[Heeplist] Living The Dream Review

Thu Sep 6 19:48:20 EDT 2018

Oh so we are getting mixed reviews on the album already.
Lots of bass and drums , Phil low and Mick out for tea?
I don't know... I'm nervous.
Don

On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 10:45 AM Kevin Milanowski <11scorpio06 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Wondering what you mean by referring to yourself as a list reject
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018, 11:27 AM Pete Wharton <heeppete at sky.com> wrote:
>
> > Bob, you're still alive :-) I thought you were one of the list people who
> > couldn't post and that's why you were so quiet :-) I'd been expecting
> lots
> > of excited posts from you about the new album coming up. But I don’t
> > suppose you'll see this as I seem to be a list reject still :-)
> >
> > Pete
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf
> > Of Bob Winward
> > Sent: 06 September 2018 12:18
> > To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time) <
> > heeplist at travellersintime.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Living The Dream Review
> >
> > Lannis was this your review or did you share another’s?
> >
> > Bob Winward
> > All Heep is Good Heep!
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 6, 2018, at 7:05 AM, Scott Manion <scottmanion at earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Really nicely written Lethridge.
> > > Good Job on this one!
> > > Scott
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Heeplist <heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com> On Behalf Of
> > lethridge at carolina.net .
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 7:42 PM
> > > To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
> > > Subject: [Heeplist] Living The Dream Review
> > >
> > >
> > > Earlier this year, like many other people I decided to go and see The
> > Rolling Stones because “they ain’t toured for ages and won’t be around
> > forever…”
> > > So good were the band that I decided to go again later in the tour. As
> I
> > was driving home from both gigs, I found myself musing on why seeing the
> > old, classic bands is often such a rewarding experience, and came to the
> > conclusion that even allowing for the songs, it is more – surely that if
> > you’ve been doing something for half a century then, surely, it is second
> > nature.
> > > It was in this spirit that I approached this – the 25th album, no less
> > in Uriah Heep’s career. The band, with Mick Box at its heart since 1969
> has
> > largely been pretty settled in fairness since 1986, which puts them at
> odds
> > with many bands of their vintage, as does the fact that they’ve mostly
> > managed to keep the band alive in that time.
> > > As Box himself noted in the run up to the release of “Living The
> Dream”:
> > “The mighty Heep are proudly able to tour in over 61 countries” which is
> > not to be sniffed at. The good news, for both Heep and for those that
> love
> > the band – whatever period they found them along the journey (in the
> > interests of full disclosure, 2008’s “Wake The Sleeper” in my case) –
> there
> > is enough here to keep them on the road for a good few years yet.
> > > Indeed, right from the start of “Grazed By Heaven” it is evident that
> > “…Dream” is from the very top drawer of UH’s work. It is typical of their
> > sound, which personally, I’ve always thought was somewhere in the middle
> of
> > Deep Purple, Magnum and UFO, to make something entirely their own.
> > > In many ways too, “Living The Dream” is an album driven by the
> wonderful
> > organ work of Phil Lanzon, who absolutely propels this in a way that
> latter
> > day Europe might try.
> > > Likewise, the title track, which begins with some Queen-style harmonies
> > and a gritty, almost bluesy groove is a cracker, and the opening Box riff
> > to “Take Away My Soul” is perfect, and very British sounding, hard rock,
> > before it changes gear with some Beatles style swirl.
> > > This record crackles with an energy, and maybe it is just the fact that
> > everyone here knows it’s a cracker, but also the choice of Canadian
> > Producer Jay Ruston (who has worked with the aforementioned Europe as
> well
> > as The Winery Dogs, Stone Sour and Black Star Riders) seems to have
> > injected a real freshness.
> > > The likes of the thrilling “Knocking At My Door” – a real highlight –
> > and the epic prog freak out of the eight minutes plus of “Rocks In The
> > Road” are both indicative of a band that was brimming with ideas (and I’d
> > be willing to bet that outtakes from this would make for a damn fine
> album,
> > never mind anything else).
> > > There are touches of Led Zep about the melodic “Waters Flowing” – as
> > singer Bernie Shaw shows his class – and the slow building, brooding
> “It’s
> > All Been Said” is the sound of a whole band firing on all of its
> cylinders,
> > and the piano work here is enough to make Avantasia jealous, while the
> > lyrics lament the modern world. The modern world, though, can’t be all
> bad
> > when people make music like this.
> > > “Goodbye To Innocence” has a kind of “nudge, nudge, wink, wink” student
> > sleaze, but its filthy boogie is a lot of fun, while modern bands – I am
> > thinking of Inglorious here – will do well to listen to “Falling Under
> your
> > Spell” and understand how you do this for nigh on 50 years.
> > > As it all ends with the reflective “Dreams Of Yesteryear” – “let me
> tell
> > you how it was, so many years ago….” Sings Shaw as its opening line – you
> > are struck by the fact that this is the first time anything in this
> > collection has slipped into a reverie.
> > > “Living The Dream” is not the sound of old men sitting around telling
> > war stories. It is the sound of a wonderful hard rock band playing some
> > magnificent songs. There’ll be some kid, somewhere who’s never heard of
> the
> > band who finds this and loves it. That, right there, is why Uriah Heep –
> > and other bands of similar vintage – are still vital.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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