Hocus Pocus by Focus
This is probably in my top 3 favorite progressive rock songs and is definitely one of the coolest pieces of music I've ever heard. It seems like they just don't make music with this kind of ENERGY anymore. Or maybe the drugs were really just that good
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Whenever I independently come upon some noteworthy band or song, bringing it up to Mike is pretty pointless unless the band/musician didn't even begin performing 'til the early 90's or afterward, (i.e. Todd Snider).
I almost always get a "been there, done that, heard 'em, who cares" reaction. LOL. "Never thought much of Henry Cow."
Well, I take that back. There's one case of someone active between early 50's late 60's he'd never heard of & seemed intrigued by. Louis Thomas Hardin (A.K.A. Moondog). He was a vagrant who played on the streets of New York city, was blind, and dressed himself as a viking (that sort of introductory description probably wouldn't make anyone want to hear anyway of this guy's work LOL).
Mike is now convinced John Lennon got the idea of "Johnny and The Moondogs" (consisting of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Hanton, & Lowe -- pre "Beatles" -- when they were still kickin' it in Hamburg) from Louis Thomas Hardin because at one point in time, both happened to release a track entitled "Two Minutes of Silence". Not that original of an idea. Pure coincidence.
When I asked how would John have even KNOWN about a street musician in NY when he came up w/ the "Johnny and the Moondogs" thing, Mike says Yoko probably told him LOL. Don't think there's any connection. The band comprised of John Lennon & Lowe, George, & Colin adopted that name in '59. Lennon and Yoko didn't meet 'til '66.
God damn I've clearly spent way too much time over here with this guy.
OK, a little Moondog just 'cause I brought him up:
http://www.mushrumps.com/mp3s/Moondog%20-%20Down%20Is%20Up.mp3 <--liked the use of counterpoint here, anyway.
Apologies for my anonymity. Was thinkin' bout makin' new LJ account (deleted old one in '07). Looked to see if people were even still active. Looks like several people in my microcosm of associates still do.
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I was thinking the poster was either you or him... similar writing styles it appears. I have only started using LJ again very recently, shortly after New Year's I believe. I stumbled back one day and found recent entries on my friends page (gasp!) so I've mildly stuck around.
The clip you linked was interesting... I'd like to hear more but the track was only a minute long. XD
"Two Minutes of Silence" made me think of some composition by (artist's name) titled something like 4:54 or some amount of time like that. It was basically the guy sitting at a piano doing nothing, and the sounds on the track come from the rustling and other ambient sounds you'd hear when a full auditorium/concert hall/etc. was "quiet". Do you know the piece I'm talking about?
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