o lucky man!
just watched an old fave, lindsay anderson's o lucky man! from 1973. written by star malcolm mcdowell, hot off his role as alex in kubrick's a clockwork orange (which i saw a million times as a midnight movie back in them days), it's a sort of everyman's odyssey inspahrd by his experiences as a coffee salesman. a key element is the songs of alan price.
price arranged and played the organ solo on the animals' "house of the rising sun" but quit the group before they came to america because he was afraid to fly. his geordie brogue gives him a more-than-passing vocal resemblance to his former frontman eric burdon. on his own, he was an early advocate for the songs of randy newman (with a whack english horn section).
his own songs had as much english music hall in 'em as lennon & mccartney's did. i particularly liked thisun, from his between today and yesterday alb.
price arranged and played the organ solo on the animals' "house of the rising sun" but quit the group before they came to america because he was afraid to fly. his geordie brogue gives him a more-than-passing vocal resemblance to his former frontman eric burdon. on his own, he was an early advocate for the songs of randy newman (with a whack english horn section).
his own songs had as much english music hall in 'em as lennon & mccartney's did. i particularly liked thisun, from his between today and yesterday alb.
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