[Heeplist] Golden light

[Bob Winward]

This is one of my favorite songs on the album. It reminds me  of the music that was on sonic origami but livelier. If you have one of those iPhones, where when you set an alarm, you can pick a song, it should be a great one to wake up to. It starts out with a keyboard blaring away like a trumpet!  Then the short drum burst followed by a duet Russell &  Davie, with fast paced beats. It sounds like a boxing match the way it just punches away at you.
Then the lyrics kick in, and the nice melodic refrain from Bernie.  I didn't hear much guitar work until about three minutes in and I really heard some beautiful licks from Mick. Then at 4:25 some beautiful swirling guitar work kicks in  I am  thinking it's a guitar could be a keyboard, but really sounds great. Lyrically the song gets in your head and with such a catchy chorus.  "There's a golden light shining down on me on an empty road somewhere there's an angel guide, helping me survive."  

Another great song on the new CD and this song is a great example of how tight Russell and Davey play together. A beautiful song up-tempo with a scrumptious tasty rhythm section throughout. So far the cd is 7 for 7 in my book!  It exceeds even my all Heep is good Heep perspective!!

Bob
I love all the Bleep from Uriah Heep!