Sep 7, 2024
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Happy birthday, Alexander Emil Caiola!
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Al Caiola
Happy birthday, Alexander Emil Caiola!
To be honest, the early rock music does need something extra to drag us in. Maybe that's why we seem so responsive, for instance, to the tune in the link by Del Shannon, since the composition continues to sound out of this world. While I could agree with a cheeky assertion this could be seen as an early attempt at a synthpop song, one must observe the hit still fit within the scene of the early 60's, but the added soundscapes do give the piece a certain eeriness, which many developed later on. Del Shannon also did that, though I think he continues to be in the same league as Procol Harum and The Moody Blues, i.e. he kept doing great work, yet his greatest hit tended to overshadow the fine discs he did after that.
Check out this playlist on @8tracks: Digestif? by yakkowarner.
