Roads to Moscow (Al Stewart) reaction
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2022
- What a story! With his classic, complex and gorgeous instrumentation and distinctive voice, Al Stewart tells us a story of the Soviets being invaded by the Nazis and turning defeat to victory, and the protagonist of the story ends up in a Soviet prison. Wow. Gorgeous, undulating sound, with a Spanish guitar thread and much more.
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he did this whole album on a stool with a 12 string when he opened for Fairport Convention (yes, with Sandy Denny) at the American Theater in St. Louis in 74. most memorable concert of my life (and i've been to dozens).
Wow!
This is the song that made me an Al Stewart fan. Loved it ever since. Always brings a tear to my eye when he realizes he's in the Gulag forever.
great story telling - excellent lyrics - beautiful music - builds up amazing tension - also very sad...
I saw him performing this Live in Montreal with David Spinoza as the accompanying guitar, It was an amazing evening.
David Spinoza iz God.
I guess it was about 1975 and I had left my radio on a rock station that played whole albums. I woke up right in the middle of Roads to Moscow. Couldn't believe that someone was singing about the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Found out the artists name and went hunting for the album. "Old Admirals" (on Past Present and Future) is also very evocative.
I think I've practially every studio Album Stewart put out. He's just a masterful storyteller and his poetry is sublime. "The evening sings in a voice of amber" "Two broken Tigers on fire in the night flicker their souls to the wind".
I saw him play twice in Vancouver, BC, Canada back in the 1970s. Fabulous.
Some of his new songs (relatively) are pretty damn good, too. Evocotive as hell. "Somewhere in England 1915" and "Trains" (another 8 min long song, but well worth every second). And I have a fondness for his earlier folk songs ("Cliften in the Rain", "Bedsitter Images") too. He's just a consumate artist.
If you like storytellers, check out these two you've probably never heard of: Stan Rogers ("The Mary Ellen Carter", "Lies") and Lennie Gallant ("Man of Steel" "The Gift") a couple of great Canadian artists.
I always loved “Terminal Eyes” and “Nostradamus.”
I lived in Victoria in my parents basement in 1975. I had a decent stereo and was listening to a Vancouver radio station, about to bicycle to the university bar to drink some beer and play bridge with my friends when this came on. I sat and listened staggered by it. The next day I bought the album.
@@Bill_Jones. I liked Old Admirals which was clearly about Jackie Fisher.
The best song.
From Al's first album Time Passages. All historically based tunes. Includes Nostradamus. Very different from his later albums which were heavily produced.
This song is purportedly written (loosely) about Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as the protagonist. If you're not old enough to remember, Solzhenitsyn was a well know Soviet dissident in later years. You can imagine how being shipped to Siberia after helping to liberate your country could do that to a person! Apparently, Stalin was so paranoid that ANYONE who had been captured by the Germans was presumed to have been "turned" and was shipped to Siberia. All that said, the song is a masterpiece both musically and lyrically! My favorite Al Stewart song and one of my all time favorites!
I actually wondered whether Al Stewart had Solzhenitsyn in mind when this was written. After I read the Gulag Archipelago when I was 28 and followed Solzhenitsyn‘s life after the bloc crumbled. Hell of a guy. Terrific writer. Thx
@@daxmusix another samizdat afficianado?
Your reviews/reactions are as intelligent and filled with bon mots as Al's works themselves. Exquisite in both cases, Thanks!
Thx Micki 😉
I love that you reacted to this
Al read the 2,000 page Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn, who did 10 years in the Gulag. Millions were sent to the Gulags also to prop up a failed economic system with brutal slavery to the point of massive starvation.
This intro, while really good, is nothing compared to the Eastern European guitar work throughout the studio version. My personal opinion. I did a 40-page term paper on the Eastern front of World War 2 for my junior level Modern European History 1930 through 1960. We also needed to prepare a 30-minute presentation. I used this song as bakground music during the 10-minute Q&A session at the end. My professor was thoroughly impressed that I was able to incorporate this masterpiece into my presentation, enough to start a smaller Q&A subset about Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Stewart hired the greatest musicians in the world.
my favorite song ever
Me, too!!! It soothes me.
Thanks!
Thank you, Glenn!
One of my favorite albums ever. Thank you.
@@glennwood4300 He’s an absolute master
If you are feeling alone, I mean really alone, DO NOT listen to Broadway Hotel, it's a headfuck!!
Emergency