Amon Duul II - "Archangels Thunderbird"

yes! i told gareth do that, once.

Yeah, wow, thanks to Steve Hise for making me pull out Phallus Dei again. can sorta hear a little Yessong in "Luzifers", but what's really hitting me is just what a monster bass player Dave Anderson was. (the Yessynch that recently blew my mind was the Levene's "Poptones" Howe's "Starship Trooper" that I read somewhere around here recently. was that Sinker on some old thread? sounds like him. or maybe it was actually on someone's blog?)(ah wait, no, it was Marcello on that "Guardian" thread!) But yeah, Anderson really gave the whole swirling stew the kick in the pants it needed.

the vibraphone on this record is amazing too. They shoulda kept that guy around, Christian Borchard. the last couple minutes of the title track is some HEAVY shit, man. Best violin/vibes/bass/guitar doom coda ever.

Go to Edgar Allen
In the tower of sleep
He'll tell you a story
Which makes you to creep
The echo of your cries
Is falling so deep

Rent a destroyer
And sail to Cape Cod

****ALL TIME BEST-LYRIC****
There lives a lion
They call him God
***************************

There is no elevator to Eden
But a hole in the sky

In shock-corridors
People are standing
With their eyes in their hands
But they don't understand
Why their confessional folding-chairs
Go into the narcotic flight of stairs

Baiting soldiers are sleeping
In the melting House of Wax
Why is the audience not taking
The insurrection-axe
Thousands of windows burst open
And the alarm bells are broken

.....unfortunately only have this on "Best Of", but there are some fine trax on that comp as well. But Archangel is one of the key greats. I always thought the singing was remeniscent of J. Rotten...

http://www.andygilham.com/amonduul2/images/AmonDuulII-08-10-1975-1.jpg

yes, you did, but i didnt listen.

but, now, i listen

is *that* what the lyrics are? They're even more unintelligble/weird/cosmic than I ever misheard.

as noted, this is one of the greatest experiences that recorded music can offer.

GREAT CTHULHU THIS SONG RULES SO MUCH!

Listening to this on repeat until I see UFOs.

More or less inspired by hilarious interview with Renate in BBC Krautrock doc where she talks about trying to rid their crash pad of Baader Meinhof fanatics

this song on repeat can do strange things to your MYND.

damn, now I wish I had it at work.

I have it here on minidisc.

That's not terribly useful, I know...

I can probably find it on YouTube if I need to.

There is (or was) an ace live video of "Eye Shaking King" on youtube where the intro totally sounded like Polvo (to me)

this song reminds me of jefferson airplane. but yknow......better

i'm glad this song has its own thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pcla5zyZfA&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-9wlxVIcvE

the drums on this song are so goddamn FUNKY

one of those tunes i get chills listening to almost every time

Whenever I see this thread revived I have to listen to it again.

I like the heavy stuff too, but have lately been really bowled over by Green Bubble Raincoated Man, which reminds me a whole, whole lot of 1st album Slapp Happy...guess the influence runs the other way, but surprised that I haven't run into the SH comparison so much previously. Probably would have gotten me interested in ADii earlier.

archangel thunderbird

soap shop rock.

Who is

the emperor of the sky?

When the everywhere-eye
Asks you
Who is the emperor
Of the sky
Take the Archangel's Thunderbird

Go to Edgar Allen
In the tower of sleep
He'll tell you a story
Which makes you to creep
The echo of your cries
Is falling so deep

Rent a destroyer
And sail to Cape Cod

****ALL TIME BEST-LYRIC****
There lives a lion
They call him God
***************************

There is no elevator to Eden
But a hole in the sky

In shock-corridors
People are standing
With their eyes in their hands
But they don't understand
Why their confessional folding-chairs
Go into the narcotic flight of stairs

Baiting soldiers are sleeping
In the melting House of Wax
Why is the audience not taking
The insurrection-axe
Thousands of windows burst open
And the alarm bells are broken

One of the greatest set of psychedelic lyrics for sure. I love that the Breeders covered this

*sets

thank you sleeve!

haha I was just reposting from upthread, I looked it up cuz one of my best/oldest friends was just FREAKIN OUT about how great Yeti was

People are standing
With their eyes in their hands

wait, wasn't this a scene in Pan's Labyrinth?

so of course I was like "oh you think it's great now? wait till you read THIS"

xp to myself

hope they enjoy it!

Sometimes I fantasize that Amon Duul II titles became part of the lingua franca of the hippie set:

"What's with that chick? Is she just a Restless Skylight-Transistor-Child?"

"Hey, man, you're Stumbling Over Melted Moonlight tonight!"

For someone who wasn't a native English speaker, Falk-U Rogner wrote some great psychedelic gobbledygook lyrics - and came up with great song titles.

The riff on this song is better than anything Zeppelin wrote

it's great but

sabbath has many on their first album that go harder than this

still rips

Amon Düül ii

(just testing the phone)

This 10 minute pilot (?) from 1998 for a show called "Archangel Thunderbird" popped up on YouTube. It's kind of rubbish and not old enough to be hauntological but a bit of a curio. Would be hugely improved if it had used the song as a soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRknrhtDbFQ