
― timellison, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:14 (7 months ago) Permalink