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"Many of the songs are near-intolerable.", 10 April 2002
By P. Shamdasani - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hammond Street Vol.1 (Audio CD)
Similar to those huge organs you see in churches and cathedrals, the Hammond organ was once an extremely popular instrument during the `40s and `50s, when dozens of jazz greats implemented the eccentric sound into their music. Nowadays, it's a forgotten tool, used rarely if at all. Chances are, if you asked any major band what it was, a puzzled look would be followed by a bewildered answer - but then again, if you asked the majority of those same bands what a guitar was, you'd probably get the same response. This collection, put together by the unconventional people at Acid Jazz, sees a resurgence of the instrument, with relatively unknown bands like the Trashmonkeys and Phaze implementing the device into their music, hence the title Hammond Street. The album gets off to an interesting start, with "Itchy Feet" by The Past Present Orgainisation, the tune sounding like a combination of a `50s big-band jazz tune and a modern-day ska song, with the band using the organ to greatly set the mood of the track. It's followed by the Trashmonkey's "Clubtown", a song we were actually not looking forward to at all considering their awful debut LP, but actually turned out to be an enjoyably retro tune that would fit perfectly on a Tarantino soundtrack. The rest of the CD, however, didn't turn out to be as satisfying as its agreeable opening, with a tune like "Car Chase" by the James Taylor Quartet being exactly that: a car chase song that seems to be plucked straight from those Burt Reynolds chase movies of the `70s and `80s. And don't even get us started on Pleasure Beach's rendition of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - think porn soundtrack. While many of the songs are near-intolerable, Hammond Street is worth picking up for music buffs just to have a listen at the peculiar sounds of a Hammond organ - and to hear how NOT to do a Nirvana cover.
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
"Many of the songs are near-intolerable.", 10 April 2002
By P. Shamdasani - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hammond Street Vol.1 (Audio CD)
Similar to those huge organs you see in churches and cathedrals, the Hammond organ was once an extremely popular instrument during the `40s and `50s, when dozens of jazz greats implemented the eccentric sound into their music. Nowadays, it's a forgotten tool, used rarely if at all. Chances are, if you asked any major band what it was, a puzzled look would be followed by a bewildered answer - but then again, if you asked the majority of those same bands what a guitar was, you'd probably get the same response. This collection, put together by the unconventional people at Acid Jazz, sees a resurgence of the instrument, with relatively unknown bands like the Trashmonkeys and Phaze implementing the device into their music, hence the title Hammond Street. The album gets off to an interesting start, with "Itchy Feet" by The Past Present Orgainisation, the tune sounding like a combination of a `50s big-band jazz tune and a modern-day ska song, with the band using the organ to greatly set the mood of the track. It's followed by the Trashmonkey's "Clubtown", a song we were actually not looking forward to at all considering their awful debut LP, but actually turned out to be an enjoyably retro tune that would fit perfectly on a Tarantino soundtrack. The rest of the CD, however, didn't turn out to be as satisfying as its agreeable opening, with a tune like "Car Chase" by the James Taylor Quartet being exactly that: a car chase song that seems to be plucked straight from those Burt Reynolds chase movies of the `70s and `80s. And don't even get us started on Pleasure Beach's rendition of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - think porn soundtrack. While many of the songs are near-intolerable, Hammond Street is worth picking up for music buffs just to have a listen at the peculiar sounds of a Hammond organ - and to hear how NOT to do a Nirvana cover.
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