# The Alan Parsons Live Project **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [May 14, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449 "2014-05-14T17:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/21 "2016-07-05T03:54:02Z")
Drove to Milwaukee last summer on a whim to see the original lineup of The Zombies at Summerfest. Did not know that vocalist Colin Blunstone sang on a couple of Alan Parsons albums (including Eye in the Sky and Ammonia Avenue). So a good chunk of the show was APP done beautifully (it was a GREAT show – there were all the Zombies classics, covers of 50s rockers that Rod Argent and Colin Blunstone did before “She’s Not There”, a lot of Alan Parsons… and then “Hold Your Head Up” as the encore). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/22 "2016-07-11T21:41:43Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > …Parsons announced near the end that the band’s next album will be released on June 24 - a live album from a performance in Colombia with a 70-piece orchestra: [Amazon.com](http://www.amazon.com/Live-Colombia-Parsons-Symphonic-Project/dp/B01D5KI7ME/ref=pd_bxgy_74_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0KGGN73H2J757QPXC2X8) Got it and have now listened to it. Very similar to the 2-CD concert set I mentioned upthread, but the orchestra does make a noticeable difference for the better in the background of the songs “Time,” “The Ace of Swords,” “Luciferama,” “Silence and I” and “Old and Wise.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/23 "2018-08-31T19:03:38Z")
Bumped. My thanks to **Infovore** , who just brought the APP’s upcoming new album to my attention: [Alan Parsons Announces First New Album in 15 Years](http://ultimateclassicrock.com/alan-parsons-the-secret-album/) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/24 "2018-08-31T19:42:50Z")
Good to know! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/25 "2018-08-31T20:39:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > the APP’s upcoming new album Nitpick: Your link doesn’t say it’s “the APP’s” album. Now that Eric Woolfson is gone, I would be surprised to see any new albums credited to the “Alan Parsons Project” as opposed to just “Alan Parsons” or some other alternative name. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/26 "2018-09-01T05:06:07Z")
Fair point. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/27 "2018-09-01T11:05:08Z")
> [@Skip\_Daniel](#): > > Does anybody know how much **Alan Parsons** weighs? He looks very **unhealthy**. I am trying to compute his\*\* Body Mass Index\*\* ( **BMI** ). While I know that he is 6’ 2", I need to know his current weight in order to calculate his\*\* BMI\*\* (BMI = [weight/inches x inches] x 703.5); BMI \> 30 = Obese; BMI \> 40 = Morbidly Obese). Once I calculate it, I want somehow to email this information to him. > > I feel that he is at major risk for a cardiovascular event, in addition to diabetes. Being a big fan of **The Alan Parsons Project** (I’m traveling to Atlantic City, New Jersey to see them on Saturday, July 16), I want him to keep on producing music, and to not die prematurely. > > Also, does anybody know how I can directly email him? > > Thanks. It’s been 2 years, **Skip**. I don’t think your email to Alan worked. I am shocked. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/28 "2019-04-26T19:44:51Z")
Bumped. My thanks again to **Infovore** , this time for telling me about this new AP single - definitely sounds like a swan song: [Alan Parsons - "As Lights Fall" (Official Music Video) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qImCjQ4K988) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/29 "2019-04-26T22:54:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Bumped. > > My thanks again to **Infovore** , this time for telling me about this new AP single - definitely sounds like a swan song: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qImCjQ4K988](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qImCjQ4K988) I’m listening to the album now. Good stuff! If you like the classic Alan Parsons style, you’ll like this. I just hope “As Lights Fall” isn’t Alan telling us he’s hanging it up. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/30 "2019-04-29T12:08:29Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I’m listening to the album now. Good stuff! If you like the classic Alan Parsons style, you’ll like this. I just hope “As Lights Fall” isn’t Alan telling us he’s hanging it up. Yes, I was torn between “that’s beautiful” and “stop saying that!” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/31 "2019-05-07T13:29:47Z")
I just got the album and haven’t heard it in it’s entirety yet but I agree with **Infovore** , it’s the classic AP sound. I really like The Limelight Fades Away; didn’t care so much for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. I just couldn’t shake the mental image of Mickey Mouse… ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/32 "2019-05-07T14:40:48Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I just got the album and haven’t heard it in it’s entirety yet but I agree with **Infovore** , it’s the classic AP sound. I really like The Limelight Fades Away; didn’t care so much for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. I just couldn’t shake the mental image of Mickey Mouse… I’ve been “fungusing” it for the past several days (term from the old Alan Parsons mailing list in the '90s, referring to listening it to it over and over) and so far my favorite song is “One Note Symphony,” followed by “When Lights Fall” and “Miracle.” I usually skip “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” I like the piece okay, but it’s not really what I’m looking for when I’m in the mood for AP. Now I really want to go see them in concert again, and it looks like they’re in Europe for the foreseeable future. Fooey. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/33 "2021-10-04T17:59:19Z")
Bumped. My thanks to **Infovore** , who just let me know that AP has released a new single: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/1lO0veF8iYo/hqdefault.jpg "Alan Parsons ft. Jordan Asher Huffman - " The NeverEnding Show" - Official Music Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lO0veF8iYo) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/34 "2021-11-29T17:21:27Z")
A very young and beardless Parsons briefly appears in the second and third segments of Peter Jackson’s new documentary _The Beatles: Get Back_; he was a sound engineer for Apple Records in 1969, in the final months before the band broke up. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/35 "2022-02-23T18:19:00Z")
Bumped. I was listening to this 1985 APP song the other night and noticed anew the phone number being dialed at 3:21. Neither Google nor Wiki have revealed any significance to the number (Parsons’s home number? Woolfson’s? the Mayfair Studios line?); does anyone know? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lXznDZBneMw/maxresdefault.jpg "Where's the Walrus?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXznDZBneMw) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/36 "2022-02-23T18:27:33Z")
Was kind of hoping this would be a link to a webcam of a construction site for a giant laser on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/37 "2022-05-26T14:40:41Z")
Any answer to my question in post 35 above? **Infovore** brought this new AP song to my attention: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nPb58H55A7Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Alan Parsons - "Uroboros" ft. Tommy Shaw of @styxtheband - Official Music Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPb58H55A7Q) ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/38 "2022-05-26T14:48:41Z")
Woohoo! I don’t have time to dig in right now but it’s something to look forward to. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/39 "2022-05-26T14:52:57Z")
Birthday present for me, pre-ordered. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449/40 "2022-06-26T17:44:03Z")
Another song released from the new album. I am really digging these - can’t wait for it to be released! [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fik4SgsAnjM&t=5s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fik4SgsAnjM) Also, glad to hear Alan is recovering from spinal surgery. He had to cancel part of his tour, but health comes first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449.md?page=3)