From Turkey, we are just going to hop west into ancient Greece, to hang out with Vangelis and the guys in Aphrodite's Child. Their progressive rock masterpiece, 666, is literally an album of biblical proportions. My favorite song from it is The Four Horsemen.
A tinkling of bells opens right into quivering vocals offering a snippet from the book of Revelation:
And when the lamb
opened the first seal
I saw the first Horse.
The Horseman held a bow.
Big drums lead into the first chorus (which always makes me think of the Intellivision Horse Racing game):
The leading Horse is white,
the second Horse is red,
the third one is a black,
the last one is a green.
Of course, if this really were the Intellivision game, a poor yellow horse would be bringing up the rear, after being abused over the final stretch.
Get ready for the awesome thundering drums that come in before the second chorus at 2:15, they are spectacular.
An excellent guitar solo comes in just before the 3:00 mark, as the singers deliver some bah bah bahs that Jane's Addiction would later use on Been Caught Stealing.
What was the payoff on the trifecta? Eternal damnation!!
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