[Heeplist] Living The Dream Review

Sat Sep 8 01:31:10 EDT 2018

There's a review in the latest Classic Rock Magazine and they gave it 8 out 
of 10 calling it possibly the best Heep album in 2 or 3 decades. And this 
wasn't Dave Ling either.

Dave

-----Original Message----- 
From: Stan From Home
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2018 12:00 PM
To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Living The Dream Review

Just to add two cents and I’ve heard the album, I love Grazed too. The cool 
thing is I like the other 9 songs even better. This is a fantastic album!!

Not sure about acoustic guitar, I need to hear it more and am looking 
forward to doing so!

I’m not saying much as everyone should hear and form their opinions. I do 
agree as I think it is best since Sea and Sonic, maybe even better than 
those after more listens!! And I really like Wake the Sleeper, Into the Wild 
and Outsider.

Stan

> On Sep 7, 2018, at 11:35 AM, Richard Pascoe <r.pascoe at bahnhof.se> wrote:
>
>
> I LOVE WTS - so this discussion is exciting for me.....but so far have 
> only heard Grazed...
>
>
> Bring it on......
>
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>> On 2018-09-07 15:37, Don Malecic wrote:
>> But I ask , is there any acoustic guitar parts?
>> There's something so tranquil about acoustic guitar
>> Are there  different softer themes and mystic sound effects?
>> Harmonies need to be boosted up. I did hear that Phil has some piano
>> part(s)
>> To break up the organ , which is nice to hear.
>> I hope it's not a continuation of wake.
>> I thought I enjoyed the double drumming at first but I think I would 
>> prefer
>> the ole standard drumming now.
>> Outsider was refreshing and energetic but wouldn't want another one like 
>> it.
>> I won't be able to hear it till the 19
>> When I recieve my cd and I'm not going around digging pieces and bits of
>> the music on the internet till then.
>> I just hope Mick hasn't gone for tea!
>> Yes Bob, I'm hoping for another demons and wizards! Why not.lol. but I'll
>> take anything we can get from our beloved band at this point.
>> Don
>>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 3:00 AM Bob Winward <uriahheep at comcast.net> 
>>> wrote:
>>> All Been Said has lots of Soft Bernie voice.  It starts out hard
>>> rocking.  My first listen to the song I got excited by the intro, then 
>>> it
>>> kicks down to soft vocal.  Bernie sings “stop talking, stop speeding 
>>> ....”.
>>> I looked down I was doing 95 mph (145 km)
>>> Bob Winward
>>> All Heep is Good Heep!
>>> > On Sep 7, 2018, at 12:51 AM, Mac Steagall <rsteagall at carolina.rr.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Pete,
>>> >
>>> > I've heard the new album and there are lots of softer moments,
>>> particularly Waters Flowing and Dreams of Yesteryear but also
>>> > in epic songs like Rocks in the Road  and Take Away My Soul. As far as
>>> Phil or Mick disappearing, I'm guessing it may have been down to where 
>>> you
>>> were sitting in the room. I didn't get any of that from the cd.  My
>>> favorite tracks so far are Take Away My Soul and Waters Flowing. The cd
>>> really covers all the bases. IMO this album rivals Sea of Light as the 
>>> best
>>> Bernie
>>> > era album.
>>> >
>>> > Mac
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On 
>>> > Behalf
>>> Of Pete Wharton
>>> > Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2018 1:21 PM
>>> > To: 'Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)'
>>> > Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Living The Dream Review
>>> >
>>> > Well, while I'm on a roll, this is slightly relevant to the subject
>>> matter but just a lot out of date since I tried to post it a few 
>>> millennia
>>> ago :-)
>>> >
>>> > Just back home from Heepvention and back at computer. On Sunday at
>>> Heepvention, we were privileged to get a run through of the new album. I
>>> don’t know if it was played in the final cd order or not or just as 
>>> random
>>> tracks. Bearing in mind that wasn’t done in a small room or with
>>> headphones, there may have been some sound anomalies on where I was sat
>>> listening to it. So just some quick thoughts on our one and only run
>>> through which of course we were requested not to record!
>>> >
>>> > It definitely seemed (like grazed by heaven) very very heavy on the 
>>> > bass
>>> and drums. Both Joe Keenan and I commented after the first five tracks
>>> about there seeming to be a lack of those Heep harmonies, but we did get
>>> some on the later tracks. Bear in mind the note about not knowing the
>>> correct track order. On one track, Mick seems to have just disappeared 
>>> and
>>> gone for a tea break or something. Phil seemed very low down in the mix
>>> apart form one track where he does get to solo for a while. Fortunately
>>> Mick it seems must have finished his tea break in time for the other 
>>> tracks
>>>   A couple of tracks that could be commercial sort of, maybe.  I don’t
>>> know about the Panzer doing 80 analogy, I think more like a Chieftain 
>>> tank
>>> doing 120!
>>> >
>>> > I think it could raise quite some discussion. If you’re expecting
>>> classic Heep, forget it, it isn’t happening. I guess it’s just an 
>>> evolving
>>> of Wake The Sleeper and Outsider. Personally I think I missed the lack 
>>> of
>>> any out and out gentler song.
>>> >
>>> > There’s an expression in England to do with the Marmite spread, where
>>> you either love it or hate it, this could be along the similar lines.
>>> >
>>> > For Mac, it’s also like having baked beans for breakfast, you either 
>>> > get
>>> it or you don’t 
>>> >
>>> > Pete
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On 
>>> > Behalf
>>> Of Bob Winward
>>> > Sent: 06 September 2018 17:56
>>> > To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time) <
>>> heeplist at travellersintime.com>
>>> > Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Living The Dream Review
>>> >
>>> > Yes I am posting 34 times a week.  It is just not going through.
>>> > Glad to see you I made it
>>> >
>>> > Bob Winward
>>> > All Heep is Good Heep!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> On Sep 6, 2018, at 12:26 PM, 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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