Post by progrockdeepcuts on Dec 14, 2014 20:10:15 GMT
Okay, so someone on another forum challenged others to create a 'mega WarChild' - one that assembles all of the tracks, minus the redundant ones like "WarChild II" and "Sealion II", and create a track list consisting of the original album and associated recordings. Here's my stab at it ...
1. The Orchestral WarChild Theme / WarChild (I think it would be cool to combine the two - have the rock band version erupt from the orchestral)
2. The Beach
3. Queen And Country
4. Waltz Of The Angels
5. Good Godmother
6. Ladies
7. Glory Row
8. Pan Dance
9. Back-Door Angels
10. Sealion
11. Quartet
12. Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day
13. Field Dance
14. Rainbow Blues
15. Tomorrow Was Today
16. Bungle In The Jungle
17. Mime Sequence
18. Saturation
19. March, The Mad Scientist
20. Only Solitaire
21. Paradise Steakhouse
22. The Third Hoorah
23. Two Fingers
"The Beach" is so early on, because it was meant to be the opening scene of the film, so having the orchestral version segue into the rock band version of the title track / theme would be a cool way of setting the tone for a rock band / orchestral hybrid album. I also thought it would be fun to sprinkle the orchestral pieces throughout as many of them reference "The Third Hoorah" which is meant to be some kind of finale. The bit of continuity would be fun, I think. I elected to include the rock band version of "The Third Hoorah" only, because it seems to contain the lyrics that are integral to the concept of the album and needs to come near the end; a proper climax.
I also put "Quartet" at the split between sides 1 and 2 of the original album to make a sort of interlude. I think it would be fun to have it there, a sort of rock / classical hybrid that I think should come in the middle of the program. I also thought it would be cool to put the two acoustic pieces together ("Solitaire" and "March the Mad Scientist"), because this seems such a Tull thing to do; they often group the simple, stripped back acoustic pieces together such as on side 1 of Aqualung. Finally, I felt the album ended best on "Two Fingers" - a nice coda to finish the ultimate climax that is "The Third Hoorah", just like the original albums.
Discuss! What would yours be?
1. The Orchestral WarChild Theme / WarChild (I think it would be cool to combine the two - have the rock band version erupt from the orchestral)
2. The Beach
3. Queen And Country
4. Waltz Of The Angels
5. Good Godmother
6. Ladies
7. Glory Row
8. Pan Dance
9. Back-Door Angels
10. Sealion
11. Quartet
12. Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day
13. Field Dance
14. Rainbow Blues
15. Tomorrow Was Today
16. Bungle In The Jungle
17. Mime Sequence
18. Saturation
19. March, The Mad Scientist
20. Only Solitaire
21. Paradise Steakhouse
22. The Third Hoorah
23. Two Fingers
"The Beach" is so early on, because it was meant to be the opening scene of the film, so having the orchestral version segue into the rock band version of the title track / theme would be a cool way of setting the tone for a rock band / orchestral hybrid album. I also thought it would be fun to sprinkle the orchestral pieces throughout as many of them reference "The Third Hoorah" which is meant to be some kind of finale. The bit of continuity would be fun, I think. I elected to include the rock band version of "The Third Hoorah" only, because it seems to contain the lyrics that are integral to the concept of the album and needs to come near the end; a proper climax.
I also put "Quartet" at the split between sides 1 and 2 of the original album to make a sort of interlude. I think it would be fun to have it there, a sort of rock / classical hybrid that I think should come in the middle of the program. I also thought it would be cool to put the two acoustic pieces together ("Solitaire" and "March the Mad Scientist"), because this seems such a Tull thing to do; they often group the simple, stripped back acoustic pieces together such as on side 1 of Aqualung. Finally, I felt the album ended best on "Two Fingers" - a nice coda to finish the ultimate climax that is "The Third Hoorah", just like the original albums.
Discuss! What would yours be?