Horses

[Craig Clark]

andrew at cee.hw.ac.uk writes:

> [Brdland is] 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.

For my money, "Land" (the song to which Andrew refers last) is the 
real stunner (with "Birdland" and "Gloria" coming in just behind, in 
about that order). Which song is the Hendrix tribute, though? I don't 
know _Electric ladyland_, so please excuse my ignorance.... However, 
I am proud to own a copy of Patti's _Babel_...

Craig Clark

"Living inside the system is like driving across
 the countryside in a bus driven by a maniac bent
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   - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"