Cats Can Fly

Alguien me puede comentar algo del disco homónimo de esta banda de 1986 supuestamente de High tech AOR que desconozco lo que hacen aunque las pintas son en plan Animotion,Device etc.....

Hola Stanley, como tu has dicho las pintas son como Animotion, Device y su musica tambien. Yo lo llegue a escuchar varias veces seguidas hace ya unos años y es de esos discos divertidos que no aburren, me recordaban mucho a las pelis de Breakdance de los ochenta, AOR Hi-Tech del mejor. Ademas aqui esta su videoclip

Gracias Hardrockwarrior,su disco se puede adquirir en Ebay al módico precio de 200 $ en cd claro está.

Rafa, es un buen disco, lo estoy escuchando ahora despues de años sin hacerlo. Dentro de lo mejorcito del rollo high tech de mediados de los 80. A mí este estilo tan bailongo no me va mucho, pero reconozco que el disco está bien.
Te adjunto una crítica bastante fiable del disco



CATS CAN FLY - CAT CAN FLY (1986, CBS CANADA)
David Ashley - vocals, bass
Eddie Zeeman - vocals, drums, percussion
Peter Alexandre - keyboards
Mitchell James - guitars

Background
From an era where hi-tech radio friendly rock was blasted across the airwaves. This Canadian quartet are no exception. With an image that looks slightly glam and slightly new romantic, you could forgive Cats Can Fly as being another Duran Duran clone. But that's where the comparisons end. They have more in common with bands like Go West, Wang Chung, Life By Night and fellow Canadian contemporaries Platinum Blonde. It's a very keyboard dominated album, with a mixture of parping keys, along with luscious layers, and veers into the hi-tech pop playground rather than AOR. Wrabit fans will be interested to know that Lou Pomanti (who played keys on the 'West Side Kid' album from 1983), co produces the album with Lenny De Rose.

The Songs
A few of these songs go back a way, one from 1981, another from 1984, and all penned by the guys in the band alongside the band's Manager Laura Lapedus. Whatever, they are all relatively melodic and pleasant, if slightly unadventurous. However, there are a couple of good tracks which stand out. These include the impressive 'Lies Are Gonna Get Ya' which could have slotted onto the first Go West album with ease. The softer tracks such as 'Cold Hands Warm Heart' and the cruisy 'Save It For The Next One' are also worth a listen. In the main though, their hi-tech melodic approach spans the majority of the album, and is best representative on songs such as 'Flippin' To The A Side', 'I Draw The Line', Heavy Load' and the dance a minute pop attack of 'One Way Or The Other'.

In Summary
Not bad, but when reflecting back in time, probably best remembered as non-essential as well. Oh by the way, the cover is a Hugh Syme inspired piece.

Track Listing:
01 Flippin' To The A Side
02 Lies Are Gonna Get Ya
03 Cold Hands Warm Heart
04 Crazy Fever
05 Lookin' For Love
06 I Draw The Line
07 Heavy Load
08 Love You Like That
09 Save It For The Next One
10 One Way Or The Other

Gracias David,a mi como bien sabes hay cosillas de ese estilo que si me van aunque sin saturarme de ellas,po ejemplo el "Indian Summer" de GO WEST me encanta aunque no creo que esté a ese nivel.Ejem,ejem,David tu y yo tenemos que hablar..............