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From Louder (clip embedded in the article):
https://www.loudersound.com/news/mik...rog-rock-suite
I'm not lazy. I just work so fast I'm always done.
He clearly knew what he was doing, but what he was doing was heavily orchestrated pop-rock songs. The songs themselves aren't particularly progressive or great - they sound like Andrew Lloyd Webber rock musical knock-offs - and the Moodies, ELO, Carl Wayne, and Lloyd Webber himself all did this sort of thing better. Some of the transitions and interludes are intriguing - but they rarely last very long, and then it's back to the fancied-up meat+potatoes.Originally Posted by Dana5140
Last edited by Baribrotzer; 11-14-2022 at 05:47 PM.
Out of all Mike Batt's works, my favorite is Better than a Dream.
I'm listening to the epic right now. I'm at minute 5:00 at it sounds amazing so far.
One Dracula, two Dracula, three Dracula...
It started out impressive for me, but then took a severe left turn.
Put it back.
It definitely felt like a series of straightforward songs, but the orchestration lent a nice sense of unity to the proceedings. Probably not a lost masterpiece but I got a kick out of it.
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Maybe it’ll get better with another fifty years. Like an old wine. Or maybe (more likely), just not very good.
Can't say it did much for me.
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I think Mike's prog pretensions peaked with this Wombles classic
"The Myths and Legends of King Merton Womble and His Journey to the Centre of the Earth!" Never heard of this before. Wikipedia says: "...a parody of two contemporary concept albums – The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and Journey to the Centre of the Earth – both by Rick Wakeman." You can definitely hear the resemblance.
Who is Mike Batt?
More precisely, who did he used to be?
Primary procreation is accomplished…
Frankenprog
I managed to make it to a couple minutes in...which seems like heroic work on my part, really.
Neil
A British songwriter/producer/keyboardist, who has worked on quite a number of projects over the years. In most of them, he did his work behind the scenes; not sure why; maybe he was stage-shy or got told that the camera did not like him.
He's probably most noted for what he did directly after he recorded this prog suite: He had sunk quite a deal of money into that recording, and it went nowhere - so, desperate and near-broke, he took a job writing music for The Wombles, a children's TV show. It was a success, got him out of that financial hole, and seems to be what he's remembered for.
He was the producer behind Steeleye Span's most successful album, All Around My Hat.
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
Well, commercially successful, anyway. For artistic success, I'd put Below the Salt, Please to See the King, and Sails of Silver ahead of it.
But that's' just me. The marketplace is always right.
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I would put all the albums that came before it ahead of it, as well as Time, and Dodgy Bastards. And Live At Last, which has material that doesn't appear on other releases.Well, commercially successful, anyway. For artistic success, I'd put Below the Salt, Please to See the King, and Sails of Silver ahead of it.
But that's' just me. The marketplace is always right.
Sails of Silver better than All Around? Huh.Well, commercially successful, anyway. For artistic success, I'd put Below the Salt, Please to See the King, and Sails of Silver ahead of it.
But that's' just me. The marketplace is always right.
Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of Sails of Silver, while I think all the '70s albums are pretty uniformly excellent. Forced to choose a favorite I would probably go with Parcel of Rogues.
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
He also wrote "Bright Eyes," for those who are into Art Garfunkel's solo stuff.
I would not argue with that - or, on a different day, Below the Salt.
I understand that some dislike Sails of Silver because it's more "poppy" than the earlier albums ... that's what I like about it, I think it's a masterpiece of melding folk with pop.
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And apparently, Steeleye Span returned the favor by appearing as The Wombles on Top of the Pops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wombles_(band)
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