Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU.UUCP (12/18/86)
Really-From: Ed Simpson <dukecdu!evs%duke.csnet@RELAY.CS.NET> I was so excited about Birdsongs I figured I had to write a review, especially since other people on mod.music.gaffa expressed an interest in Birdsongs. I played Beat of the Mesozioc for my brother and his comment was that this is the direciton progressive music should be going in. I was also impressed with their stage presence. They are definitely serious about what they're doing and could easily appear self-indulgent (sorry, this is word used too often in reviews of progressive music) but they don't. They sort of treat a gig as a practice, kidding around with each other and the audience, and their stage presence is very relaxed. I was thinking Beat of the Mesozoic, Part I would make a great video - especially with the visual movement going on during the percussion section. Perhaps a video by Zbigniew Brezinski (sp?) - I like what he did with Art of Noise and Dave Brubeck's "Take Five". Happy bird watching, Ed