The Batlord

I'm gonna guess it was an intentional marketing thing like Tatu.

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Trollheart

Title: “Ocean Breeze”
Artist: Pablo Cruise
Taken from: Pablo Cruise
Genre: Soft Rock
Year: 1975
Suggested by: Lisnaholic
Familiarity: Zero
Comments: I see this song is twelve minutes long! I’m gonna trust ya here, Lisna, not to hit me with an epic I’ll hate. Well, I love the rippling piano intro, very cinematic indeed. Three minutes in it kicks into an uptempo, bouncy almost Billy Joel-like rhythm, and though there are yet nine minutes to go I have to wonder if this is going to be an instrumental? Some fantastic guitar coming in now as it gets going. Seems to work almost in movements - which is appropriate enough for a song of this length, and given that it has so far had no vocals - and this then would be I think the third movement, in the sixth minute as it takes off on a sweet guitar solo.

I’m certainly really enjoying it so far I have to say, and I don’t honestly see that changing. I can detect hints of the Alan Parsons Project in certain parts of the melody, and that’s by no means any bad thing. These guys can certainly play! Hmm. Racking off a similar riff to “Layla” there. Really great stuff. Now slowing back down on the piano solo - oh my gosh! Vocals! At the ninth minute. I did not expect that. And again the APP similarities are there; the vocals make the piece somehow better, which I had not believed it could be. Superb. Absolutely wonderful. First class.
Rating: 10/10 (would rate it higher if I could)
Resultant interest in album: 100%
Resultant interest in artist: 100%

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Lisnaholic

At last! The origin of that riff has been bugging me for years! Thank you, Trollheart! That's what we get when music is reviewed by someone who knows what they're listening to!

I'm very glad you liked Ocean Breeze so much; it is easily the best and most ambitious track on that particular album, so there may be some disappointment attached if you follow up on your 100% interest.

For me, PC are sometimes a little too smooth for their own good, so this album from 2011 might be a good one to try; it's a run-through of their career highlights with the excitement of an impeccable live performance which really brings out the guitar bits (and yes, the piano is in there too):-

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Trollheart

Hah! You're welcome. Terrible when you recognise the tune but can't quite place it, isn't it? Glad I could help.

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