Today's slice of nonsense is a piece of ear shattering,
head banging heavy metal from the rock god that is Billy Joel.
Yes, you read that right: Billy Joel.
For before Mr Joel began his career as a simpering,
piano playing songsmith, before he married a model wrote an international smash
about her and divorced her, before his attempted suicide by drinking furniture
polish and before his box office-busting tours with Elton John, Billy Joel was a sub-Jon Lord-esque keyboard player in
a heavy metal duo called Attila.
Formed from the ashes of his previous band the Hassles,
Attila consisted of Joel on keyboards and vocals and drummer Jon Small. Small was Joel's best
friend; it was he who rushed Joel to hospital after his attempted suicide and
he who was repaid when Joel ran off with Small's wife. The pair seem to have
patched things up though, and have collaborated on several projects since.
But back to Attila.
Called ‘the
worst album released in the history of rock & roll’ by critic Stephen
Thomas Erlewine, why not have a listen to a couple of tracks of this
preposterous drivel and decide for yourself? Here, for your delectation, is Attila with Wonder Woman and Rollin’
Home.
Enjoy!
Fabulous.Thank you.
ReplyDelete"...it’s just about the most ridiculous, bombastic piece of rock dross you’re ever likely to hear."
ReplyDeleteDoesn't that describe all heavy metal?
That sounds reasonable!
DeleteThis convinces me you know precisely jack shit about music or at least those too heavy for your comfort zone, and it comes off as incredibly naïve to stigmatize a gem like this simply because you can't handle the genre itself - somehow I expect the same reception would have been given to Uriah Heep, or Norman Haines, or Atomic Rooster, or Lucifer's Friend, or any number of organ-drenched protometallic acts.
ReplyDeleteBut then I suppose you were simply expecting your safe familiar Piano Man.
Lol! I suspect 'Piano Man' might've gotten worse.
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