One of the greatest thrills in rock music is when a band from
\nprevious decades decides to get back together and record new
\nmaterial. The Eagles did this with
\nHell Freezes Over<\/i>; likewise, comeback albums by such greats
\nas Tina Turner and John Fogerty have met with success.<\/p>\n
The Ides Of March started in the 1960s, and they had their most
\nfamous hits in the 1970s (“Vehicle” and L.A. Goodbye”). The Ides’
\n2000 release,
\nIdeology: Version II.0<\/i>, features a greatest hits
\ncompilation, plus new songs. But the one disappointing fact of this
\nalbum, like their previous release of the same nature,
\nIdeology<\/i> (IOM release; not to be confused with Sundazed
\nrelease of their 1960’s
\nIdeology<\/i>), is the fact that all of the songs that were
\nconsidered most famous in the 1960s and 1970s were re-recorded for
\nboth I O M
\nIdeology<\/i> releases. (Gratefully, the Sundazed release
\nfeatures the original recordings.)<\/p>\n
The Ides Of March’s most popular hits are here, unfortunately
\nthey were all re-recorded. “You Wouldn’t Listen,” “Vehicle,” and
\n“L.A. Goodbye” are here; the re-recordings are good, but for the
\n“original recordings” fan, it may just be a disapointment, because
\nthe songs do sound different than the originals, as if another band
\nhad re-recorded the songs. These re-recordings feature original
\nlead singer Jim Peterik.<\/p>\n
Other songs in the “Vehicle” era (1970), are the re-recordings
\nof “Aire Of Good Feeling” and “Bald Madusa.” These recordings
\nfeature the sound style as “Vehicle,” with the horn section, as
\nfeatured in such groups as Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears. In
\n1971, The Ides Of March released the popular song, “L.A. Goodbye,”
\nand the re-recording of it is just as good as the original. I’m not
\nfamiliar with the original (1973) version of “Hot Water,” but this
\nrecording is quite impressive, and is a good rocking number.<\/p>\n
The remaining tunes were originally recorded in 1991 and beyond.
\n“I’d Love Her Anyway” from 1991 definitely has a 1990s sound, with
\nits pop style, as heard in the later years of .38 Special and
\npost-Peter Cetera Chicago. Having a good rock sound with a blend of
\nthe horns featured in the 1970s, “Cry Of The Wild Heart” is another
\ngood pop rock that is enjoyable by a band to emerge in the 1970s,
\nand recapture an updated sound nearly 30 years later. “Reflection
\nOf Desire” is another nice pop rocker, as these three songs could
\neasily have received well-given airplay on rock radio.<\/p>\n
On that same notion, 1992’s “You, You, You” is another pop rock
\nsong that easily get regular radio airplay, where the pop ballad
\n“Love Don’t Choose” is easily compared to the likes of Chicago and
\nthe band Peterik was previously in, Survivor.<\/p>\n
“The Spirit Of Chicago” is the band’s tribute to Chicago, being
\na band from a Chicagoland suburb, Berwyn, Illinois. Two bonus
\ntracks are featured on this release, “The Star Spangled Banner” and
\nthe tribute song to the Chicago White Sox, “Wild-Eyed Southside
\nBoys.” “The Star Spangled Banner” uses the guitar melody heard in
\n“L.A. Goodbye,” and the recently successful efforts by the White
\nSox were admired in “Wild-Eyed Southside Boys.”<\/p>\n
Despite the songs from 1966-1973 were re-recorded, the original
\nsongs by the Ides of March recorded after 1990 are quite
\nimpressive. The Ides’ previous I O M release
\nIdeology<\/i> features the same songs as
\nVersion II.0<\/i>, except the following: “One Hit Wonder,” “The
\nStar Spangled Banner,” and “Wild-Eyed Southside Boys.” The actual
\noriginal 1970s recordings of The Ides Of March are being withheld
\nfrom re-issuing, due to contract negotiations, and copyright
\nauthority. So it would be great to see a future release of the
\noriginal 1970s recordings of The Ides Of March, but until then, we
\ncan enjoy their music (re-recorded), likewise enjoy new music by
\nthe band as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":28054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7607],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-39448","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-ides-of-march","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39448"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}