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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: KevShmev on June 19, 2016, 09:27:24 AM
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I have done these kind of threads before, for the 80s, classic rock, and prog, and I figured it was time to dive way back and focus on the 1960's.
Same as before, meaning let me pick the songs to feature, instead of it being a free-for-all where several are posting different songs, and let's try to keep the topic on that one song while it is being featured, for the most part.
Assuming there is interest and discussion here, I will keep this going for a while. :coolio
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze
I will admit to never being that big a fan of Hendrix - I recognize his influence and greatness, but have never bought anything by him and rarely go out of my way to listen to him - but Purple Haze is one song I will occasionally turn on and crank up. Awesome tune; probably his best and most popular. :hat
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I probably feel the same way about him as you do. I do think this is a great song though, but I cannot get into Hendrix generally. I did have Are You Experienced on 8 track when I was a kid.
Honestly, I was much more impressed with drummer Mitch Mitchell.
This is a softball for LudwigVan!
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I've always felt the same about Hendrix as well.
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Cool song, always have enjoyed it.
Honestly, I was much more impressed with drummer Mitch Mitchell.
This. His drumming always stood out to me, great player.
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I have a deep and abiding respect for Hendrix, but this song has been overplayed so much that I could go a long, long time without listening to it again.
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Great tune. I remember chuckling when I heard about the Monkees choosing Hendrix to open for them in '67:
Promoting a supporting act as cutting edge as the Jimi Hendrix Experience on The Monkees' 1967 summer tour was perhaps in some ways an attempt to solidify The Monkees' standing as serious musicians and entertainers. The group was thrilled to have Hendrix and company on the bill, even showing up early to the shows to watch his set. However, various members of the band have recounted in the years since that their audience was less than interested in the guitar virtuoso. "The parents were probably not too crazy about having to sit through a Monkees concert,” Micky wrote in his autobiography, "much less see this black guy in a psychedelic Day-Glo blouse, playing music from hell, holding his guitar like he was f—ing it, then lighting it on fire...Jimi would amble out onto the stage, fire up the amps and break into 'Purple Haze,' and the kids in the audience would instantly drown him out with, 'We Want Davy!!' God, it was embarrassing." "Nobody thought, 'This is screaming, scaring-your-daddy music compared with The Monkees,' Peter later said. It didn't cross anybody's mind that it wasn't gonna fly. And there's poor Jimi, and the kids go, 'We want The Monkees, we want The Monkees.'"
LOL. Also, yeah, Mitch Mitchell is awesome. "Fire" is a MM barnburner.
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one of several great Jimi songs. Crosstown Traffic, Fire, Dolly Dagger, Little Wing, Voodoo Child . . .
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Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
I remember first hearing this song when I was pretty young, probably at the age of 6 or 7, and I thought it was pretty awesome then. Fast forward 35 years later, and I still think it is one of the greatest songs ever written and recorded. And I have to admit that I am partial to the remixed "electric" version. Regardless of which version is better, this song is a remarkable melodic and vocal achievement. :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Love, love, love The Sound of Silence. It's about as perfect a song as there is, and I've been listening to it since I was a little kid as well.
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I probably feel the same way about him as you do. I do think this is a great song though, but I cannot get into Hendrix generally. I did have Are You Experienced on 8 track when I was a kid.
Honestly, I was much more impressed with drummer Mitch Mitchell.
This is a softball for LudwigVan!
I do have all the Hendrix albums. And while my favorite is Axis: Bold as Love, it didn't have the great spontaneity Purple Haze and that whole first album had.
People made a big deal about Ginger Baker at the time, but I thought Mitch Mitchell was just as good.
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
One of the most introspective lyrics ever written. Listening to this song always puts me in a solemn mood, but not in a bad way. Who would think that such a gentle song can resonate so deeply.
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The thing about TSOS is that the notes not played mean as much as the notes played on this song. This song breaths. I hear the silence between the notes and it has meaning. Such a great tune.
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The Sound Of Silence is timeless and mesmerizing.
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TSOS = someone kill me, please. The Disturbed version is no better.
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I think the original is mesmerizing, love it.
The Disturbed cover? Fucking awful. :lol
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TSOS = someone kill me, please.
Goddammit Coz
This song is perfect.
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TSoS is incredible. It's so hauntingly beautiful. The Disturbed cover is pretty great as well.
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TSOS (Simon and Garfunkel) = 10/10
TSOS (Disturbed) = 1/10
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Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
I never hide my contempt for country music, but some old school country is pretty good, and this is one example. Cool song, and it remains the only song I have ever seen my younger brother karaoke.
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Late to the party, but here goes:
Purple Haze: Good song. Like many others here I fully acknowledge Hendrix' influence on rock guitar but I don't own a single album by him. And I like Little Wing and Voodoo Chile better. (And Stevie Ray Vaughan played both of them better than Jimi himself ;D).
The Sound Of Silence: Timeless classic, great song.
Ring Of Fire: Fun country song, not a song I would actively choose but I wouldn't turn it off if it came on the radio and I would probably even sing along.
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I'm not sure I even know this song. But when I saw the thread title, I was thinking Walk The Line, and I was going to mention Chris Daughtry's awesome version on American Idol.
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Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
I never hide my contempt for country music, but some old school country is pretty good, and this is one example. Cool song, and it remains the only song I have ever seen my younger brother karaoke.
GREAT song, used to be in a cover band that did a straight-forward rock n roll version. Always went over well.
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Ring of Fire is a fantastic song, definitely one the best from the Man in Black.
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I can tell that me and this thread are not going to get along.
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I get the disdain for country, especially the new(er) "bro" country, but it boggles my mind that more rock fans don't plug into Waylon Jennings, Big John Cash, Hank Jr., and Kris Kristofferson.
I would bet you dollars to donuts that Hetfield is a fan of that first Kristofferson record.
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Never got into Cash but I completely understand his creativity, image and songwriting skills.
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A bit of history of 'The Sound of Silence'
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/simon-garfunkel-sounds-of-silence/
Rush paid homage during 'The Spirit of Radio': 'and the words of the 'profits' were written on the studio wall'
'Purple Haze': we play it every Sunday before a Ravens' game. Always thought Hendrix would have benefited having a rhythm guitarist.
Johnny Cash: admiration for his works, enjoy many of his hits, and his work with The Highwaymen.
Sidenote: Absolutely adore 'I've Been Everywhere'. Years ago, ESPN did a terrific satire of Larry Brown, changing the lyrics to 'I've Coached Everywhere'.
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The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
We'll see a lot of the Beatles in this thread, and I thought it was only fitting to feature their first number 1 song in the United States before any others. Good little pop song, even if is not a favorite of mine. Catchy as hell and easy to see why it helped launch them in the U.S.
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I just can't get excited about the Beatles. I just can't.
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I just can't get excited about the Beatles. I just can't.
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(https://i.imgur.com/D0xku2d.jpg)
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Catching up:
Jimi Hendricks: I bought a greatest hits album long ago. My fav song is Foxy Lady. A guitar player ahead of its time for every thing he could do with his Fender and of course, what a sound. But never been a fan. A short career.
The sound of silence: samething, bought a greatest hits album. I used to do that with the rock stars of the 60's. But that song in particular is amazing. The sweatest thing to hear, the vocals always perfect and I have always loved the drum playing. Simple but so effective.
Johnny Cash: honestly, I know nothing about him and never was interested but I know he is an icon for many.
The Beatles: the first band I got interested in. Perfect vocals and harmonies, a song writing creativity like no other band. To me they were the Mozarts or Beethoven of the 20th century. I used to sing I wanna hold your hand thinking of a future love of my life I would marry.
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Kev...'She Loves You' was their first #1 over here
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I just can't get excited about the Beatles. I just can't.
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This is one of those perfect songs. I prefer the later day Beatles, but if I have to choose a favorite out of their earlier pop songs, this one would probably be it.
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A simple, super catchy tune. They sure could write a billion of those songs.
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Kev...'She Loves You' was their first #1 over here
Over where? Per wikipedia, She Loves You didn't do that well in the U.S. at first, but once I Want to Hold Your Hand went to number 1, She Loves You re-emerged and shot up the charts.
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Perfect pop song.
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I dig the Beatles. For a long time, I wasn't a fan, but my psycho ex was a huge fan and really helped me learn to appreciate them a lot more than I'd ever thought I could. Good tune, good harmonies. Nothing that outright moves me, but I probably wouldn't change the station if it came on.
My first exposure to the Beatles catalog? The Sgt. Pepper movie. :lol
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Kev...'She Loves You' was their first #1 over here
Over where? Per wikipedia, She Loves You didn't do that well in the U.S. at first, but once I Want to Hold Your Hand went to number 1, She Loves You re-emerged and shot up the charts.
Considering myself a semi Beatles expert, I didn't feel the need to look that up......and stand ashamedly corrected :facepalm:
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Amidst all the hype about their consummate songwriting skills and superb pop sensibilities (much deserved), sometimes lost is the fact that The Beatles could flat out rock. Sure there were contemporary 60's bands that had a good rockabilly bop or R&B swing, but songs like I Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You just had that insistent driving rock rhythm that made people wanna shake their mop-tops, much the same way a good metal band gets you a head-bangin'.
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songs like I Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You just had that insistent driving rock rhythm that made people wanna shake their mop-tops, much the same way a good metal band gets you a head-bangin'.
That's very interesting. Gord. That's a great observation, actually.
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Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
Fun little tune, that is good on its own, and then when you see it featured on The Fresh Prince when Carlton danced to it, it became even better. Great pop song.
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WTF Kev Goddammit
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Come on Hef. We know you can do the Tom Jones swivel hips while singing.
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Carlton
First thing I think of every time I hear this song.
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Come on Hef. We know you can do the Tom Jones swivel hips while singing.
Where do you think he got it from?
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I missed the start of this one and, sadly, feel the need to chime in and catch up.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze I'm pretty much in the same boat as a lot of folks. I like most of Jimi's hits, and appreciate the guy's skills and influence on pop music of the time and to come, but am not necessarily a huge fan. I have Are You Experienced? and have listened to it a few times, but it's not really my bag. Some of it's pretty cool, but a lot of it is just sounds to me like a very talented band taking LSD, jamming, and recording the results.
I also second the love for Mitch Mitchell. The first time I saw an old Hendrix video, I was amazed. Jimi was black, obviously, and call it racist or whatever, but I guess I assumed the rest of the band was black as well. Then there's this skinny little white guy in a shirt and tie back there beating the shit out of a four-piece trap kit like there was no tomorrow. The Jimi Hendrix Experience may have been rock's first power trio.
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence One of my all-time favorites from these guys. Yeah, the words are powerful and evocative, the music perfectly sets the tone, rising and falling with the words and the message they convey, but my favorite thing about this song is Art Garfunkel's amazing harmony throughout. He really was a vastly underrated singer, and the two-part harmonies and his choice of notes is mind-boggling.
Useless anecdote: My wife and I often sing in the car when it's just us, and typically she'll sing "lead" and I'll sing "background". I love singing harmony, as I'm pretty good at it, and my voice isn't really high enough quality for lead vocals. Anyway, one time we were driving my daughter and one of her friends somewhere, and this song came on the radio, and I decided that the girls were just gonna have to suffer; I'm cranking it up and we're singing this one because I love that harmony part. By the second verse, they were both laughing their asses off. Later, I asked my daughter why, and she said because it was so funny, us singing along with the radio (which everyone does) but in harmony (which nobody does). So... that makes it funny? I was secretly hoping they'd think it was pretty cool, maybe even pretty good. Busting out laughing was not the response I'd hoped for.
Also: Coincidentally, my son played the Disturbed version of this song for me the other day. I'd never heard it, or heard of it before. I thought it was okay, the guy did a decent job of capturing the mood, but that awesome harmony was missing, and to me that's a huge part of the song. Whatever. Props for covering it, I guess.
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire I've never understood why this song is so popular, with Johnny Cash fans or anyone else. I love Johnny, always have. I have a bunch of his albums, including multiple "greatest hits things", and always skip this song. What the hell, Johnny, three verses but all the same lyrics each time? I always think of the children's rhyme: "Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit worse."
The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand Remember in grade school, that one girl you liked? You didn't want to kiss her or anything, because that's gross, and sex was unknown, unheard-of at the time. You just wanted to hold her hand. Spend some time together. The 60's, rock was still in grade school, still learning what it was all about. That's this song. I don't know if I like it, but I appreciate it as a perfect encapsulation of a time in our history and music. Rock today is "I want to fuck you like an animal". Yeah, real smooth. If those are the choices, give me the 60's.
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual I'm old enough to remember The Tom Jones Show, which my mom watched religiously, so I'll always associate this song with that show. (For you younglings: It was a variety show, and this was the theme song. Yes, he started every show singing his most famous hit.) Great song. Tom Jones was, and still is, a great singer.
Man: Doctor, whenever I hear music, my feet start moving and I start dancing. I can't help it.
Doctor: Yes, I see. You have Tom Jones Disease.
Man: I've never heard of Tom Jones Disease. It is very common?
Doctor: It's not unusual.
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Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual
Fun little tune, that is good on its own, and then when you see it featured on The Fresh Prince when Carlton danced to it, it became even better. Great pop song.
I just saw an appearance on Later...with Jools Holland, and my GOD can that man sing. What a beautiful, powerful voice that man has. I can't say I dig all his material, but there is NO QUESTION he can sing with the best of them.
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Orbert, we always sing in harmony to the radio. Many times, my daughters join in (also in harmony).
It doesn't always sound great, but it's always fun.
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Awesome!
I can't imagine it's that uncommon, but I'm sure most people just sing the melody when they sing along with stuff. Heck, I sing the backgrounds, and whistle or scat during the solos and other instrumentals. Pretty much, I'm "playing" the song as much as I can while driving the car.
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I'm avaliable for dashboard drumming.
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Rock on wit' yo bad self! ♫♫
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Good to see you made it to this thread, Orbert. :tup :tup
Come on Hef. We know you can do the Tom Jones swivel hips while singing.
Where do you think he got it from?
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WTF Kev Goddammit
???
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The Doors - Strange Days
This really isn't a song classic rock radio still plays much, but I have always thought this was one of their best tunes. I love the creepiness of the moog and the lead vocal. This has to be quite a shock to many when it came out in 1967.
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I'm not sure if I know this one. I know "People are Strange" but not this one. It's unfamiliar to me... strange.
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The Doors - Strange Days
I had this album back in the day. The song is....okay. That whole album was just okay too. The first Doors album is where it's at.
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Brilliant song, very dark and ominous.
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The Who - Substitute
Always one of my favorite early Who songs, I heard this the other day and was reminded of how great it is.
"Substitute, you for my mom
At least I'll get my washing done."
:lol :lol :lol :lol Love that lyric.
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Fun song. Early Who was amazing. Rock and Roll, 60's style, but pushing things further.
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I´d like to make a point for Small Faces - Ichie Coo Park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ViwvgtvbA&list=RD14ViwvgtvbA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14ViwvgtvbA&list=RD14ViwvgtvbA)
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:facepalm: :facepalm:
Same as before, meaning let me pick the songs to feature, instead of it being a free-for-all where several are posting different songs, and let's try to keep the topic on that one song while it is being featured, for the most part.
Feel free to PM me any songs you think would be cool to feature and I'll put them up. :biggrin:
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Substitute isn't a bad song. I'm not really a Who fan.
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Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild
This is another one of those songs I heard a lot as a little kid, since my dad listened to all the time. Always liked it then, and still do now. Fun little rocker, and possibly one of the best song titles ever. :metal
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It's a pretty good song, but not as good as Magic Carpet Ride, in my opinion.
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It's a pretty good song, but not as good as Magic Carpet Ride, in my opinion.
Definitely this. Although I think Magic Carpet Ride and Born to be Wild might be the only Steppenwolf songs I know.
Born to be Wild is one of those songs that's been covered by a million bands too. Raven does an amazing version of it, and so do Riot.
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Hell yes, Riot!!! First thing I thought of. Narita is such an amazing album.
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Hell yes, Riot!!! First thing I thought of. Narita is such an amazing album.
It really is. The title track is my favorite song ever, by any band. That melody is perfect.
Not to derail the thread or anything........
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Hell yes, Riot!!! First thing I thought of. Narita is such an amazing album.
It really is. The title track is my favorite song ever, by any band. That melody is perfect.
Not to derail the thread or anything........
The day Piece Of Mind was released I bought that AND Narita. Both are classics.
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Born To Be Wild might be the most overplayed song in my book. It's nice but nothing more.
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Born To Be Wild is a solid classic rock gem. Very nice.
Substitute: not my favorite. Don't really care for it very much. But to be fair, I'm not the biggest fan of the Who under the best of circumstances.
Not a fan of the Doors at all.
I think I'm caught up now lol
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I like "Born to Be Wild". It's totally overplayed, of course, as all "rock anthems" are, but it's still a fun song.
"Magic Carpet Ride" is also good (since others have mentioned it), but while I like the break, it always seemed completely awkward how it just jumps back to the chorus for a repeat and fade. Maybe the album version is different, with the transition less jarring; I don't know. But the version I always hear on the radio bugs me. Cool concept, not well executed.
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Born To Be Wild has a great pre-chorus.
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Born To Be Wild might be the most overplayed song in my book. It's nice but nothing more.
I can almost agree. I can think of numerous Zeppelin songs that are more overplayed.
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Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
I am not much of a Dylan fan, largely because his voice annoys me, but this is a pretty good song. It always seems to be his most popular and highly-regarded song, which I guess I understand. Or maybe I don't. :lol :lol
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Seriously. I don't get it.
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I love his lyrics but his voice turns me away from his music.
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His voice bugs me a bit, but by now I'm used to it.
A lot of Dylan's songs seem very repetitive to me. I guess if you're into the song, then you dig it, and they're easy to sing along with, but mostly they just seem repetitive. But it was the 60's. You couldn't stray too far from the mold and expect any level of popularity. It wasn't until later that people even realized that you could write songs that weren't supposed to be popular.
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I love his lyrics but his voice turns me away from his music.
He has a couple of good songs that are good enough to overlook his voice, but for the most part it's hard to listen.
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I went through a Dylan phase. Funnily enough, I never gushed over his lyrics, nor despised his voice. There are some great songs out there though. Although I don't feel as though LARS is one of them! :lol
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I like Dylan much in the same way that I like poetry: in small, focused bursts. Nothing to do with his voice (which I actually enjoy pretty well) and more to do with a lot of his music feeling somewhat repetitive.
Anyways, I really like this song.
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I'm sure most big Dylan fans would strongly object, but the covers of his songs are always better than his original versions. Take, for example, All Along the Watchtower, which would have been a forgettable Dylan song, except that Hendrix made a monster classic. Sure, Dylan wrote the original, but Hendrix took that simple melody and did so much more with it. Granted, there is nothing wrong with a simple melody, but it seems like that always happens when his songs are covered. Like a Rolling Stone is a rare example, to me anyway, of a Dylan song being more than just a simple melody.
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Seriously. I don't get it.
That's me for the most part. Some of his songs are good, but mostly when they are covered by other artists. It's not really his voice that's offputting, though it's annoying sometimes, but more the whole package that doesn't interest me. Most of the songs I know are simple (nothing wrong with that) but also boring. And the constantly praised lyrics aren't saving them either.
/rant
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Dylan's a weird one. I had a friend I used to work with that was on a mission to get me to appreciate him. And I do; he's legend, there is no question. Odd duck, probably his idiosyncracies are tolerated more than they should, but the guy delivers (he did a legendary show at a local club here in CT that Mike and DT have played countless times - Toad's Place - that was four sets over five hours. For a 700 person club, I think there's about 45,000 people that claim to have been there).
Having said that, unlistenable to me. There are maybe five songs in his catalogue (including the great "Tweeter and the Monkey Man" from the Traveling Wilbury's) that I would willingly listen to (the mentioned song isn't one of them). But his influence is undeniable.
(By the way, in the "great Dylan cover" series is a song called "Wanted Man", as performed by Big John Cash).
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I love his lyrics but his voice turns me away from his music.
This.
the covers of his songs are always better than his original versions.
Also this.
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the covers of his songs are always better than his original versions.
Also this.
Even the abominable Guns 'n Roses cover?
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the covers of his songs are always better than his original versions.
Also this.
Even the abominable Guns 'n Roses cover?
I think "abominable" is a little harsh; I could do without the "dow-woo-our!" on every line, and the "rank subjugation" dialogue was interesting the first time only, but live it's not a bad song at all.
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the covers of his songs are always better than his original versions.
Also this.
Even the abominable Guns 'n Roses cover?
Assuming you are talking about Knockin' On Heaven's Door, absolutely. I am not a big G N' R fan, but their cover crushes the original.
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I'm not a big GnR fan either, and their version makes me want to vomit. Multiple times.
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I'm not a big GnR fan either, and their version makes me want to vomit. Multiple times.
This guy gets it.
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GnR's version of Knockin' is the best version of that song, easily.
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There are no good versions of that song.
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Wow, I knew some people must like that version, but "the best"? Whoa. Axl Rose's whiny, strangled-cat delivery just ruins pretty much every GnR song I've ever heard. Except "You Could Be Mine". That song slays. His voice, horrible and vomit-inducing as it is, is perfect for that song.
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Wow, I knew some people must like that version, but "the best"? Whoa. Axl Rose's whiny, strangled-cat delivery just ruins pretty much every GnR song I've ever heard. Except "You Could Be Mine". That song slays. His voice, horrible and vomit-inducing as it is, is perfect for that song.
:lol Well since you clearly don't like the band, it makes sense you wouldn't like their cover!
For me, it's easily the best version of the song :tup
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There are no good versions of that song.
Exactly
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I think that's a little unfair; even the Dylan version captures the sentiment of a man in his last moments pretty succinctly. It can't be covered THAT many times (it's one of his most covered songs) if it sucked that badly.
You want "abysmal", check out the Clapton version. Now THAT song I can't stand.
My problem is that it's a great song to do solo acoustic, but it's almost impossible for me to sing now without unconsciously doing Axl's "dow-woo-our" which I flicking hate.
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Wow, I knew some people must like that version, but "the best"? Whoa. Axl Rose's whiny, strangled-cat delivery just ruins pretty much every GnR song I've ever heard. Except "You Could Be Mine". That song slays. His voice, horrible and vomit-inducing as it is, is perfect for that song.
:lol Well since you clearly don't like the band, it makes sense you wouldn't like their cover!
For me, it's easily the best version of the song :tup
And conversely, I understand someone who likes GnR preferring their version over the original. I just don't hear anything in their version that I would consider an improvement over the original. "Rocking out" the music doesn't add anything, and Axl doesn't convey anywhere near the same emotion as the original. But different strokes for different folks. And just to be clear, I don't even like the original, but I can't deny that it's a good song.
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So, back to the 60s... :lol :lol
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Fun little trivia about this song is that it was the first song ever played on KSHE-95, our major rock station here in St. Louis, back in 1967. Good tune, but not one I have ever gone nuts over or even out of my way to hear.
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"Eh, they have better songs"
Man, I hate it when people do that. But that is exactly what comes to mind when I think of this song. I like a lot of Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship. I always have. But I've never gotten the love for this song. Bores me to death.
To Death!!
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One of my favorite songs of ALL TIME and I don't get to say that often. Timeless masterpiece and some of covers of this song have been great as well.
I enjoy the way Slick sings it live at Woodstock as well, some minor changes in vocal melody that are very effective and equally as cool as the studio version.
Because of that song I've always wondered what Grace Slick would have offered if she was the fifth member of 70's Pink Floyd, far fetched but just imagine her doing all of the female vocals from Shine On or Eclipse! Orgasmic..
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So, back to the 60s... :lol :lol
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Fun little trivia about this song is that it was the first song ever played on KSHE-95, our major rock station here in St. Louis, back in 1967. Good tune, but not one I have ever gone nuts over or even out of my way to hear.
Great song. One of their only songs I actually enjoy.
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Never cared for the Airplane/Starship.
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Never cared for the Airplane/Starship.
Love that song "We Built This City". It rocks.
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Now we get to a band that will certainly be featured multiple times, so let's remember to discuss the featured song and not other songs that might be featured later... :biggrin:
The Rolling Stones - Mother's Little Helper
The Stones are not a band I listen to that much, but do they have 15-20 songs that I can always enjoy a ton, Mother's Little Helper being one of them. This was an instant favorite of mine when I first got into them and it remains so to this day.
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I'm not a huge Stones fan, but there are a lot of their songs that I like, so I guess I'm a "greatest hits" level fan. This one's fun. Good song.
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I would describe myself as a "greatest hits" level fan as well, although I do like some deep tracks from their records from the early 70s.
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I've only recently become a stones fan, and before that I was mainly into a handful of the hits, mainly from the mid-late 60s and early 70s. This is one of those songs that I've always liked from them though, probably because of Tesla's great cover of it. Really great lyrics on this one.
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I would describe myself as a "greatest hits" level fan as well, although I do like some deep tracks from their records from the early 70s.
They do have some great deeper cuts. The extended R&B, jazzy jams with the sax and stuff are great. I do have a few Rolling Stones albums, just not tons like some other bands.
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I'm the same Kev but the run of albums from 68 to 73, are only matched by The Who.
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The Kinks - You Really Got Me
It's pretty crazy to think that this song was recorded and released in 1964, causing how heavy that riff is. I am guessing a lot of people were taken aback when they first heard it. While many of us identify more with the Van Halen cover, which is outstanding, the Kinks original has a raw charm that just pulls you in. Really good song.
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Good song, at least the original version. I don't care much for the VH version.
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Yesterday I saw some friends of mine doing a great cover of this track and they reminded me how awesome it is and how the riffs were way ahead of their time. There's another song by The Kinks that I discovered fairly recently, All day and all of the night. It might be an even better tune.
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My favorite Kinks song. Yeah, that lick was ten years ahead of its time, at least. Where the heck did it come from? This is a rare song where I like both the original and the (probably) better-known cover just as much. Great song.
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Stones: Also more of a greatest hits fan, but this one is fine
Kinks: I like the VH version even better but the original version is great also.
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Yesterday I saw some friends of mine doing a great cover of this track and they reminded me how awesome it is and how the riffs were way ahead of their time. There's another song by The Kinks that I discovered fairly recently, All day and all of the night. It might be an even better tune.
That's a good one, too. Isn't that in a commercial?
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I don't know about that.
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https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kinks-all-day-and-all-of-the-night-yoplait/
It was also in a Mazda commercial
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The Monkees - Daydream Believer
I remember seeing the video for this on MTV in the later 80s - to this day, I still have no idea why MTV decided to put this song in its regular rotation for a while considering it had to be 20 years old at the time - and thinking it was a fun, catchy tune; I still think that. Plus, I am always a fan of videos where the band is acting silly and having a good time, and that sums up the video for this tune pretty well. I think it also features Davy Jones doing the move that Axl Rose later used as his signature on-stage dance.
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Good song. The Monkees were known for starting as a television creation, providing vocals but with all the music played by studio musicians. Later they fought with the suits for the "right" to play their own music, as Nesmith, Dolenz, and Tork could actually play, and they won the fight. This is a later Monkees tune so that's Peter Tork on the piano doing that catchy intro, and Mike Nesmith on lead guitar.
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This is a very pretty tune.
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Good tune and surprisingly the new album is really good as well!
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Not crazy about the Stones at all, but that song is not bad.
You Really Got Me is fantastic.
Daydream Believer is one of those songs that I never ever intentionally listen to, but if I hear it, I sing along to it. Not much love for the Monkees from me.
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Love that tune. I really need to own a Monkees greatest hits disk. I am sad that I don't.
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Great tune. I saw Davy Jones live back in like '03 or '04. He put on a damn good show.
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David Bowie - Space Oddity
Magnificent song, of epic proportions. This could be released today and still sound innovative as heck...and yet it came out in 1969. :eek :eek Bowie was awesome, and this song is one of the best examples of his greatness. That mellotron is :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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Yep, a great song, probably my favorite Bowie, and one of my favorite songs ever.
Rick Wakeman on keyboards, by the way.
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Tremendous, tremendous song. And one that everybody likes, whether they listen to classic rock or not.
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Thumbs up for David Bowie. I don't like all of him but Space Oddity is just great.
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Great artist. Great song. :tup :tup
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Gorgeous song.
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On Friday, July 22nd, the Bowie Baysox are having a 'David Bowie' night
https://www.milb.com/promotions/index.jsp?sid=t418
oh, and 'Space Oddity' is timeless....
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Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel
I am not even sure what genre I would call, but this is a nice little tune, nonetheless. I have some memory of knowing this song as a kid, as I remember hearing it many years later and thinking, "I know this song."
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If I had to pick a genre, well it wouldn't just be one. The verses are R&B, but the breaks are Jazz. That pretty much defines early Blood, Sweat & Tears.
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Great, great, underrated band. Good song, too.
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True. Those first couple of albums are great.
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Wayne Newton - Danka Shöen
I'm sure I am not only the one who cannot think of this song without thinking of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In fact, I doubt I'd even know the song otherwise.
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I'm sure I've heard it, but I don't even recognize the title. And I've seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off at least 20 or 25 times, and I couldn't tell you the Wayne Newton song from it. Weird.
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I'm pretty sure I don't know this song, although I've seen that movie a couple of times, and I'm also pretty sure that the title should be "Danke schoen" as that would mean "thank you" in german. ;D
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That's a pretty damn good song.
The song was originally written for Bobby Darin but he saw talent in Wayne Newton and gave it to him. Darin actually produced the song if I remember correctly. He did eventually record himself singing it but it was never released.
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I recall Central Park in fall
How you tore your dress
What a mess
I have no love for Wayne Newton, but it's a cool enough song. Definitely helped out by Ferris.
Save Ferris
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Oh, that song! I didn't know that name.
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I recall Central Park in fall
How you tore your dress
What a mess
I have no love for Wayne Newton, but it's a cool enough song. Definitely helped out by Ferris.
Save Ferris
I love when Ferris sings that part at the beginning of the movie when getting ready to shower.
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The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
One of the more impressive songwriting achievements of the 60s. Great song in every way imaginable, one that is about as timeless as it gets.
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I can't say enough great things about this song.
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Yep, it's pretty great. :tup
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This song gives me good vibrations :)
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I'm not head over heels over The Beach Boys, but I do like some of their stuff, and this is a good song. Extra credit for the Theramin.
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The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
I still have no idea what they are singing most of the time in this song :lol, but it's oddly catchy regardless.
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I remember when people in WA state tried to make this our state song.
This is a song I can't imagine ever getting tired of. I'll be 80 and this song will come on and if blood is still flowing to my feet, they will be tapping.
Great use of this song in Animal House, and a strange history of it with the feds.
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Yeah, didn't they try to get this song banned as being "obscene", only to have it officially determined that the lyrics were incomprehensible (and thus couldn't be obscene)?
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Yes.
Led Zeppelin - Good Times Bad Times
The first song off the first LZ album turned out to be one of their most bad ass ones ever. So many of LZ classic rock staples are overplayed to death, but this is one I never get tired. I can not hear this song for years and still air drum to it perfectly on command. :metal
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Good song, but I guess I just don't care for the start-stop thing that Led Zeppelin did so much. I like space in songs, but there has to be rhythmic flow as well. I know the effect they were going for; it just doesn't work for me. Kinda like "Black Dog". Great, rocking song, but how can you groove to it when the groove keeps stopping?
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Love love love this song. Those guitar solos burrrn!
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Babe I'm Gonna Leave You from this album is a Top 10 Zep tune for me.
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Played this are a battle of the band's at my high school. Fun song to play live.
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Played this are a battle of the band's at my high school. Fun song to play live.
So Good Times?
:neverusethis:
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:lol
Yup. Also played Steal Away The Night by Ozzy. Yeah bitches, we were so cool. Lol
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Nice. We did Over The Mountain and Flying High Again.
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Hell yeah!
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Fantastic song. I concur that this is one Zeppelin song that never gets old no matter how many times it gets played on the radio. Bonham is in top form and the whole song is so much fun to play on guitar.
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Great song and not that overplayed as others by LZ.
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Easily one of my favourite songs by Led Zep. Their debut is my #1 by quite a margin, so many good memories linked to this album. Side A is just stellar!! My brother used to just play side A over and over and over and over again :biggrin:
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I'm sorry, but I'm of the opinion that there is no such thing as a "bad" Led Zeppelin song. Not a huge fan of "Hats Off.." or "The Crunge" but other than that... fun stuff to play, too.
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Good Times Bad Times is sooo good. Great, concise rock n' roll song.
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Good song, but I guess I just don't care for the start-stop thing that Led Zeppelin did so much. I like space in songs, but there has to be rhythmic flow as well. I know the effect they were going for; it just doesn't work for me. Kinda like "Black Dog". Great, rocking song, but how can you groove to it when the groove keeps stopping?
I know what you mean. Having said that, I think Good Times Bad Times does an awesome job of it, and I never miss the timing of it when listening, so the flow is great. On the flip side, re: your Black Dog example, amen! It is literally impossible to remember the timing every time the main musical theme is played, since it is slightly different each time, so listening to it is always frustrating. I've never thought of that as one of their better songs anyway.
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You complain about complex rhythmical patterns? Isn't this a prog board? ;D
I know what you mean, but for me that's part of the charme of that song.
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Cream - White Room
I will admit that I have always found Eric Clapton to be a bit, well, overrated (and I am not a fan of using that word, but this song and his guitar work in it has always sounded pretty damn great to me. Good song to just crank up and rock out to. :metal
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I'm totally with you on Clapton being overrated. I don't get it.
Oh, and Ginger Baker :metal
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White Room is a really good song. I'd agree in regards to Eric being overrated though.
Actually, now that I think about it, in the context of Cream, I've always enjoyed Jack and Ginger's contributions to the band more than Eric's.
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Another weird start-stop song, but I actually like this one because the weirdass breaks are in 5/4 and that's cool.
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Cream - White Room
I will admit that I have always found Eric Clapton to be a bit, well, overrated (and I am not a fan of using that word, but this song and his guitar work in it has always sounded pretty damn great to me. Good song to just crank up and rock out to. :metal
I always agreed with you, and I can't say there's even ten EC songs I go "WHOA!" for (though I love the album he did with Phil Collins) but I've been lucky enough to see him live twice (once with Elton John on a co-headlining stadium tour, once on one of his sort-of hits tours back in the early '00's) and he's the real deal in terms of playing his instrument. As I said, most - almost all - of it doesn't resonate with me personally, but he is a truly gifted musician.
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Great song, I perform it with my band. Don't mind the lyrics tho.
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This song and Tales of Brave Ulysses gave us a hint of what woulda coulda shoulda been before Cream imploded on itself.
Jack Bruce in particular likes to denigrate what Led Zeppelin were and did, but the truth is that Zep fully realized the potential that Cream had only shown flashes of. Both bands started out by doing the heavy blues standards/covers thing, but Zeppelin was able to branch out beyond that as they progressed in their career while Cream, as great as they were, got buried under the weight of endless blues jams.
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This song and Tales of Brave Ulysses gave us a hint of what woulda coulda shoulda been before Cream imploded on itself.
Jack Bruce in particular likes to denigrate what Led Zeppelin were and did, but the truth is that Zep fully realized the potential that Cream had only shown flashes of. Both bands started out by doing the heavy blues standards/covers thing, but Zeppelin was able to branch out beyond that as they progressed in their career while Cream, as great as they were, got buried under the weight of endless blues jams.
Interesting observation. Both bands started off firmly rooted in R&B, and Led Zeppelin did go on to much more than that. But Cream's endless blues jams, it seems to me, were because Clapton was fine playing endless blues jams. The more adventurous stuff was cool for sure, but I was never into Cream enough to get a feel for who was driving that. Maybe I'm assuming Clapton had more control over the direction of Cream than he really did; it may well have been a much more democratic band. I don't know. Zeppelin got almost proggy sometimes, branched out a bit, but Cream didn't last long enough for us to see what they were truly capable of, and I agree, that's a damned shame.
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The Association - Windy
I will admit that I was completely unfamiliar with this song until I saw it featured on Breaking Bad, but I liked it a lot right away; fun, little catchy tune.
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I'm old enough to remember hearing this song on the radio, but for a long time, I thought the name was "Wendy". Later, my sister had a sheet music book with a bunch of songs in it, including this, and I thought they'd managed to get the name wrong (there were other typos in the book).
But apparently it is "Windy". Like most Association songs, it's a nice, fun song.
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This song makes me happy
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The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
Moody Blues were like the first band I got into after finally getting a CD player in the summer of 1990 (just before Pink Floyd), so they got a lot of play in my new CD player at the time, and Nights in White Satin, being the last song on the 2nd cd of This Is The Moody Blues compilation I had, was one of many I heard so much I could go hum it on cue without thinking about it. I rarely go out of my way to hear it anymore, but it's still a song of which I am a fan. And hey, who doesn't love that mellotron from the original king of the mellotron, Mr. Mike Pinder!! :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
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I still maintain that The Moody Blues were the first progressive rock band.
Days of Future Passed was released a full 2 years before ITCOTCK
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One of my favorite songs of all time. I love the mood.
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the original king of the mellotron, Mr. Mike Pinder!! :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
Absolutely! Mike Pinder was amazing. Basically, he brought keyboard strings to rock and roll. We already had real strings, which of course can be better sometimes, but it was an important step bringing that function into the band proper. Keyboard players were actually legit members of rock bands, sometimes, and Mike helped bring that about.
I still maintain that The Moody Blues were the first progressive rock band.
They probably have the best claim to that title of anyone. Their work integrating band and orchestra set the mold for the next 50 years or more (so far).
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This might be the only song by The Moody Blues that I know. I've heard a lot of (mostly good) things about them but never had the time to check them out.
This song is nice but a little bit on the cheesy side. If it is playing somewhere I enjoy it, but I probably wouldn't chose it on my own.
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This might be the only song by The Moody Blues that I know. I've heard a lot of (mostly good) things about them but never had the time to check them out.
This song is nice but a little bit on the cheesy side. If it is playing somewhere I enjoy it, but I probably wouldn't chose it on my own.
Check out their second album Days of Future Passed. Pure brilliance.
I still maintain that The Moody Blues were the first progressive rock band.
Days of Future Passed was released a full 2 years before ITCOTCK
It just might be the first prog album. The Moody's first release was not prog. It was more R & B inspired. The Nice's first album was released early 1968. However, some say Sgt. Pepper was the first prog album and there is definitely a good argument for that. It came out months before Days of Future Passed.
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I still maintain that The Moody Blues were the first progressive rock band.
Days of Future Passed was released a full 2 years before ITCOTCK
:tup :tup
Whenever someone tries to say ITCOTCK was the first prog album, I just laugh. the original king of the mellotron, Mr. Mike Pinder!! :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
Absolutely! Mike Pinder was amazing. Basically, he brought keyboard strings to rock and roll. We already had real strings, which of course can be better sometimes, but it was an important step bringing that function into the band proper. Keyboard players were actually legit members of rock bands, sometimes, and Mike helped bring that about.
Well said. When you think about it, they were a very important band in several regards, and it's unfortunate that they rarely get credit for, even in prog circles where they are often not even mentioned as one of the pioneers of the genre.
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The Band - The Weight
Never have cared much for this band or the song, although I get why it's so popular. Just not my thing, I suppose.
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Same here, except I don't get why it's so popular either.
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Well, I love this song and a bunch of others from The Band. Their music tries to capture (recapture?) that 'Americana' kinda thing and I think they did that successfully. Very stripped-down with a back to your rootsy/folksy vibe, which is the antithesis of prog. I can see how Clapton gravitated toward this scene after leaving the self-indulgent excesses of Cream.
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The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun
Some songs you can hear a million times and never tire of them; this is one of those songs. Fantastic tune, that I enjoy the heck out of it every single time I hear it. And the guitar lead is supposedly great and easy to play; I knew several people back in the day who started off on the guitar by learning this song before anything else.
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For a long time, I thought the keyboard break to this song was really stupid. The first two lines of the melody, then the vocals come back. Of course it turned out that I'd only heard the radio edit all those times; the original version at least lets it go a whole verse and lets him ham it up a bit. So the break is actually a bit less stupid, and he does have a great Hammond sound, so what the heck.
This is another song that was in that same sheet music book my sister had, so I learned it a long time ago, but honestly never really thought much of the song. Seemed kinda pointless, even boring, but I had to admit, the singer was putting his heart and soul into it, I'll give him that. Probably my favorite Eric Burdon vocal performance.
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The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun
Some songs you can hear a million times and never tire of them;
I can tire of them and especially this song. It's not bad and when it comes on once in a while it's okay. But for some reasons unknown there was a time (some ten years back) when radio played it constantly, it was covered by a lot of bands in our area (and not necessarily good covers) and it was played and sung by every drunken crowd around a campfire. And then I got really tired of it.
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For a long time, I thought the keyboard break to this song was really stupid. The first two lines of the melody, then the vocals come back. Of course it turned out that I'd only heard the radio edit all those times; the original version at least lets it go a whole verse and lets him ham it up a bit. So the break is actually a bit less stupid, and he does have a great Hammond sound, so what the heck.
This is another song that was in that same sheet music book my sister had, so I learned it a long time ago, but honestly never really thought much of the song. Seemed kinda pointless, even boring, but I had to admit, the singer was putting his heart and soul into it, I'll give him that. Probably my favorite Eric Burdon vocal performance.
Yeah, the vocals are truly outta this world. So tortured, mean and evil sounding... the devil's blues. I'm tempted to believe that this song was a blueprint for a lot of what The Doors went on to do.
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I've always been fascinated with The Animals. They had some early heavy metal feel to them.
I had an old tape of Brian Johnson singing HOTRS. It was cool.
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Eric Burton has a terrible voice, but somehow it is the perfect voice for The Animals and especially this song. Funny how music can work that way sometimes.