Import remastered reissue of the long running Dutch rock act's 1984 album. Subtitled - Live From The Twilight Zone. 2001 Red Bullet. Album Description
This cd is either sold out or in short supply most places. Very limited crowd noise for a live cd. Radar Love a bit overdone but this is Golden Earring at their best.
July 16, 2007Greeeaaaatttt live album. The live versions of Twighlight Zone and Radar Love totally blow away the studio versions. Too bad this album isn't available in most markets in the USA.
August 2, 2005 "Something Heavy Going Down" was recorded live in Leiden, Holland in 1984, as a "back home" concert after their return from their final US tour. The sound very relaxed and glad to be back home. The version of "Radar Love" on this album kicks serious amounts of ass. Seriously, it rocks HEAVY and blows the studio version out of the water. There's a great version of "Long Blond Animal" (although not quite as fast and heavy as on The Last Blast Of The Century album), a cool studio recorded song (the title track), and "Mission Impossible" has a couple of terrific guitar solos. "Enough Is Enough" is pretty good, too. The only thing that's a little dissapointing is "Clear Nite Moonlight", the studio version is better in my opinion.
Overall, "Something Heavy Going Down" is a terrific live album, and is worthy to stand with "Bloody Buccaneers", "Moontan" "Last Blast Of The Century", and "Millbrook USA".
September 29, 2004 |  | Golden Earring at their Best!! |  |
Great album!! Most of the songs are from the albums "Cut" and "N.E.W.S.". Golden Earring is a well oiled machine live. The songs are done just as well as the studio versions if not better. The whole band are great musicians and work so perfectly together, especially live! George Kooymans is a fantastic live guitarist, he jams and rides the music like a surfer on a wave giveng the live versions of their songs a greater appeal.
The concert is recorded in Holland and Barry talks to the audiance in Dutch. I find this a nice touch.
I spend much time on the road so I listen to allot of music, and this album never gets old.
Many of the songs can be seen on "Live From the Twilight Zone".
July 3, 2004| | | Great Golden Earring Live Album | |
SOMETHING HEAVY GOING DOWN is a great live album by Golden Earring. It's just as good as the 1977 live album and features the same Barry Hay singing in the same mysterious baritone, sometimes going up into the tenor range. You should get this one, THE CONTINUING STORY OF RADAR LOVE, and LIVE all at once. When you think about it, Golden Earring have, since the mid-70s, been a Euro-rock version of the Outlaws, with elements of that band's guitar-jamming style blended with Pink Floyd-esque spaciness. I've listened to this CD while walking for exercise, and the fact that a 40-minute walk encompassed five or six songs proves that brevity is definitely not one of this group's strong points. But that's hardly a problem, considering that Golden Earring, along with Blue Oyster Cult, Ted Nugent, Grand Funk Railroad, Peter Frampton, Kansas, and most of the Southern rock bands, have learned how to do long numbers well, which can be difficult for even the most skilled musicians. Overall, a wonderful album.
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