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Artist: Lothar & the Hand PeopleEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-10-26
Music Label: Razor & Tie
Soundtracks:
- Machines - Lothar & the Hand People, Shuman, Mort
- This Is It
- This May Be Goodbye
- That's Another Story
- Kids Are Little People
- Ha (Ho)
- Sex and Violence
- Bye Bye Love - Lothar & the Hand People, Bryant, Felice
- Milkweed Love
- You Won't Be Lonely
- The Woody Woodpecker Song - Lothar & the Hand People, Idriss, Ramez
- It Comes on Anyhow
- Paul, in Love
- Have Mercy - Lothar & the Hand People,
- Let the Boy Pretend - Lothar & the Hand People, Antonia
- L-O-V-E (Ask for It by Name) - Lothar & the Hand People, Conly, Sean
- Rose Colored Glasses - Lothar & the Hand People,
- Every Single Word - Lothar & the Hand People, Conly, Sean
- Comic Strip - Lothar & the Hand People, Conly, Sean
Free Music Notes for Presenting...Lothar and the Hand People
Free Music Review: Wow
Hit: 5 Stars
The other reviewers don't lie. This is truly an amazing album.
Lothar and the Hand People first came to my knowledge through an archived WFMU show in which the DJ played "It Comes On Anyhow", one of the best pieces of musique concrete I have ever heard, especially from a rock band - it is way better than the Beatles' "Revolution No. 9." Apparently it was later sampled by Crystal Method.
So I went to the CD store and found this CD, put it in and was blown away by its sheer awesomeness. With the exception of one or two songs, the album invokes everything great about the 1960s, but also foresees the future. "Machines" is definitely my favorite, with its clanging percussion and Moog lines nearly formulating into easily one of the coolest songs from the 60s. Songs about machines taking over the earth are cool in general, I guess, but my bet would be this is one of the first. Not to mention that Lothar were one of the first rock bands to use both a Moog and a theremin.
"This May Be Goodbye", "Every Single Word" and "Ha (Ho)" remind me of mid-period Beatles, both in songwriting and innovativeness. "L-O-V-E (Ask for It By Name)" sounds dated, but in that catchily classic way - how this escapes the oldies stations I have no clue. "Rose Colored Glasses" is a gorgeous, lush ballad that calls to mind Love. "Sex and Violence" sounds like Beefheart's Magic Band with Lou Reed and the Beatles guesting on vocals. "Woody Woodpecker" is humorous. "Kids are Little People" is catchily Zappaesque. The gorgeous theremin piece "Paul, In Love" predates Eno's ambient music by nearly a decade.
One could make a convincing argument that Lothar sounds like Frank Zappa fronting the Olivia Tremor Control, a modern Beatlesque pop band utilizing electronics and tape experiments. One could also make the argument they sound like a Silver Apples-Velvet Underground side project. Or maybe a long lost Beatles-Faust collaborative session. Whatever the case may be, Lothar are truly one of the greatest bands of all time, and it's a travesty they are confined to the footnotes of music history.
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