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[andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk]

Daniel Bump writes:

> Birdland. Quite some amazing stuff, like the song ``Kimberly'' on
> the same album ... Peter Reich's book was called ``A book of
> Dreams.'' He tells about trying to shoot down sinister UFO's in the
> desert with orgone guns as the FDA paranoia was getting intense
> ... finally his father was taken away. This all gets worked into the
> song somehow but it's all quite changed around by Patti.


Probably the best song on a great and seminal album.I still get goose
bumps when I listen to it, even after 20 (yes, count them 20!) years.

Other highlights include a superb lesbian rehash of Van Morrison's
early rocker Gloria and a tribute to Jimi Hendrix based on a song
taken from Electric Ladyland. But the other song which really sticks
out is the one the title is taken from (`Horses, horses, coming in
from all directions with their noses in flames') which manages to
incorporate proto-punk, early 60s bop and roll and Sister Ray.


Andrew Dinn
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To the stilled Earth say:  I flow.
To the rushing water speak:  I am.