Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pucc-h Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:ag4 From: ag4@pucc-h (Uncle Jeffer) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Lyrics (Crack the Sky) Message-ID: <1526@pucc-h> Date: Thu, 29-Nov-84 12:52:12 EST Article-I.D.: pucc-h.1526 Posted: Thu Nov 29 12:52:12 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Dec-84 05:56:43 EST References: <5983@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: ihnp4!pur-ee!lewie Organization: The Widget Works Lines: 47 > When I look into her eyes > I can see through his disguise. > Oh, am I surprised! Hmmm... this is an obvious ploy to shake out the Crack the Sky fans. Anybody out there into slightly off-beat american rock who hasn't had the pleasure of being introduced to Crack the Sky? I highly recommend *old* Crack albums. Specifically their first four studio records (_Crack the Sky_, _Animal Notes_, _Safety in Numbers_, and _White Music_ ('no blues, no beat, no root, it's just neat - to play white music in the street')). After that, I understand they become increasingly worthless (if anyone knows the better, please let me know!). Oh, yes, unfortunately, they are well out of print - well, if anyone is sufficiently interested, I can arrange to get tapes from the guy I got *my* tapes from - another possibility is the album _Classic Crack the Sky_ which is still around (it is selections from above mentioned albums). *Anyway*, AOR-wise, I'm don't like many american bands (I'm British to the core and (nearly) religiously watch Pythons, Doctor Who, Faulty Towers, and all the other classic British shows (when they are being shown in the area)), except jazz-wise, of course in which case the situation is reversed: I haven't heard any British band with *any* feel for jazz besides Brand X (again, If anyone knows better, *please* correct me!); but (old) Crack is a different story. Their albums are an honest display of humour, satire, and pure emotion (in various and sundry mixtures) - nothing superficial here. Also, musically, they are very melodically and harmonically oriented (the guitar solos are always a pleasure) and they can't let a song go by without a big twist somewhere (a suprising ending and simply a rhythm that defys your ability to follow it even if you've heard the song many times!). They also know how to get extremely funky at times (esp. on _Safety in Numbers_). *** Well, enough. Send your comments, questions, flames, information, and small parakeets (don't ask *me* what that means) to me and I'll post again stuff that is net-usefull (i.e. let's save some bytes and not reply to the net when correcting someone else or offering more info; let the bozo who sent the original article summarize replys) *** -- "Will you stand by me against the cold night, or are you afraid of the Ice?" Jeff Lewis vvvvvvvvvvvv {decvax|ucbvax|allegra|seismo|harpo|teklabs|ihnp4}!pur-ee!lewie ^^^^^^^^^^^^