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Into the Fade

Another track from the upcoming Glenn Hughes album Chosen has been posted. Here’s Into the Fade:

Thanks to Coast to Coast and Daniel Bengtsson for the heads-up.



24 Comments to “Into the Fade”:

  1. 1
    AndreA says:

    There’s nothing iconic, nothing that gives him a unique identity and stands out from the crowd.
    GH has simply become a bulemic musician

  2. 2
    Daniel says:

    How about the voice for starters?

  3. 3
    stoffer says:

    I like it better than the title track, if you are a big GH fan it probably sounds GREAT! I am only a casual fan of his solo music and this is good but no groundbreaking stuff IMO

  4. 4
    Attila says:

    Respect to Glenn as a musician (not as an intellect), but this is becoming more and more the same thing.

  5. 5
    Uwe Hornung says:

    Scusi, but I absolutely love this track, it echoes Hughes Thrall, supercalifragilisticexpialidocius!

    https://youtu.be/rihNRTTcztQ

    Bit of Trapeze and From Now On … in there too.

    As unbulemic as your mom’s lasagne recipe, AndreA!

    His baritone in the verse and the backing vocals and melodic solo bass playing in the coda – magnifico-oh-0h-0h (to quote Freddie Mercury’s love for Italian opera).

    [Someone must have hijacked Uwe’s account, isn’t he the guy who’s normally all negative and always miserably putting things down?]

  6. 6
    CLAUDIO EDGARDO PICONE says:

    nada nuevo muy estándar todo ….me quedo con Deep Purple actual mil veces

  7. 7
    Karin Verndal says:

    @1

    AndreA – I’m afraid you’re on to something there…

    But I found this very old song, and to be honest: this is very ok ☺️😉

    https://youtu.be/dAoaVU3-ve0?si=3rgdsmdyBqo6XIhc

  8. 8
    crabby says:

    I am looking forward to downloading the album from youtube

  9. 9
    Stathis says:

    Completely off-topic, I see that the VIP Meet & Greet package for Glenn’s upcoming tour is just 169,75 euros (excluding gig ticket) . Completely reasonable, compared with Yngwie Malmsteen’s similar package at 437 euros 😉

    I understand the reasoning behind this thing, but still don’t like it.

  10. 10
    Fernando Azevedo says:

    Beautiful song with great line basses and melodies vocals. A wonderful GH album is comming.

  11. 11
    Uwe Hornung says:

    Tsk, tsk, tsk, Karin likes a song full of spite and hate written in a sardonic mood by Steve Harley while he was ill in bed and feeling vengeful against his bandmates who had dared to ask whether they could write songs too …

  12. 12
    Dave says:

    Although an acquired taste, he’s still got that great voice. Having seen this talented band of musicians, it surprises me to notice the lack of actual guitar solos in the songs.

  13. 13
    MK44 says:

    So and so song after all, BCC leftover?

    Off topic, but I imagine what the Purps like with a new producer could be something like this. (watch video)
    Even being a hardrocker at heart, this made me keep my hopes up that AI can’t take over the music industry.
    Incredible album https://youtu.be/g5zApLvfvPs?feature=shared

  14. 14
    MK44 says:

    And it’s got a Purple connection, as Andrew Watt was the guitar player from California Breed, and is producing (he also produced the latest Rolling Stones album)

  15. 15
    Uwe Hornung says:

    That Elton/Brandi collab is a good one and though I thought California Breed live disappointing due to Andrew Watt‘s lack of guitar gravitas, he has now found his calling as a producer.

  16. 16
    AndreA says:

    The Rolling Stones’ latest production sucks. It sounds like shit, it’s not RS’worthy.

  17. 17
    Karin Verndal says:

    @11

    “Tsk, tsk, tsk, Karin likes a song full of spite and hate written in a sardonic mood by Steve Harley while he was ill in bed and feeling vengeful against his bandmates who had dared to ask whether they could write songs too …”
    – 🤣🤣🤣

    Honestly, if I should know every single detail about a song, the singer, the band, the producer, the singer’s parents, siblings, shoe size, if he dye his hair etc, I would never be able to listen to any song again 😂

    Sometimes ignorance is bliss…😉☺️

  18. 18
    Uwe Hornung says:

    Harley himself always joked that his most vitriolic song penned in cold rage became his greatest hit.

    Very few people got how the lyrics were his scathing Abrechnung with the original Cockney Rebel line-up who had dared revolt against him.

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/feb/27/how-we-made-cockney-rebel-make-me-smile-come-up-and-see-me

  19. 19
    Micke says:

    Definitely the best track so far, first I like.

  20. 20
    Max says:

    @17

    Same here. With some songs I don’t want to know the lyrics for instance. While I read every word IG writes I just let the Dio-stuff roll by…it’s all about feel, creating a certain atmoshere for me.

    There are albums of the Black Crowes I like very much – and I don’t even know the song titles. In fact they are very hard to read on the cover – I decided it’s for a reason.I put them on and listen start to finish but don’t care for the words.

    Sometimes ignorance is bliss indeed. Not only when it comes to music.

  21. 21
    Karin Verndal says:

    @18

    “Harley himself always joked that his most vitriolic song penned in cold rage became his greatest hit.”

    – thank you 🙏🏼

    I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with this information though 😄
    But it’s interesting…

    Do you then know how Jeff Lynne’s ‘Mr Blue Sky’ came to life?
    (It’s the only song I know the story about because normal I don’t bother 😁)

  22. 22
    Karin Verndal says:

    @20

    Normally I listen carefully to the lyrics and make my own interpretations.
    But of course there are some songs where it doesn’t matter, this one I guess you’ll agree is less important:
    https://youtu.be/IobNcpiwpSc?si=5Uai8qwWARl-d6vZ
    😄😄
    The same with all AC/DC’s songs…

    But then Ian Gillan’s lyrics – uhhh very intriguing and thought provoking!

    I always read the lyrics if I can’t hear the words (re IG that it).

    But some music I just listen to for the nice rhythms and maybe lovely voice(s)
    How embarrassing it can be when I have been singing loudly and proudly the wrong lyrics and people around me laugh at me and point out how wrong I am 🫣☺️ (not that it stops me singing 😄)

    “Not only when it comes to music.”
    – 😊 I guess you’re right. But being a nosey woman it can be difficult (read: impossible) to mind one’s business ☺️😉

  23. 23
    Ivica says:

    From the new solo album by GH and the super group BCC, a gentle return to the past century, the first half of the nineties of the last century….my view.
    While the sea was entering the ship on the high seas DP (Slaves and Master-The Battle Rages On) and threatening to sink the ship (until salvation and the future appeared in the form of Steve Morse…, the in love prince Ritchie found his Cinderella and already had a different musical plan, his rock n roll was entering its last years, David Coverdale was financially secure but musically in a crisis of identity and sought help from the equally downtrodden in Jimmy Page (1993 great album) which accelerated the collaboration of Robert Plant with the duo from LZ again …. I’m going back to Glenn
    Glenn Hughes was in my eyes for years in the dark tunnel of DP and his family….during the 80s, drug addiction spoiled his most vital rock years (between 30-40) At the beginning of the nineties he appeared clean, sober and completely rejuvenated .There wasn’t much funk, soul pop in his music…but hard rock, and the best, melodically, he returned a series of good albums Blues (L.A. Blues Authority Volume II), From Now On, Burning Japan Live (a great tribute to DP), Addiction…with the help of Scandinavian (underrated) masters (Joakim ‘JJ’ Marsh, Thomas Larsson, Mic Michaeli, Jon Leven, Ian Haugland, John Norum)…in addition to the albums, there were also successful guest appearances. Glenn was the strongest in the DP family for me at the time…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO-36XiGxa8&list=RDIO-36XiGxa8&start_radio=1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_253-HURY8

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXhmzGtcdPE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DeKEb9gEmU

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJU6TF9KT-g

  24. 24
    Uwe Hornung says:

    I’m totally with you, Ivica, Glenn’s occasional bigmouth antics in interviews should not detract from the fact that his quality control musically was always pretty sharp. Glenn’s output is so varied that I guess even his longtime die hard fans are sometimes put off because he is either too funky or not funky enough for them from release to release. BUT, and it is a big but, there is always dedication and craftsmanship to his solo output, it’s never just so-so or lackadaisical.

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