I can do that, just so long as I never have to sit through their double LP "U" (unlistenable even in 1970).Adam Blake wrote:nowadays I could scarcely expect anyone to sit through the likes of "The Hedgehog's Song" or "Big Ted" without throwing up.
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I can do that, just so long as I never have to sit through their double LP "U" (unlistenable even in 1970).Adam Blake wrote:nowadays I could scarcely expect anyone to sit through the likes of "The Hedgehog's Song" or "Big Ted" without throwing up.
Chris P wrote:(yup - they've already been discussed, dismissed, loved conditionally & unconditionally here at SOTW, Adam).
AndyM wrote:Fun and humour are not synonyms.
AndyM wrote:Risk-taking is overrated.
NormanD wrote:why did I listen more to them than soul music and R&B for six months or so? Fortunately, I got well again.
Chris P wrote:AndyM wrote:Risk-taking is overrated.
it falls to someone to go and look over the brow of the hill or the precipice, so it might as well be someone who enjoys it & can make a start on some new pathways, or beat a swift retreat
Adam Blake wrote:AndyM wrote:As for the ISB, I fear I would side with the twee-phobics. They always sounded like Donovan with the fun removed.
No, there was more going on with the ISB than that. Donovan never wrote a lyric as good as "Nightfall" for example, though that was an absolute highpoint. But nowadays I could scarcely expect anyone to sit through the likes of "The Hedgehog's Song" or "Big Ted" without throwing up.
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