Aphex Twin- Heroes ~

This commentary not part of the Bowie sound system Indeed if the track were Bowie being Bowie it wouldnt make the Ifcopod cut instead a nifty switch with onetime BOWIE mentor Anthony Newley and Eric Rogers bass trombone orchestra ~ The thrill is Gone the BB King associated song ~that sort yes there is a similarity Bowie and Newley both somewhat indulgent in matters of histrionics late Keith Emerson~ momentary reflection for pioneering organist with group Nice 1960s of happy listens.~ introduced mangled distortion into One of those People~ humourous effect funnelled through highly coloured 1960s ~Beatles and the rest Unlike Peter Maxwell Davies ~Eight songs for a Mad King ~ in midst of many touted pieces since disappeared Mad Max locus classicus "Eight Songs" retains startling crazed visceral power nothing quite like it worth a listen fodder for questers even smart alecks One of Those People still doing g the rounds ~ In the honours divvy for this strings fantasia ~mosaic ~ AphexTwin late David Bowie and Philip Glass share credits on a disturbing even macabre take ~ . Resisting easy patterns this version goes beyond Bowie an engaging musical metamorphosis with distant harmonics of above "Eight songs" Keeping everything on its toes Philip Glass minimalist wraparound buttressing waves of jarring fazed voices ~ A sort of sum of
the parts~ Bowie Philip Glass versions good but with distant wailing voices this has lift off. . .Some love mad noisy music~ this collaborative Heroes endeavour ~ instead of going on the blink~ the lot of mediocre stuff has an ability to impress with every listen. this version My favourite Bowie by .a mile~
Sad but Bowie people are not Deep Purple people ~ antithetical even? ~ at least that was take in the 1970s Amongst real music talent besides music Bowie tapped style and glam Purple about straightahead unsubtle? powerhouse music? ~ like another love powerhouse brass of late great Stan Kenton ~ gloss has faded but music is a protean organism Hard Heavy rock skirted not to its advantage booming monolithic bovver boy versions Pantera etc dubious long term viability. A Deep Purple (Nov 2017 BBC) survivor back to Joe Souths Hush sounds somewhat quaint today but song snapped the Purple sound into place in 1968 Within a year at the heart of the heavy new sound not to undervalue Bowies amazing achievement as key rock icon not just 1970s Bowie Another look at his Ricky Gervais "pugnose" Extras contribution a good song ~ so Bowie~ such a good Series gets better even if bewildered Stan Laurel lead female a sitting duck for lampooning implausible matched against Gervais razor sharp virtuoso editing in" Sir Ian" episode ~wonderful ~ But as good as the West Wing? Havent seen West Wing and unlikely to. Extras finely balanced symmetries deft ~ richly suggested characters .~.ahead of anything today Line up the Gervais opposition both sides of the Atlantic leave out Big Bang a classic~law of diminishing returns soap ~has the numbers but hardly cred ~ Alan Partridge doesnt surmount the caricature test most sub Gervais cliche potboilers date as soon as they hit the screen ~ .
Deep Purple were ~ definition hard heavy rock ~ vocals layered on top.Deep Purple uniquely heaviest hardest rock were there at the beginning and
with Led Zep Queen Black Sabbath in abeyance at the end of a great era. Now that . Hard rock from 1960s is shutting down late Malcolm Young among vestiges of an earlier era ~over to Ian Gillan Roger Glover and Ian Paice to keep the music in some shape Deep Purples BBC live mid Nov 2017 gig was such ~ no musical secrets uncovered but the trio with guitarist Steve Morse and keyboardist Don Airey honoured the hard heavy rock tradition ~ good rounded rock anthems in solid Deep Purple tradition .Thirty year ago. Deep Purple featured at the top among most voluminous of all rock entries . Led Zeppelin had scream but for rounded hard rock solid as a an army tank driven from the centre The four Brits and presently Steve likeable Ohio born American are owed a debt for unstinting endeavours ~ Morse upon whom was placed an unlucky burden in the guitar draw~
Not to be too censorious some excellent rock dropped from BBC looped broadcast~ as Steve Morse turned in a(Lazy) concert highlight