The Soft Machine

Time for a bit of posh boy art wank from The Soft Machine.

Personally I prefer the early stuff (haha) made when the group included Kevin Ayers on bass and vocals... when they were a bit more psychedelic art-wank than jazz-rock art-wank, if you will.

One reason for this is that I've always been a little unconvinced by Robert Wyatt's chirruping mockney 10 year old-a-like singing, apart from on 'Shipbuilding', but I can't get enough of Ayers' lilting molasses-like vocals, at their finest here on 'Why Are We Sleeping?'

'We Did It Again' is probably my favourite from the early stuff; it sounds something like Can would've they come from Kent and had mothers in the W.I. and fathers in Tory Party.

The Soft Machine - We Did It Again

The Soft Machine - Why Are We Sleeping?

The Soft Machine