The Move – The Words of Aaron
To my mind, ‘The Words of Aaron’ from 1971′s Message From the Country, is one of The Move’s finest compositions. With Jeff Lynne at the helm it sounds very much like early ELO, which is understandable as this song came out during the drawn out disintegration of The Move, at the overlap point between the the old band becoming the new.
‘The Words of Aaron’ blends progressive rock, psychedelia and Beatlesesque harmonies with the dense, grinding sound prevalent on previous Move album, the exceptional Looking On, and comes out the other end completely unscathed. More of this, please!
Unfortunately the video here is a bit ropey, coming in a tad late and ruthlessly slicing the end off, whilst maintaining a shoddy quality throughout. Never mind, we can’t have everything. On the plus side, we get to see Roy Wood dressed up like a banana.
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