[Heeplist] [NHC] Steve Walsh leaving Kansas

[Rick Wilson]

Thanks to Bob & Terje for actually agreeing with something that I wrote,
which proves there is a first time for everything.  lol  To return to the
original posters thoughts, it is extremely difficult, one could only
imagine, for anyone to remain creative and put a smile on a face for more
than forty years in a band, especially when audiences are showing up at
your gigs to hear... possibly only two-three songs (in the case of
"Kansas": "Dust in the Wind", "Carry on Wayward Son" & "Can I Tell YOU?"),
which has to be a formidable task for anyone.  So, if Steve Walsh's
creative juices were running low, or he felt no-one would care for a newer
song like say "When the World Was Young", "Icarus II" or "Not Man Big",
then, yes, perhaps it is time to move on.  Still, that is why I applaud The
Heep anno 2014, because Mick & co. seem to always find a way to present
something pleasing enough to their hardcore fans to keep us all wanting
more even though we would all like to hear a newer epic in the vein of a
"July Morning", etc.  By the way, for me personally, "Abominog" IS one of
the greatest heavy Rock releases of all-time!  It is just a bit atypical as
a "Uriah Heep" disc when compared to the likes of the incomparable "Look at
Yourself", immaculate "Demons & Wizards", stupendous "The Magician's
Birthday" or the ever captivating "Wonderworld".

Rick
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On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 11:30 PM, Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:

>  Bob,
> I believe, it wasn't the grim reaper but their respective minds. Byron was
> obvioulsly fed up with the very idea of Heep long before he stoped creating
> anything while Gary simply desintegrated as a person, also long before he
> died. Sure it is extremely sad - but Heep could do even without them. Box's
> version of the band, on one hand, was a mistake especially bearing in mind
> neither he nor his collaborants truly had anything to do with the magical,
> mystical side of Heep - which, in fact, made up Uriah Heep. On the other
> hand, they played good music - and still do! - and that is why I love them
> as a real band, not as a ghost of that classic UH. Thus, I never compare
> various eras and think Universal Wheels, Too Scared To Run, What Kind Of
> God and some others (too many to mention here really) are as good as
> anything off the 70-s. You prefer BTW? No problem, also terrific. But it is
> in the same vein as the best Box/Lanzon songs - which means it is of the
> same (different) caliber :))))))
> Cheers, Igor
>
>
> Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:26:57 -0400 от Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net>:
> >I think what Rick was trying to say is that Abominog was a great record in
> >its time compared to the music of its time.  If he is not saying that,
> then
> >forgive me, but I feel that way.
> >
> >There is no song on Abominog equal to that of july Morning, Gypsy,Paradise
> >the Spell etc.  But since then Heep has only done one song that is of that
> >caliber and that is Between Two Worlds.  The magic died in the mid 70's
> even
> >why Ken was still there, so I would not blame Abominog.
> >
> >We can blame the Grim Reaper (not to be confused with the band of same
> name)
> >for taking David and Gary prematurely from the 70's lineup
> >
> >
> >On 7/3/14 8:55 AM, "Igor Shveitser" < zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >Come on, Rick,
> >I really like Abominog and some of the later songs, especially
> >> Son Of A Bitch! :)))))) But you can't be serious saying that is Uriah
> Heep for
> >> that name goes together well with magic and mystery which real UH
> brought to
> >> the world. True Uriah Heep spirit remained with the band until they
> started
> >> the free-me thing :))))
> >
> >
> >
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