"Really awful is more interesting to listen to than pretty good" - Eno ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. welcome to the drivel blog of "music detractor, Simon Reynolds"
Saturday, June 10, 2017
nightflight
euro-kitschadelic disco-glam
reminds me slightly of this
and there is a connection with this
there's a story that Cozy supplied the drums on "Venus" but elsewhere it says it's man-machine superdrummer Keith Forsey
Holy crap - I was familiar with the record cover of Venus but had never actually heard it. It's brilliant! Drums remind me of Sparks' 'Beat the Clock'. Also in this vicinity: Killing Joke's 'Unspeakable': https://youtu.be/KtZxewxXoPc
it's unbelievably good isn't it! getting the album is #1 on my list now, and luckily there must be about half a million floating around the UK, dirt cheap, although i fear scratched up and worn to buggery. they never get talked about Boney M, although i recall Chuck Eddy was a celebrant in one or other of his books.
'Nightflight to Venus' was one of my favorite air drumming tracks as a kid, Boney M being one of those hands that I successfully (and unfortunately) disavowed upon arriving as a proper teen and embracing 'serious' music. Really wonderful production. Also, love the idea of Frank Farian creating a group (without himself) for his singular vision. Very different from the Monkees model in that his 'voice' was linked to another person (Bobby Farrell, the Boney M 'lead singer') altogether. Interesting, the racial dimensions of this frontman surrogacy.
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Holy crap - I was familiar with the record cover of Venus but had never actually heard it. It's brilliant! Drums remind me of Sparks' 'Beat the Clock'. Also in this vicinity: Killing Joke's 'Unspeakable': https://youtu.be/KtZxewxXoPc
it's unbelievably good isn't it! getting the album is #1 on my list now, and luckily there must be about half a million floating around the UK, dirt cheap, although i fear scratched up and worn to buggery. they never get talked about Boney M, although i recall Chuck Eddy was a celebrant in one or other of his books.
'Nightflight to Venus' was one of my favorite air drumming tracks as a kid, Boney M being one of those hands that I successfully (and unfortunately) disavowed upon arriving as a proper teen and embracing 'serious' music. Really wonderful production. Also, love the idea of Frank Farian creating a group (without himself) for his singular vision. Very different from the Monkees model in that his 'voice' was linked to another person (Bobby Farrell, the Boney M 'lead singer') altogether. Interesting, the racial dimensions of this frontman surrogacy.
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