On the Shelf 122A: Marc Almond
Jul. 29th, 2014 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedsitter23I can't mention Almond's recent work without some mention of his collaboration with John Harle, that came out earlier this year.
The Tyburn Tree is a song cycle around the dark side of 19th century London, which means Jack the Ripper, the Tyburn public gallows, and William Blake poetry with Almond as the voice and the prog rock of Harle as accompaniment.
I am intrigued and certainly see the appeal; and I certainly applaud the artistic move, but it's not really my thing. Not that I don't like it, but I just can't imagine continuing to revisit it.
The songs are out there, though, if you are interested, don't let me discourage you.
The Tyburn Tree is a song cycle around the dark side of 19th century London, which means Jack the Ripper, the Tyburn public gallows, and William Blake poetry with Almond as the voice and the prog rock of Harle as accompaniment.
I am intrigued and certainly see the appeal; and I certainly applaud the artistic move, but it's not really my thing. Not that I don't like it, but I just can't imagine continuing to revisit it.
The songs are out there, though, if you are interested, don't let me discourage you.
