Re: Roy Harper albums

[nessus@mit.edu (Douglas Alan)]

In article <4b5p7j$n9g@manuel.anu.edu.au> christy@rschp2.anu.edu.au
(Andrew Christy) writes:

>   No way. Jugula is excellent if:

>     1. You are a Jimmy Page Fan (these days, incidenatlly, Roy is accompanied
>     on tour by his sone Nick who plays in a similar style but better).

>     2. You need a giant kleenex-size box in which to keep your Rizla-papers-
>     for-Special-Occasions.

>     I find it a bit OTT myself.

Well, I can't say the first two apply to me at all, but I always am a
sucker for things that are a bit over the top.  I mean, how could I
resist lyrics like:

                        "The lemmings push their pens and rush
                         In hoards of crashing stupor
                         Towards the farms of babylon
                         To scramble mother nature
                         Where unrelenting drudgery
                         Is all there is to nurture
                         And life and death are by consent
                         And love is for oppression
                         Welcome to my nightmare
                         It's the one in which I always press the button"

It only gets better than this on Roy's song, "I Hate The White Man".

I also really like the album *Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith* (1967),
but since I hear that Roy is paying a hefty bounty for all remaining
copies of this album to be burned, this one might be hard to find.

|>oug