Introduction

Today, we go back to the seventies, music. This time, the Flemish-British band Octopus takes center stage. A band that released two albums in the late seventies led by Johnny Hoes.
We review the Oldies But Goldies album, which had a distinctive American style of music. Where you might expect Flemish lyrics or music on this record, we won't find them. The album contains English songs in a close-harmony atmosphere.

In this blog, you'll find information about:

  • The band The Bats
  • The band Octopus
  • Johnny Hoes
  • Octopus became a close harmony group
  • The crooner sound of Octopus
  • The band Soulsister
  • 70s music blogs about albums
  • 70s music - Top 50


Tuesday afternoon, a quarter past two and I'm sitting on a stool with a box in front of my feet in a thrift store. Boxes that make you think: “Should I take a look at them” Of course, you should always do that! At a glance, it seemed like I wouldn't find anything, but I decide to watch record by record anyway. I still have two nice ones. I'm discussing one of the two today. Later, the other record, since that's another genre of music. And I'm looking at that record cover that I'm going to talk about today. It's entitled “Oldies But Goldies” and the name Octopus underneath. “Octopus, where do I know that from” It does tell me something, but it doesn't mean much. I'm taking the record with me anyway, because I find it interesting to see who or what Octopus was. Looking at the cover at first glance, it must be from the seventies that this music was made. Since I prefer seventies music, I'm buying the record. Once I got home, I put on the record. I always do that to get an immediate first impression. Then I play it again and then really listen.

Loading full article...