This album sounds like some pretty talented studio / session players (essentially Elton John's band at the time) dragged their instruments out to the woods, overloaded on really fantastic drugs, and tried to find Jesus. It's no wonder the Happy Mondays like this guy so much. You could spend a career trying to hit the same highs Kongos does.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
John Kongos - Kongos
The Happy Mondays' Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches is one of my favorite albums and never fails to put me in a good mood. But I hadn't really gotten into other bands of the same era and feel, so I wanted to search for some of their influences instead. The Mondays covered at least two John Kongos songs that appear on this album.
This album sounds like some pretty talented studio / session players (essentially Elton John's band at the time) dragged their instruments out to the woods, overloaded on really fantastic drugs, and tried to find Jesus. It's no wonder the Happy Mondays like this guy so much. You could spend a career trying to hit the same highs Kongos does.
This album sounds like some pretty talented studio / session players (essentially Elton John's band at the time) dragged their instruments out to the woods, overloaded on really fantastic drugs, and tried to find Jesus. It's no wonder the Happy Mondays like this guy so much. You could spend a career trying to hit the same highs Kongos does.
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