Author Topic: Classic Rock Song of the Day (Deep Cuts now being featured!!) (Read 158638 times)

KevShmev · « **Reply #210 on:** January 31, 2013, 01:25:44 PM »

Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

Since we're hovering around the song, why not make it the next?! Another fabulous classic rock instrumental, and by far the most well known song by Edgar Winter Group. I've never really looked much into this band - I couldn't tell you the name of any other member, and Free Ride is the only song by them I know - but it seems odds that a band that had the talent to pull off a song like this never did much else that was noteworthy, at least in the sense of being known.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #211 on:** January 31, 2013, 01:28:56 PM »

Freakin' awesome and fun song. The fact it became a radio hit just shows how different things were back then.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #212 on:** January 31, 2013, 01:29:50 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on January 31, 2013, 08:23:35 AM

The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica

IMO, this is THE definitive classic rock radio instrumental. Great, great song, and is still one that I never turn off if it comes on.

Wonderful song, and one that I haven't gotten tired of (given how many times I've heard it). They Might Be Giants did an outstanding cover of it, too.

Quote from: KevShmev on January 31, 2013, 12:35:01 PM

Frankenstein and Fire On High, both of which WILL be featured in this thread, are the other instrumentals I thought of when the phrase "THE definitive classic rock radio instrumental" popped into my head.

Fire On High is superb.

But...

Quote from: KevShmev on January 31, 2013, 01:25:44 PM

Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

Yeah. There's really nothing more to say about this other than

Orbert · « **Reply #213 on:** January 31, 2013, 03:22:31 PM »

Frankenstein is awesome.

By the way, that's Rick Derringer on guitar. "Rock and Roll, Hootchie Koo". He plays in Weird Al's band now. There was a point several albums back when Weird Al's parodies took a huge step up in quality. That's when Derringer joined the band.

Unlegit · « **Reply #214 on:** January 31, 2013, 03:59:42 PM »

School, Jessica, and Frankenstein are amazing. Purple Haze is overrated.

ColdFireYYZ · « **Reply #215 on:** January 31, 2013, 04:31:20 PM »

I love Frankenstein and Jessica. Both are classics.

Jaq · « **Reply #216 on:** January 31, 2013, 08:55:40 PM »

I remember hearing Frankenstein on the radio countless times growing up, and thinking to myself as a smart assed youth "it's the Edgar Winter Group, I bet he played all the solos, even the drums." I don't even know why, but I did.

Flash forward many years. VH 1 was playing classic rock videos, most of them live performances, and on comes Frankenstein.

And wouldn't you know it...Edgar Winter played EVERY SOLO. He played the saxophone. He played keyboards. He even joined in on percussion for the drum solo. It's the one singular case in my listening to music where I made a smartassed comment that turned out to be RIGHT.

I've already expressed what I think of the song and its place in rock history, though. This IS the classic rock instrumental.

lonestar · « **Reply #217 on:** February 01, 2013, 01:48:00 AM »

So, when I was about 15, my father bought a high end stereo system. This was about a year or so after the CD came out. The speakers were some sweet ass Polk Audios that cost a ton, and sounded so fucking sweet compared to anything else we had had before. They had an automatic turn off to prevent blowing them out at loud volumes, so of course my brother and I would test their limits. Frankenstein was our favorite song to do this with, the low bass always made them kick out. One day we pushed them a little too much though, and though they kicked out, it wasn't before we blew out the tiny little coil tweeters.

masterthes · « **Reply #218 on:** February 01, 2013, 04:53:07 AM »

Frankenstein is simply the tits!

wkiml · « **Reply #219 on:** February 01, 2013, 11:40:37 AM »

Overkill's cover of Frankenstein slays.....

Than again the entire cOverkill album does

opps actually they covered the song on Horrorscope...but the coverkill album still kicks ass

KevShmev · « **Reply #220 on:** February 01, 2013, 12:27:33 PM »

Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia

Want the dance floor at a wedding reception to fill up quickly? Play this song. Works like a charm every single time. Not my favorite song by Simon & Garfunkel, but still a terrific song, and helluva lotta fun to dance to with a group of friends and family.

lonestar · « **Reply #221 on:** February 01, 2013, 01:05:41 PM »

I'm totally cool with almost anything by S&G.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #222 on:** February 01, 2013, 01:58:54 PM »

I agree with loney, especially since that song helped inspire a DTFer's middle name and online handle.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #223 on:** February 01, 2013, 08:56:12 PM »

masterthes · « **Reply #224 on:** February 01, 2013, 09:04:11 PM »

It's a fun song. Can't help singing to it

El Barto · « **Reply #225 on:** February 01, 2013, 10:45:19 PM »

Love S&G. Hate that song. :shrug

Jaq · « **Reply #226 on:** February 02, 2013, 07:41:02 AM »

S&G aren't my thing. The fact that my parents had an eight track tape player in their car, and would only play one of two albums they owned in that format-a greatest hits album by S&G and the soundtrack to The Spy Who Loved Me-on long trips while they owned that car-might have something to do with that. A little bit.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #227 on:** February 02, 2013, 07:42:20 AM »

Quote from: El Barto on February 01, 2013, 10:45:19 PM

Love S&G. Hate that song. :shrug

Yeah, I like a lot of S&G songs, but not that one.

KevShmev · « **Reply #228 on:** February 02, 2013, 08:34:00 AM »

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

Another fantastic song that I loved immediately the first time I heard it. Granted, I had no idea what the name of it was for a while when I first heard it (it wasn't as easy to find out such things in the late 80s/early 90s, with what no internet yet, at least for me or anyone I knew), but I loved it. The end of the song immediately struck me as one of those iconic moments that defined classic rock. And I still think that.

Orbert · « **Reply #229 on:** February 02, 2013, 08:37:51 AM »

Great song! This is another "sing along in the car, in harmony" songs. It's even cooler if there's a third person with us who can hang, but that's pretty rare.

KevShmev · « **Reply #230 on:** February 02, 2013, 08:53:17 AM »

Heh, that would not be easy, especially as we get older and less people know such classic tunes.

Orbert · « **Reply #231 on:** February 02, 2013, 09:16:16 AM »

Yeah, it's been a while. But it just takes one more person our age.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #232 on:** February 02, 2013, 09:50:32 AM »

Two outstanding tunes Kev. I just love and harmonies that CS&N do.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #233 on:** February 02, 2013, 12:52:14 PM »

I find CSN/Y to be kind of patchy, but this song is really good.

lonestar · « **Reply #234 on:** February 02, 2013, 01:04:42 PM »

Almost a perfect song.

masterthes · « **Reply #235 on:** February 02, 2013, 01:58:13 PM »

Another killer classic

Zydar · « **Reply #236 on:** February 02, 2013, 02:00:18 PM »

Gotta love CSN.

Unlegit · « **Reply #237 on:** February 02, 2013, 02:06:29 PM »

Not a big fan of the last two songs.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #238 on:** February 02, 2013, 03:51:18 PM »

Quote from: Pols Voice on February 02, 2013, 12:52:14 PM

I find CSN/Y to be kind of patchy, but this song is really good.

Agreed.

KevShmev · « **Reply #239 on:** February 02, 2013, 11:21:48 PM »

Moxy - Sail On Sail Away

I am not sure how popular this song is in other parts of the country, but I know it is a KSHE classic here in St. Louis, and a very good one at that. I can't name any other song by this band, but this is a helluva good tune.

Implode · « **Reply #240 on:** February 03, 2013, 02:59:34 AM »

I should've followed this thread sooner! Tons of songs I need to educate myself on.

Jaq · « **Reply #241 on:** February 03, 2013, 09:02:26 AM »

This thread is reminding me-since I've never even HEARD of the band Moxy, let alone the song in question-of how regional the music industry used to be. You didn't have corporations owning all the radio stations and demanding playlist uniformity; you had program directors and DJs who, if they found a song they liked and pushed it hard enough, turned it into a local hit. The story of how Rush took off in the US is one that happened to TONS of bands. It didn't even have to be a current song, as the example of Styx's Lady becoming a hit a few years after it came out on the strength of a DJ discovering it in Chicago. It was a time where a band could make a living selling out arenas across the Midwest but were total unknowns in New York and LA. It's like when REO Speedwagon broke big with Hi Infidelity; I remember as a kid they were headlining concerts in Charleston, West Virginia. (If my childish memory is correct, in the same month in 1978, Boston and Kansas also headlined there. GOOD GOD.)

One of the joys of 70s rock is that you can find a lot of gems out there that were only successful regionally, but were just as good, if not better, than the nationally and internationally known band.

KevShmev · « **Reply #242 on:** February 03, 2013, 10:03:46 AM »

Excellent post, Jaq.

I wasn't sure how well-known that Moxy song would be, so here is something a little more familiar...

Yes - Roundabout

This song is a great example of how different the musical landscape back then. This song, clocking in at a little over 8 1/2 minutes, was played in full on the radio, and still is on classic rock radio, but if it came out nowadays, it would either have no chance at being played or would be chopped down to around 4 minutes. But anyway, I loved this song the first time I heard it, and despite having heard it hundreds of times over the years, I still do. I think many Yes fans tend to dismiss it now as their overplayed 70s hit, but this is still one of the best rock radio songs of the early 70s.

theseoafs · « **Reply #243 on:** February 03, 2013, 10:06:04 AM »

Roundabout is wonderful. That bass, man.

Pols Voice · « **Reply #244 on:** February 03, 2013, 11:14:17 AM »

Even though a lot of Yes fans feel burned out on it, I still think it's one of the band's best. One of my favorite songs of all time.

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Author Topic: Classic Rock Song of the Day (Deep Cuts now being featured!!) (Read 158638 times)