The Occasional Cozmo Recommendation Thread

[TAC]

So I had my I-Pod on shuffle driving home today and Breaking The Chain by Dokken came on and there I go singing away in my car.  What a great tune.

A great tune!
I remember when Breaking The Chain came out. I got their first album on cassette and I was so disappointed. Only that and the great Paris Is Burning was even listenable.

[King Postwhore]

So I had my I-Pod on shuffle driving home today and Breaking The Chain by Dokken came on and there I go singing away in my car.  What a great tune.

A great tune!
I remember when Breaking The Chain came out. I got their first album on cassette and I was so disappointed. Only that and the great Paris Is Burning was even listenable.

Their second album killed though.

[TAC]

I was never crazy about Dokken. What was strange was that they were a band where I liked their singles, but hated their album tracks. Usually it works the other way around.
Plus I saw them twice opening for Priest and Aerosmith, and I thought Don Dokken was a dick, just how he spoke to the crowd. For some reason though, I liked them a lot more on the Monsters Of Rock tour.
BTW, when they opened for Priest, I was watching Judas Priest on stage when I look to my left and who is standing there?

[King Postwhore]

Great pick TAC!!  I also saw Dokken with Areosmith.  I'm guessing it was the Permanent Vacation tour.  I also saw Dokken on the Monsters Of Rock Tour in Oxford Me.

[TAC]

Great pick TAC!!  I also saw Dokken with Areosmith.  I'm guessing it was the Permanent Vacation tour.  I also saw Dokken on the Monsters Of Rock Tour in Oxford Me.

Saw the Monsters Of Rock at Giants Stadium 6/26/88.

[King Postwhore]

Great pick TAC!!  I also saw Dokken with Areosmith.  I'm guessing it was the Permanent Vacation tour.  I also saw Dokken on the Monsters Of Rock Tour in Oxford Me.

Saw the Monsters Of Rock at Giants Stadium 6/26/88.

Yeah, those picks you showed was awesome.  I don't know how you did so many show dealing with a camera.  My wife wants me to bring a camera to the Pats games and I hate it.

[bosk1]

Have to post this video.  It has become a tradition for Y&T to play two shows at the Mystic Theater in Petaluma, California, every November.  The shows have become somewhat legendary among the Y&T fanbase, and the weekend usually includes large groups of fans getting together for parties, dinners, and other stuff the entire weekend.  Anyhow, if you are a fan of guitar-driven, blues-based rock, here is an awesome rendition of a Dave Meniketti solo tune from his blues album he released about 10 years ago:  Until The Next Time

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Damn.  That was quite excellent.  Even though it's a low quality recording, it sounds like he has an amazing guitar tone.  Really very cool tune and excellent guitar work. 

[bosk1]

Yeah, he's always put an emphasis on getting good natural tone without excessive use of effects. 

BTW, sorry for the "double post," so to speak.  After I PM'd you the link, I thought, "that should just go in the OCRT so other people can check it out."

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

I love that plucky, twangy tone that Strats get.  They're just twangy enough to give solos some personality without crossing over into Telecaster territory and sounding too countryish.

[wolfking]

Have to post this video.  It has become a tradition for Y&T to play two shows at the Mystic Theater in Petaluma, California, every November.  The shows have become somewhat legendary among the Y&T fanbase, and the weekend usually includes large groups of fans getting together for parties, dinners, and other stuff the entire weekend.  Anyhow, if you are a fan of guitar-driven, blues-based rock, here is an awesome rendition of a Dave Meniketti solo tune from his blues album he released about 10 years ago:  Until The Next Time

Both of Dave's solo records are brilliant.

[bosk1]

Indeed.  Some of the best rock to come out since 2000.

[wolfking]

Indeed.  Some of the best rock to come out since 2000.

Yep, I really can't decide which one I like more.  His blues stuff is really impressive, but his more straight rock stuff on the self titled is just gold.

[bosk1]

I've played a bunch from both of those albums at jams and other musical gatherings.  (probably just over half the songs off of each, actually)

[bosk1]

Well, thanks to a new thread I saw this morning, had to come in here and throw on some Heavy Metal Shuffle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dis39LcsbCU


EDIT:  Oh, wow.  Live version...from 2010!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7VhGzR8xOM

"Nobody told us it was only a song."

[bosk1]

Can't remember whether it's been mentioned in this thread already, but I had the urge to dust off Whitesnake's s/t 1987 album the other day.  The album is solid all the way through, but side 1 (back in the day when this was owned by most on cassette tape) is perhaps the most consistently awesome "side" of music a band has ever put out.

[jingle.boy]

Pound for pound, one of the best hair metal albums in the late 80s.  Coverdale was in his vocal prime.

[bosk1]

Agreed.  And so was Sykes in terms of both playing and songwriting.  It's a shame they couldn't find a way to make that relationship continue to work.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Ridiculously awesome.  Cryin' in the Rain is a complete ass-kicking from start to finish.  The solo section in particular is outright punishing.

[bosk1]

I used to love playing the riff from the verses over and over and over...

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Me too.  It's a great riff.  Also, the riff from Bad Boys.

Now go listen to "Black Hearted Woman" from the first Blue Murder album and tell me it isn't a throwaway from Whitesnake '87.

Edit:  Or listen here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4Yy6_qttpE

[bosk1]

Oh, I know.  I thought that from the first time I heard it.  Billy, Valley of the Kings, and Ptolemy also each remind me in different ways of Still Of The Night.  The connection isn't quite as strong with those as the Bad Boys/Black Hearted Woman connection, but there is still a similar vibe.

EDIT:  And the first time a truly appreciated what a deceptively high range Sykes has was the first time I tried singing Valley Of The Kings.  I can pull it off, but it's serious work.

[TAC]

Pound for pound, one of the best hair metal albums in the late 80s.  Coverdale was in his vocal prime.

I still cannot refer to this album as a hair metal album. I mean, John Sykes, Ainsley Dunbar, and Neil Murray couldn't be further from hair metal musicians.
Even the touring band of Sarzo, Campbell, Aldridge, and Vandenburg weren't even close to a hair band.
Although I'll give you that their hair was very teased in the videos.
Similarly, I've heard Tesla referred to as a hair metal band, which they clearly were not.

The remake of Crying In The Rain is a Sykes tour de force!

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Did you ever see his live solo from Crying in the Rain at Rock in Rio, 1985?  If not, set aside 10 minutes and watch it.  Seriously.  It's unbelievable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnzfE8war2w

[TAC]

Did you ever see his live solo from Crying in the Rain at Rock in Rio, 1985?  If not, set aside 10 minutes and watch it.  Seriously.  It's unbelievable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnzfE8war2w

Incredible..

..and Cozy Powell

[jingle.boy]

Pound for pound, one of the best hair metal albums in the late 80s.  Coverdale was in his vocal prime.

I still cannot refer to this album as a hair metal album. I mean, John Sykes, Ainsley Dunbar, and Neil Murray couldn't be further from hair metal musicians.
Even the touring band of Sarzo, Campbell, Aldridge, and Vandenburg weren't even close to a hair band.
Although I'll give you that their hair was very teased in the videos.
Similarly, I've heard Tesla referred to as a hair metal band, which they clearly were not.

The remake of Crying In The Rain is a Sykes tour de force!

Agreed... I should've put that as "hair metal" (emphasis on the finger quotes).  The album and music itself wasn't that, but the band got lumped in to that genre - for better or worse.

Will have to check out these YT clips later.

[King Postwhore]

Can't watch Youtube at work.

[wolfking]

Always loved that 85 version of Crying in the Rain, amazing!!

[YtseBitsySpider]

Vixen - Edge Of A Broken Heart

that is all

[bosk1]

Vixen - Edge Of A Broken Heart

that is all

Eh.  I'll see your Vixen and raise you...Warlock -- Burning The Witches. 

[jingle.boy]

That was awesome.  I have a smile in my pants now.  Might have to watch that 16 more times, so they pass the million mark.  And deserving of two bull horns! 

Not quite as metal, but definitely great chick-rock - Chrissy Steele - Love You 'til it Hurts

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Don't forget Phantom Blue!

Never Too Late

[YtseBitsySpider]

Need me some Lee Aaron now


Hey Coz thanks for fixing my Mahogany Rush screw up in the Rushmore thread.  I typed to fast.

[bosk1]

Here is a pair from some of our Canadian friends (thanks for making me take a trip down memory lane, lonestar!):

Heavy Metal Shuffle

Alive and Kickin'

EDIT:  And for all those '80s metal fans who are also Transformers fans (i.e., Blob), I have to submit one under their "fake" name of Spectre General:  Hunger (from the 1986 Transformers movie)

[Lowdz]

That was awesome.  I have a smile in my pants now.  Might have to watch that 16 more times, so they pass the million mark.  And deserving of two bull horns! 

Not quite as metal, but definitely great chick-rock - Chrissy Steele - Love You 'til it Hurts

Got that album. It is excellent.

I always loved Harlow with theresa Straley. A heavier version of 80s Heart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gr0lb5BAgU&feature=related
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ7yRa6u0ZU&feature=related