Psychedelic Revolution 

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Kosmischeboy Feb 10, 2012 13:14:45
Replying to Buck Flair

Well i've given it a good listening to this morning and i think it's his strongest collection of melody driven stuff in a long time. Disc one is more black sheep acoustic style stuff and has elements of Skellington in there as well. It's also far more bluntly political lyric wise. But has some gems, Cromwell in Ireland and As The Beer Flows Over Me being my faves. The final track Hooded And Benign has one of the most beautiful electric guitar motifs on the intro too. Assuming it's Copey playing but not sure. Disc two is far more laid back and mellotron filled, the title track Psychedelic Revolution really stands out and is the most overtly political song on Disc two, the rest of the disc flows really well and again is full of melody and songs. A more melancholic listening experience overall, but i think it will stand the test of time more than disc one. So musically great all round but lyrically blunt at times is my overall opinion.

The one thing i'm not overly comfortable with is the gun on the cover and the advocation of violent revolution that seem to underpin everything at the moment. I find that hard to stomach.

"When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the systems game. The establishment will irritate you: Pull your beard, flick your face to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non violence and humour." - John Lennon.

S Squid Tempest
Squid Tempest Feb 10, 2012 13:21:49
Replying to Kosmischeboy

Kosmischeboy wrote:
Well i've given it a good listening to this morning and i think it's his strongest collection of melody driven stuff in a long time. Disc one is more black sheep acoustic style stuff and has elements of Skellington in there as well. It's also far more bluntly political lyric wise. But has some gems, Cromwell in Ireland and As The Beer Flows Over Me being my faves. The final track Hooded And Benign has one of the most beautiful electric guitar motifs on the intro too. Assuming it's Copey playing but not sure. Disc two is far more laid back and mellotron filled, the title track Psychedelic Revolution really stands out and is the most overtly political song on Disc two, the rest of the disc flows really well and again is full of melody and songs. A more melancholic listening experience overall, but i think it will stand the test of time more than disc one. So musically great all round but lyrically blunt at times is my overall opinion.

The one thing i'm not overly comfortable with is the gun on the cover and the advocation of violent revolution that seem to underpin everything at the moment. I find that hard to stomach.

"When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the systems game. The establishment will irritate you: Pull your beard, flick your face to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non violence and humour." - John Lennon.

Good quote.

I IanB
IanB Feb 10, 2012 17:58:24
Replying to Kosmischeboy

Kosmischeboy wrote:
"When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the systems game. The establishment will irritate you: Pull your beard, flick your face to make you fight. Because once they've got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non violence and humour." - John Lennon.
That is a good quote and I think Lennon also understood (after a flip-flop or two) that it is artistically bankrupt to glamorise (let alone advocate) forms of violent activism for others (either directly or through works of art) that you are not going to engage in yourself. Gerhard Richter's response to the Baader Meinhof prison suicides is the more effective one politically AND artistically because you end up looking at his work and asking all the "why" questions about their story and its relevance to your story and the political and economic relationships that make up the foundations of your own life. That's an artistic response I can trust in. Rock stars with guns not so much. Remember, it's this GUITAR that kills Fascists. I would expect someone who was around RAR and the ANL and paying attention to know that. Unless that is a real gun (rather than a replica or a decommissioned one) in which case that's a whole other ball of confusion. Though I really can't see it myself, can you?