My Rating: 4.5/5
Knowing Silver Apples is legendary 60s electronic/kraut/space rock band amongst those greats like Neu!, Hamonica, Faust, Can, Kraftwerk, etc. due to the hype on them of last few years.......as I like to looking foreward, so I'm not too fond of past great bands generally.......having listened some their clips in my notebook previously, but not too aware of how great they are.....until I accidentally bought this CD at very cheap price in Fopp, London few years ago......I haven't listened this CD in these few years until tonight after a busy working day.......while I put this CD in my CD player, I am totally stunned......just too too impressive.......while I listened back Kraftwerk, Neu!, etc., I just felt they are great PAST bands........but when I listen Silver Apples, I am shocked how visionary of their music in 60s...... even now, I still think their music is ahead of nowadays electronica bands......their music is just too visionary, too avant-garde but very accessible and fun!!.........with inventive oscillators (what they called Simeon), unique drumming set up and dedications, this 2-man-band can just make you have a jaw-dropping listen experience!!
Seeing the CD inlay texts, some interesting quotes as below of Silver Apples' short-lived but unusually interesting band career:
'Silver Apples began in 1967 as a 5-piece band working at New York's Cafe Wha? calling ourselves "The Overland Stage Electric Band". We had 3 guitars, Danny Taylor on drums and me (Simeon) as lead singer.........One night I plugged in an old oscillator that a friend had loaned me, and started swooping the room with electronic sounds. The band hated it, but I thought it was kind of cool. One by one the guitar players quit, and that left Danny and me!..........So, this was Silver apples, I sang, played bass, beeps, boops and swoops, and Danny held it all together as best as he could with inventive drumming..........The first job we got was in front of 30,000 people!.....an all-day concert in Central Park's Sheeps Meadow.........I nearly peed in my pants when I saw the crowd. The promotor guy told us we could only play 5 or 6 songs.........That was fine with us because we only knew 5 or 6 songs, so we played..........Then, the next day, when newspaper came out, we were all over them. They all talked about "the unique sound of Silver Apples"........'
What a dream start and career for a band, a ground breaking band with new sound in 60s and even now!!
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