Anthony Moore - 1979 - Flying Doesn't Help

Anthony Moore

1979

Flying Doesn't Help

01. Judy Get Down
02. Ready Ready
03. Useless Moments
04. Lucia
05. Caught Being In Love
06. Time Less Strange
07. Girl It's Your Time
08. War
09. Just Us
10. Twilight (Uxbridge Road)

Backing Vocals – Anthony Moore, Edwin Cross, Laurie Latham
Bass – Festus, Matt Irving, Sam Harley
Drums – Bob Shilling, Charles Heyworth, Chris Slade, Robert Vogel
Guitar, Electronics – Anthony Moore
Keyboards – Anthony Moore, Bernie Clark
Saxophone, Harmonica [Moutharp] – Laurie Latham
Vocals – Anthony Moore

Anthony Moore is one of those musicians from the Henry Cow/Slapp Happy environment, but his "Flying Doesn't Help" is a much less complicated or top-heavy affair than the releases of the aforementioned bands. In my opinion it might stand next to Lou Reed's "Berlin", - and i mean this not only concerning the way the songs and the whole album is structured but also concerning its quality.

I recently read on the Mojo Website that John Peel was a great fan of this in 1979 and it is easy to understand why. Moore's voice really is more like John Cale's, the songs are Lou Reed fronting Ultravox, but the point is: There are great songs on this LP, songs that might have become New Wave classics like "Judy Get Down" or "Caught Being In Love". Don't get me wrong. No chart success, this could only happen in another reality, but some sort of classical album would be the correct fate for this here. Try and find it.