They definitely deserve more listeners, thank you for taking the time to listen to them and for making a video about it and you're right about Tim Smith, in fact they have been using "Alphabet Business Concern" as the intro song for some of their live performance
I like them a lot. You might notice that most of my videos are of people that aren't as well known as the usual things you'll find other people doing. It seems that every day I discover someone new and I just like to share.
Major Parkinson is a collective of musicians, it's the band's name. Jon Ivar Kollbotn is the singer's name. Thank you so much for giving this band the attention it deserves. And yeah, the Tim Smith comparison is so un-wrong. It's sometimes like Jon is a two-octave lowered version of Tim.
It's a good thing you pushed the volume up a bit in the beginning, because that made it audible (again with everything up to 100% on this end). Could be that your "monitor level" is higher than your "recording level"? (The initial TH-cam advert was a bit loud, but didn't blast me away, but after that things went quite a bit quieter.) That said, I enjoyed your reaction, especially how sometimes you're about to say something, but then the music grabs your attention and you pause to listen. I keep forgetting how the band got its name. They just decided it was "the right name" at some stage. Their main songwriter is Jon Ivar Kollbotn, who I'm guessing would get a kick to hear himself compared to Tim Smith (a hero of his). It's not a "dictator-led band", though. They all contribute, and contribute significantly. It's just that for this band he has the core of the idea of any song, and the others just add improvements. (They share at least one band member with another band called the Moron Police, so there are other projects where the others lead.) If you watch more of their videos, you'll see he dresses in a suit with waistcoat (leaving off the jacket), and cultivates something of the "old man telling the children his stories" kind image, so you're pretty spot on there. (I've also seen things he's written, referring to himself as an "aging musician" - which is an exaggeration, even though they're not kids any more). As for the song, if you look for the "Live at the Library" version, he explains something of its origins. I think it's based on a story by American author, William Carlos Williams (who was a surgeon by day, and hit the typewriter at night). Part of Jon's persona might be down to his fondness for some of the older literature. (He actually has a masters degree in literature. Says he got interested in how it's constructed, compared to how songs are constructed. Something like that. There are a small number of interviews online.) Maybe a good candidate for a video would be something you've already heard the studio version of, just for the comparison. Otherwise some of their one-offs might be good for that. There's a "semi-live" video of the single, Munchausen by Proxy you might enjoy. Real live performance, but studio sound.
I can see or hear how his singing style is like telling a story if he's into old literature. Well I'm glad I was right about the Tim Smith comparison. They both seem to be a bit manic in their delivery. Good stuff. I'll be checking them out further. I need to learn some of the back story of the band.
@@JohnCregoWorldMusic Update (as mentioned under the Ozrics reaction from today): Nothing wrong with the sound if I just turn the bloody volume up on my own headphones - except that maybe it's a bit quieter than your own levels here. The issue was that it was sounding like some of the quieter sounds in their mix might get lost, which is not the case with my own headphones up to full volume - and the computer down a bit, as I usually do). "Ready to burst" is a good description of the live band, yes. :D Nice excuse to listen again.
@@JohnCregoWorldMusic Addendum or some such. Ghost song, I think. From maybe the Wild West, even. Might be from elsewhere in the Victorian world, though. Not a video, so just something to listen to in the off times maybe. *The Transient* th-cam.com/video/XRHsN_IrTuY/w-d-xo.html
@@sicko_the_ew Getting back to the comparison between this guy and Tim Smith. The two bands could probably easily merge into one, and call themselves Major Cardiac. Just a thought.
@@JohnCregoWorldMusic Hmm ... yes, but then that band would range over a very wide territory, because both bands have a sound that develops into new areas. (So by liking them, you've chanced on a much bigger "musical country" than might at first appear. They have a similar core, but the edges reach out quite far and wide.)
They definitely deserve more listeners, thank you for taking the time to listen to them and for making a video about it
and you're right about Tim Smith, in fact they have been using "Alphabet Business Concern" as the intro song for some of their live performance
I like them a lot. You might notice that most of my videos are of people that aren't as well known as the usual things you'll find other people doing. It seems that every day I discover someone new and I just like to share.
I absolutely love this song. One if my favourites of theirs
Major Parkinson is a collective of musicians, it's the band's name. Jon Ivar Kollbotn is the singer's name.
Thank you so much for giving this band the attention it deserves.
And yeah, the Tim Smith comparison is so un-wrong. It's sometimes like Jon is a two-octave lowered version of Tim.
It's a good thing you pushed the volume up a bit in the beginning, because that made it audible (again with everything up to 100% on this end). Could be that your "monitor level" is higher than your "recording level"? (The initial TH-cam advert was a bit loud, but didn't blast me away, but after that things went quite a bit quieter.)
That said, I enjoyed your reaction, especially how sometimes you're about to say something, but then the music grabs your attention and you pause to listen.
I keep forgetting how the band got its name. They just decided it was "the right name" at some stage. Their main songwriter is Jon Ivar Kollbotn, who I'm guessing would get a kick to hear himself compared to Tim Smith (a hero of his). It's not a "dictator-led band", though. They all contribute, and contribute significantly. It's just that for this band he has the core of the idea of any song, and the others just add improvements. (They share at least one band member with another band called the Moron Police, so there are other projects where the others lead.)
If you watch more of their videos, you'll see he dresses in a suit with waistcoat (leaving off the jacket), and cultivates something of the "old man telling the children his stories" kind image, so you're pretty spot on there. (I've also seen things he's written, referring to himself as an "aging musician" - which is an exaggeration, even though they're not kids any more).
As for the song, if you look for the "Live at the Library" version, he explains something of its origins. I think it's based on a story by American author, William Carlos Williams (who was a surgeon by day, and hit the typewriter at night). Part of Jon's persona might be down to his fondness for some of the older literature. (He actually has a masters degree in literature. Says he got interested in how it's constructed, compared to how songs are constructed. Something like that. There are a small number of interviews online.) Maybe a good candidate for a video would be something you've already heard the studio version of, just for the comparison. Otherwise some of their one-offs might be good for that. There's a "semi-live" video of the single, Munchausen by Proxy you might enjoy. Real live performance, but studio sound.
I can see or hear how his singing style is like telling a story if he's into old literature. Well I'm glad I was right about the Tim Smith comparison. They both seem to be a bit manic in their delivery. Good stuff. I'll be checking them out further. I need to learn some of the back story of the band.
@@JohnCregoWorldMusic Update (as mentioned under the Ozrics reaction from today): Nothing wrong with the sound if I just turn the bloody volume up on my own headphones - except that maybe it's a bit quieter than your own levels here. The issue was that it was sounding like some of the quieter sounds in their mix might get lost, which is not the case with my own headphones up to full volume - and the computer down a bit, as I usually do).
"Ready to burst" is a good description of the live band, yes. :D
Nice excuse to listen again.
@@JohnCregoWorldMusic Addendum or some such. Ghost song, I think. From maybe the Wild West, even. Might be from elsewhere in the Victorian world, though. Not a video, so just something to listen to in the off times maybe. *The Transient* th-cam.com/video/XRHsN_IrTuY/w-d-xo.html
@@sicko_the_ew Getting back to the comparison between this guy and Tim Smith. The two bands could probably easily merge into one, and call themselves Major Cardiac. Just a thought.
@@JohnCregoWorldMusic Hmm ... yes, but then that band would range over a very wide territory, because both bands have a sound that develops into new areas. (So by liking them, you've chanced on a much bigger "musical country" than might at first appear. They have a similar core, but the edges reach out quite far and wide.)