Week 21 – Think Bensonium

Day 147: Edge of Seventeen, Stevie Nicks

Roderick Benson — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:42:57 +0000

One of Fleetwood Mac’s front woman also has a very successful solo career. This is perhaps one of her best known songs although I always assumed it would be called White Wing Dove.

Day 146: Tusk, Fleetwood Mac

Roderick Benson — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:36:04 +0000

This song came out when I was in year 8 at school. Can remember first listening to this track at a friend’s place. Tusk is a really good album, nearly as good as Rumours in my opinion.

Day 145: No Myth, Michael Penn

Roderick Benson — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 14:28:47 +0000

This song came out when I was first learning guitar and a mate of mine kindly wrote out all the chords of this song for me. Took me ages to get the strumming right for this one.

Day 144: Italian Restaurant, Billy Joel

Roderick Benson — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:28:38 +0000

“A bottle of red, a bottle of white, all depends upon your appetite”. As I have said in other posts I like to listen to the lyrics of a song. This three part song by Billy Joel tell the story of Brenda and Eddie as he imagines telling their story to a long-lost friend in an Italian restaurant. As usual, he also makes the piano sing. The Sax is also awesome

Day 143: The Battle, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Rick Wakeman

Roderick Benson — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:50:34 +0000

Another good Youtube find. This album came out before War of the Worlds (see yesteday’s post) and I guess is now long forgotten. Yet the journey to the centre of the earth musical production is certainly well worth listening to although admittedly very 70s. Originally I had a live performance of this masterpiece but alas it got taken down by Youtube. This version I think is from Rik Wakeman’s official Youtube channel so hopefully it won’t get taken down in the future.

Day 142: The Eve of War, War of the Worlds, Jeff Wayne

Roderick Benson — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:43:22 +0000

Now this is a cool find on Youtube. The “Eve of War” from “War of the Worlds” being performed live. Another incredible piece of music. Hmm, I don’t think those women are playing Stradivarius violins however given these babies have no bodies (the violins I mean not the women).

Day 141: Fool’s Overture, Supertramp

Roderick Benson — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:38:56 +0000

Time for another Supertramp song. This is taken from their “Even Quietest Moments” album. Supertramp at their best. This concert version of the song is really impressive because they assembled such a large group of musicians to perform the number; even a full young girls choir to do the Jerusalem hymn that makes a brief appearance in the middle of this masterpiece of music.