After that post I had to track down Crystal Voyager on YouTube.
[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtyOisjwvD8[/BBvideo]
There's only one way to watch this of course, if you want the full effect...
The full soundtrack also features some great music by a sort of "house band" formed for the film. They're a bit sort of Byrds/Grateful Dead, and the lead guitarist is a guy named Mick Liber who's actually English. You might remember his guitar if not his name from a little one-hit-wonder called In A Broken Dream by Python Lee Jackson. He also played with Ashton, Gardner & Dyke, Medicine Head and Third World War. The bass player was Tony Cahill from the Easybeats.
If
did one-hit-wonders, they'd probably sound like this.[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK1OSN8QZ5Q[/BBvideo]
The lead vocalist (yes, it IS him) was given new set of seat covers for his car in lieu of a session payment. It was 1970, he wasn't quite famous yet.
Well, that''s exhausted my geek-quota for the night you'll be pleased to hear.
I'll close with a little story that may lead you to understand me a little better, because I took this as a compliment.
The missus and me were playing Trivial Pursuit many moons ago with a friend and his wife. After getting 7 or 8 in a row correct and gathering a couple of cheeses into the bargain my mate (poshest mate I've got - daddy was something in the Foreign Office, and he's I.T. Director for a huge Scandinavian Bank, you can cut glass with his accent) looks me in the eye and says "Paul, you're nothing but a f*ck*ng smartarse." His wife (Gawd bless her) looked daggers at him and said "Patrick, don't be so rude!" Then came the kicker. She grinned and carried on "He's not a smart-arse. He's just got a head full of sh*t"! From that day forward it became my mantra. I'm not a smart-arse, or a geek, or whatever. I just have a head full of sh*t.
Right, ramble over. Listen to Crystal Voyager if you've got the time to enjoy the images along with the music, and have a listen to Python Lee Jackson too, then name YOUR favourite one-hit-wonder...unless, of course, I've just persuaded you that there's nothing to touch In A Broken Dream.
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Nearly forgot, there's another version of In A Broken Dream that might interest the prog/rock fraternity...Dave Gilmour on guitar and definitely channeling a younger Gilmour playing Shine On You Crazy Diamond, and just for good measure, John-Paul Jones is on bass.
[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ1m0SiZCy4[/BBvideo]
