tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post8177349134744924605..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Budgie: If I Were Brittania I'd Waive The RulesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-35967096554997228092016-01-20T19:27:13.174+03:002016-01-20T19:27:13.174+03:00Damn, that's a pretty harsh review. I enjoy th...Damn, that's a pretty harsh review. I enjoy this album as much as any of the other Bourge-era Budgie albums. I can't see where it's deficient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-60373229469910760442016-01-16T08:41:17.302+03:002016-01-16T08:41:17.302+03:00I'd say something about this LP (I do own it) ...I'd say something about this LP (I do own it) but since I've only played it once & had no desire to again, that probably says enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-52159385617928103212016-01-16T03:00:27.720+03:002016-01-16T03:00:27.720+03:00"Imagine AC/DC trying to play James Brown-sty..."Imagine AC/DC trying to play James Brown-style funk or Canterbury-style progressive rock".<br /><br />Actually Bon Scott did use to sing lead (and, erm, play recorder) in a prog band by the name of Fraternity (along with fellow pub-rocker Jimmy Barnes)... and before that he was in a teen-oriented bubblegum band called The Valentines. No funk though, to my knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-5993935913789393722016-01-15T19:14:28.909+03:002016-01-15T19:14:28.909+03:00Wow, I wasn't expecting a Thumbs Down, maybe a...Wow, I wasn't expecting a Thumbs Down, maybe a No Thumbs Up. You ranked this a 7 on your old siteJames Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05961783170656541744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-40477680677455932022016-01-15T18:56:59.388+03:002016-01-15T18:56:59.388+03:00Sky High Percentage is a good song - it has a fine...Sky High Percentage is a good song - it has a fine riff and a pleasant melody. Indeed it's not that heavy a song and hence sounds somewhat poppy, but that's not an unwelcome change to me.<br />Black Velvet is only that one one pitch riff repeated over and over again. That's not nearly enough for me to call it a good song - certainly not when it lasts eight minutes (as long as War Pigs for instance).<br />It's best to forget the rest.<br />At this point I wonder why Budgie never released a live album. It was exactly the right time and with their respectable catalogue the band had every reason to do it. Another second tier English hardrock band, UFO, managed to break through by exactly doing that (Strangers in the Night, 1979). That that band didn't expand on that success is an entirely other story.MNbnoreply@blogger.com