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David Roesener
Guitarist, Renaissance Man. Hard rock and metal. Electronic music DJ. Piano novice.. Jazz music from the 50s and 60s
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David Roesener's Album Reviews
Growing up in a city where a classic rock station dominated the airwaves, i was fed a steady diet of 1970's rock bands. Most of these hits were from familiar big name bands.
Every once in a while, a strange but catchy song would start playing. Something about Get it On and Bang a Gong. The singer had a very soft spoken, breathy voice. I probably didn't even know who the band was for years. Certainly it had to be a one hit wonder.
T Rex was anything but a one hit wonder. A big success in the UK and they were big before David Bowie and bigger than Bowie (I had to do a little research to ascertain this). David Bowie gives T Rex a shoutout in the All the Young dudes and they had a friendly/rival relationship for all of T Rex's career before Marc Bolan tragically died in a car accident.
On to the review. It opens with Mambo Sun, which has a nice groove and kind of fits with the Bang a Gong feel. It then leads into Cosmic Dancer which feels exactly like a David Bowie song. Jeepster is a blues boogie, i found myself wondering what guitar/amp setups they had and how it was a bit like CCR.
Monolith is a ballad, a little motown like but not much. He uses the wah wah pedal heavy.
Lean woman blues is a fuzzy slow blues jam that you could imagine Robert Plant singing.
Next we get the big hit Bang a gong (get it on). Have heard it many times. Always catchy, but this time i noticed the horn section and saxophone. Really adds alot to the band. You can see why it was a hit.
Planet queen has a nice acoustic guitar start. The song girl sounded alot like the beginning of the Kinks-Lola, interesting that later it has a trumpet sound or a keyboard playing trumpet in the song.
The motivator almost sounds like a sequel to get it on, it was even lyrically similar.
Lifes a gas was an old love ballad. I suppose lifes a gas is an old expression. Finally it finishes with Rip off. These are all the songs on the non-extended edition.
The production value was flat, something they fix on future albums, i believe i read that Elton John made sure they got a higher quality studio for the next album.
I can see why people liked the album at the time, but i wasn't motivated to get many listens in after the first few through the album. I was left mostly liking Mambo sun and Get it on. I can definitely see how they influenced David Bowie and plan on reviewing some Bowie later. I also plan to listen to some other albums by T Rex in due time. One thing is for certain, its my favorite dinosaur named band.
Every once in a while, a strange but catchy song would start playing. Something about Get it On and Bang a Gong. The singer had a very soft spoken, breathy voice. I probably didn't even know who the band was for years. Certainly it had to be a one hit wonder.
T Rex was anything but a one hit wonder. A big success in the UK and they were big before David Bowie and bigger than Bowie (I had to do a little research to ascertain this). David Bowie gives T Rex a shoutout in the All the Young dudes and they had a friendly/rival relationship for all of T Rex's career before Marc Bolan tragically died in a car accident.
On to the review. It opens with Mambo Sun, which has a nice groove and kind of fits with the Bang a Gong feel. It then leads into Cosmic Dancer which feels exactly like a David Bowie song. Jeepster is a blues boogie, i found myself wondering what guitar/amp setups they had and how it was a bit like CCR.
Monolith is a ballad, a little motown like but not much. He uses the wah wah pedal heavy.
Lean woman blues is a fuzzy slow blues jam that you could imagine Robert Plant singing.
Next we get the big hit Bang a gong (get it on). Have heard it many times. Always catchy, but this time i noticed the horn section and saxophone. Really adds alot to the band. You can see why it was a hit.
Planet queen has a nice acoustic guitar start. The song girl sounded alot like the beginning of the Kinks-Lola, interesting that later it has a trumpet sound or a keyboard playing trumpet in the song.
The motivator almost sounds like a sequel to get it on, it was even lyrically similar.
Lifes a gas was an old love ballad. I suppose lifes a gas is an old expression. Finally it finishes with Rip off. These are all the songs on the non-extended edition.
The production value was flat, something they fix on future albums, i believe i read that Elton John made sure they got a higher quality studio for the next album.
I can see why people liked the album at the time, but i wasn't motivated to get many listens in after the first few through the album. I was left mostly liking Mambo sun and Get it on. I can definitely see how they influenced David Bowie and plan on reviewing some Bowie later. I also plan to listen to some other albums by T Rex in due time. One thing is for certain, its my favorite dinosaur named band.
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