Tag Archives: The Nice
ALBUM COVERS | BUILDING BRIDGES
7 ALBUM COVERS FEATURING BRIDGES It’s quite an invention, the bridge. A method of getting from A to B without wetting your feet. Here are some album covers featuring clever bits of civil engineering. * PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS — “London Town” [1978] * THE NICE — “Five Bridges” [1970] * WOODEN SHJIPS — “West” […]
DADDY, WHERE DID PROG COME FROM?
Released in November 1968, Ars Longa Vita Brevis was the second album by The Nice. Their first, 1967’s The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack, has some classic psychedelic songs (“Flower King of Flies” is a personal fave) and clear progressive characteristics, exemplified by Keith Emerson’s keyboard work on “Rondo”, but you could not call it a […]
LIFE IS SHORT, ART IS LONG
“When did prog rock begin?” is a question that gets trotted out periodically and always invites a storm of opinion, most of it generating more heat than light. A big part of the problem is a lack of shared understanding around the terms. What is prog? Is it different from progressive music? And what constitutes […]
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