The Crazy World of Arthur Brown- The Crazy World of Arthur Brown(SIDE 1) (REACTION//DISCUSSION)
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Psychedelic rock is the foundry in which a thousand genres were forged.
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Arthur Brown is incredible, the songs, the vibe and that voice. His backing band with Atomic Roosters Vincent Crane on organ and the band is frikkin on fire literally. Arthur Brown was the originator of the sound and image with wild make up and a burning brazier on his head that was later used by Alice Cooper, Kiss, King Diamond and singers like Ian Gillan of Deep Purple. Thank you man. Side 2 is different in that they are separate ideas, still very cool. Side one is about as perfect as can be.
He used to sing Fire with a burning helmet which sometimes burned his head. I'm so glad you liked this, you would surely enjoy his Kingdom Come albums too. The main producer Kit Lambert was The Who's manager. Great stuff JP.
I've been doing a video series of CD exchanges with a friend and I've come to the conclusion that Arthur Brown is an amazing talent as is the band he has with him. I don't have this album (yet) but his 3 albums after this one with his band Kingdom Come are amazing and way ahead of their time. Update: His new album Long Long Road is amazing. He is now 80 years old and his vocals haven't changed at all. I'll be reviewing the album soon on my channel.
Arthur Brown also does vocals on Alan Parsons Project - "Tell-Tale Heart" from the Tales of Mystery and Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe. I urge you to do a full album listen to that. You've already done the "The Raven" but not it's prelude "Dream Within a Dream."
As I was listening to this I was trying to remember where else I had heard his voice. I also agree that JP should do full album listen of 'Tales of Mystery and Imagination'. Great album
@@JamesHowe Tales of Mystery and Imagination remains the very best APP album for me.
@@a.k.1740 Yep had this comment about Tell Tale Heart ready to go! Arthur sounds so good on that track going to listen to it now! Yes more AP JP..lol
+1 vote for the whole Tales Of Mystery And Imagination album!! You deserve it, JP!!
You must search out the video. It adds a whole new dimension.
I had the honour to record with Arthur Brown as he is quite local to me. This was about in the early 2000’s but he still had that vocal range, he would just go operatic, it was amazing, such a great voice.
This is a mad psychedelic journey of an album weird and amazing. Carl palmer used to play for him before he joined ELP
He did a stint in Atomic Rooster in between also
I'm glad you got your proof that Rolling Stone doesn't have a clue when it comes to music.
Yeah, RS always criticized ELP as if they were void of talent
I’ve been privileged to see Arthur Brown live a few times. He’s still got it. He has such an amazing range.
I’ve heard rumour that the drummer at this time, Drachen Theaker, could easily out-Moon Keith Moon in his unpredictable behaviour on an off stage. He is no longer with us.
They were once kicked out of Italy and told never to come back after Arthur took all his clothes off on stage at the Palermo Festival and got arrested. Earlier in the tour they played at a Mafia-owned club which refused to pay after the gig, so they set the place on fire (allegedly)
This album is remarkable because it’s a really credible piece of experimental rock yet uses no lead guitar. Track Records insisted that the get a guitarist to pad out the sound but they weren’t keen to, so Pete Townsend, who more or less discovered them and got them on Track’s rosta, suggested they use strings, reed and horns instead, and it really really works. But a lot of it is due to the remarkable keyboard talents of Vincent Crane which really drives the album and brilliantly compliments Arthur’s amazing ever falling, rising, swooping and fluttering vocals.
The first part of the album originally came from a concept called The Fevered Nightmares of Heironymous Anonymous (or something like that) in which the hero would be taken through the different stages of the afterlife. They only really got as far as his journey into Hell and then abandoned it, which is why the earlier tracks on the album sound like they belong on a concept album.
He was well known for theatrical stage performances and spooky makeup, well before a Alice Cooper, bizarre dance moves and his trademark fiery helmet which was made using bits of metal attached to a colander with metal horns. A roadie would fill a dish on the top with petrol and set light to it and Brown would perform Nightmare, helmet ablaze, to the rapture of the audience. When Fire became a hit he performed it on Top Of The Pops on U.K. TV and used the flaming helmet, since when it was subsequently used on tour to perform Fire.
The roadie in charge of the petrol was a drunk and his hands were rarely steady so much of the petrol often ended up all over Brown’s cape and hair. His head caught fire on more than one occasion.
Whilst never really making it as big as he deserved, Arthur was a massive influencer. His horror theatrics and on-stage execution scenes, along with his makeup, were an inspiration to Alice Cooper, and the two have performed Fire together.
Peter Gabriel was also hugely influenced by him. Brown attended an early Genesis live show. Before hand Gabriel said to him “you’ll see a lot of yourself in my performance”. Years later, in the 80s when Brown’s musical career was pretty flat, Gabriel attempted to lift Brown’s career by writing him a song and offering to produce, but Brown turned down the kind offer. The song, written with Brown’s voice in mind, was Sledgehammer.
Both times that I saw him live he performed his set acoustically with just an acoustic guitarist and a bass player. He opened with a remarkably brilliant and eerie rendition of Dylan’s ‘A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall’ and had me mesmerised from the outset.
He’s always trying different stage makeup ideas with designs inspired by different cultures (his early makeup with blacked out eyes and black lines around the mouth and on the tip of his nose was based on Mexican skull designs and, minus the nose makeup, was a forerunner of the makeup design Alice Cooper used from the mid 70s onwards) He also incorporated mime, robotic moves and experimental dance.
Some of his more recent albums are a bit hit and miss for me, but that’s what happens when you take risks and experiment with your craft. But at his best he is phenomenal, with a remarkable vocal range. A true original who is more interested in artistic integrity than in fame and money.
Just one more thing of note, some years back he contributed to a Peter Green tribute album with an amazing rendition of Green Manalishi.
Vincent Crane was a musical genius, and was one of the founders of Atomic Rooster. He was sadly plagued all his life by mental health issues and was in and out of mental institutions. Sometimes when he was at a really low ebb Brown would get in touch and give him a project to do to lift him, which is how he got involved in Arthur Browns album Chisholm In My Bosom, and was also how they came to do Faster Than The Speed Of Light, which is an amazing album which sounds like it could have been from the soundtrack of a high-class west-end stage musical, and deals a lot with Crane’s experiences with depression. Sadly Vincent Crane took his own life. It’s the worlds loss. I rate him above Keith Emerson any day of the week.
Thank the hell out of left field for this info. Where the hell did you come from? My uncle turned me on to this album (I was 14) in 1970 ... Blew my mind, and started my journey into progressive music (he also filled my ears with Chet Baker and Coltrane)
Drachen (German for "Dragon") Theaker was a noisy drummer, he was not able to keep the time and at some point Vincent Crane had him thrown out ("either him or me"), the gap was filled with a 17 year old Carl Palmer. On the second side there is a beautiful track called Child of my Kingdom, where Jon Hisemen had the honor to replace him.
Brilliant info 😊 thanks
Vincent Crane's definitely a name I recognise, how sad 😔
What a surprise!. I've heard 'Fire' a zillion times (AB with his burning hat), and now realised that's all i'd ever heard. This was pretty great. So 60's it's untrue, so of its time, and yet I think it stands up incredibly well. Excellent flow, great tunes, keys, and loved the orchestration. Every track a winner, but my fave 'Come and Buy'. Vocals likewise spot on, and again particularly on 'Come and Buy'. That fast delivery, almost proto rap 🙂 Even the spoken word worked a charm here, and that I find quite rare. Loved this.
Imagine if you will that single being played on top 40 AM radio back in the day, and it was! He was a very odd person, and while this may be considered a concept album, this is who he was. In 1968 the really heavy metal sound hadn't arrived yet, and the years 68/69 were heavily charged with brass backing/arrangements, thus the horns backing the crescendo. The organ was also very prominent in artist's music like the Doors, Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly, Rascals etc. so it was heavy for 1968 but yet comparatively cool by todays standards.
The originator of theater rock, predecessor to the likes of David Bowie , Alice Cooper ,and Peter Gabriel in Genesis. His lyrical content shows a visual predisposition. His concerts were almost pagan rituals ,with an old world edge.
Screamin' Jay Hawkins was a big pioneer too.
Originator? Side 2 of this album starts out with a cover of "I Put a Spell on You" - Screamin' Jay Hawkins was quite theatrical.
The amazing Arthur Brown (79 years old, soon to be 80 in June) and still active, is one of the precursors of shock rock and had a considerable influence on Alice Cooper, Kiss & Co. not to mention his incredible and versatile voice which inspired Ian Gillan, David Byron and Bruce Dickinson.
You should also listen to the three albums he made with his band Kingdom Come in the early 70s (not to be confused with the 80s German metal band of the same name) which leans more towards progressive rock but still just as interesting as The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.
Great artist often forgotten but nevertheless important and influential !
Amazed to hear he's still active saw him several times in the 70s, great artist & glad to hear he's still on planet😀😉
Was, still is, one of the greatest voices in rock music, but don't expect it to be easy listening. Such power and total class.
You know, if you like this I recommend "The Four Horsemen" by Aphrodite's Child from their album "666"
I've been aware of "Fire" for as long as I can remember, but never experienced any other Arthur Brown output.
Quite surprised, in a good way, to hear a bigger range and tone than just wild craziness, all tinged with psychedelia throughout.
Nice one!
Oh, and the Kingdom Come albums are on a whole different level!! A sea of bliss..
Same here, I just know "Fire". Good decision by Justin to embed that song with the whole side1. Absolutely worth the listen!
She is called the queen of goosebumps, a unique voice - contralto with polyphonic overtones. Full vocal range - 4 octaves (E3-E7)
The most famous hit of the king of rock 'n' roll in an unrivaled gorgeous, phenomenal performance by Diana Ankudinova ( 18 y.o.)
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley / DARK VERSION cover)
Please react to Diana Ankudinova !
Last year, the number of reactions to Diana exceeded the number of 10 thousand reactions (in my playlist section there are two playlists of 5 thousand reactions each).
Diana Ankudinova
Can’t Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley / DARK VERSION cover)
Full version re-released on Diana's official channel 08.10.2021
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I'm glad you listened to this whole side. It IS a definate journey. Side 2 is not part of the concept, but still excellant. There was nothing quite like this album at the time. Arthur went on to record three albums under the banner "Artur Brown's Kingdom Come". I like them quite well too. They're loaded with eccentric weirdness. Great reation. Thanks.
That was a banquet of psychedelic goodies. I think a lot of the big rock singers of the seventies point to this album as inspirational. I’m so glad you played that whole piece, I don’t think I’ve ever heard it all. Thank you JP this was perfect, makes me wish I wore my “I’d Rather Be Tripping” Tee shirt this morning.
First time listening. Seems like a mix of the doors, frank zappa, and some suspicious medication. Sounds great!
It isn’t called the Grazy world of Arthur Brown for nothing! Always wanted to dive deeper into his energetic madness. Not disappointed at all.
You should look for a live performance on RUclips with his burning crown on his head. Also interesting is his cooperation with Klaus Schulze. They made 2 albums together: Dune and a live double album. Well worth a listen.
Yes , to fully appreciate him you have to see him performing. There are several clips on RUclips although as they are 50 years old they're not the best quality.
Klaus Schulze took his music very seriously an didn't allow humor on stage, which was quite a pain for Arthur, to say the least. Nevertheless his totally improvised lyrics on that records is fantastic.
I remember a story one of my neighbours told me. When he was younger he worked at the university I work at now, only back then it wasn't a university, it was still a polytechnic. Anyway, he worked in a bar. One evening the Crazy World of Arthur Brown was to perform at the bar. As he took to the stage wearing a cloak and this big hat and began his performance .... "I am the God of hell fire. .." he then set his hat on fire. At this point someone came over with a fire extinguisher and put out the fire on his head.
this happened more often and more often beer was used to kill the fire
Vocal gymnastics.
I’d only ever heard ‘Fire’ since it was a hit song. Crazy stuff, but it’s good. Stretches the boundaries of music. His voice is like a mix of Peter Hamill and Ian Gillian. Thanks.
Check out his band Kingdome Come
One of my favorite albums of all time. I saw the vinyl in a record store one day in the late 80's. I remembered I loved the song "Fire" so I bought the album. WOW! I was blown away by his voice, the vibe that each song gave out and the AMAZING Hammond organ sounds from Vincent Crane who at that time, I didn't even know about Atomic Rooster (another awesome band!). So cool to hear you experience this JP! Listen to side two!!
Whatever Rolling Stone said, you can almost always take the complete opposite as being accurate, especially where British music is concerned 🙄
Arthur Brown came from a place only a short bus ride away from where I live. Whitby. The Dracula Town. They have goth festivals twice a year. Great atmosphere.
This witty, eccentric psychedelia makes me think a little of The Bonzo Dog Doodah Band, which you should definitely check out.
JustJP, Fire song is almost as good as Alice Cooper's "original" band "Love it to death album" song "The Ballad of Dwight Frye", only from this album though, no live video's in later years when Alice changed it a lot, only the original "Ballad of Dwight Frye" from "Love it to death" album. If you don't believe me then I dare you to play it! IT WILL BLOW YOU AWAY! I love watching people's reaction when I play "The Ballad of Dwight Frye" they are like "oh my god" plus the guitar and "spacey affects" of a man gone insane is epic!
I worked as a doorman in a nightclub in Brighton in the 90's. The venue was great, having many great different gigs - and old bands often played. One night we had Arthur Brown - looking even crazier than he did in the 60's - During his second song, he stopped midway through and said 'This is too much man'. With that he dropped the microphone and walked straght though the crowd and out the front door. Class.
That voice is pure heaven.
Arthur brown a rock hero what a voice saw him few yrs back in his mid 60s small man massive voice! Legend ✌️😎 could do with someone like this now to liven up scene ‼️
Loved "Fire" as a 45 back in the day, but never heard anything else until this video. This was a real treat.
NIce one. A bit of Atomic Rooster, next, we hope :)
You need to check out the albums he made as Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come. The album Journey is superb. Every track is a gem. "Superficial Roadblocks of the Mind", "Time Captives", the glorious "Spirit of Joy", "Gipsy", Triangles", "Conception", "Come Alive".
Yes! Became a huge fan of Kingdom Come in the past year! All three albums are excellent.
Wow! Thanks so much for this unexpected reaction, and an amazing coincidence because I was about to recommend Arthur Brown to you in a comment on your Harmonium reaction yesterday. The reason being that I was thinking of the other French prog rock bands, Magma, whom of course you’ve been listening to, and Ange, whom as far as I know you haven’t. Anyway, I saw Ange supporting Arthur Brown’s Kingdom Come, the third gig I ever went to (after Genesis and King Crimson!) Happy, youthful days! Ange were amazing and weren’t allowed to leave before an encore. Anyway, Arthur Brown too was an astonishing performer, and I love Kingdom Come’s 2nd album, entitled just Kingdom Come. Journey is pretty good too, but suffers somewhat by pioneering the drum machine rather than employing a drummer. As usual you and your enthusiastic reactions take me back to being a teenager, and reacting with similar emotions myself forty years ago. Thanks again.
Love this!! Arthur Brown influenced so many great artists, he never quite got his proper due. Arthur is a very down to earth open guy, don't be surprised if he sends you a message.
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Glad you listened to it as intended! Fire by itself is just part of a suite. Side two isn't quite as good, but they do a great cover version of "I Put A Spell On You".
Your instincts were absolutely correct! Glad you listened to the whole "suite." A 60's psychedelic classic.
Unique blend of freakbeat, rock'n'soul, cabaret storytelling and pure Screamin' Jay OTT-ness, as is made obvious by his cover of "IPASOY".
His legacy is huge, and arguably more interesting overall, considering his influence can be felt from glam to postpunk to metal to electro.
Like Scott Walker, goes well with Nick Cave...
"Fire" was the first record I ever got after asking for it; before that there was Pinky and Perky - string puppet pigs - doing early Beatles songs, which I didn't ask for.
Fire is still great.
Awesome comment/story 😂
Listening to this again…I just realized Arthur is making literal AND figurative soul- music. He is all-in.
I remember this song when it was new. My step father had the 45 (wish I had it now!). I loved the song then at 9 years old, but only this month discovered the album on RUclips, then other albums. I'm obsessed and now I want to see him live. There's so much great music already made, waiting to be discovered. Glad I "discovered" this gem!
The vocal lead reminds me of Ian Gillan of Deep Purple (since 1969) and the original Jesus Christ Superstar. I'm sure that Arthur influenced Ian's vocal screams.
JP actually listened to "Child In Time" featuring Ian's vocal screams which parallel Arthur Brown's - it was last March, and there was lots of music since then, so I guess it didn't appear in JP's mental card index.
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Cool. "Fire" opened up a mix-tape my uncle gave me as a kid (well, he was clearing out his tapes, and asked if we wanted them; my parents were less enthused), so it's great to finally sit down and listen to the rest of the album this came from 😈
This dark side of psychedelia certainly is worth exploring.
The original shock rock artist. Well, one of the originals anyway. His look was definitely an inspiration for Alice Cooper.
In 1968 "Fire" hit the AM radio waves locally and it was like absolutely nothing else. I loved the song but have never heard the remainder of the album. What a trip! To think this song was released at the same time as Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is mind blowing. There must have been something in the water in those days.
Wow. Thank you for doing the whole thing. It was a first listen for me too, and I can't imagine breaking that up into 5 videos. You would lose all the continuity. Loved it.
I was born in '71 and I remember listening to this song on my mum's 45rpm record of this song... so as "Addams Family" as this sounds, this song really brings back happy childhood memories!
I LOVE the three (there's technically a fourth album too) Kingdom Come albums with Arthur Brown. Basically audio acid trips. I know LSD was involved a bit with that band. Their third album, Journey, uses a drum machine instead of a drummer, which was pretty crazy back then. Vincent Crane (organist) went on to form the fantastic Atomic Rooster.
Rolling Stone magazine was never a great supporter of challenging music, preferring its rock squarely rooted in folk and blues.
They are pompous people who don't like progressive stuff. They would probably love a sex pistols album.
I've always loved 'Fire'. I heard that song many times growing up and just the way it starts really grabs you. As I listen to this I can see the influence on other singers such as Ian Gillian of Deep Purple. Both of these singers do what I call 'screaming in tune'. I've only heard Fire, so I'm glad you did side 1 and hopefully you'll do side 2 soon.
The keyboard player Vincent Crane who partially composed this song and drummer Carl Palmer formed later the Atomic Rooster and asked certain Steve Howe to join. However the drummer on this is Drachen Theaker, who had to quit due to aviophobia which obviously limited his ability to tour. He was replaced by Palmer.
You need to check out what Arthur is doing these days. He's never rested on his laurels - he's been creating experimental blues / psychedelic / theatrical music up to now. He's insane in the most delightful way, somewhere between Frank Zappa and George Clinton.
Also check out Screaming Lord Sutch. That dude was a trip.
It certainly makes Close to the Edge looking lame, althought there is not one guitar heard on that very first heavy metal album of all time. I certainly recommend reading his biography "The God of Hellfire", his work with Arthur Browns Kingdom Come, his solowork especially the Album "Requiem", which is also a funny concept album ("the missile is dead, what shall we do in our nakedness"), and even his more recent records like the Vampyre Suite and ZimZamZim. Arthur Brown is still touring and his voice, charm and enthuiasm are not yet broken by any means.
Hello, thank you for the video. I advise you to make, if you haven't done it yet, a reaction to the wonderful young singer Diana Ankudinova. This girl will surprise you with her artistry and rare timbre of voice. She has covers of famous songs, and also performs her own songs.
I am very familiar with the song "Fire", been hearing it all my life, but I never listened to any of the rest of his stuff. VERY cool! I'm going to have to get that album. "Rolling Stone" is a rag, I have zero respect for any of their opinions.
'Fire' is the only track I know; there are lots of inventive twists and turns to these tracks, but unpalatable to me. I've done my best to avoid the work of Vincent Crane in Atomic Rooster, then and now - just too treacly and gothic for me.
As ever, JP, thanks for leading the horse to water.
Listen to the mono version of Fire Poem as it's a little longer and introduces song Fire better. The whole album is tour de force.
I was really young when this came out on the radio somehow we thought we were listening to something too risqué to be played on AM radio back then.. of coarse we couldn’t wait to hear it again!
An interesting choice for a Sunday morning, kudos. FYI in 1989 Pete Townshend made a solo record "The Iron Man" working with such artists as John Lee Hooker and Nina Simone in addition to having 2 songs by The Who. One of those songs is a cover of 'Fire'. Very '80s sounding and not very Who-like. ruclips.net/video/SP2sAxRaoUU/видео.html
Wow - what a bonus : I've recommended Fire for quite some time , convinced you would find it an unforgettable experience once you heard it .
To see you get around to it is one thing - to then see you decide on the fly to check out the entire album side was fantastic .
That was a lot of fun - really glad you not only enjoyed Fire but also went the extra mile on this .
Btw - always seemed to me that Deep Purple may have been influenced by this album .
Also , one BBC documentary on the history of prog begins with crediting Arthur Brown as a pioneer / influencer to the movement
A few interesting facts (as you seem to like it when we come up with them): Vincent Crane later became the keyboarder of Atomic Rooster; you did a reaction to the title track from their second album "Death Walks Behind You". Actually a track from the first album ("Winter") is cited in one of the tracks from this album ("Come and Buy"). This first album exists in two versions; one of them has heavy guitar added for the American market. We have both versions but actually like the album better without that heavy guitar; it just doesn't fit.
Arthur Brown and Vincent Crane actually formed an unlikely coalition with German electronic musician Klaus Schulze (of whom we highly recommend his 1979 album "Mirage") for "Time Actor", the first album of his side project Richard Wahnfried, a band that occasionally released albums throughout the years; "Time Actor" is from 1979. Arthur Brown also sang on Klaus Schulze's 1979 release "Dune" and his 1980 release "... Live...".
Draken Theaker replaced Roger Hadden in the band High Tide when Hadden developed a psychosis. Of High Tide we highly recommend their first album "Sea Shanties" from 1969. It is extremely heavy for its time and is most notable for the almost constant dueling of the electric guitar of Tony Hill and the electric violin of Simon House. Definitely an album you should listen to. Simon House later joined Hawkwind. You did not like the only track you listened to of them ("Assault and Battery / The Golden Void") and found it too monotonous (an opinion we don't agree with because a lot is going on throughout the song, and the screeching electric violin of Simon House in "The Golden Void", which you probably mistook for synthesizer, is just awesome). Hawkwind are one of our favorite bands; we think you should return to them and recommend either "Steppenwolf" from their 1976 album "Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music" or "Damnation Alley" from their 1977 album "Quark, Strangeness and Charm"; the electric violin of Simon House features prominently in both tracks. Simon House also joined the band of David Bowie, by the way, and played on his 1978 live album "Stage" (which also features Adrian Belew, who joined King Crimson in the 80s) and his 1979 studio album "Lodger".
On a completely unrelated side-note: An artist we highly recommend is French singer Mylène Farmer. Not really because of her music, which is not really up our alley (with exceptions; some of her tracks are brilliant, and we love her angelic voice) but because of her videos and live shows that are just out of this world. Her videos always tell stories and are sometimes very long; trust us when we say Michael Jackson videos pale in comparison to hers, and that's saying something because we definitely have his videos in high regard. They are little movies that are often very surreal, very violent and very erotic, sometimes all three in the same video (with full nudity; the French are no prudes); the videos to "Libertine" and the sequel "Pourvu qu'elle soient douce" ("As long as they are sweet") are together almost half an hour long ("Libertine" is almost eleven minutes long, "Pourvu qu'elle soient douce" almost eighteen minutes) and have lots of violence and nudity, including catfights between Mylène and another woman in both videos. The second video begins where the first one ended; so they belong together and tell a story. Lots of moments without music in the videos; they are real works of art.
Mylène Farmer is a superstar in France; she is the top-selling musical artist there and has been so for over 35 years. You should definitely have a look at these two videos (and other videos of her; she did one with Sting and one with Seal, by the way), even if you can't do reviews of them here due to the nudity. Her live performance of "Dernier Sourire" ("Last Smile"), a song about the death of her father (who, judging from the lyrics, died in pain), will move you to tears, even if you don't understand a word; her singing is so extremely emotional in that song. Her entrances in her live shows are absolutely insane; it takes many minutes before she finally arrives on stage; excellent examples of her entries are the intros to her 2000 Mylenium ( a little wordplay) tour, her 2006 tour and her 2009 tour. All of the mentioned videos, and many more if these videos kindle your interest in her, can be found on RUclips. We can't recommend her highly enough.
I actually bought sea Shandy's about 10 years ago it was excellent.
Deffo needs a return to Hawkwind. Although I would recommend something with Lemmy playing. Time We Left is a perfect example of the bass taking the place of a lead guitar in playing the riff. Or Hugh Lloyd Langtons soaring guitar on Levitation.
While I still feel Galactic Zoo Dossier is Arthur Brown's best work, this album and the band are both quite good and extremely important to the beginning of prog rock (which is covered in the Prog Rock Britannia documentary I've recommended before). Zappa's Freak Out influenced the Beatles to make Sgt Peppers which influenced Procol Harum to create "A Whiter Shade of Pale" while at the same time bands like The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Nice, and Giles, Giles, & Fripp were forming. Crazy World is also an important piece of the ELP puzzle, btw, as Carl Palmer was briefly a member before going on to Atomic Rooster (a criminally underrated band that should be revisited) with "Fire" co-writer Vincent Crane.
Only ever heard the single back in the day so enjoyed this side.
Have you heard any Atomic Rooster yet JP? Vincent Crane's next band, with Carl Palmer on drums for the 1st album.
I love the first three Rooster albums. In Hearing Of is my favourite.
This album has some passages that sound like Deep Purple, especially the organ. I remember this song and enjoyed it on the radio. Thanks JP.
I hear sections that remind me of Egg, though this obviously was years earlier.
Yes, very much!
Liked that you played everything leading up to Fire. No reactor has done that.Thanks
And who can forget Screaming Lord Sutch singing Jack the RIpper?! ruclips.net/video/c2ZsWENob1s/видео.html
The entire "666" album is worth a listen. Vangelis started with them and then later went on to work with Jon Anderson.
I've been asking for Aphrodite's Child's 666 (The Apocalypse of John 13/18) for awhile now. Justin says it's definitely on his list. We were supposedly going to get it for Halloween, but timing of doing a whole double album interfered.
I'm confident that Justin will get to it one day.
Yes yes yes. Aphrodite's Child is awesome.
Has bizarre similarities to The Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart.
I think he was a novelty act...
A novelty act that lasts over 50 years?
Loved watching your reaction to this craziness! Although side one of the album has a theme, side two is just unconnected songs.
Although I haven't listened to this album for 40 years, as soon as it started I could remember all the lyrics. Isn't the human brain an amazing thing?
Rolling Stone Magazine has a long and storied hatred of Prog in general and British Prog specifically. Kansas, not in. Ambrosia, not in. Styx, not in....
I'm not going to comment on AB because I'll embarrass myself if I comment on the genius of psychedelia, FYI Carl Palmer plays the drums and The Crazy World of AB spawned Atomic Rooster
Arthur , bloody crazy old school Hippie, love him!!...
Had a Band 'Kingdom Come' early 70s, they possibly had the first ever drum machine?
Wonderful Psychedelia!!!
Sitting on my bean bag, headphones and off my tits !!!.....
Check him out on The Gremlin. From Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters by Robert Calvert. (Hawkwind). Trippy
So many artists were influenced by this dude. Zappa, Cooper, Kiss, Sabbath, purple, the list goes on...TULL. I think 'Fire' has no guitar. Bass, Keys, and drums, backup vocals. $$$$ Doors, Stones. Arthur needs Ramstein style pyro
Wow yes...amazing artist. So unique and an awesome and his vocal range is "FIRE!" lol
Rolling Stone. Just ask Soul Train Brother what he thinks of their diatribe.
I saw Arthur Brown in 2019.....he was the special guest on the Royal Affair Tour (YES, Asia, John Lodge of the Moody Blues and Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy). Unfortunately he only did a few songs. Carl played the drums with him.
Highly recommend Galactic Zoo Dossier by Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come - quite a great 70s prog experience
Your music mirrors your mind
Song suggestion: Tell Tale Heart
Album: Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Digital remix)
Band: Alan Parsons Project
What ever happened to Arthur Brown? Was he "fired"? (Album cliff notes)
Very familiar music from decades ago when I was young.
First kind of glam rock.
Justin, when you listen to side two (you know you will!) be prepared for perhaps Vincent Crane's most incredible Hammond organ performance of all time on the song "I've Got Money". Vincent BLAZES on the keys! it's breathtaking and awesome!
Vincent Crane on organ; at one stage Carl Palmer drummed for Brown
That album is a gem, I love everything on it. I bought the album in 1968 for the song "Fire" but was gratified to find the whole album was great.
Yay. Love the way you realised so quickly what's going on with this album and changed plans to give this LP side the space it needs. Kudos for this, really !
Arthur Brown's appearance with Kingdom Come at the 1971 Glastonbury Festival was partially captured on film, and deserves a watch : ruclips.net/video/IivivoOkrec/видео.html
Whitby - Yorkshire - capt Cook , Dracula and Arthur Brown. For me he is the original prog rock voice. He is the preacher baptising people in the church of Marilyn (Tommy - film). JP you need to listen to "Sunrise" by Arthur's next band- Kingdom Come as they are the most emotional vocals you might ever hear.
Just JP, do yourself a favor and play Bob Dylan”s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alight Right..” You”d love the lyrics and the music is just Dylan and his guitar and his harmonica. Do you hears and fans a favor. It’s a fun, clever, and great musical experience. If you haven’t heard it then your robbing you and your fans off a musical treat. Trust me on this one. Please.
And by the way, like vdgg, another act without guitar! (and produced by a guitarist, Ahah)
Carl Palmer remplaces the original Drummer, buy then Arthur Brown went missing on a hippy commune in Long Island and Palmer and the keyboardist left to found Atomic Rooster
Totally love this!! Sorry JP How come I've somehow missed this and it didn't come up until now Doh!. 1968 The Crazy World of Arthur Brown album has to be the most awesome Album ever created. Carl Palmer from later ELP hidden because he wasn't in the music union. The Crazy World of Arthur Brown one hit awsomness that created groups like Emerson Lake and Palmer, Led Zeppelin, Atomic Rooster and in my view the next stage leading towards heavy metal and prog rock. I've been an absolute Arthur Brown fan since December 1967. Arthur is an absolute legend and even now is still doing tours and totally loved. Whether The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, or Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come. Arthur played at ROTW in Hitchin and what must be three or even four generations of people went totally ballistic. I've even when the album Zim Zam Zim came out crowd funded am so bloody proud my name is among others on that album. The stangest album I totally love has to be Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come "Galactic Zoo Dossier". The genius of Arthur Brown in my opinion over many decades is knowing taking music so far then knowing when to take a step back. Example: Take the year 1999 Kular Shaker and Mystical Machine Gun which is on you tube. Awesome presence or what. Arthur Brown turns a great song into epic. Arthur and Alice Cooper have been on stage together. That seriously has to be the ultimate fantastic thing imaginable.
Picking the Nick Cave video, one of my top Gothic bands were (the early) And Also the Trees.
Q. - Well, what the hell it's got to do with this?
A. - AATT have a song called Vincent Crane.
(just this)
Ah, be sure you listen Giant Squid before you fall in the hell of Octopus.
Are you ready, Justin?
Your audible paid off.
Reminds me of Ian Gillan’s wailing in Deep Purple… not a bad thing. I know it’s the other way around. Like others, I only know Fire, this is a much needed look into his other songs. Weirdly dramatic fun. Doors meets Purple maybe…
Peace and deeper violet Music
Mostly ignored/forgotten precursor to metal music; high energy, corpse paint and high pitched screams etc