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Track Listings
| 1. Intro To Part 1 |
| 2. Indian War Whoop |
| 3. Sweet Apple Cider |
| 4. Soldier's Joy |
| 5. Cocaine Blues |
| 6. Sky Divers |
| 7. Intro To Part 2 |
| 8. Radar Blues |
| 9. The I.W.W. Song |
| 10. Football Blues |
| 11. Bay Rum Blues |
| 12. Morning Glory |
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The Holy Modal Rounders invented the genre 'acid-folk' and were the first band to coin the the term 'psychedelic' in a song. 'Indian War Whoop' (1967) is one of the most overlooked creative masterpieces, not just of the era in which it was released, but of all-time. The album is an hilarious take on being drunk and/or 'stoned'.
With a line-up that includes the future playwright Sam Shepard on drums, and the brilliant Peter Stampfel on electric fiddle and vocals, the band play a glorious musical and satirical 'trip' that weaves an amphetamine-based and irreverent set of choruses that were self-consciously the exact opposite of the angelic vocal harmonies of the Beach Boys and the Beatles.
The dissonant electric violin playing of Peter Stampfel on 'Soldier's Joy' is maniacal, striking a deliberately unpalatable and ramshackle harmony that borders on the epileptic. The distorted male voices on 'Sweet Apple Cider' is a performance that Frank Zappa would arguably have been proud of.
'Cocaine Blues' is reminscent of the work of Country Joe And The Fish, and 'Sky Divers' features some particularly brilliant dissonant electric fiddle work and drunk vocals.
In 'Radar Blues', centuries of vocal harmony tradition are disintegrated without mercy in just under 6 minutes of mayhem. Vocal acrobatics and group intonation culminate in burps, meows and impersonations of the harp.
Vowels are deliberately elongated for ultra - consciousness expansion. This eclectic and monumental display of madness is probably the centrepiece of the recording.
'The I.W.W. Song' is an out of time quadrille which is unleashed in a collective torrent of debauchery, whilst 'Football Blues' is a satirical and visceral anthem par-excellence. The title track is a shameless melodramatic war dance sung in falsetto against a backdrop of possessed whelping and pounding drums.
The tone of the other tracks are blasphemous and incompetent that transform traditional arrangements into satirical masterpieces.
With 'Indian War Whoop', The Holy Modal Rounders produced inspirational arrangements of psychedelic music according to their own deranged and humourously warped philosophy that has few equals.
With a line-up that includes the future playwright Sam Shepard on drums, and the brilliant Peter Stampfel on electric fiddle and vocals, the band play a glorious musical and satirical 'trip' that weaves an amphetamine-based and irreverent set of choruses that were self-consciously the exact opposite of the angelic vocal harmonies of the Beach Boys and the Beatles.
The dissonant electric violin playing of Peter Stampfel on 'Soldier's Joy' is maniacal, striking a deliberately unpalatable and ramshackle harmony that borders on the epileptic. The distorted male voices on 'Sweet Apple Cider' is a performance that Frank Zappa would arguably have been proud of.
'Cocaine Blues' is reminscent of the work of Country Joe And The Fish, and 'Sky Divers' features some particularly brilliant dissonant electric fiddle work and drunk vocals.
In 'Radar Blues', centuries of vocal harmony tradition are disintegrated without mercy in just under 6 minutes of mayhem. Vocal acrobatics and group intonation culminate in burps, meows and impersonations of the harp.
Vowels are deliberately elongated for ultra - consciousness expansion. This eclectic and monumental display of madness is probably the centrepiece of the recording.
'The I.W.W. Song' is an out of time quadrille which is unleashed in a collective torrent of debauchery, whilst 'Football Blues' is a satirical and visceral anthem par-excellence. The title track is a shameless melodramatic war dance sung in falsetto against a backdrop of possessed whelping and pounding drums.
The tone of the other tracks are blasphemous and incompetent that transform traditional arrangements into satirical masterpieces.
With 'Indian War Whoop', The Holy Modal Rounders produced inspirational arrangements of psychedelic music according to their own deranged and humourously warped philosophy that has few equals.
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