[boc-l] Imaginos 2: Bombs Over Germany

[Alex S. Garcia]

Totally agree. And to be honest, it took a long time for me to listen to "Re:Imaginos"... I mean, I bought it, then it sat for months unlistened to until recently. Al is an amazing musician and composer, but I've never been a big fan of his voice. So I was apprehensive, to say the least.

But then I listened to "Three Sisters" on YouTube and I was stunned. He sounded so great on that! The next day, I finally gave Re:Imaginos a listen and I loved it.

It's different from the 1988 recordings, obviously, which still remains my favorite (pseudo) BOC album. But I enjoy these new versions quite a bit.

Funny thing... my favorite song on the 1988 album is "Castle Weisseria."

My favorite on "Re:Imaginos" is... "Castle Weisseria!"

This truly baffles my mind, because the 1988 version is one of the heaviest tunes I've ever listened to. The newer version is worlds away from metal. And yet... they are both amazing!

Anyway. Really looking forward to the new album... and the next! He's doing a trilogy! Wow!

Wait... this new one is a double CD... does this mean the next one will be triple? LOL.



Alex.


30 octobre 2021 23:42 "Jonathan Jarrett via boc-l" <boc-l at lists.ispnet.net> a écrit:

> On Sun, 24 Oct 2021, Andy Gilham via boc-l wrote:
> 
>> Yes, Albert has another record out:
>> 
>> https://www.merchbucket.com/collections/albert-bouchard/albert-bouchard
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsB48UKoEXE
> 
> This is (a) momentuous news, and (b) now on order. The t-shirts are cool too... Thankyou, Andy, I
> would not have known without your posts. I'm so glad Al's doing this. Probably we could all wish it
> had happened earlier and differently--though some of the _Reimaginos_ versions are now the ones
> that play in my head, not the `originals'--but this is so much better than it not happening at all.
> Anyway, obviously I can't tell for certain, but I think I would think _Reimaginos_ a very good
> album even if I hadn't lived with _Imaginos_ since I was a student... Yours all,
> Jon
> 
> -- Jonathan Jarrett, Keighley and University of Leeds
> "Says not the Wise One, `When two men cannot agree over
> the price of an onion, who shall decide what happened
> in the time of Yu?'" (Kai Lung, reported by Ernest Bramah)