[Heeplist] A 2 review on Amazon

[Igor Shveitser]

 Bob,
When I was a teenager, really hated Abominog... and now I almost love it :))) My mistake was trying to compare it to the Hensley years releases, extremely stupid! For me it works now when I forget the name of the band - immediatelly it is there, in the genre's elite of the time, along with Turner fronted Rainbow or early MSG, or whatever of the kind. The same shit happened to Black Sabbath fans: most of them couldn't stand Gillan or Hughes sung LPs, while the music, if we forget the name, really impressed. So I came to an obvious conclusion: we are misled by the music industry people who are scared to death allowing a new band getting a proper name. That is why we still have old names around while the music itself is far from having much in common with the names. Just how I see it.
Cheers, Igor


Tue, 24 Jun 2014 07:38:46 -0400 от Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net>:
>Hi Igor, thank you for pointing out.  :-)  I am the standard bearer for
>Uriah Heep Trueness!!
>
>I would give Live in Moscow a 5!  Heep comes back from the dead with a new
>vocalist and keyboard player.   Abominog a 4, great record but such a
>drastic change in sound and personnel and too many cover tunes..  I wonder
>if the magic and wizardry disappeared when Ken Hensley did??!!!  I think so,
>and it is my opinion.  During the 70's, I never thought of Heep as Mick's
>band, but Ken's band.
>
>I would give both RTS and Different World 4.5's
>RTS first new Studio cd with revised lineup and had a lot of rocking
>variety.
>Different World, does not sound like it belongs in a Heep catalog, but I
>think it is a strong POP offering.  Every song on it sounds like a hit
>single.  Yes lightweight and poppy, but very well written lyrics and
>melodies.
>
>Even a 5 does not give SOL enough credit, but it is the mark of perfection
>and Heep's peak (post 70's)
>
>
>
>On 6/23/14 12:35 PM, "Igor Shveitser" < zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
>
> I think, each of 
>> us has his own "true Heep" as well ... and it might be very different from
>> Bob's :)))) And in this regard I have a few questions for all of you. The
>> first one: if we, connoisseurs of Heep art, take that Heep classics deserve an
>> excellent mark (which is five), what will you give to the likes of 82-91
>> albums? OK, here goes the second one: Sea Of Light was a bit different (still
>> not a masterpiece in my rating due to some redundant stuff) but overall can
>> anyone say the material that was penned in the 90-s - 2000-s is on the same
>> level of wizardry as it was in the 70-s? I am more than sure, some people
>> can't explain but that is what they really miss.
>
>
>
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