Advantages: Occational Touch of Greatness Disadvantages: A Load of Hippy Nonsence (Sorry Hippies)
Way back and the early nineties I was dragged kicking and screaming to one of Daevid Allen's acoustic shows, "He was in Gong, a load of whimsical hippie nonsense" was roughly my expressed opinion. That night however my thought changes albeit on a temporary basis, I was knocked back by the mans charisma and the music that night was superb. The album starts off innocuously enough with "Flamenco Zero" an acoustic number with some very nice guitar playing ... ...as I like the sound of a well played acoustic guitar. "Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do?" again continues the theme of exceptionally well played guitar and some Hawkwind esque vocals but the general hippyness of the lyric puts me off and soon it disapears off into some whimsical land. The third track "Tally and Orlando Meet the Cockpit Pixie" starts off with sound carnival sounds and some irritating talking, probably Daevid talking to his kids, ...
Champ666 17.06.2005
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