Song: Gypsy
Album: Very 'eavy ... Very 'umble
Year: 1970
Label: Vertigo
This album was infamous from the start from widely critical panning by the music press, especially from Rolling Stone, in which one reviewer wrote "If this group makes it I'll have to commit suicide. From the first note you know you don't want to hear any more." And from those harsh words grew a bluesy hard rock band that is currently 21 albums strong. In listening to Gypsy, the listener is overwhelmed at first with the array of guitar effects and VERY progressive songwriting. However, the main riff keeps all the eccentricities of the song together. The song is very operatic in nature, featuring vocalist David Byron playing a narrative role and the rest of the band setting the atmosphere for the stage. Although the song goes off on a tangent after the first half, it's still an incredible listen from start to finish.
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