I just happen to be working from home today and The Zombies are in The Hub with George Lamb on BBC 6Music (the best show on the best radio station in the UK, if not the world).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/georgelamb/
They have done a very stripped down version of Time of the Season which is kinda cool but loses something without the breathy accompaniment. They are now doing a version of She's Not There.
Apparently Paul Weller's favourite album is Odessey and Oracle and Fleet Foxes based their whole sound on The Zombies. Which is very interesting and makes me feel bad for not enjoying it when we listened a couple of weeks ago. But this adds more weight to the fact that we really need to track down the original album to forge a proper opinion.
Stephen and I are big fans of Fleet Foxes, and saw them at End of the Road festival this year, so it would be good to cross reference.
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Thursday, 8 October 2009
Monday, 5 October 2009
Week 6 - Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies
Hello and welcome to week 6 of the Great Spotify Listenathon.
Last weeks' album was Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies which you can listen to online using spotify by following this link:
The Zombies – Odessey & Oracle 40th Anniversary Concert Live
In actual fact, the version available on Spotify is the 40th Anniversary Concert, which was problematic for us.
Both being big fans of 'Time of the Season' we were hoping for some lovely 60s tunes with a bit of a darker edge, they are called The Zombies after all.
Unfortunately, the album is a bit self-indulgent and irritating. I think that we should probably track down the original version as this live version left a big gaping hole where any emotional content might have been. It's a shame becasue songs like 'Time of the Season' and 'She's Not There' (However, She's not there is not on the original album) are really perfect pop songs, but it feels as though this album has just been plonked on Spotify to suit die hard fans who might have missed them live, for someone encountering the songs for the first time this really doesn't add to the experience.
When we track down the original we will let you know what we think, but here are our scores for this particular version.
Sam, 4 out of 10.
Stephen, 4 out of 10.
In other news, we both purchased our tickets for Glastonbury 2010 at the weekend and are growing quite excited (yes already) about the prospect of going for that 40th anniversary... the lineup is bound to be a blinder.
We have also just entered Week 8, which can only mean one thing, Otis Redding!!
Check out the Spotify link for a little more R.E.S.P.E.C.T, woop!
Otis Redding – Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul [Collector's Edition]
Last weeks' album was Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies which you can listen to online using spotify by following this link:
The Zombies – Odessey & Oracle 40th Anniversary Concert Live
In actual fact, the version available on Spotify is the 40th Anniversary Concert, which was problematic for us.
Both being big fans of 'Time of the Season' we were hoping for some lovely 60s tunes with a bit of a darker edge, they are called The Zombies after all.
Unfortunately, the album is a bit self-indulgent and irritating. I think that we should probably track down the original version as this live version left a big gaping hole where any emotional content might have been. It's a shame becasue songs like 'Time of the Season' and 'She's Not There' (However, She's not there is not on the original album) are really perfect pop songs, but it feels as though this album has just been plonked on Spotify to suit die hard fans who might have missed them live, for someone encountering the songs for the first time this really doesn't add to the experience.
When we track down the original we will let you know what we think, but here are our scores for this particular version.
Sam, 4 out of 10.
Stephen, 4 out of 10.
In other news, we both purchased our tickets for Glastonbury 2010 at the weekend and are growing quite excited (yes already) about the prospect of going for that 40th anniversary... the lineup is bound to be a blinder.
We have also just entered Week 8, which can only mean one thing, Otis Redding!!
Check out the Spotify link for a little more R.E.S.P.E.C.T, woop!
Otis Redding – Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul [Collector's Edition]
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Week 5 - Graceland by Paul Simon
Hi again,
Yes we are still slightly behind with our reviews of classic albums ever since we went off to End of the Road festival. Yes it took a while to return back to our usual selves, by which time it was also time to get back to work and as such, the whole thing fell off the radar a little. Our sincere apologies.
Week 5 we were treated to an absolute classic album in Graceland by Paul Simon. This is actually one of my all time favourite albums because I remember it from when I was younger and think I revisited it a few times as I grew up.
As such I actually really enjoyed listening to it again and there were a few tracks that I didn't really remember, especially the opening track, The Boy in the Bubble which sounded much darker than I remembered.
I also really enjoyed Gumboots and the really great observational lyrics from Monsieur Simon.
Stephen enjoyed Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes and we both found that Call Me Al made us both particularly happy.
I think it just falls into that category of almost 100% perfect pop songs which include a really healthy dose of slightly dark or questionable lyrics and upbeat music. It's also impossible to listen to it without thinking of the video with Chevvy Chase, which is very funny.
The album in all brightened up a particularly rubbish day at work for me.
Sam 8/10
Stephen 7.5/10 (but only gave it so little because he liked Johnny Cash much better)
This week we are into week 6, that's Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies (Time of the Season? Bring it on!)
Yes we are still slightly behind with our reviews of classic albums ever since we went off to End of the Road festival. Yes it took a while to return back to our usual selves, by which time it was also time to get back to work and as such, the whole thing fell off the radar a little. Our sincere apologies.
Week 5 we were treated to an absolute classic album in Graceland by Paul Simon. This is actually one of my all time favourite albums because I remember it from when I was younger and think I revisited it a few times as I grew up.
As such I actually really enjoyed listening to it again and there were a few tracks that I didn't really remember, especially the opening track, The Boy in the Bubble which sounded much darker than I remembered.
I also really enjoyed Gumboots and the really great observational lyrics from Monsieur Simon.
Stephen enjoyed Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes and we both found that Call Me Al made us both particularly happy.
I think it just falls into that category of almost 100% perfect pop songs which include a really healthy dose of slightly dark or questionable lyrics and upbeat music. It's also impossible to listen to it without thinking of the video with Chevvy Chase, which is very funny.
The album in all brightened up a particularly rubbish day at work for me.
Sam 8/10
Stephen 7.5/10 (but only gave it so little because he liked Johnny Cash much better)
This week we are into week 6, that's Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies (Time of the Season? Bring it on!)
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