tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post3109807530778912802..comments2024-01-27T02:14:19.842-08:00Comments on HARDLY BAKED: SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-86268593131873261132012-07-26T09:46:54.322-07:002012-07-26T09:46:54.322-07:00i wouldn't say he was a bandwagon jumper, just...i wouldn't say he was a bandwagon jumper, just a convert. also, he saw early that the writing was on the wall for the Old Wave, that the prog megaband era was coming to an end for financial reasons as much as anything, too expensive, too unwieldly -- hence his talk of small mobile intelligent units -- time for something leaner and more agile.<br /><br />marrying Toyah is a real sign of SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-55499582146263258492012-07-26T07:22:10.587-07:002012-07-26T07:22:10.587-07:00...and of course he embraced New Wave more whole-h......and of course he embraced New Wave more whole-heartedly than most, by marrying Toyah Wilcox!Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409303370931148796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-72569848989966538232012-07-26T07:16:06.023-07:002012-07-26T07:16:06.023-07:00Of course, it's a bit unfair to knock Fripp as...Of course, it's a bit unfair to knock Fripp as a bandwagon-jumper, when he actually played on one of New Wave's foundation stones: 'Heroes'.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409303370931148796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-75656151841698200102012-07-25T18:13:36.796-07:002012-07-25T18:13:36.796-07:00That's a good call about Rush, guys. Forgot ab...That's a good call about Rush, guys. Forgot about how they tried to push the synth forward at the expense of the gtr. Alienated quite a lot of their fans circa Power Windows didn't they.<br /><br />Fripp started going new wave with his solo albums, the March to 1981 sequence i think he called them. Exposure, where on the cover he had a suit and tie and very short hair. Then the one with SIMON REYNOLDShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-6484295895141866662012-07-25T13:56:26.815-07:002012-07-25T13:56:26.815-07:00Some of which
Around 1980, the whole new-wave th...Some of which <br /><br />Around 1980, the whole new-wave thing received a fair amount of support and (to some degree) was quite welcome with a certain older set, particularly a number of figures who had been a part of the '60s generation. I remember the likes of Neil Young, Zappa, Paul Kantner (et al) being pretty vocal in their support of acts like Talking Heads and Devo; and <i>Rolling Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-42727356754253773592012-07-25T05:29:11.848-07:002012-07-25T05:29:11.848-07:00Also under Robert Fripp's entry in the prog-ro...Also under Robert Fripp's entry in the prog-rockers going New Wave files: the revived 'Discipline'-era King Crimson, which actually had Adrian Belew as a member, on 'Remain in Light'-style guitar and David Byrne-style vocals. It's a great album, in fact, although diminishing returns set in with its two successors.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409303370931148796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-8036998812713780122012-07-25T05:22:30.825-07:002012-07-25T05:22:30.825-07:00Yes! Rush (no ugh from me) were one of the most su...Yes! Rush (no ugh from me) were one of the most successful bands to try this, shifting from prog-metal to a kind of New Wave-inflected AOR. The breakthrough album is called 'Permanent Waves', implying a Billy Joel-esque world-weary scepticism about the ebb and flow of musical fashion, but they actually embraced the new sound quite effectively. They talked about their enthusiasm for The Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01409303370931148796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-459773537428932665.post-57200808223460446592012-07-23T18:16:58.428-07:002012-07-23T18:16:58.428-07:00Re, "Looking for Clues" -- a nice weird ...Re, "Looking for Clues" -- a nice weird one to hear turn up on the radio back in 1979. The jerky, organ-driven rhythm, and instead of a guitar solo you get a xylophone solo instead, and then when the guitar solo finally does arrive it's just some short, chiming one-noter thing. Funny, but funnier still that it charted.<br /><br />As I recall, Chuck Eddy really goes on about (ugh) Greyhooshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161781141733273715noreply@blogger.com