[Heeplist] Conquest

[Dale Fredericks]

Sorry Igor, but his stage presence seems to be an exact replica of what was already done by Robert Plant, even down to the posturing of the body and hands. Not impressed.

Dale :-)>

On Sep 21, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:

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> От кого: Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru>
> Кому: Heepsters Mailing List \(Travellers in Time\) <heeplist at travellersintime.com>
> Дата: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:24:06 +0400
> Тема: Re[2]: [Heeplist] Conquest
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> Bob,
> I do appreciate the fact of your support but the truth is John Sloman has nerver been the one with a crap voice. Comparing him with some electric bard is rock blasphomy to me :) Sloman's vocals are more than decent, he had a marvelous stage presence, and here's one more proof:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPrdvpa1uQ0
> All the best, Igor
> P.S. Sloman, unlike a lot of singers in rock, is special. He was never the best choice for Heep, but then again, we don't know what had the band in mind when they decided to invite him. Anyway, Conquest is anything but not an album without inspiration or imagination. That's why it is still Heep, while your average Heep of the 80-s, despite all the qualities of the players, is mostly mechanical down to earth stuff.
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> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:57:38 -0400 от Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net>:
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>> Pete, I do not think Igor was joking.  You know some people do like music
>> with crap voices.  How do you explain the popularity still of Bruce
>> Springsteen?  He still sells out Stadiums in the USA and has his own channel
>> on satellite radio.
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>> Putting aside the lead vocals, the music is great, punchy and rocks.
>> Nothing Heep has done beats the opening riffs of Feelings  I know you don't
>> like the song "..and you don't even care to pretend"  lol!  Some of the
>> bonus tracks are really growing on me.  Anyone notice how powerful, loud and
>> pronounced Trevor's bass is on Love Stealer?
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>> Equator is a different record, the vocals are good, but the lyrics are
>> juvinile and it sounds less like Heep with back ground vocals and choir.
>> Different World, well it sounded like Heep was trying to get hit singles
>> again, and they recorded 10 straight.
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>> On 9/18/14 6:33 PM, "Pete Wharton" < heeplistpete at ntlworld.com > wrote:
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>>> You know on my 4 hour drive to work on Monday, I forced myself to listen to
>>> this album again and then the mailing list rarities vol 2 with John Lawton.
>>> I'm sorry Igor, but I really do not understand how you can say " However,
>>> quality wise, mood wise that was still on the level of better Heep works"
>>> about Conquest. I'm sorry but the CD is below the level of Different World
>>> quality wise. Trevor never got time to do decent production on that and
>>> Conquest just plain sucks with crap vocals and I can't find any redeeming
>>> features on that CD at all. It's like Sloman can't hold a note so he fakes it
>>> by going to a different one. Any decent songs have been lost in the morass of
>>> Sloman's abysmal vocals! Even Equator stands head and shoulders above this
>>> waste of effort.
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>> Pete
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