It's not that I dislike the words
Though I must admit there are better words around
But every time I hear that tune
It really brings me down....
And then the organ lick from "A Whiter Shade of Pale" comes in. Never fails to crack me up...
Thursday, October 01, 2009
The Ironies Abound
From 1973, and his quite wonderful first solo album, please enjoy "Going for a Song," Procol Harum organist Matthew Fisher's melodically charming and hilarious kiss-off to his ex-bandmates (and to a certain hit record he would later sue to gain authorship of).
And then the organ lick from "A Whiter Shade of Pale" comes in. Never fails to crack me up...
And then the organ lick from "A Whiter Shade of Pale" comes in. Never fails to crack me up...
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Note to self: Adenoidally sung self-referential odes by second tier Brit rockers not as exciting to readers as assumed.
:-)
Wow, winner for whiniest song ever
Bitter, much?
Doesn't Lennon's "How Do You Sleep" qualify as a (superior) kiss-off song? And I could never fully fathom how "Solsbury Hill" was a kiss-off. I guess "Back on the Chain Gang" belongs in the category of wistful goodbyes to former bandmates...
Solsbury Hill was a resignation speech, not a kiss-off. I was just being snarky.
And see, I think this isn't at all bitter -- I think it's bemused and very very funny in a not-so-drily ironic way.
Do you have any idea who did the cover? Was it Hipgnosis?
dSmith:
I don't. But I have a friend who's an expert on all things Procol, who may actually own the thing, and I'll check....
Album Cover Design: Acy Lehman
Photography: David Bailey
ROTP(lumber)
Thank you.
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