John Cale - Honi Soit
#52
March 13 1981
John Cale
Honi Soit
Genre: Rock
2.75 out of 5
I don’t think “Dead or Alive” is any good without John Gatchell’s Trumpet. Thing is, WITH that trumpet it’s a delectable little confection of rock. And that’s the thing with this record.
I’m actually kind of surprised how much like 2nd rate Warren Zevon it sounds.
I have spent so many hours trying to love all things Velvet Underground and…I just don’t. I know, I know. It dampens my cred.
As separate pieces, they were nowhere near the value of the whole. But they rode that reputation’s coattails all the way through a bunch of records that were probably left unmade.
This isn’t awful. But the gravitas of JOHN CALE drags it under the ocean. It alllllmost got into the 3’s but “Magic & Lies” just killed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__a39xqaxP0&list=PLlvn8uktX5LuECOT6drYOXzvwMzFbXjVa
