Tadi pagi seorang temen ngerock telpon janjian mau makan siang bareng sambel tukeran pernik2 terkait musik rock. Memang beliau janji mau kasih (lagi) kaos konser GodBless di Bontang bulan lalu dan meminjami saya CD musik Pink Floyd dibawakan secara blues dalam tajuk “Blue Floyd”. Sedangkan saya memang janji mau kasih pinjem CD Khan “Space Shanty”. Namun bukan itu yang penting….. Di acara makan siang singkat tersebut kita ngobrol berkualitas dan sangat efisien. Mengapa berkualitas? Karena kita membicarakan saat2 awal kita kenal musik rock. Whoooaaaa… nuansamatik abis! Saya paling suka topik ini karena saya selalu ingin tahu saat2 awal seseorang menyukai musik jenis ini.
Temen saya ini aslinya Nganjuk tapi sekolahnya di Kertosono. Saat masih kecil, sekitar kelas 5 SD, ada tetangganya yang kos di situ dan punya hobi elektronik (istilah kita jaman dulu: tukang solder). Nah si Mas yang hobi elektronik tersebut bekerja di Pabrik Gula Lestari dan lulusan STM. Suatu ketika, temen saya dan teman-teman mainnya diundang ke kos-kosan si Mas tadi diperkenalkan agu-lagu yang asing karena dulu hanya ada lagu pop (Mercy’s, Panbers, Koes Plus) dan dangdut. Ternyata yang disetel adalah album Deep Purple “Machine Head” dan Led Zeppelin II. Sejak mendengarkan musik aneh itu dia terus kepincut dan bahkan membeli kasetnya di sebuah toko kecil di Kertosono. Kaset tersebut rekaman Polydor dan dibeli dengan harga Rp 300,- (tiga ratus perak). Sejak itulah temen saya ini keranjingan musik rock hingga kini. Koleksi CDnya sudah mencaai 2000 lebih dan terdiri dari rock dan prog rock.
Yang saya suka, dia juga suka lagu DP bertajuk “Fools” dari album Fireballs. Pembicaraan sambil makan siang tadi berlangsung singkat, nuansamatik dan berkualitas….. Setelah kita berpisah, semangat kerja tambah tinggi ….! Apalagi saya dapat oleh-oleh kejutan berupa topi GodBless “In God We Trust” …. Biyuh! Klop!
Topi langka - tampak depan.
Tampak samping. Keren to ?!!!
Adapun CD yang dipinjamkan ke saya:
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. HAL 9000 Intro / Shine On You Crazy Diamond
2. Have A Cigar
3. Fearless
4. Interstellar Overdrive / Wish You Were Here
5. Drums
6. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
7. Hey You / Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2
Disc: 2
1. In The Flesh / Sheep
2. Money
3. Us & Them / Jam
4. Young Lust
5. Beatjam – Come Together
6. Beatjam – Taxman
Editorial Reviews
BLUE FLOYD endeavors to deconstruct the classic compositions of the legendary PINK FLOYD into their primal, elemental form. As much an homage to the influence of Howlin’ Wolf, Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters as a rediscovery of both FLOYD classics and rarities, BLUE FLOYD plays iconoclastically familiar songs, heard again as if for the first time.
BEGINS features the original BLUE FLOYD line-up of Allen Woody (Gov’t Mule / Allman Brothers Band), Matt Abts (Gov’t Mule / Dickey Betts Band), Marc Ford (The Black Crowes / Burning Tree), Johnny Neel (The Allman Brothers Band), Berry Oakley Jr. (Robby Krieger / Bloodline).
Meski sedang menyukai lagu2 jadul, cobalah simak album baru dari Magenta ini. Glitterball adalah track pembukanya. Ciamik boss! Majulah prog! (pinjem istilah mas Edigimo)
Lirik:
A hole in the sky The sun used to shine Like a glitterball We ran for the thrill The world it stood still Out of control
We took our chances On our way to who knows where We don’t care We are running still Don’t look back, it’s a brand new day As we run, as we run, as we run Closer to the sun
The passage of time A path through my mind To a different life Severing lies We left behind
We took our chances Never once did we look back On our way to who knows where We don’t care
As we run, As we run, As we run Closer to the sun Closer to the sun To the sun Closer, closer Ojn our way to who knows where Closer, closer, closer Closer to the sun.
Lagu ini juga nuansamatik dan pernah saya putar saat siaran Saturday Night Rock di Radio Trijaya FM. Saat itu saya benar-benar membawa kaset Heavy Slow dari Yess khusus memutar lagu ini dan saya mengatakan ke pendengar bahwa ini bener2 dari kaset Yess. Saat itu mas Aldi Norman dari Trijaya sempat kebingungan mencari pemutar kaset … Alhamdulillah ada di studio. Akhirnya terputarlah lagu nuansamatik ini. Lagi2…gara2 lagu ini begitu nuansamatik di jaman kaset bajakan sampai saya kelimpungan cari CD nya. Akhirnya dapat juga. Silakan simak lagu heavy slow beneran ini:
Pokoke dijamin melayang…. Di album yangs ama juga ada lagu melayang lainnya … bertajuk Beautiful Country ….
(was mau di embedd di sini teryata youtubenya jelek …kayaknya CD dia loncat2 saat merekam ke youtube. Tapi yang jelas keren abis nih lagu!)
Studio Album, released in 1977
Songs / Tracks Listing
Side 1 1. Isadora (6:58) 2. Roads To Freedom (3:55) 3. Beautiful Country (4:21) 4. Solo Flight (4:20)
Side 2 5. Everywhere You Go (3:18) 6. Face Of Yesterday (5:43) 7. Candles Are Burning (7:10)
- John Hawken / piano Fender Rhodes, Mini moog, mellotron, organ - Louis Cennamo / bass - Jane Relf / vocals - Jim McCarty / vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion - Jonh Nightbridge / guitars - Eddie McNeil / percussion, drums
Releases information
LP Island-ILPS 9489-UK-1977 LP Island-ILPS 9489-USA-1977 CD Si-wan-SRMC00042-Kor-1995
Review by Gatot SPECIAL COLLABORATORHonorary Collaborator
This was one of bands that colored my teenage period. I was not quite sure on how to classify the band who played this kind of music at that time. For sure, I did not consider this as rock music, rather was like symphonic folk or (probably) psychedelic music with great melody. Why did I term it as symphonic? It’s because the background music has a very strong nuance of symphonic music through the use of string arrangement using synthesizers and mellotron.I first knew this band when I heard “Isadora” (6:58) was featured in Yess Heavy Slow cassette collection and the song really blew me away at first listen! The vocal quality of Jane Relf was really clear, transparent and powerful. The vocal quality drives everuthing the song needs to be an excellent song. The intro part with piano work accompanied with acoustic guitar, bass as rhythm section is really beautiful! The notes created from piano work remind me to local traditional music in my country that uses pentatonic system. The intro part contributes great composition this track has. I really love it and it became my “melody of the day” when I was teenager. It really BLEW away. That’s only the opening part of the song, and my admiration went into deep when the vocal of Jane Relf entered into the scheme backed with nice piano-heavy rhythm section. “Oh Isadora . and you’re still there .” oh . man it’s a great song, I tell you!
The other track that kills me due to its great melody and composition is “Beautiful Country” (4:21) which flows in similar vein like “Isadora”. The song was written carefully by McCarty to create great combination of notes and chords which result in great composition. It has mellow tempo with bluesy style. The intro part features great solo mini moog and piano work backed with tight bass lines. The melody as showcased by vocal work is really touchy and memorable. The good thing also is that this melody is not boring at all even after decades I have listened to this song. The interlude part with flute-like solo reminds me to early King Crimson tunes.
Well, I think with great songs like “Isadora” and “Beautiful Country” would make the purchase of this album worthwile. In fact, I also like “Solo Flight” and “Candles Are Burning”. Keep on proggin’ ..!
Temen2ku pencinta progclaro di seantero jagad, yang bisa berbahasa Indonesia tentunya …..
Gara-gara di blog gemblunk ini ada yang nyebut kaset kompilasi terbitan Aktuil bertajuk ROCK VIBRATION 2, tiba2 saya tersentak dan pikiran melayang kembali di tahun 70an saat musik rock mengalami kejayaan luar biasa. Kala itu majalah yang kita baca hanya seputar musik: Aktuil, Top, Muziek Ekspress (Belanda) dan majalah chords gitar. Wis pokoke nuansamatik pol. Di kaset Rock Vibration itulah pertama kali saya mengenal kelompok bernama aneh POPOL ACE dengan lagunya yang sangat nunjek ulu ati – langsung saya suka setengah hidup hingga kini …. Judul lagunya Music Box dan liriknya sangat bagus disimak. Karena lagu ini pula saya hunting CD nya di sekitar tahun 2000-an akrena aduh biyung ….saya kok kuwangen pol sama musiknya dan sangat ingin memiliki CD-nya. Alhamdulillah…kesampaian juga dapet CDnya yang ternyata berasal dari album Quiche Maya rilisan tahun 1973. Jujur aja…begitu dapet album ini, yang sering saya puter ya lagu ini. Meski sudah berulangkali diputer, tetep aja pengen diulang-ulang kembali.
Kekuatan Melodi dan Harmoni
Lagu ini sangat kuat di melodi. Bila Anda mencermati lagu ini, saya jamin 100% langsung Anda akan menyukainya tanpa harus suka atau tidak suka musik rock. Ini rock yang lain boss! Diawali dengan petikan gitar akustik nan nuansamatik dan khas Popol Ace, disambut dengan lengkingan vokal “Sitting in a music box ….” Aduh biyuuuuuuung … Gusti Allah nuyuwun ngapunten! Baru denger penggalan lirik di awal lagu aja udah mbrebes mili saking harunya dengan lagu ini. Lha kok musik rock kok malah bikin mbrebes mili ki piye to boss? Wis embuh! Kalau ndak percaya, liat aja rekaman studionya dan nikmati musiknya dengan Sennheiser PX100 biar tambah nyamlenk:
Kalau Anda gak bisa menikmati video ini, saya sarankan tak usah melanjutkan membaca curhat ini karena akan BBW (buang buang waktu) Anda. Dan….sebaiknya Anda gak usah balik lagi ke blog ini …. Isine nggilani tenan blog ini! Tapi kalau Anda bisa menikmati, mari kita berselancar bersama (bahasa Inggrisnya: SLULUP BARENG) menikmati alur musik indah tiada tara yang membawa kita lupa segalanya ….. Tapi ingat! Jangan lupa sama Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala yang menciptakan kita. Kalau terdengar suara adzan, segera matikan youtube dan ambil air wudhlu …trus langkahkan kaki menuju masjid – karena itu jauh lebih mulia di hadapan Allah SWT ketimbang ngeprog seberat apapun! Percayalah!
Saya sudah Replay youtube ini tiga kali saat menulis curhat ini karena indah sekali. Harmoni antara vokal, petikan gitar pun terasa sempurna. Semuanya dikemas begitu sederhana, tanpa lekukan prog yang berarti. Dijamin Anda tak akan kesulitan menerima alunan musiknya. Pada saat bass dan drums pun masuk, tetap semua instrumen bekerja sesuai tupoksinya menggiring menggiring melodi yang dilantunkan dengan lirik nan indah hingga sang vokalis melengkingkan suaranya dengan indah. Lihatlah manuver petikan gitar yang mantap selama vokal melengking. Biyuh biyuh biyuh ….. Tuoooobz tenan boss!!! Ngguweblaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkk……!!!!!!
Pada tahun 1994 mereka melakukan reuni dan membawakan lagu tersebut, tetep kuwerennnnnnn:
Berikut ini review saya tentang album Quiche Maya secara keseluruhan. Lihatlah energi yang saya pancarkan dari kegemaran dan kecintaan saya terhadap lagu luar biasa ini!
Review by Gatot SPECIAL COLLABORATORHonorary Collaborator
Journey to the Past or Living in the Past?What music that surrounded you when you grew up? What would be your reaction if you listen to the music 30 years later? Do you feel like a journey to the past or you feel like living in the past? In my case, I feel both. The fact that I’m spinning back the music (or even hunting the CD like hell until I got it in my collection of CD!), is like a journey to my past. But when I’m listening to it I feel like living in the past. And I always feel excited whenever I’m listening to music which was written in the 70s which practically most of them has some prog elements in it. At that time I did not know the term “progressive” yet and any rock music was just “rock” – no further categorization which one fall under which category. I just accepted whatever flew into my ears and try to digest it. As for the case with Popol Vuh, I was not aware about this album at that time. The first time I knew about the band was a compilation cassette produced by our local music magazine which was very famous, i.e Aktuil. The cassette was labeled “Rock Vibration 2″ with the opening track “Music Box” by Popol Ace. Wow! This track had blown me away at first spin. I started to wonder who this band was and found practically nothing. Hello, it was 70s, my friends! There was no internet and information was not distributed in proper way. Only decades later – I think it was 2000 or 2001 I found this album. Oh, finally I found vintage band Popol Vuh / Ace!So “Music Box” is the connector why I was hunting this CD and luckily I got it from local music store. Hey, Jakarta rocks and progs man, don’t underestimate people who live in “rest of the world” countries like Indonesia (which you might know only our beautiful island of Bali). Our passion for music is very high and we have many rock communities with strong passion for rock and prog music. When I listen to “Music Box” I always remember vividly the 70s period where our rock passion was at the top like right now. “Music Box” is a wonderfully crafted ballad rock with great melody line, excellent acoustic guitar fills and singing style.“I’m sitting in a music box , I’m making songs – wanna know what for? Is there really more to tell , or haven’t you really had before? Oh . uuuhhhh . who can tell? Oh .. in the end it won’t make us different.Oh .. my friend.what a mind boggling lyrical verse and touchy melody backed with wonderful acoustic guitar fills. The lyrics also tell about the wondering of a musician who is ready to write music but he doesn’t know yet if the music has already been created by someone else. What a great meaning from great song “Music Box”!Actually, when I purchased the CD I didn’t really care about other tracks because I only chase “Music Box” and it would justify the investment – money wise! But some tracks are also in fact good ones to enjoy. “Between You and Me” is a nice ballad with excellent piano, touchy melody line with powerful voice of the lead vocalist. “Queen of all queens” is an excellent classic rock song with distinctive guitar work. “Dark nights” is also not bad at all. It flows with piano as main rhythm section. “Mrs. Randalie” demonstrates he band’s adventure into symphonic prog music. I like the bass lines for this track. Duration-wise this track is like typical prog tunes with 8 minute duration.
I can consider that this album is really good. Those of you who love classic rock and symphonic prog – well, sometimes the band sounds a bit psychedelic too – you may enjoy this album as well. I put my neck that you would definitely love “Music Box”. Guaranteed. Keep on proggin’ ..!
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