BOC: Eerie Soundalike

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Keith Henderson wrote:

> I've *never* heard a song that sounds as much like BOC as this song by the cool old Danish prog/psych band Burnin Red Ivanhoe.  It's called "August Suicidal" from the 1974 album 'Right On.'  It can be heard at myspace.com by searching on this title under the 'music' header.
>
> Whaddya think?  I like it.

 	There's some good stuff there, and I certainly see the 
resemblance; creepy organ throughout, and the same sort of choppiness in 
some of the tunes. More contemplative (or, as one might have it, boring) 
across some of the other tracks, and I certainly hear Eric's point about 
Arthur Brown in the occasional breaks into falsetto. I might also add some 
Jethro Tull influence to the mix here and there. In fact, if you had only 
heard Tull and the Doors and decided "hey, this could go a bit *faster* 
couldn't it?" you might get roughly here without BÖC ever crossing your 
radar, but the resemblance is still there I think. Parallel evolution?
URL for the lazy: http://www.myspace.com/burninredivanprog/music
Yours,
 	Jon

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