And the latter camp (to which I belong) hardly needs a listening thread, especially when it'll be filled with people who can't comprehend the majesty of "Be Ever Wonderful," "Fantasy," "Reasons," "Getaway," et al.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
thx shakey
― тпсбlack (Spottie), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
right, so on to the Bee Gees then right
xp
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
You had a good run, EW&F listening thread, but sad to say you did not meet down to the standards of badness.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:00 (five years ago) link
listening to "Evil" now this is awesome
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
it's ok - that descending 4-note riff kinda wears out its welcome imo
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:07 (five years ago) link
I meant to keep this thread going but I've literally been on planes half of the last two weeks (3 days in Oslo followed by 3 days in Stockholm) - my life is a tidal wave of chaos right now and getting it together to do a daily post kinda slid down the ladder of priorities. My apologies.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:26 (five years ago) link
no worries, do you want to just put this on hold for awhile or...?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
Honestly, response has been fairly minimal, and once we got a little deeper into the Columbia albums it really would become one awesome song after another with no goofy weirdness or anything - it'd be really hard to just say "Yeah, this song is amazing" over and over again. If folks wanna move on to the Bee Gees, I'm fine with it. Especially since the chaos I just described has in no way abated and will probably get even worse in early 2019.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
I'm fine for now just saying that Open Our Eyes through Powerlight is one banger after another and I can think of no other band that managed to sustain a longer run of pure pleasure, and leave it at that.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
^^^
Pretty much, yeah. Also that Gratitude is one of the great live albums of the 1970s (the golden era for live albums).
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
I only know the singles and a couple of albums, but I can see now that EW&F might have been better served by an artist poll than a listening thread.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
Let's fast track that, please.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
Glad you mentioned Powerlight because the singles at least rule.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
I even stan for parts of Electric Universe but I realize that's probably taking it a step too far.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 13 December 2018 20:29 (five years ago) link
I love that thin slinky post-disco sound of Raise!-Powerlight
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 13 December 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
I just went through a EWF binge after reading Maurice White's book, and as much as I like them I think it would be a hard slog, because there are none of the obvious missteps or just plain crap songs that made the Eagles or Rod Stewart or Billy Joel fun to comment on. You need the good and the bad. How about Marvin Gaye post WGO, or Aretha?
― Ρεμπετολογια, Tuesday, October 30, 2018 8:16 AM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Don't say I didn't warn you
― Ρεμπετολογια, Thursday, 13 December 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link