RHCP Bagrock to the masses review

[highlander_Daz]

Theres no doubting Stuart Cassells, Willie Armstrong & Kevin MacDonald are fantastic pipers
but.

anyway ive just had a listen and heres my opinion,

first off
the bad

we will rock you, smoke on the water ,eye of the tiger doesnt work and at times is cringeinducing.

Flower of Scotland, probably the worsed version ive ever heard. nice c natural though from the piper.

veryy poor production the pipes are awash with reverb/ delay and at times sound thin, (which is a shame as Stuart has fantastic tone!)

he guitar playing is average but competant.

the good

Dark Island : fantastic interpretation.
Voodoo Child : this really works
Auld Lang syne : punked up sounds great
Hey Jude/The Mason's Apron : hey judes cool, Masons apron: flawless playing from Stuart.
Your the voice : really good clever stuff


nice touches

Thunderstruck/Upside Down At Eden Court -2 Gordon Duncan classics nice tribute to Stuarts old Mentor bit overproduced.

not a bad album, The chillies are much better Live than they come across on the CD.

any thoughts??

[MacTavishOfJapan]

I enjoyed this CD, I'd agree some of it doesn't work as well as it might but it was fun and good to stick on from time to time. I've yet to see them live but I'm looking forward to it.

[highlander_Daz]

Live, they are electric! for an amazing Live album id suggest ST LAURENCE O'TOOLE LIVE AT THE ROYAL GLASGOW CONCERT HALL!

its an awesome performance, similar to RHCP with guitars and drums, they have a group of musicians called the "trad lads" who play with them, and ther one id suggest is
victoria police pipe band who were grade 1 world champs a few years ago, they have a few live albums out, all of which are awesome, there is nothing these pipers cant do