Post by ton on Aug 26, 2011 13:16:36 GMT
Cos there was a lot of good stuff back then.
The idea is that every week or couple of days someone reviews a not so well covered 60's record that they love. turtle it to turtle, etc. The goal is to find some stuff that you might not know, to get cult cred and keep girlfriends from reading the forum. Team Noel members may post as long as they post proper albums. No shit for squares (Simon & Garfunkel, Beatles, bloody ''Tommy''')
I'll kick things off with the first album:
The Outsiders - C.Q.
The only Dutch band of any significance, ever. We all know this is a dreadful place (Jorn and me any way) so that in itself is an accomplishment.
They started out as your average edgy garage band, loud as fuck, similar to The Pretty Things, Downliners Sect, et cetera. A good little band to be proud of and they even had a genuine appeal to the mainstream. Beatlemania reigned supreme here as well, so my take on things is people loved every band with long hair.
Bloody hell though, the times my mom tells me she saw them share a bill with ''The Golden EarringS'' (radar poofs) in a barn in Einighausen are countable on almost two hands.
In all seriousness, they outplayed the mighty (Brian Jones - era) Stones when they supported them in The Hague. Therefor I'd like to strongly recommend their early stuff as well, cos they were fierce as fuck.
By the time they reached their third album though (the one im highlighting) it was obvious for them they needed to ''mature''. It was 1968 and things needed more ''depth''.
Firstly, what makes this group unique, i think, is the fact that the musical climate over here was stale as fuck. There was no band culture, there were no tours to England and it was difficult to get a clue of what was going on. So this lack of experience meant they were on their own looking for inspiration. Sure, there's hints of west coast and garage, but its all part of a bigger sound thats totally unique. Secondly, the bastards knew how to write a tune. Every good song requires a skeleton. They had that down.
Though the album is very diverse, the overall sound is dark, bleak and mysterious. It rocks like fuck, it can be gentle as well though, it has some of the heaviest, deepest psych of its time. It's just an awesome album.
The idea is that every week or couple of days someone reviews a not so well covered 60's record that they love. turtle it to turtle, etc. The goal is to find some stuff that you might not know, to get cult cred and keep girlfriends from reading the forum. Team Noel members may post as long as they post proper albums. No shit for squares (Simon & Garfunkel, Beatles, bloody ''Tommy''')
I'll kick things off with the first album:
The Outsiders - C.Q.
The only Dutch band of any significance, ever. We all know this is a dreadful place (Jorn and me any way) so that in itself is an accomplishment.
They started out as your average edgy garage band, loud as fuck, similar to The Pretty Things, Downliners Sect, et cetera. A good little band to be proud of and they even had a genuine appeal to the mainstream. Beatlemania reigned supreme here as well, so my take on things is people loved every band with long hair.
Bloody hell though, the times my mom tells me she saw them share a bill with ''The Golden EarringS'' (radar poofs) in a barn in Einighausen are countable on almost two hands.
In all seriousness, they outplayed the mighty (Brian Jones - era) Stones when they supported them in The Hague. Therefor I'd like to strongly recommend their early stuff as well, cos they were fierce as fuck.
By the time they reached their third album though (the one im highlighting) it was obvious for them they needed to ''mature''. It was 1968 and things needed more ''depth''.
Firstly, what makes this group unique, i think, is the fact that the musical climate over here was stale as fuck. There was no band culture, there were no tours to England and it was difficult to get a clue of what was going on. So this lack of experience meant they were on their own looking for inspiration. Sure, there's hints of west coast and garage, but its all part of a bigger sound thats totally unique. Secondly, the bastards knew how to write a tune. Every good song requires a skeleton. They had that down.
Though the album is very diverse, the overall sound is dark, bleak and mysterious. It rocks like fuck, it can be gentle as well though, it has some of the heaviest, deepest psych of its time. It's just an awesome album.
