Author Topic: Classic Rock Song of the Day (Deep Cuts now being featured!!) (Read 161309 times)

King Postwhore · « **Reply #1015 on:** May 04, 2013, 02:39:56 PM »

Hate Mountain and when I saw them live backing up Triumph it made me hate them more. Leslie and the drummer had a huge fight onstage to the point that the drummer was throwing drumsticks at Leslie and at the end of the show, Leslie took he guitar head and put it through the drummers bass drum.

Jaq · « **Reply #1016 on:** May 04, 2013, 03:24:06 PM »

Leslie West did have a bit of a reputation for being pretty much an asshole.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #1017 on:** May 04, 2013, 04:44:02 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on May 04, 2013, 02:09:23 PM

Mountain - Mississippi Queen

It's not a bad song, but I always found myself swinging the radio dial when it came on.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #1018 on:** May 05, 2013, 02:58:34 AM »

I am a casual fan of this Mountain song, but actually liked it more after I heard it in the Expendables movie.

KevShmev · « **Reply #1019 on:** May 05, 2013, 02:02:57 PM »

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

I got introduced to this song by the live version played on MTV from the Tribute album in the later 80s. I suspect that, for many, this is another one of those "heard this a million times" songs, so it is easy to overlook at this point or view as overplayed/overrated, but it really is a pretty great song. There is usually a reason songs get so overplayed.

Jaq · « **Reply #1020 on:** May 05, 2013, 02:15:53 PM »

I was a little too young to be able to properly appreciate Eddie Van Halen when he burst onto the scene, so Randy Rhoads for me was the first guitarist that I heard and made me think "holy fucking shit, this guy's not human." His playing was so unlike what anyone else was doing at the time, and hearing Crazy Train and I Don't Know for the first time were just endless moments of jaw dropping amazement. These days, Crazy Train is a little worn out and we're accustomed to it, but when it came out, it was so stunning and game changing. And to this day I wonder what kind of music Randy Rhoads would have made had he not died so young.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #1021 on:** May 05, 2013, 03:23:24 PM »

Say what you will but I honestly think I prefer the Zakkified version played when Zakk Wylde was with Oz

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #1022 on:** May 05, 2013, 04:35:50 PM »

Quote from: Jaq on May 05, 2013, 02:15:53 PM

I was a little too young to be able to properly appreciate Eddie Van Halen when he burst onto the scene, so Randy Rhoads for me was the first guitarist that I heard and made me think "holy fucking shit, this guy's not human." His playing was so unlike what anyone else was doing at the time, and hearing Crazy Train and I Don't Know for the first time were just endless moments of jaw dropping amazement. These days, Crazy Train is a little worn out and we're accustomed to it, but when it came out, it was so stunning and game changing. And to this day I wonder what kind of music Randy Rhoads would have made had he not died so young.

This, all of it.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #1023 on:** May 05, 2013, 04:46:11 PM »

I hear it all the time on the radio but I seem to appreciate it more when I listen to Blizzard of Ozz in its entirety. Great song.

masterthes · « **Reply #1024 on:** May 05, 2013, 05:30:51 PM »

In a lot of ways, my intro to Ozzy. Such a great tune. I rarely skip this track if it appears on shuffle

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1025 on:** May 05, 2013, 09:37:26 PM »

Great song from a great album. It had one of those typical Randy Rhoads solos that was so perfectly composed that you just don't fuck with it.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1026 on:** May 06, 2013, 05:50:15 AM »

Quote from: masterthes on May 05, 2013, 05:30:51 PM

In a lot of ways, my intro to Ozzy. Such a great tune. I rarely skip this track if it appears on shuffle

This too was my intro to solo Ozzy. One of the most classic of metal songs. Tons of radio time, but never got too much to become stale or overplayed.

wolfking · « **Reply #1027 on:** May 06, 2013, 05:51:39 AM »

Brilliant song, even better album, but overplayed.

nicmos · « **Reply #1028 on:** May 06, 2013, 08:41:04 AM »

combine Ozzy's voice and the horrid guitar tone, and I change the dial every time this comes on. I can't stand it. Too much thin buzz in the distortion, it makes me want to hit the stupid radio. Guitar solo is pretty good, but it doesn't redeem the song.

KevShmev · « **Reply #1029 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:20:03 AM »

Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You

Helluva good song, but I'd like to thank Quentin Tarantino for ruining this song for me, as I cannot hear it anymore without thinking of that scene from Reservoir Dogs. If you've seen the movie, you know the one.

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1030 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:26:37 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on May 06, 2013, 10:20:03 AM

Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You

Helluva good song, but I'd like to thank Quentin Tarantino for ruining this song for me, as I cannot hear it anymore without thinking of that scene from Reservoir Dogs. If you've seen the movie, you know the one.

Can anyone? Doesn't bother me, as that's one of my favorite movies evar... and Michael Madsen is just so good.

Great song... again, one of those excellent Tier-2 tunes from a Tier-3 band. They were definitely punching above their weight class when they came out with this one.

Orbert · « **Reply #1031 on:** May 06, 2013, 10:31:04 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on May 06, 2013, 10:20:03 AM

Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You

Helluva good song, but I'd like to thank Quentin Tarantino for ruining this song for me, as I cannot hear it anymore without thinking of that scene from Reservoir Dogs. If you've seen the movie, you know the one.

I know what you mean, and I mostly agree. But I've managed to mostly separate myself from the movie, since it's so over-the-top and "artsy" (as all Tarentino films are) that I can think of it as just a movie. Tarentino's films have a high degree of gritty realism, and I love the characters he creates because some aspects of them are so realistic, but at the same time they're also extreme examples of whatever they represent and thus I can also see them as not realistic at all. If that makes any sense.

Anyway, I do like the song. Gerry Rafferty has a cool voice.

masterthes · « **Reply #1032 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:20:29 AM »

awesome song. never get tired of it

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #1033 on:** May 06, 2013, 11:55:02 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on May 06, 2013, 10:20:03 AM

Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You

Helluva good song, but I'd like to thank Quentin Tarantino for ruining this song for me, as I cannot hear it anymore without thinking of that scene from Reservoir Dogs. If you've seen the movie, you know the one.

Doesn't bother me - still a great song.

Jaq · « **Reply #1034 on:** May 06, 2013, 12:07:59 PM »

Having never heard the song before Reservoir Dogs, it's ALWAYS going to be associated with that movie for me.

KevShmev · « **Reply #1035 on:** May 07, 2013, 08:27:55 AM »

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door

I've thought this song was awesome since the first time I heard it, which was a loooong time ago, and then when it was featured in what eventually became one of my favorites movies ever, The Big Lebowski, it just cemented its place as one of my all-time favorite songs. Now, whenever I hear this song, I think of the Dude.

Bolsters · « **Reply #1036 on:** May 07, 2013, 08:46:58 AM »

I remember Keep On Chooglin' (the 2-disc greatest hits of CCR) was one of my very very early CD purchases when I was about 15 or so. I listened to music before that of course, but it was mostly just the radio or my parents' stuff up until 1998 or 1999, when I got my first portable CD player and started getting CDs. This was one of the first things that was actually mine. I listened to my parents' cassettes too, including some CCR ones, so that 2-disc set was a natural choice, something for everyone. CCR have a load of great songs and this is definitely one of them.

masterthes · « **Reply #1037 on:** May 07, 2013, 08:59:12 AM »

CCR is awesome, that is all

nicmos · « **Reply #1038 on:** May 07, 2013, 09:56:43 AM »

I agree CCR is pretty awesome. This is not one of their better songs though. Fortunate Son, that's another matter...

Orbert · « **Reply #1039 on:** May 07, 2013, 11:05:42 AM »

Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn!

I love that line. Such a happy, fun song. Is it a great song? Nah. But it's happy and fun.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #1040 on:** May 07, 2013, 12:30:03 PM »

Doo doo doo
Lookin' out my back door

eric42434224 · « **Reply #1041 on:** May 07, 2013, 01:03:01 PM »

My wife thought the CCR song "Theres a Bad Moon on the Rise" was "There's a Bathroom on the Right".

Good thing she has a great rack.

KevShmev · « **Reply #1042 on:** May 08, 2013, 12:03:36 AM »

The Doors - Light My Fire

Very cool song, even if I think the instrumental section goes on too long. That might sound odd coming from me, a lover of many super long songs, but that 4-minute plus instrumental section just kind of meanders along, but props to the band for being ballsy enough to attempt something like that in 1967. And of course this is the song of the Ed Sullivan Show fame, where the band was ordered to not sing the line, "Girl, we couldn't get much higher," but Jim Morrison did it anyway. That, my friends, is rock and roll.

masterthes · « **Reply #1043 on:** May 08, 2013, 04:59:03 AM »

One of the rare songs where I prefer the edited version

Orbert · « **Reply #1044 on:** May 08, 2013, 07:39:13 AM »

Nope, full-length version for me. It's The Doors. They meander. In this case, though, it doesn't feel like meandering to me; it feels like a keyboard solo follow by a guitar solo, both of which take their time to develop as they should.

I'm not a huge Doors fan, but I'll never switch this one off.

Jaq · « **Reply #1045 on:** May 08, 2013, 08:25:33 AM »

The instrumental section is too long, but given the time that they did this at, it was a monumental step forward for music (as was The End to close out the debut album.) It could've stood to be edited a little, because it does the sort of meandering that makes a song feel longer and more boring than it actually is.

Still an undeniable classic, though.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #1046 on:** May 08, 2013, 12:08:28 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on May 08, 2013, 12:03:36 AM

The Doors - Light My Fire

I personally couldn't care less if the keyboard solo meanders too much - it's the DOORS FFS.

Always loved this one, btw, even though it's not my absolute favorite Doors song of all time (which I will save, as it hasn't been mentioned yet).

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1047 on:** May 08, 2013, 12:23:43 PM »

Always recognized it as a classic, and it deserves it's place in musical history.

I'm just not a big fan of it.

KevShmev · « **Reply #1048 on:** May 08, 2013, 11:48:02 PM »

Quote from: DebraKadabra on May 08, 2013, 12:08:28 PM

Always loved this one, btw, even though it's not my absolute favorite Doors song of all time (which I will save, as it hasn't been mentioned yet).

PM me what song that is, and maybe that will be my next Doors featured tune.

Assuming it isn't something like When the Music's Over.

DebraKadabra · « **Reply #1049 on:** May 09, 2013, 02:30:37 AM »

Incoming!

News: Fall Into the Light, official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4

Author Topic: Classic Rock Song of the Day (Deep Cuts now being featured!!) (Read 161309 times)