The Motions – Slow Motion
The Motions – Wedding of the Hundred Brides
The Motions – Looking In My Eyes
The Motions – Chicks
I’m in the middle of grading with the classes I teach at CSU-Long Beach, so I don’t have a whole lot to say about this one…The Motions were a rock’n’roll band from Holland, this was, I think, their third proper record, released on Decca and Philips in 1969. Like a lot of bands around that time, they were at a bit of a crossroads sonically here, balancing between mostly Modish rockers (“Wedding of the Hundred Brides” and an excellent version of “As Long As I Have You”) to the slightly proggy (“Looking In My Eyes” complete with sounds of waves, flute and a great instrumental closing ala McDonald & Giles about 3:30 in) to the slightly oddball (“What’s Your Name,” “Little Boys Life” and the title cut, which I really wish had been developed a bit more) and even a little R&B influence, especially on the instrumental posted here “Slow Motion”.
And just because it’s one of the kookiest things I’ve heard put on wax, I have to include the mini-song closer “Chicks”…Buck buck buck bucka!
Cheers,
Michael