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Roy Harper – One Of Those Days In England
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Few survivors from the golden age of British folk-rock have kept their reputations intact. Of the generation of troubadours who came of age in the folk clubs of London in the mid-1960s, some have passed away, others have surrendered to the regurgitation of the blandest form of acoustic folk music. But among the survivors, there is one figure whose body of work, comprising 23 studio LPs and almost as many live and compilation releases, has come to stand for a particularly single-minded form of integrity. That man is Roy Harper.
Now officially ‘retired’, and living in a secluded corner of Ireland, Harper has recently been hailed as a key influence by a much younger generation of devoted starsailors who instinctively recognise his innovations, his refusal to compromise and his visionary world view. It is rumoured that Joanna Newsom insisted she’d only play her recent UK shows if he would support her. The likes of Fleet Foxes and Jim O’Rourke are avowed fans; and in previous decades he has enjoyed public endorsements and tributes from the likes of Led Zeppelin, Kate Bush, Pink Floyd’s Dave Gilmour and many more.
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Stormcock
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Sophisticated Beggar
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Flat Baroque and Berserk
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Bullinamingvase
Roy Harper - Bridgewater Hall - Manchester - Friday 25 October 2013 I have my ticket :)
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fergalmc
Flat Baroque and Berserk, Valentine and Lifemask all sit in the shadow of Stormcock but are all worth a listen.
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twelvetunes
Francesca!
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aenimauk
The Monster from his late album The Green Man is fantastic, great lyrics as always with Roy. Up there with his older epics like McGoohan's Blues, I Hate the White Man, all of Stormcock, etc...
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lumunus
The Same Old Rock - Awsome !
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TeenageRiot-
Bryan Cranston [3] LOL! You're not wrong about his changing appearance though. There's a video of him playing in the 80s and it's weird how different he looks. No beard and shoulder length hair.
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Mahglazzies
Also, I swear that Roy Harper is some sort of shape-shifting Wizard. He always looks so drastically different in all of his pictures.
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Mahglazzies
He looks like Bryan Cranston in that photo [2] I'm so glad somebody else finally said it. It's true.
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PauloCedric
Genial!
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NoahIsCool
well turns out Stormcock is an amazing album
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Ryantalope
Man is a goddamn genius!
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Aretpocem
He looks like Bryan Cranston in that photo
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nowheredisaster
Hats off.
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Marsslover
Rare Video of Desert Island part of Burn The World.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLLhNDJb6Dw&feature=fvwrel
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Strobozirgs
This man is an inspiration.
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dc101lfm
Oh my word. every time I listen to a Harper song the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. First saw him at Newcastle City Hall when I was 13 - and most recently saw him at the Royal Festival Hall where he was joined on stage by none less than Jimmy Page. Harper has been a constant companion of me for nearly 40 years from the Half Moon Putney, to the Suffolk and Good Festival, to the Sheffield Lead Mill and the 100 Club on Oxford Street. I've seen him with past girlfriends, my wife and my kids. It's been an absolute pleasure and a source of immense joy. Hats off Sir!
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stupidstuff
::publicly stones mindgarden::
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arglactable
So... You listened to his compilation of love songs (which is, undoubtedly, very good) and then moved on to one of his most complex and thought-provoking albums? I'm really not sure what to recommend to you. Stormcock is a masterpiece.
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RussellChap
Quote "...everyone seems to rate 'Stormcock' so highly, I made that my next port of call...but found it to be overly portentous..." Umm...That sounds like a recommendation to me. It's an album full of looming portents & omens, it's not a light hearted listen, although it has breaks in the clouds. Try 'Sophisticated Beggar' next...it's not portentous ;-D
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mindgarden
I bought - and was blown away by - the 'Songs of Love and Loss' compilation. SInce everyone seems to rate 'Stormcock' so highly, I made that my next port of call...but found it to be overly portentous and, ultimately, a bit of a disappointment. I am sure that this assessment will earn me a public stoning, but instead I would like to hear anyone's recommendation of what would be a good Roy album for me to try next? Thanks, folks.
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