Defend the Indefensible--Utopia

"Deface The Music" alone secures Utopia defensibility.

oblivion/pov/2nd st hit a strong nerve for me from hearing it in the car all the time as a wee tot. so many of these songs still sound amazing, but there are few i can safely recommend to just anybody.

lots of good tunes but severely bad lyrics.

that roger powell album "air pocket" is kinda sweet in a 'rape this album for samples'/'re-edit the fuck out of this track' kind of way

"freedom fighters" from the very first utopia album might be the best utopia song, though.

i really want to play "too much water" at a party but i'm sure it sounds totally wack to everyone except me.

"Love Is the Answer" from Oops Wrong Planet is the blue eyed soul number for the apocalypse.

Okay, so I'm enjoying the first Utopia album a great deal more than I thought I would from reading about it.

I picked up Something/Anything a few months back and really got into it. So today when I spotted the first Utopia album in the dollar bin, I thought "why not?"

Turns out there were a lot of reasons.

I think that people who say they hate prog, this is what they're hearing in their heads when they say it.

Roger Powell’s keyboards on “windows” are truly exquisite

This, um, rules, or sth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPcK8xSye-A

"Martyr" is a really cool tune

kasim's vocals are excellent on that one, agree, hell of a tune

things i learned about utopia today:

1) there are THREE keyboardists on Another Live

2) luther vandross sang backing vocals for them at a London show in 1975 bootlegs are out there

He's here w Todd on the Old Grey Whistle Test as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA_zFgjvuqk