[.ca] Music From The Body

This is not Pink Floyd:
This is album belongs almost entirely to Ron Geesin and it's misleading to give Roger Waters equal billing, so Floyd fans, reconsider. Roger contributed four of the songs, and three of those are the same tune with different lyrics. That said, I'm a big Pink Floyd and Roger Waters fan, but that didn't stop this album from being one of my favorites. With the exception of the Roger tunes, it's entirely instrumental (or at least wordless), with string duets, looped chanting, and other stuff I can't begin to identify. It manages to be highly experimental without being pointless or grating on the ears. Most of Ron's other stuff escapes me, but not so here. Just to clear up any confusion from one of the other comments, it was after Dark Side of the Moon that Floyd considered recording an album sans musical instruments, and that was scraped to record Wish You Were Here, not Animals. Regardless, Music From the Body was recorded half a decade earlier, prior to Pink Floyd's Ummagumma. Several Species from Ummagumma is probably the closest you'll come to find anything that sounds like Floyd on this album (though I believe Give Birth to a Smile does feature all of the Floyd members), but in my opinion, Floyd's attempt to impersonate The Body didn't come close.

Roger's First:
This is Roger Waters first solo effort. It is a soundtrack from a movie and the songs are very wierd sounding. Some of them are pretty sick sounding (namely the song that would be the first song on side two of the album). The last song is pretty good though.

For fans of Atom Heart Mother:
A great companion disc to Atom Heart Mother on which Ron Geesin also collaborated. Songs range from sound effects to songs like "Sea Shell and Stone" similar to grantchester meadows (on Ummagumma studio album). "Body transport" is very amusing. Highly recommended for anyone who liked Atom Heart Mother

Amazing Attempt:
I've been all my life a fan of Pink Floyd and its members. The first time I listened to this album was an incredible experience, I really felt I was travelling through a body, and believe me, if the sperms are travelling like "more than seven dwarfs in penis land" what a wonderful life they must have. An excellent try for those who are Floydian fans, or Progressive rock fans. If you'd like to experiment alone a marvelous journey, TRY IT NOW.

A Ron Geesin album:
I won't repeat what other reviewers have already said so eleqeuntly about this (a-hem) Ron Geesin album, but I will add that while this recording may be of limited appeal to those who do not dabble in experimental music, Floyd fans withstanding, it is a what I would call a musical box of tiny chocolates where some of them taste weird, but you are at least glad you tried it. My only disappointment with this album is that the tracks are just too short. There are dozens of moments where things sound brilliant, but with the exception of the three traditional length songs on here (Water numbers of course) every moment is fleeting. Maybe that is the point or maybe it is just because this was a soundtrack.

• Our Song
• Sea Shell and Stone
• Red Stuff Writhe
• Gentle Breeze Blew Through Life
• Lick Your Partners
• Bridge Passage for Three Plastic Teeth
• Chain of Life
• Womb Bit
• Embryo Thought
• March Past of the Embryos
• More Than Seven Dwarfs in Penis-Land
• Dance of the Red Corpuscles
• Body Transport
• Hand Dance - Full Evening Dress
• Breathe
• Old Folks Ascension
• Bed-Time-Dream-Clime
• Piddle in Perspex
• Embryonic Womb-Walk
• Mrs. Throat Goes Walking
• Sea Shell and Soft Stone
• Give Birth to a Smile