Comments on: What I Like About Rock

By: Serdar

Serdar — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:48:12 +0000

“You probably wouldnâ€™t like Magma. Their best-known album, MÃ«kanÃ¯k DÃ«struktÃ¯áº KÃ¶mmandÃ¶h was sung entirely in a made-up language.”

You get so many bonus points for including the accents.

By: Michael Orton

Michael Orton — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:13:44 +0000

Strangely I rather like the Adiemus series by Karl Jenkins. However, I do not regard the vocal parts as songs within the meaning of the act. They are not lyrics as such and not meant to be understood. The Wagner was supposed to be understood so the translation was a good thing in my opinion.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:43:33 +0000

I remember many years ago the BBC broadcast a performance of Wagners’s Ring Cycle, and added an English translation of the words as subtitles. There was an angry letter in the Radio Times from someone who complained that the silly words were a distraction from the music.

You probably wouldn’t like Magma. Their best-known album, MÃ«kanÃ¯k DÃ«struktÃ¯áº KÃ¶mmandÃ¶h was sung entirely in a made-up language.

By: Michael Orton

Michael Orton — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:13:49 +0000

My main problem with the rock scene is that it seems to me most groups think it doesn’t matter how well you play or sing provided it is loud enough.
I have yet to make out the words on some of my favourite Status Quo tracks, although at least one good friend has advised me not to try. Yet what is the point of a song if the audience cannot make out the words? (I like my opera in English for that reason.)
I listen to a lot of baroque era music and even then the composer would often have a spot in a piece where he would just put a theme and say this is where the lead performer has a cadenza inspired by this, and it ends in this way so everyone else knows when to restart. How long that cadenza lasts is a matter for each performance.
So there is nothing new in long solos, the important bit is the performer knowing how long it should be and if he isn’t up to playing a good one have the courage to skip it entirely!

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:08:17 +0000

A bit of Googling, I was thinking of the hair-puling incident with Coverdale rather than the spaghetti one.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:55:50 +0000

@John – There was no inflatable Cthulhu. And it didn’t go “Phhhhhhbbbbbtttt”. There was no such incident, OK?

@Iain – You sure? Been a while since I read “Black Knight”, but I was sure it was Coverdale.

By: Iain Weetman

Iain Weetman — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:47:48 +0000

….Also, I’m pretty sure the recipient of Blackmore’s spag-bol missile was Ian Gillan

By: Iain Weetman

Iain Weetman — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:46:37 +0000

Tim….surely the title should read ‘What I Hate About Indie’?

By: John

John — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:17:36 +0000

Fill the gap with a giant inflatable Cthulhu of course! OTH, maybe not …

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 07:11:11 +0000

Ought to check him out. Have heard good things about Altar Bridge.