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Monday August 4, 2008
"Countryside" by Yes from Tormato
Sometimes bands go backward to look forward. In this case, "Countryside" is almost a throwback to Yes' first album with a folkish twist.
As a Yes fan, I had to do a double-take when I found out this was from sometime around the Tormato sessions. Definitely wouldn't have fit on the album, but still a noteworthy effort.
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Sunday August 3, 2008
"Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)" by Steam from Some lame "Super-Hits" compilation
Ok, this song's been made ultra-annoying by the "Sports Jams" collections of the last 10 years, and its many unnecessary arena PA system appearances. Ironically, also originally a throwaway B-side like the dreaded "Rock & Roll, Part 2".
However, it's fun for 2 reasons:
1.)the studio track has some really interesting stereo panning. It's cool to hear what's going on in the guts of a accidentally well-crafted pop single.
2.)the breakbeat in the middle is priceless, easily the best part of the song.
As far as the video goes...this has to be not only one of the worst lip-sync/instrument-sync performances in history, but these guys are so non-photogenic, they make the Scorpions & Badfinger look sexy. (Coincidentally...NONE of them actually played on the studio version they're syncing to.)
(via You Tube)
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Friday August 1, 2008
"Bring Me Edelweiss" by Edelweiss from The Wonderful World of Edelweiss
Austrians hijack and smash up "S.O.S." by ABBA and things like this happen.
on an unrelated note...The famous Intel jingle that accompanies the advertising for their products was written by Walter Werzowa from Edelweiss.
Bring me Edelweiss already.
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Thursday July 31, 2008
"Wunderbar" by Tenpole Tudor from Eddie, Old Bob, Dick and Gary
Hard to beat a band that used to perform onstage in full chain mail armor. One of my fave old-school MTV videos, surprisingly absent from YouTube.
It's ok if you shout along to the chorus when it shuffles up on your Ipod. Eddie Tudor-Pole, still doing cameo roles on British TV, playing pubs around the UK by night.
WUNDERBAR!
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Wednesday July 30, 2008
"Romeo & Juliet" by Emerson Lake & Palmer from Black Moon
Selection from ELP's kinda-forgotten 1993 "comeback" album. Lake's voice is shot, so the best track was easily the instrumental "Romeo & Juliet", a pretty sharp take on the Prokofiev melody...got stuck in my head this morning.
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Sunday July 27, 2008
""Hurricane 2000"" by Scorpions from Moment of Glory
Here I Am...
Yes, the pride of Germany, the Scorpions, cashing in on the "Songs with 2000 in the Title" mania, performing the most over the top, obnoxious, orchestral arrangement of their AOR uber-smash "Rock You Like A Hurricane". 
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Saturday December 15, 2007
"Spiral Architect" by Black Sabbath from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
It's '73 Sabbath playing the role of the "Dark Moody Blues", basically evoking the song "Question", if the question were to be asked of someone evil. Time has served both the Ozzy & Dio versions of Sabbath well.
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Sunday November 25, 2007
"2wice" by Mission of Burma from The Obliterati
Reunited since 2002, this track encapsulates what "the other" Roger Miller has been up to with his band lately. " 2wice " kicks off their most recent album, The Obliterati.
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Monday October 8, 2007
"You Fool No One" by Deep Purple from Burn
Killer '74 DP track where men were men, and cowbells were cowbells. I've had this Ian Paice drum pattern in my head for a couple days now. It's the first album with Coverdale & Hughes pinch-hitting for Gillan & Glover, and it starts the band down a brief "funky" era.
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Friday August 31, 2007
"Oomalama" by Eugenius from Oomalama
Eugene Kelly's next project after the Vaselines had about a 4-5 year run, and this was probably their only real radio track...be careful, it gets stuck in your head.
The Scottish band was originally named "Captain America", but as you guessed, Marvel Comics threatened to sue the daylights out of them. Also made me decide to cross "Silver Surfer" off my list of band names pretty quickly.
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Invader Chimney
Total tracks posted: 28
Member since: June 12, 2007
Favorite Genre: Progressive Rock
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Invader Chimney Tracks of 2008
Track Comments of 2008
Most recent album purchased
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Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy of the Soul
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Top Ten Favorite YES Studio Albums of all time
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1. 90125
2. Close to the Edge
3. Drama
4. The Yes Album
5. Big Generator
6. Fragile
7. Going for the One
8. Time and a Word
9. Tormato
10. Relayer
Notes: 11 - Talk
12 - Tales from Topographic Oceans
13 - Union
14 - Yes
15 - The Ladder
16 - Open Your Eyes
17 - Magnification
18 - anything else
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Reason to become a Chimney
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Gotta share the good, the interesting, and occasionally the weird music with the people. DC is my fave stop of the day.
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