Armenia City in the Sky

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One of the Armenian rock bands should take ownership of this obscure Who song.


If you're troubled and you can't relax
Close your eyes and think of this
If the rumors floating in your head all turn to facts
Close your eyes and think of this

Armenia, city in the sky
Armenia, city in the sky

If you ever want to lose some time
Just take off, there's no risk
If you ever want to disappear
Just take off, and think of this

Armenia, city in the sky
Armenia, city in the sky

The sky is glass, the sea is brown
And everyone is upside-down

Armenia, city in the sky
Armenia, city in the sky

Freak out!
Freak out!

http://thewho.net:16080/discography/songs/ArmeniaCityintheSky.html

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Re: Armenia City in the Sky

Birds of Avalon played this song recently when opening for the Raconteurs.

http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2008/04/concert_review_the_raconteurs.php

"Touring behind their second album, Consolers of the Lonely, the Racs came to the Uptown last night, playing with openers Birds of Avalon from Raleigh, North Carolina.

The show gave Songs for the Deaf a new interpretation; just off stage right during both performances, two women dressed in black took turns in a spotlight, attempting to sign the lyrics for the hearing-impaired crowd. I felt bad for them. Not only was the sound near deafening, each band's vocals were mostly drowned in guitar fuzz and squall. The signers put forth a noble effort, nonetheless, giving what they could and resisting the urge to play air guitar the entire time (unlike your dad up in the balcony). My attempts to jot down lyrics in hope of composing a set list were futile. At one point, it sounded like Jack White sang, "Kevin went to the shower!" Maybe there's something to my Wonder Years theory after all.

Both bands were jammy and '70s-y, very '70s-y. While Birds of Avalon is more progressive and psychedelic and British-influenced (they rambled into a cover of the Who's totally obscure Armenia City in the Sky), the Raconteurs are more in the vein of good ol' classic FM rock like Grand Funk and BTO, with a major blues influence carried over from Jack White's time on the set of Cold Mountain. Seriously, though, I'm generally a fan of White's take on the blues -- he wails, shimmies, chirps and hits the super-duper-octave pedal on his guitar and turns Jimmy Page into a nuthatch."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ai1rlF0kaEE

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Re: Armenia City in the Sky

The Who to reissue "The Who Sell Out" in expanded format including "Armenia City in the Sky". http://www.therockradio.com/2009/01/...-reissued.html

The Who Sell Out reissued

Out on March 16th is an expanded double-disc reissue of the Who's groundbreaking 1967 concept album The Who Sell Out, according to yourwaytomusic.com. The Who Sell Out, which features the band's only Top Ten hit, "I Can See For Miles," was based on various pirate and legitimate British radio shows in the mid '60s -- complete with the band covering and creating their own commercials.

The new 55-song edition includes both the stereo and mono mixes of the album, and features the previously unreleased tracks "Sodding About," "Premier Drums (full version)," "Odorono (with final chorus), "Rael 1 & 2 (remake version with 'Track Records Jingle')," "Relax (early rehearsal)," "Armenia City In The Sky (isolated backwards tracks)," "Great Shakes (unreleased U.S. radio commercial)," along with a previously unissued take of Eddie Cochrane's "Summertime Blues."
The new set will feature a 28-page booklet including unpublished photos, outtakes from the album's cover sessions by photographer David Montgomery and '60s period advertisements.

Also included will be a replica of the psychedelic poster that was packaged only with the original first pressing of album. Noted rock journalist Dave Marsh's introductory essay from the 1995 reissue will be included, as will updated liner notes by Who biographer Andy Neill.

Pete Townshend says that no matter what genre of music the Who tackled, their musical shorthand was able to carry them through uncharted waters: [ Click to listen if you have a backstage pass] "The chemistry of the Who originally, the instrumentalists, Keith Moon, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, and I talk about myself as another creature here, you know. I wrote the songs and then I would give the songs to this trio. They would do something to the chemistry that was very, very chaotic but very, very internalized, and it was chemistry. We didn't understand how it worked, we couldn't explain how it worked, it just worked."

On February 24th The Who Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 is coming to Blue-Ray disc. The legendary concert film -- recorded on August 29th, 1970 -- captures the band as they wind down their Tommy era, and move toward their Lifehouse period which resulted in the 1971 studio album Who's Next. The set includes a 30-minute interview with Townshend, and now features two songs -- "Substitute" and "Naked Eye" -- which were cut from the original film.

The Who kick off their first dates down under in 40 years on March 21st in Auckland, New Zealand.

Nothing like the Real Thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbH-h...eature=related

Japanese rock band does cover. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsXxl03dN_w