Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
Oct. 16, 1977
Louisiana State U
The 'problem' with this band is that when they really just obliterate faces, it makes the times where they simply 'melt' faces seem somehow underwhelming, or, maybe, just whelming.
Take this Scarlet > Fire. As has been pointed out, there have been more epic versions, and some even within the same month. But those OVER-THE-TOP insanely awesome versions shouldn't take anything away from this really pretty stellar one.
It's a great 'problem' to have, but it does sometimes leave some of us (I'm looking squarely at myself in the mirror here) a bit jaded, feeling like it it's only 150%, that's not good enough, when there's 300% available - and that's a shame, because so much OTHER music can barely top out at about 47%.