[Heeplist] Freedom to be Free

[Bob Winward]

Wow, there's so much I could say about the song. It is the best epic song on the record and comes close to approaching the majesty of July morning. At over eight minutes, the song is just too long to analyze part by part.  alI can say this Heep has not done a song this good since the early 70s and it has all those elements that used to make us so enthralled with the band.
Yes, by far this one of Bernie's most powerful rock vocals and the lyrics are absolutely stunning, and not only the power of the message. The guitar work by Mick is  full of passion. It's almost like he hopped in a time machine and re-discovered what we loved from the early days. One thing I am fond of on this song is the notable bass solos by David and the way the drum accompanies. These solos is breathtaking. The bass & drum interplay is so good, so exciting , innovative and pleasing to my ears.  About five minutes into song Phil does a really soft piano solo. It breaks up the song real nice and just when you think it's fading off into the sunset, wham!!  The whole band comes at you like a panzer doing 180. Yeah, we've heard that expression before but  they live up to it for the last 3 minutes of this song, powerful and hard-hitting. The song is a masterpiece of the Bernie era. This is as good as it gets, actually great as it gets, I knew the band is capable of something like this and now we have that dream fulfilled.  

Bob
All Heep is good Heep!