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Some favorites...
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
http://youtu.be/xMPNKYH6VTE
The Rolling Stones - Rocks Off
http://youtu.be/Sqk1kdjk5o0
The Clash - I'm Not Down
http://youtu.be/zyUsJWO-7jM
The Velvet Underground - Venus in Furs
http://youtu.be/3XROTzaZbzQ
The Stooges - Search & Destroy
http://youtu.be/EDNzQ3CXspU
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
We need some Hawkwind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoZ_Lg21b14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIE0-alireI
Which leads us nicely into Motorhead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iwC2QljLn4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VNUyjRRjxM
Still gets me headbanging - I just have to make sure I don't headbutt the monitor...
Ooo, Ace of Spades, that is bum kicking rock. I think Lemmy has toured constantly for about the last 40 years, I don't know how he does it. He doesn't age. He also loves cheese, English mature cheddar, maybe that's his secret?
I've just thought about this one, Don't Fear the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpy_pYXSpPA
I do love me some Ace of Spades but seriously you guys? How do you mention Santana and Thin Lizzy and not post these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Rut0BJsyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMFYs3gfgis
And while I'm at it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhI_khA8w-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qga5eONXU_4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcCNc...eature=related
lol. This isn't classic but, well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLz8y5sp-lU
A few random hits:
Bo Diddley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Tdr-798D4
Something from an old Blokes posting - The Sonics:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw6Fjo6VXTg
Dr. Hook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJu6Up9w2Hc
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I like Thin Lizzy, but the opening line:
"Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak somewhere in this town" always makes me think - er, that would be the jail then.
Of course I know that jailbreak may be a metaphor for breaking conventions etc, but then even that's a bit much. Phil - good guitarist and all that, looks about as Bad as Michael Jackson did.
:lol: I never thought about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Just sat with a cup of tea playing the links just posted above since yesterday. Good stuff.
I've never heard much of Lynyrd Skynyrd, but this one came up after the Blue Oyster Cult one I posted (great track that). Simple man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFl0n...eature=related
7 million views. It's obviously a popular one though I've never heard of it before.
I've always liked Thin Lizzy. I'd've killed for Scott Gorman's hair. And it's very difficult not to have a soft spot for Lemmy.
Unless you're all extremely nice to me, I shall post links to my occasional band doing live covers of some of these songs.
As to the Lynryd Skynyrd track, it's exactly that kind of downhome, sunset-on-the-stoop, apple-pie and root beer philosophy that causes me to bring up my breakfast - which, as you ask, consisted of lightly-scrambled eggs accompanied by oak-smoked wild Atlantic salmon and chives, with vodka-infused shallot marmalade and an insouciant spoonful of Beluga caviar.
You lanky nitpicking grammartarian!Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Oh, come on post away that would be great.
That's either a very fine breakfast or a very imaginative lie and an interesting way of saying you don't like that track.Quote:
As to the Lynryd Skynyrd track, it's exactly that kind of downhome, sunset-on-the-stoop, apple-pie and root beer philosophy that causes me to bring up my breakfast - which, as you ask, consisted of lightly-scrambled eggs accompanied by oak-smoked wild Atlantic salmon and chives, with vodka-infused shallot marmalade and an insouciant spoonful of Beluga caviar.
I can't shake off that Blue Oyster Clut track. I'm going to play that again, and like a wild man of rock and roll that I am,...do the pots...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpy_pYXSpPA
Where was the nitpicking? Has it got to the stage now where I do it without even noticing?Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
..ah, okay. That was you trying your best not to be nice to me. Frankly, Neely, you have no talent for it.
I practically had this guy's hair (blondie vocalist) at abouy age 15 +/- and a fitting song with summer on the horizon:Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5uDozoSSM
Mark, I suspect it had less to do with Skynyrd and more to do with the fact that it came out of the Atlantic. Saltwater ipicac.
Come on...go ahead and post.
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Some nice hair going on there. I thought the drummer looked like animal from the Muppets, which lead me to finding this. :biggrin5:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SQjV...1&feature=fvwp
Yes that was the (lame) idea. Oh OK then, you insulting nitpicking lanky grammatarian!Quote:
..ah, okay. That was you trying your best not to be nice to me. Frankly, Neely, you have no talent for it.
GG, play some Skynyrd, man!
Ah yes. The sweet flower of youth. You always remember your first time, don’t you? Mine was in a 1964 Ford Falcon that I bought for 300 dollars from The Kar Korral in San Angelo, Texas. It was a sweet ride. It had a two-tone paint job (primer paint red and primer paint gray), a Mexican-blanket interior, and was so out of true that when I drove it on a wet street and looked at my tracks in the rear-view mirror, I saw 4 instead of 2. Not too sure how I ever got anybody to go out with me in that heap.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Oh, yes, the girl – I forget her name. Joking, joking, it was… hey, hey, hey, I’m a gentleman, I never kiss and tell. This may have been on the radio:
Little old band from Texas: http://youtu.be/KCLXy-vSu3o
I’ve always thought Billy Gibbons is one of the more underrated blues guitarists in the business.
I like ZZ Top. It is funny that they came out with Sharp Dressed Man though. :biggrin5:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn2-b_opVTo
Some more Southern rock from the Allman Brothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7A2acBVENA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TVTNl2C2iw
And some Lenny Kravitz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLP8Vw_Ta_o&ob=av3n
We've had one Deep Purple, but I often sing this when I'm on my bike:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w5sE82dKV0
and I like Lazy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPM6ni4bQzc
Hey, Paul, you steered me right with ‘Space Truckin' on another thread around here somewhere. I put it on my i-shuffle for long-run Sundays. Splendiferous. It can be a vicious ear worm, though – it’s stuck in there now and it won’t come out. Here’s another physical-fitness (classic) tune that can pull me through those last few miles:
ELO, Hold on Tight: http://youtu.be/8TLmpL2AzLs
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
Sancho, I have to admit I was never a huge fan of Skynyrd. I like "Call Me the Breeze" well enough though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
As for ZZ Top (formely the "Moving Sidewalks") I always enjoyed "Waiting for a Bus / Jesus Done Left Chicago", especially the transition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F09OnvS0zj0&feature=fvst
I'm rediscovering more Blue Cheer and those glorious days of my parents pounding on my older brothers bedroom door screaming to turn that garbage down.
Here's a good loud tune for a saturday night...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e50uIZCjQqI
Couple more from that era
Canned Heat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGGW4IezbC4
and Iron Butterfly:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-...eature=related
Try playing all three at the same time. Groovy.
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If you're going to do Ace of Spades, do it with puppets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DItW51nPhjo
Here's another personal favorite. Lots of rockers try the nostalgic summer song, but nobody ever put heart and soul into one like Bob Seger, and I don't think his can possibly be improved upon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgLQgpwRvQ
Those guys still get a lot of airtime around here, so much so that I’ve probably heard their standards too many times. But If I had to name a favorite, I’d have to say it’s Mountain Jam on the Eat a Peach album. It hasn’t been overplayed on the radio because it’s too long, a half-hour or so. It was recorded live at the Fillmore East in New York in 1971. During the last half of the jam, after a long drum solo by Butch Truck and then a bass solo by Berry Oakley, Duane really hits his groove. He was killed in a motorcycle accident not long after Fillmore shows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
The Allman Brothers were one of the bands that helped save the Fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta – in my humble opinion, one of the best music venues in town (for when you want to sit down, anyway) so, my thanks to those guys for that.
Mountain Jam (after the drum and bass solos) http://youtu.be/P8oZAeL084Q
Thanks Sancho. They don't get much play in the UK. A mate of mine introduced me to them in the 80s. He had Eat a Peach, but I don't recall hearing this one. I've liked them ever since. Mountain Jam doesn't disapppoint.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
My mate felt an affinity with The Allman Brothers band as he had lost a brother as well.
There's a documentary on Southern rock coming up on BBC4 soon - Friday, perhaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
Cheers. I'll watch out for that.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Glad you liked the track, Paul. I may try to find the BBC special on line somewhere, if for no other reason than for a nostalgic trip. I grew up with Southern Rock, and in the South, but I don’t think I was ever all that taken with either one. Still today, in certain parts of town, like around The Atlanta Motor Speedway, you can hear Bands like Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet being pumped out of Bubba-Trucks by huge subwoofers – makes me kinda nervous, if you want to know the truth.
The Allman brothers were a stand out, though, and not really even in the same category, in my opinion. They’re still around, by the way, as well as a couple of side projects like Gov’t Mule:
Soulshine: http://youtu.be/nf0BNlYY_RA
At any rate, I suppose with Southern Rock, as with British Rock, there was a lot of cross pollination. Speaking of which, I believe Eric Clapton and Duane Allman were close friends. (Duane played the slide-guitar part on Layla)
Tom Petty. He's one of the most under-rated musicians of all time. He should be mentioned along with Zeppelin and almost any other premiere rock act. For real, several of his albums are masterpieces of popular rock, song to song, the entire albums golden through and through.
The fact that Aerosmith is more popular than Tom Petty is a wonder and a crime to me, and I like a lot of Aerosmith.
I have tickets for a gig in the summer. I'm looking forward to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darcy88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOOiZAHFvfc
I’ve always been suspicious of ranking systems, particularly when applied to art. A rank-ordered list begs the question: says who? I suppose we could use a critic’s poll, but then those guys are a strange and jaded bunch (and many times they’re frustrated artists with an axe to grind). How about a peer ranking system? That sort of system has its own problems, and frankly I’ve seen musician’s polls that have come up with some of the weirdest lists of all. Well, okay then, how about a broadly disseminated popularity poll? Mob Rule, or The Tyranny of Democracy comes to mind. Or worse yet, for a piece of music to be widely popular probably means it’s lost its edge. Then we’re stuck with just a bunch of bland, silly love songs. Yuk.
Folks are always going to listen to what moves them – screw the polls – screw the critics (not literally of course) – one man’s cheese is another man’s spoiled milk. Whoa, is it my imagination or did this rant just take a culinary turn for the worse? But since I’m already there, I’ll go ahead and mention that I’ve thought the Litnet’s ranking polls are a bit silly. I’m talking about threads such as: Who is the best writer of all time? Or is so-and-so a better author than what’s-his-name? P-shaw . You can’t rank art. It’s not linear. It’d be like ranking colors: Blue is a better than Red because it’s deeper and makes me think more profoundly. Oh yeah, well, I think Red is better than Blue because it’s more intense and makes me feel things more passionately, and come to think of it, I’m starting to get a little angry that you think Blue is better than Red!
Ah well, one of my favorite Tom Petty songs is a holiday tune:
It’s Christmas Time Again - http://youtu.be/3CHopZgA93E
Long distance relatives
Haven’t seen ‘em in a long, long time
Yeah I kind of miss ‘em, I just don’t wanna kiss ‘em, no
It’s Christmas all over again
The youtube video cuts out one of the best parts - his wish list at the end:
Now let’s see, I want a new Rickenbacker Guitar, two Fender Bassmans, a Chuck Berry Songbook, a xylophone…
Hi, I'm going for a very sorrowful sounding piece by Black Sabbath, Solitude:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuqVogBiYSU
It really doesn't sound like Ozzy much at all that one.
OK, something a little less depressing, more of an escapist piece from the Sabbath of the Dio era, Country Girl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X10xr96RzQI
I know this is sacrilege coming from a person of my age and background, but I've never understood the appeal of Sabbath or, come to that, Purple. They always struck me as leaden and narrow - lacking the emotional and musical range of Led Zeppelin, who were the third party in the Trinity that punters always used to ask Fluff Freeman for. ("Great show! More Purple, more Zep, more Sabs...")Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
God knows Zeppelin often hunched like hobbits under an unforgiving riff, but that was only one terrain in the expansive territory they inhabited.
Here's a one-hit chunk of classic rock that has always appealed to me, although the sounds on it are so much of their time that you can almost tell which Tuesday they mixed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQcPB...f=list_related
In terms of technical playing ability yes Led Zeppelin 'win' hands down over them both. Sabbath are almost completely riff driven, unashamedly so, indeed that is one of their strengths. They haven't tried to be much more than that - Iommi, don't forget, comes minus half a finger on one hand which can't help that much with the fiddly bits. However, Sabbath were very good at what they did; dark style, doom laden, riff driven rock/early metal and had a lot of followers and were very influential of course. I don't think the degree of technical complexity in any music offers any value on whether it is 'better' than something more simplistic, necessarily. Personally, I much prefer Sabbath to both them; it's just another question of personal taste I suppose.Quote:
I know this is sacrilege coming from a person of my age and background, but I've never understood the appeal of Sabbath or, come to that, Purple. They always struck me as leaden and narrow - lacking the emotional and musical range of Led Zeppelin, who were the third party in the Trinity that punters always used to ask Fluff Freeman for. ("Great show! More Purple, more Zep, more Sabs...")
God knows Zeppelin often hunched like hobbits under an unforgiving riff, but that was only one terrain in the expansive territory they inhabited.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsJO2gQ5E5Q
Just listening to that one at the moment.)
Just watched that ocumentary recommended by Mark. It was pretty good and put Southern Rock in perspective. The Allmans seem to have grown with the hippies and represented the liberal aspect of the South in the wake of the civil rights movement. That gives them more credibility as I didn't know so much about them.. I picked up a few good tracks I hadn't heard before too. I agree that they're not in the same category. BBC iplayer will have the doc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp1nyDF9Wak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm3aTddl3eM&feature=fvst
This tribute to the murdered Martin Luther King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srj6DuCK-wM
And I remembered these tracks as really good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv3RWqFlvJs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwbowi-8Yoo
Hey-hey, thanks, Paul. I'll check it out. We get BBC in America here,but I'll probably need to watch it on the iplayer.
Cheers.
Oh, neither do I. I didn't mean that. I mean that Zeppelin had a deeper fund of ideas and a much more varied emotional and creative range.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Molly Hatchet is a group that has probably disappointed more people than any other band, on account of the album art that accompanied each purchase. (...thin connection to the hobbits, perhaps...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sancho
Part of my mind is absolutely bored by these guys and their cliché clinic, and dumbfounded that they ever got a major label deal--but the rest of my mind (the part largely unconcerned with music probably, or maybe it's something to do with the South) will go days during which its idling frequencies habitually leak out this song, running it in the background, and I even do the guy's voice out loud if no one else is around.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhtRxqSrys
Sister no. 3 plaid the Allman Brothers and Leon Russell quite a bit growing up. "Melissa" is one that I enloyed along with this one:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEC5s3nzVzo
Here's another "Southern Rock" song I enjoy. Beeyond this one song, I'm not too familliar with the group. I play thi when the ole lady is yellin at me.
sorry for mis pellings, i'm nursing a bottle o f Patron Pyrat Rum
here's the song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCXQy...eature=related
Well put.Quote:
Originally Posted by billl
All would-be Axe players, lend me your ears. :smilewinkgrin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rVos...eature=related
Jimi! He's been the cause of a lot of frustrated axe players, eh?
I always liked this one too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUEzrQBSeo