Cardiacs - Sing to God (Part 3 of 4) REACTION
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Dirty Boy was performed live and the note at the end sustained by having two female vocalists alternate the long note.
Dirty Boy is the greatest 'rock' song ever composed. Some people say that this composition was touched by angels. And I agree 👍 💯 🙆♀️ 👌 😌 👏
It's a classical piece disguised as a rock song.
The one-two punch of Eden on the Air and Eat It Up Worms Hero on disc 1 I think is a pretty deliberate attempt to scare off the unprepared listener. It's the musical equivalent of sticking up a "beware of the dog" sign on your garden gate. But when you step through, turns out that the dog is actually pretty adorable and just wants to give you big slobbery kisses. Sure, he's not quite right in the head as dogs go, but he's still a lovely mutt.
...OK, that analogy maybe got away from me. I guess I'm agreeing that this stretch of songs is a little more accessible, but also if you were to ever revisit disc 1 you might be surprised at how much of it after those couple of tracks is of a similar bent. I feel like you spent most of part 1 with the penny in the air, and now it's finally starting to drop. Very much looking forward to the final video!
Very much enjoying these reactions to my favourite band. Their songs are so dense that they mostly leave you confused after the first listen. After a third or fourth listen the structure suddenly falls into place and you see each song in its beautiful entirety. After that you pretty much want to listen to nothing else.
Best band in the world!
39:25 Nope, you're just starting to get it!! If you go back to Side 1 you'll think "hey, that's way more accessible than I remembered!". It's tough at first but you're starting to get it, and that's awesome, you're enjoying it more now.
my thoughts exactly, dog like sparky is the ultimate bubble acid gum scouts royal horns sketchy hybrid pop song ;)
I feel like my enjoyment of music can be split into two parts, my life before cardiacs in my life after. My life after is way better. The beauty of this album is you can listen to it a dozen more times and you will always hear something new and different that you did not hear before. But I would also consider listening to some of their 80s work to hear the classic lineup and a much different band. One idea would be for you to watch the live video available on TH-cam called Maresnest. It is at the end of the classic lineup, one of the best live performances ever, and gives you an idea of how special this band really is because they can actually play these kinds of songs live and nail them.
Yes, there was definitely life before Cardiacs and life after Cardiacs for me. I was around 35 or so when I discovered them (via Sing To God), and had spent so much time listening to and loving all kinds of progressive rock, more obscure and out-there kinds of bands, stuff like Zappa and Mr. Bungle, late 20th century classical music (especially Debussy and Ravel), Rock In Opposition, etc, etc. But when I found Cardiacs I felt like I had finally discovered the true Holy Grail of all music, and almost six years later still feel that way. I quickly devoured all Cardiacs albums and was repeatedly blown away by every single thing they ever did as I encountered it, from their early stuff with the bigger line-up to the later works where Tim Smith really began to harness the power of the studio to make the most utterly psychedelic, out-of-this-world music imaginable. But all of it, early and late stuff alike, has his trademark genius written all over it. I have listened to all the albums countless times (I spent two years straight, literally, listening to the 1999 album 'Guns' on repeat), and yet to this day I somehow still always manage to find and hear things going on that I never have before. There is nothing on this earth like you music of Tim Smith and Cardiacs. Also check out Tim Smith's solo album, 'Tim Smith's Extra Special OceanLandWorld', and his side projects The Sea Nymphs and Spratleys Japs for more truly otherworldly music and experiences. I'll end my diatribe now. Thanks again for doing these videos, guys! Keep up the great work! ❤
Everything you wrote is true for me too, except one aspect. I started exploring Tim’’s music around 2014, with the seaside being the first bit of music that I heard. I am very proud of myself and knowing that I found something special and that there was very likely not going to be new music coming, so I self disciplined would only let myself listen to a new album once every four months or so. So I was able to spread out their music quite well considering all of the side projects and such. It’s kind of like slowing down in your pace with reading at the end of a good book, you don’t want it to end. The third synonyms album, the last release, is absolutely one of my favorite albums of all time, just beautiful stuff.
Nathan's thoughts on the Bell Clinks chorus are spot on! It's been lovely to see you guys go through this album, so keep digging! And as you guys are unlocking what this band is really about, I think you may find yourself enjoying it a lot deeper on a repeated personal listen if you decide to indulge in that.
Hmm... now wondering if I should save up to get you guys to listen to another Cardiacs album. We'll see.
I always thought the lyrics about the sublime and the ridiculous were wonderfully self aware.
"Flowering himself"! That's Cardiacs level lyricism there - 14:17
You’ve mentioned Faith No More and Mr Bungle and how you can see a link to Cardiacs. Mike Patton happens to be a big Cardiacs fan.
Makes total sense
According to Patton though Mr Bungle arrived on their sound independently. He first heard Cardiacs when on tour with Bungle and found it funny how similar they sounded. Its almost hard to believe isn't it?
The thing with Cardiacs (the unofficial offical greatest band of all time ever) for me was the gigs. The gigs were purely amazing, I never went to any bad Cardiacs gig and when you went to one, if you stood there and just watched you left the gig sweating as much as if you'd been at the front dancing around like a rabid dog that just stepped off a wurlitzer. The energy was unexplainable, I've never been to another gig where the energy hit you as much as Cardiacs did. Shared euphoria, tribal, intensely other worldly.
Personable and approachable the band were not on any pedestal that seperated listener/attendee and band. We were all in it together. It is sorely sorely missed.
Gutted I never saw them, but that's how Sing to God feels isn't it? It radiates energy more than any other album I can think of. Even relatively straightforward numbers like Manhoo give off light.
Betcha a dollar after the end of side four, if you go back to side one it'll make a lot more sense to you.
Yep lol. Cardiacs are a nonsensical puzzle until you magically solve it and what you once thought didn't make sense, now makes you think "how did I not see that before??" Cardiacs are awesome. An awesome mystery.
You are learning how to actually listen, cardiacs are teaching you to question if you are brought up on a musical diet of verse chorus verse chorus. Thanks guys.
Dirty Boy was absolutely a religious experience in their London gigs. That long note at the end: everyone on stage would be singing that note, so they could breathe whenever they needed to, but the entire audience would be singing it too. I was lucky to see them dozens of times over about a 30-year period, and I will never see anything like that again. It's still good to see the other members perform in their various bands without Tim, but it's impossible to replicate his command of a room and the intense community of those audiences.
"Yeah, this side's just been more accessible and tap-footy music. Okay, so this next one is Quiet as a Mouse"
lmao
You're slowly getting the hang of it. Great to follow this mammoth project of yours.
❤️🤟🙏🤟❤️
This band sounds like Cyriak animations. Love Dirty Boy and Fiery gun hand
Cyriak is a big Cardiacs fan from what I know. If you search for Cardiacs Made All Up here on youtube you can actually see a Cyriak comment on that video!
@@-100-percent And There's Good Cud.
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"Beak" is old London slang for a teacher, so you'll find Flap Off, You Beak has something to do with authoritarian teachers (with origins in the days where if the teacher thought you were misbehaving, you got caned for it).
I think I get what you're saying about Tim's voice. The website that put me onto Cardiacs, back in the day (as well as e.g. Mr Bungle) described his voice as "reedy", and that's how I heard it a few years ago. But I was "reedy" for it. :-) As time goes on, another thing you start to notice is that he's always in tune - unless he deliberately wants something else. (And live, sometimes things can drift, but that happens to just about everyone.) You'll find you eventually get used to it, and then start to like it.
I think one of the reasons Cardiacs holds the attention of those who "get it" eventually is exactly because what makes their stranger music strange is mainly just that we start out not knowing how to hear it. It's not yet another variation on all the old, comfortable themes. I know it took me a very long time to enjoy most of their songs (I had a few favourites right away, obviously, otherwise I would not have stuck around). Nothing unusual in this. Everyone knows that once you've had an album for a while, the single that drew you in ceases to have as much appeal as it first did, and that "weird song" at the end of Side 1 becomes the one you're anticipating all the while, as you listen to your previous favourites. Only there's much more of that with Cardiacs, so there are more of those songs and passages that have hidden treasures in them.
(I also know there are people with better ears than me out there who plunged straight in, without hesitation. End result is pretty much the same, then.)
Both Jon Poole and Bob "Bubba" Leith (the person referred to if you one day hear Tim saying something that sounds like "Bubba! Bubba Leaf!" in one of their videos) were in their own band, Ad Nauseum, before joining Cardiacs. Jon left to play in *The Wildhearts* (look them up; I think you'll enjoy their music), and I think there he got the nickname "Random Jon Poole" for some of the manic turns his solos could sometimes take.
*The Wildhearts* have a song called *Tim Smith* that you might enjoy if you're in the mood for something heavy. th-cam.com/video/meD1WbroVjY/w-d-xo.html (You'll find out Ginger Wildheart is a big fan.)
(I'd better give the song that gives the context for all the Halleluyahs. In next "reply")
The hallelujah song: *Bodysbad* th-cam.com/video/mXqqmxDq300/w-d-xo.html
Bob Leith recently played for Roman band, *Sterbus* . You can see him briefly at the beginning of their video for their song *Prosopopeye* th-cam.com/video/up19Qd4OlxQ/w-d-xo.html
It's great the way you keep at it, peeling layers and doing justice to a great album that just deserves to be given that first approach. Then like with a lot of Cardiacs music, it gets to you, sinking and brewing inside!
I got into Cardiacs because many of my musician friends and acquaintances are fans (a few are even ex-members of the band). It took me several months of dipping into their catalogue and coming away being unsure, then going back again, until I hit Fiery Gun Hand, then everything made sense. I think you have to find the right track to unlock Cardiacs, then you are a fan for life.
I think Tim really painted with words, in many directions, creating the space, rather than producing a straight string of words. If I read the lyrics while listening, I often find myself unfocusing my sight, grasping chunks of text longer than a verse, or even crossing between verses.
Great review again guys and yes, more accessible. Can’t wait for the final instalment!
Im loving this
Tim and the band definitely sing in the high register, but really they're not out of line with other bands of the era like Rush.
💜 Every song has been a unique sound. Those bell hits were very cool. Loving your breakdowns of each jam, guys.
Enjoyed the reaction and happy to find you enjoying the album. When I first heard the album, I found this side slightly deflating after the mad invention of the first couple of sides, but the more I listen, the more I like it all pretty much as a cohesive piece of art. It's an album that opened up to me slowly, but is now an absolute favourite.
Actually, in retrospect, Tim considered "Flap off you beak" to be a bit too radio-friendly. True story.
Dirty Boy is a masterpiece, but a tad on the thick side, like the richest slice of fudge you've ever eaten. I could imagine Bowie collabing with Queen for release on the Dune soundtrack.
You guys are awesome. Keep at it.
Best band EVER. #timsmithRIP
Putting the two CDs in that order was pathologically contrarian.
Never cared much for “accessible ” music meself. What does that even mean?