What better way to start things off than with an album that no one seems to like but me. Well, that's not true--Marc Mundy does have a surprisingly large following. Unfortunately for him, it wasn't quite large enough to prevent total despair and a move back to his native Cyprus to live in mediocrity as a high school teacher.The original album was released in 1971, when Mundy was 23 years old. Only 500 copies were pressed, and less were sold. However, the quality of the music eventually permeated the consciousness of collector Paul Major, and in 2006 the album was reissued on CD by Companion. Major wrote "You'll have a hard time finding another LP compare with this combination of feeling of and sounds." I'm not quite sure what that means, but I couldn't agree more.
Mundy's poor grasp of the English language (on this album at least), adds humorous undertones to the music (if you are immature enough to find that kind of thing funny). However, this is album's merits do not come from its novelty. The music is, I hesitate to say, incredibly compelling, and the lyrics portray sincere heartache. Fortunately, the cheesy angst is overshadowed by the hilarious accent.
So, here it is, the first entry to Listen To My blog.
4 comments:
This is badass Tash, i didnt realize you can actually listen to the music too... that's a great idea-- also your write-up on Mundy was really good... ill be checking in regularly as long as you update on a weekly basis
I try to update daily. Thanks for reading, tell your friends, make me famous. Damnit.
Please re-uploading it if you can!
Thanks in advance =)
I found this album now =)
http://evermoreblues.blogspot.com/2008/09/by-request-marc-mundy-st.html
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