The Unclaimed 'Under The Bodhi Tree' by MISTY LANE MUSIC Recent posts All tracks have been remixed and remastered at Dave Klein’s studios in L.A. This edition contains three tracks originally not on the vinyl release. The album was originally released under the moniker ‘Attila And The Huns’ in 1991, receiving fantastic reviews worldwide and it’s considered one of the very last “80’s garage punk/psych” testament too, since its writing and recording started around 1986. The original compositions written by Shelley Ganz make this a true masterpiece not to be missed. ‘Under The Bodhi Tree’ is one of the richest and best sounding neo sixties albums of the early ’90s. The Unclaimed – ‘Under The Bodhi Tree’ (Teen Sound Records, 2022). Very cool, I’ll be listening to this for weeks.” Though laughing, I said that what I’d really enjoyed was that overstuffed leather chair. “Strophe,” I continued, “it’s a poetic term referring to the first part of an ode in an Ancient Greek tragedy, that’s followed by what’s called the antistrophe, and then the epode, it’s all a structural division for a poem that’s made up of stanzas of varied lengths.” “Captain, I ain’t never been to college, but I did hear something that reminded me of The Beach Boys’ “Good Vibrations” as Wright was slowly building his organ solo, and Gilmore was playing muted notes over it. Then I turned to him and asked, “Did you catch that the song followed a pattern of three strophes?” “What?” said Steveo putting down his Coke. “Pretty amazing,” I said, still processing all I’d heard. We sat in the shade of a small park, each of us with a warm Coke and a questionable sandwich, finally talking about what we’d just heard. I thanked the man in the shiny suit as Steveo and I stepped into the late afternoon foot traffic. Twenty three minutes later I believe I took my first breath since sitting down, and exhaled deeply, rubbing my eyes with the heels of my palms, as if I could bring myself back to reality. With only a green glow coming from endless amplifiers and receivers, and the splintered sunlight coming in through the front window, I settled back as the song “Echoes” began to unveil itself … slowly, effortlessly, romantically, and very psychedelically, laced with effects, swilling guitars, and atmospheric meanderings that totally raptured me, causing the clock to stand still, as if this moment in time could get no better. So we went back into the shoppe, and in perfect Vietnamese he spoke with the man in the shiny suit again, who carefully unwrapped the package, put the album on one of the many turntables that were for sale, locked the front door, offered me a seat in a really comfortable leather chair, and turned out the lights.
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Please, come on in, it’ll blow your mind.” Of all the things Steveo was or wasn’t, he was a stereo gear head, his system was legendary on the Base, and he did know how to skirt the rules and regulations of the Army better than anyone I ever knew. Any reason he couldn’t have picked it up himself?” “Listen Cap, I’m sorry, it’s the new Pink Floyd album, fresh in from Japan, I’ve been waiting weeks. “Captain,” he said, “what are you doing here?” “No Steveo,” I shot back, “what are you doing here?” “Uh,” he replied stalling for time, “I had to pick this up for the Major.” “I just had lunch with the Major. I watched as a man in a shiny suit handed him a package wrapped in brown paper, and he nearly ran over me on his way out. I stood looking in the front window of the shoppe he’d stepped into, and of course it was a stereo store.
I was strolling the side streets, which is where anything cool was going on, when I saw Steveo, one of those under my command walk into a shoppe without noticing me. I was in Saigon when I first heard this bit of wax, having earned a couple of days of R&R.