[Heeplist] 48 seconds

[Bob Winward]

Title track is weird lyrically until I read about it and it was the earthquake in 1910 (I wasn’t around for that one but I do remember one in San Francisco in the 80s)

It actually took me 58 seconds to like the title track musically. 

Bob Winward
All Heep is Good Heep!


> On Jul 28, 2019, at 3:35 AM, Pete Wharton <heeppete at sky.com> wrote:
> 
> Interesting, Bob and yet again something for us to disagree on :-) I love
> the first track, Azura's theme. Yes it starts off quiet, but then I also
> think that so does "Against The Odds" and look where that goes :-) I see
> Azura's Theme as a bit of an overture to the album and I also see it as a
> movie opening soundtrack where the camera is panning across vast landscapes
> as the hero rides into view :-) And I particularly love where it almost
> builds to a crescendo at the end and doesn't quite get there and then
> suddenly wham bang track 2 "In The Rain" gives you the missing bang
> crescendo as its opening . Lovely track.
> The title track is the one I struggled most with but even that has grown on
> me.
> 
> Pete
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of
> Bob Winward
> Sent: 27 July 2019 17:39
> To: Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
> <heeplist at travellersintime.com>
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] 48 seconds
> 
> Well I got to listen about 5x and it keeps growing on me.  I like all the
> songs except the first, it seems to be an instrumental and starts at such a
> low volume that I get impatient and hit the next track button.  After that,
> I cannot pick a favorite, it just keeps getting better and better.  When I
> first hears it was strings I did not have much expectation for it, but I am
> blown away.  Lots of vocals and instrumental changes to make it really
> interesting.  A couple folk mentioned Road to London, at first I thought it
> was a remake of a Hensley tune Albert Finney,  but the ending is amazing!!
> Keyboard work is awesome!
> 
> I would rate this over any cd of the former Keyboard player, except maybe
> "Faster".
> 
> To get an idea of what 48 seconds sounds like, thin of the song "Last Dance"
> with string accompaniment
> 
> 
> 
>> On 7/21/19, 2:46 AM, "Pete Wharton" <heeppete at sky.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I've only had a couple of listens so far, Bob, but I really like it. 
>> There's a good mix of different styles, including a bit of swing/big 
>> band. It may not be all Heep sounding, but there are some tracks that 
>> Heep could do really well if they didn't try and turn them into a 
>> heavy metal track
>> :-)
> 
> Pete
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heeplist
>> [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of Bob 
>> Winward
> Sent:
>> 20 July 2019 15:40
> To: heepsters list <heeplist at travellersintime.com>
> Subject:
>> [Heeplist] 48 seconds
> 
> I saw a nice review (1 so far) by Kevin Julie of Phil¹s
>> new cd. It is not Heep sounding.  I am going to order this weekend and 
>> then I can review.  I apologize for not getting to it, but just 
>> dealing with life issues in the family and my own diminished mental
> capacity.
> 
> I think
>> everybody¹s afraid to review it and say they might not like it and 
>> worry about getting criticized for it, that¹s my guess.  My all ³Heep 
>> is good heep² only applies if it says Uriah Heep on the spine.  So I 
>> myself will not condemn anyone for not liking it. And that is my 
>> second guess because nobody¹s praising it. I
> 
> Just wondering what others think of it. 
> 
> Bob Winward
> All Heep
>> is Good Heep!
> 
> 
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