Cavalier (Lost Version)
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Posted: Jan. 27 2011, 06:21 |
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This might comfort anyone reading my opinions on music and foaming onto their keyboards. My mind can be changed. Not necessarily full astern, but you can alter the course of my thinking.
The scene is Pat's Mike Oldfield Page. I can't remember when I last saw Toucan Solutions up and running, and I hope that dosesn't mean unhappy news. The album reviews section was a wonder to behold, and there in Incantations was the post that changed my life - slightly.
I'll leave the story of how it came to catch my eye for another time (weird coincidences section) but I found echoes of my opinions on Incantations' length and how much is padding. I came to it via the Exposed version; I loved that and I love this. I just truly love about 4/5 of it.
It was worth putting out more than a single album but he never found the inspiration to fill the time completely. So some sections go on a bit. I like to picture him doing the sums (five minutes here, six there, can't lose that section, nope - over 30 minutes again...) because it seems so obvious to me that once the decision to go double was made, the barriers that might otherwise have help him keep things concise were dissipated. Why not let Terry freak out a bit longer on side one? Five minutes guitar on three? Get in there! It's a whole different attitude compared to TBII, for example, where he nearly runs out of space because he's having so much fun.
Which isn't to say I don't like these bits. They and others are fab, and if I consider them a bit drawn out, some of my perfect moments will annoy you. Hiawatha, once I got used to it began to really annoy me. But this review got me through it. As she said, it's as long as Mike wanted it to be. He could have used up another 10 minutes of verse if he'd wanted to.
She also forever altered some of my terminology. The final reoccurence of the main theme, said I. Quote | the 'backward?' processed flute with strummed electrics about two thirds through | says compound eye. But to her, and to me ever since, the section just before Ben Jonson's bit is "the ever wonderful punk guitar/synthesiser discord".
Her name was Alison. I salute you wherever you may be.
-------------- "Who was that?" "That was Venger - the force of Evil! I am Dungeon Master - your guide in the realm of Dungeons & Dragons!"
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