[Heeplist] [NHC] Steve Walsh leaving Kansas

Fri Jul 4 11:04:33 EDT 2014

 Rick,
I think your letter shows how different we are in the way we see (and hear) things around. For instance, I DON'T want them to do anything in the vein of July Morning or anything of a kind because it will most likely be clumsy and lame as current UH have more of a jamming, sketch-bringing kind of composing approach while with Hensley they definitely had (his at least) SONGS prior  to going to studio... To me the last chapter in the Kansas story is an extremely sad one - I tell you again, I have tears in my eyes each time I listen to their classics on LPs -  and it shows  that  either America doesn't really like  the ones she must be proud of anymore or that those musicians really did quit as a band some 15 years ago. Yes, I know they are still loved in their native town of Topeka and around it, - but that is not enough for such great artists they once were!!!
Cheers, Igor

Пятница,  4 июля 2014, 9:48 +08:00 от Rick Wilson <rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com>:
>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".
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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
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>>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.
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>>>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.
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>>>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
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>>>On 7/3/14 8:55 AM, "Igor Shveitser" <  zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
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>>>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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