A surprisingly good audience recording
from the Technical Ecstasy Tour.
Things were really falling apart at this point
but they still sound great live.
Not regarded as one of their classic albums.
I don't think it's that bad,there's some good stuff on there.
Of course keeping up that run of excellent albums
was pretty impossible considering the state they were in.
or
As you say, not their best album, but there were still some excellent individual tracks on 'Technical Ecstasy', however i always found it odd that they didn't opt to play any of them live, opting instead to showcase the worst 3 songs on the LP onstage. The music for 'Dirty Women' is fine, but the lyrics are perhaps the worst of any Sabbath song, 'Gypsy' is another exercise in lyriical cliche, accompaied by a decent tune, whilst 'Rock & Roll Doctor' wallows in more well worn tropes both lyrically & musically. I can't help feeling that the LP would be better regarded nowadays if they'd opted to play 'All Moving Parts (Stand Still)', 'Back Street Kids' and 'You Won't Change Me' on the ensuing tour insead of that triumvirate they picked.
ReplyDeleteWhen they reformed i found it extremely odd that 'Dirty Women' was a regular fixture in the set list, particularly when they had tracks like 'Never Say Die' (a genuine hit single) in their arsenal which went unplayed. 'Dirty Women' did serve as an opportunity to nip to the toilet mid-set, so it was at least welcome in that respect. Not lofty praise, but i do try to find the positives. :)