Caravan - Whaddaya reckon? (jazz, rock, album, fan, French)

Rainard Jalen · 01-20-2008, 12:52 PM

I'm not a fan or anything, but my dad kept telling me all the fockin' time to get this album and eventually he got it for me himself. It's called In The Land Of Grey And Pink. I've listened a few times and I mean, it's pretty good music really. Not sure it could ever be a band of choice, though.

What do others think?

Seltzer · 01-20-2008, 05:16 PM

Caravan is a great band of the Canterbury prog scene. Gong and Soft Machine are the other big ones which I'd recommend. Gong is quite strange (and French) and Soft Machine are quite jazzy with long jams.

Rainard Jalen · 01-21-2008, 12:17 PM

What is the Cantebury scene? I've heard of it before, but don't really understand what any of its defining characteristics may have been.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 01-21-2008, 01:02 PM

There was a group of bands from Canterbury in at the end of the 60s mostly known for playing prog/psych you might want to check out Soft Machine , Robert Wyatt , Henry Cow , Hatfield & The North and Gong for further listening

cardboard adolescent · 01-21-2008, 02:12 PM

Always meant to check out Gong and Caravan but never got around to it.

jackhammer · 01-21-2008, 02:40 PM

Gong are great. I am sure you would like them. I have to get some stuff by them. I had some stuff on vinyl that I have never managed to replace (Flying Teapot being one of my faves).

cardboard adolescent · 01-21-2008, 02:58 PM

Yeah I've heard a couple Gong songs and remember liking them

Clownbaby · 01-22-2008, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

What is the Cantebury scene? I've heard of it before, but don't really understand what any of its defining characteristics may have been.

Anything Geoffery Chaucer was into was the Canterbury scene.....

Wow im a f'ken nerd

Rainard Jalen · 01-22-2008, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clownbaby

Anything Geoffery Chaucer was into was the Canterbury scene.....

Wow im a f'ken nerd

Chaucer, eh? Any albums you'd suggest?

01-20-2008, 12:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	Caravan - Whaddaya reckon? I'm not a fan or anything, but my dad kept telling me all the fockin' time to get this album and eventually he got it for me himself. It's called In The Land Of Grey And Pink. I've listened a few times and I mean, it's pretty good music really. Not sure it could ever be a band of choice, though. What do others think?

01-20-2008, 05:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Seltzer Fish in the percolator! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hobbit Land NZ Posts: 2,870	Caravan is a great band of the Canterbury prog scene. Gong and Soft Machine are the other big ones which I'd recommend. Gong is quite strange (and French) and Soft Machine are quite jazzy with long jams. __________________ In the Court of King Crimson \| Last.fm \| RYM

01-21-2008, 01:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	There was a group of bands from Canterbury in at the end of the 60s mostly known for playing prog/psych you might want to check out Soft Machine , Robert Wyatt , Henry Cow , Hatfield & The North and Gong for further listening __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

01-21-2008, 02:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Gong are great. I am sure you would like them. I have to get some stuff by them. I had some stuff on vinyl that I have never managed to replace (Flying Teapot being one of my faves). __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

01-21-2008, 12:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rainard Jalen Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,221	What is the Cantebury scene? I've heard of it before, but don't really understand what any of its defining characteristics may have been.

01-21-2008, 02:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Always meant to check out Gong and Caravan but never got around to it.

01-21-2008, 02:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,503	Yeah I've heard a couple Gong songs and remember liking them