Neoton Familia

Another great band from Hungary is Neoton Familia, and one of my favorite bands as well, up there in the top tier where all are so great that a number one cannot be determined. In fact, one of the best CDs I ever owned was Napraforgó, which I bought when I went to Hungary. I conclude that Napraforgó means sunflower in Hungarian, judging by all the sunflowers that show up in Google Images when I search it, as well as the big sunflower on the cover of the CD case. I was quite upset when I lost it a year later, but luckily I always copy all the tracks to my computer as soon as I can when I obtain a new CD. A lot of their music sounds rather yellow or brown, and usually a happy feeling emanates from most of the songs. Neoton Familia is apparently Hungarian for The Newton Family, so I suppose that its many members are all in the same family. It is hard to find information about them, but I can tell you that they are mostly from the 70's. Their musical style is a sort of vaguely disco-like sort of somewhat early 80's rock in a way. In other words, it sounds like nearly every song is about “this is how the world is, isn't it great?”. Sometimes when my friends hear my playing Neoton Familia, they tell me, “Goggin, there is a reason that this type of music went out of style.” Well, I do not see why I should care that the music I like is not “in style”. Any music that is good music is always in style here in Gogginland.

My favorite Neoton Familia songs:

• Don Quijote
• Egy Huszas Eleg
• Egy Kicsit Szemtelen
• Forrófejű Lány
• Ha Szombat Este Táncol
• Hegyirabló
• Nyár Van
• Robinson
• Santa Maria
• Szia! (Helló!)
• Tini Dal
• Visz a Hajó, Fúj a Szél

As you can see by this bountiful list, Neoton Familia really rocks old Goggin's socks. You may look forward to reading more about some specific songs, what are perhaps the best of the best, when you tune in next time.