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Re: Lisztomania soundtrack
Keets wrote of the soundtrack to Lisztomania:
> So what's it like? Give us a review.
There are 12 tracks, of which RD appears on 4:
Love's Dream
Orpheus Song
Funerailles
Peace At Last.
The other 8 tracks mostly consist of ex-YES keyboard maestro-wannabe Rick
Wakeman abusing synthesizers. They are pompous and execrable - not what I
would normally listen to for pleasure.
RD's tracks are heavily orchestrated, but mercifully piano is the dominant
backing instrument on 2 of these, rather than the obnoxious synth. They are
still pretty cheesy.
Verdict: tolerable if one listens only to the RD tracks - I'm being generous
here. Avoid the synth-wanking instrumentals. For completists only.
Now I'm going to have to clean my ears out with a good dose of chaos 'n'
feedback. Swansea '76 (my 2nd 'Oo show) ought to do it.