Author Topic: 80s Classic Albums (Featuring: King Crimson) (Read 117580 times)

TAC · « **Reply #805 on:** June 03, 2015, 06:55:08 PM »

But I wouldn't classify either band as Hair Metal, though the Whitesnake videos might beg to differ. A band consisting of Coverdale, Sykes, Murray, and Dunbar are anything but Hair Metal.

KevShmev · « **Reply #806 on:** June 03, 2015, 08:41:42 PM »

True, but they had the same look (big hair, that looked like it was drenched in Aqua Net

) as other hair metal bands of the later 80s.

I was also a fan of the Coverdale/Page CD. Pride and Joy, Over Now and Take Me for a Little While are all killer tunes.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #807 on:** June 03, 2015, 09:10:24 PM »

Then Aldridge joined the band and upped the hair quotient exponentially.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #808 on:** June 03, 2015, 10:19:59 PM »

Quote from: TAC on June 03, 2015, 06:55:08 PM

But I wouldn't classify either band as Hair Metal, though the Whitesnake videos might beg to differ. A band consisting of Coverdale, Sykes, Murray, and Dunbar are anything but Hair Metal.

I agree especially in the case of GNR. They were just raw hard rock that still sounds timeless today, and only went with the hair metal image very briefly on maybe the first music video.
Whitesnake 1987 was much more hair metal inspired, but Here I Go Again and Crying in the Rain were re-records of earlier songs, and while they sound the part on 1987, the original songs are bluesy rock, so the arrangements and production play a part there. But overall it's in line with other hair metal in most ways. Nothing at all wrong with that.

Not a big fan of anything Vai, but Coverdale/Page was great.

TAC · « **Reply #809 on:** June 04, 2015, 05:49:54 AM »

Probably just splitting..umm..hairs here.

This album was brilliantly marketed, riding the wave of the Hair Metal movement. And a track like Is This Love fit perfectly, especially with that video. They certainly teased their hair like no others. They definitely jumped on the look.
I'm just maintaining that the music on that album really has nothing to do with Hair Metal.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #810 on:** June 04, 2015, 05:57:17 AM »

Every band was influenced by the look though. Then Tesla came along and the look changed again.

TAC · « **Reply #811 on:** June 04, 2015, 06:13:13 AM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on June 03, 2015, 09:10:24 PM

Then Aldridge joined the band and upped the hair quotient exponentially.

No doubt!
I actually had this poster:

Aldridge, are you f'n kidding me?? and put a shirt on Old Man!

And who's that in the middle? "Caitlyn" Sarzo?

bl5150 · « **Reply #812 on:** June 04, 2015, 06:22:56 AM »

I'm surprised at the love for Coverdale/Page. I bought it with a big positive bias (as a huge Whitesnake fan) and my memory is of struggling to even get through one play.......presumably I thought it was awful. I'll have to revisit it.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #813 on:** June 04, 2015, 06:26:17 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on June 04, 2015, 06:22:56 AM

I'm surprised at the love for Coverdale/Page. I bought it with a big positive bias (as a huge Whitesnake fan) and my memory is of struggling to even get through one play.......presumably I thought it was awful. I'll have to revisit it.

I didn't think anything of it on first listen either, but I really liked it after a few listens to get used to it.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #814 on:** June 04, 2015, 06:28:39 AM »

It's been a long time since I listened to C/P and the Plant/Page album. I'll add the 80's know offs with Kingdom Come and Bonham's solo band as well.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #815 on:** June 04, 2015, 06:42:54 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on June 03, 2015, 10:19:59 PM

Not a big fan of anything Vai

YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH!

Also, yeah, C/P takes a few listens, and then it's like "Oh yeah, why haven't I listened to this more often?"

TAC · « **Reply #816 on:** June 04, 2015, 06:46:03 AM »

Quote from: bl5150 on June 04, 2015, 06:22:56 AM

I'm surprised at the love for Coverdale/Page. I bought it with a big positive bias (as a huge Whitesnake fan) and my memory is of struggling to even get through one play.......presumably I thought it was awful. I'll have to revisit it.

There's certainly nothing iconic on it, but I thought it was pretty solid. Nice to have Page playing hard rock again, for sure. He seemed into it. So much better than The Firm. My favorite was Whisper A Prayer For The Dying.
I think there is some filler, but it was decent enough.

jammindude · « **Reply #817 on:** June 04, 2015, 09:01:53 AM »

I was only a kid...but I thought Shake My Tree was awesome! I seem to remember that I really liked most of the songs from that album, I was just mostly into different things at that time in my life. I think it came out when I was at the peak of my thrash metal phase.

vtgrad · « **Reply #818 on:** June 04, 2015, 09:17:11 AM »

Quote from: KevShmev on June 03, 2015, 08:41:42 PM

True, but they had the same look (big hair, that looked like it was drenched in Aqua Net ) as other hair metal bands of the later 80s.

I was also a fan of the Coverdale/Page CD. Pride and Joy, Over Now and Take Me for a Little While are all killer tunes.

I guess I considered Whitesnake hair-metal; honestly I'm not sure. Looking back on it, I listened to bands like Def Leppard, Winger (yeah, yeah, yeah... Pull was my favorite of theirs), FireHouse, Skid Row (first album was hair-metal; from there on, straight up metal to me), Bon Jovi , etc. Whitesnake may have been the least hair-metal of the bunch (for me anyway). Skid Row will likely always be my favorite of that time period and type of metal though.

Personally, my musical horizions expanded quite a bit in 90 (I was 10) when I heard Empire by Queensryche and then in 92 when I heard I&W. I also got into Al Green and Jimmy Hendricks in the early 90's. The 90's were a great musical decade for me honestly!

I do vaguely remember Coverdale/Page... I'm going to look that up and listen to it. I'm sure I'd enjoy it being that I'm a big Zeppelin fan.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #819 on:** June 04, 2015, 10:29:51 AM »

There is no shame in liking Winger. No matter what TAC says.

TAC · « **Reply #820 on:** June 04, 2015, 10:31:29 AM »

Shame on you vtgrad.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #821 on:** June 04, 2015, 11:44:30 AM »

Quote from: TAC on June 04, 2015, 06:13:13 AM

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on June 03, 2015, 09:10:24 PM
Then Aldridge joined the band and upped the hair quotient exponentially.
No doubt!
I actually had this poster:

Aldridge, are you f'n kidding me?? and put a shirt on Old Man!

And who's that in the middle? "Caitlyn" Sarzo?

vtgrad · « **Reply #822 on:** June 04, 2015, 12:36:46 PM »

Quote from: TAC on June 04, 2015, 10:31:29 AM

Shame on you vtgrad.

Oh, I've had to endure shame ever since Stewart first appeared on Beavis and Butthead. You can't tell me that you don't secretly like Like a Ritual, Spell I'm Under, Lucky One, No Man's Land, or Blind Revolution Mad (I basically just named the entire Pull album

).... I bet you'd even like Rainbow in the Rose if you listen closely to what Reb is doing. He's an underrated talent in my opinion... who has, coincidentally, broken pics with Whitesnake.

There, I brought the discussion full circle.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #823 on:** June 04, 2015, 01:27:47 PM »

I really cannot get on board with the loathing of Seventeen. It isn't like we couldn't all relate to the underlying message at some point in our lives. I play that song with unsurprising regularity. And when I do, everybody else in traffic gets the pleasure of revisiting it as well.

TAC · « **Reply #824 on:** June 04, 2015, 01:42:00 PM »

That's really not appropriate.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #825 on:** June 04, 2015, 01:43:08 PM »

It isn't appropriate that the other people in traffic weren't already listening to it. Not only do most of them suck at driving, they apparently suck at music also.

bosk1 · « **Reply #826 on:** June 04, 2015, 01:53:30 PM »

I just never liked the song, period. And I was 18 (or maybe 19) when it came out.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #827 on:** June 04, 2015, 02:06:40 PM »

Quote from: Sir GuitarCozmo on June 04, 2015, 01:27:47 PM

I really cannot get on board with the loathing of Seventeen. It isn't like we couldn't all relate to the underlying message at some point in our lives. I play that song with unsurprising regularity. And when I do, everybody else in traffic gets the pleasure of revisiting it as well.

Well, this, pretty much.

But really, most of their songs are pretty good. They were awesome musicians who wrote interesting music, with a good singer and a great guitar solos.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #828 on:** June 04, 2015, 02:20:28 PM »

Hef hath spoken.

/thread

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #829 on:** June 04, 2015, 02:22:38 PM »

But the bands that REALLY rocked were Tyketto and Roxy Blue. Just sayin'.

Sir GuitarCozmo · « **Reply #830 on:** June 04, 2015, 02:26:44 PM »

KevShmev · « **Reply #831 on:** June 04, 2015, 06:26:02 PM »

I was gonna ask how the hell this discussion turned to talking about Winger, but since they have zero chance of having an album featured in this thread, have at it.

TAC · « **Reply #832 on:** June 04, 2015, 06:36:43 PM »

Quote from: TAC on May 26, 2015, 06:05:58 PM

Time for a new album, Kev!

KevShmev · « **Reply #833 on:** June 04, 2015, 08:09:09 PM »

I never realized it at the time, but this record was loaded with almost nothing but major hits. This was back when he could still rock a little bit, and most of the hits from this did rock pretty good. "Run to You" remains by far my favorite Bryan Adams song to date; I never tire of that song. I have to admit I have never heard the few deep cuts from this album, but Reckless is nonetheless a classic record.

bl5150 · « **Reply #834 on:** June 04, 2015, 08:12:54 PM »

I haven't listened to anything of his in ages but I think I preferred Into The Fire , which was where my interest ended. In any case Reckless and the albums from around this era were all quality rock and his offsider Keith Scott is a tasteful player.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #835 on:** June 04, 2015, 08:20:19 PM »

My god this was a monster album. Still, no nonsense, fun hard rocking tunes.

bosk1 · « **Reply #836 on:** June 04, 2015, 11:41:01 PM »

Quote from: KevShmev on June 04, 2015, 08:09:09 PM

I never realized it at the time, but this record was loaded with almost nothing but major hits.

Very true. This album was impossible to avoid. The many hits were played constantly. But while I did not dislike them, I never grew to like them either. This was another accidental Columbia House acquisition. But unlike the other one mentioned in this thread, this one did not end up clicking with me.

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #837 on:** June 05, 2015, 12:27:05 AM »

Very good rocking album, full of great songs and not a single filler tune. My favorite album from him.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #838 on:** June 05, 2015, 07:17:34 AM »

Fantastic album from a great songwriter. Pretty much all killer, no filler with this one.

TAC will probably not like it.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #839 on:** June 05, 2015, 07:18:43 AM »

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

Author Topic: 80s Classic Albums (Featuring: King Crimson) (Read 117580 times)