{"id":505,"date":"2014-11-05T07:26:54","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T07:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halloweenvideocrypt.com\/?p=505"},"modified":"2014-11-05T07:33:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T07:33:28","slug":"van-der-graaf-generator-pioneers-over-c-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.halloweenvideocrypt.com\/2014\/11\/05\/van-der-graaf-generator-pioneers-over-c-live\/","title":{"rendered":"VAN DER GRAAF (GENERATOR) &#8211; &#8220;PIONEERS OVER C&#8221; &#8211; LIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.halloweenvideocrypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/th-64.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.halloweenvideocrypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/th-64.jpg\" alt=\"th (64)\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.halloweenvideocrypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/th-64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.halloweenvideocrypt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/th-64-200x142.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Glorious, orchestrated rock tune from Van Der Graaf Generator.\u00a0 I placed &#8220;Generator&#8221; in parentheses in the title because at this stage of the band&#8217;s career, they had decided to abbreviate their title.\u00a0 Anyway, &#8220;Pioneers&#8221; is an epic composition highlighted by Peter Hamill&#8217;s vocals which alternate between mournful wail and guttural snarls.\u00a0 Hammill possesses a truly unique voice in rock.\u00a0 Rob Halford of Judas Priest learned a few tricks from Hamill&#8217;s approach it would appear.\u00a0 I like the powerful, effects\u00a0laden bass guitar.\u00a0 When I first purchased this live set, &#8220;Vital&#8221; on audio cassette(!!! I date myself), I felt the bass was overdone but it has grown on me through the years.\u00a0 Pretty unique sounding instrument.\u00a0 Fine string and woodwind accents\u00a0contribute as well to a rich sonic soup in which Hammill spins his yarn of a group of astronauts hopelessly lost in some outer space no man&#8217;s land with no chance of ever returning home.\u00a0 &#8220;Pioneers Over C&#8221; is\u00a0a fabulous and multi layered melancholic suite.\u00a0 I only wish we could have witnessed the actual performance and didn&#8217;t have to depend on the album\/CD\/record cover as our only visual for a 16 minute time span!\u00a0 Boring!\u00a0 But this piece of music is definitely not boring.<\/p>\n <!-- AdSense Now! 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