I should add that IMHO this is Wood's most gorgeous song ever, and that any hint of sentimentality is effectively neutered by its auteur's characteristically droll choice of percussion. If you know what I mean.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Roy Wood Week Part III: Tears in a Bucket, Motherfuckit
From his 1973 solo (one man band) album Boulders, please enjoy the genius that is Roy Wood and the melodically breathtaking "Wake Up."
I should add that IMHO this is Wood's most gorgeous song ever, and that any hint of sentimentality is effectively neutered by its auteur's characteristically droll choice of percussion. If you know what I mean.
I should add that IMHO this is Wood's most gorgeous song ever, and that any hint of sentimentality is effectively neutered by its auteur's characteristically droll choice of percussion. If you know what I mean.
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I spent a lot of time with this album. I was a big fan until "Mustard", which I remember as a boring muddy mess.
Beautiful song but the water dripping water percussion beat gets old real fast.
Captian Al
Wood's catalog is an embarrassment of riches, gorgeous-wise..."Beautiful Daughter", "Blackberry Way", "Dear Elaine", "Brontosaurus" (okay, just kidding there).
when i hear this song, i always envision roy in his parlour playing the acoustic guitar, feet in shallow pans filled with rainwater, merely splashing in tempo - kinda a counterpart to brian wilson's sandbox around his piano writing 'surf's up'.
Roy Wood is absolutely incapable of fucking up a wet dream.
VR
buzzbabyjesus: Agree that 'Mustard' was as muddy as 'Boulders' was clear, but it includes the gonzo 'Get On Down Home' which starts with the Beach Boys, cranks up the Bonham beat and builds to a sax 'n' guitar freakout-- in other words, a Wizzard song.
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