A post from last year, but since my visitors has increased, I would like to repost and expose the fantastic music to new visitors as well.allmusic.com says:
One of the most well-known rock groups from Continental Europe, Denmark's Savage Rose recorded a wealth of intriguing and eclectic progressive rock in the late '60s and '70s. In their early work, one hears faint echoes of the Airplane, Doors, Pink Floyd, and other psychedelic heavyweights combined with classical jazz and Danish-Euro folk elements. Their arrangements rely heavily on an incandescent, watery organ that sounds like nothing so much as psychedelic aquarium music. The most striking aspect of the band's sound, however, was the vocals of lead singer Annisette. Her childish wispy and sensual phrasing can suddenly break into jarring, almost histrionic wailing, like a Janis Joplin with Yoko Ono-isms, and eerily foreshadows Kate Bush's style.
Stars in their native land, Savage Rose also achieved a bit of underground success abroad, and several of their albums were released in North America. Between 1968 and 1978, the group released nine albums, moving from vaguely psychedelic rock and heavily gospel.
"...Hundreds of thousands have experienced the magic of this band, who have walked barefoot across the planet, among the lowliest, voicing their hope, longing, dreams, pain and struggle........."David Fricke(Senior editor "Rolling Stone") on The Savage Rose (2000)
The Savage Rose - A Girl I Knew
The Savage Rose - Long Before I Was Born
5 comments:
Something of various, finally! Very good.
Very nice stuff, indeed.
Much as I love this soft, acoustic version of 'The Girl I Knew' (and many thanks for the posting), it's not the same epic rock version that came out on the Polydor 'Supergroups' sampler in 1970. Anyone know where I can find that version?
I read about them in Scrams. Great find. There's also some stuff of them on YouTube.
In the late 90's I went to Denmark on an invitation from a Danish guy. While I stayed with him, one night he put on "Savage Rose" and the minute I heard Anisette's voice, chills went down my spine and I was immediately hooked. The song was "Jai er drommt an min elskede" from the album "Freedom and Fire. I had never quite heard a female voice like Anisette's before nor any group like "Savage Rose" either. So unique and so original. I finally got to see them live in Copenhagen and feel lucky I did. I might have never heard of them had I never gone to Denmark. So glad I did.
Steve/An American
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