Countdown to Ecstasy?
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Meh,..........John Belushi went to UW like I did but at a different (Whitewater) campus...........
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Not sure I'd agree with great. Stevie Wonder, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Nick Lowe, Turtles, yes. ymmv.
[edit] ok, scratch the Turtles. Apparently they didn't write most of their own songs; I just looked it up. I found out a couple of their tunes were penned by Warren Zevon, which is pretty cool I think.
[edit] ok, scratch the Turtles. Apparently they didn't write most of their own songs; I just looked it up. I found out a couple of their tunes were penned by Warren Zevon, which is pretty cool I think.
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Someone got around to mentioning the band in my av! Lowery goes from being smartass to sentimental in like one verse.
It took 11 pages for someone to mention the ultimate curmudgeon of rock, Neil Young? One of my favorite shows was just him and about 20 guitars and keyboards.
It took 11 pages for someone to mention the ultimate curmudgeon of rock, Neil Young? One of my favorite shows was just him and about 20 guitars and keyboards.
There's a guy I wish we could have heard more from. And I like just about anything from Weather Report. Stanley Clarke might as well be mentioned if we're heading toward fusion, and then of course there's Mahavishnu Orchestra if you really want to get out there with some cats who could play.
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So.... this thread cost me some dough.
Just bought ZZTop tickets for their show in October..... ouch. They weren't cheap - $135/ea by the time Ticketmaster had their way with me. Could have been worse, though - Steely Dan was getting $235.
Just bought ZZTop tickets for their show in October..... ouch. They weren't cheap - $135/ea by the time Ticketmaster had their way with me. Could have been worse, though - Steely Dan was getting $235.
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i hate big expensive arena concerts.
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I had to watch this after mentioning Weather Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqashW66D7o Jaco's son Felix is an amazing musician also, we've seen him at a few small clubs around here.
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Wow... this thread is still going! I browsed a bit....
On bad concept albums: I like Ween's the Mollusk a lot.
On Tegan and Sarah: Sure, nothing to be embarrassed about. I like a few of their songs I suppose... but am a much bigger fan of Jenny Lewis.
On Sonic Youth: I like them a lot. Most people seem to hate the experimental jet set album but it's one of my favorites. I liked Rather Ripped a lot too. The eternal was just ok.
On bad concept albums: I like Ween's the Mollusk a lot.
On Tegan and Sarah: Sure, nothing to be embarrassed about. I like a few of their songs I suppose... but am a much bigger fan of Jenny Lewis.
On Sonic Youth: I like them a lot. Most people seem to hate the experimental jet set album but it's one of my favorites. I liked Rather Ripped a lot too. The eternal was just ok.
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Me, too. That's why I never go to them. This is a very small venue, and the seats go fast. The $235 Steely Dan seats are all gone - now it's auction/high bidder time.
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Speaking of concept albums, I dusted off my bootleg from Genesis' '75 British tour, "Awed Man Out"...
- Most of the tunes from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway:
Cuckoo Cocoon; Back in NYC; The Carpet Crawlers, Lily White Lilith; The Waiting Room; The Light Does Down on Broadway, and others.
It's been a while.
- Most of the tunes from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway:
Cuckoo Cocoon; Back in NYC; The Carpet Crawlers, Lily White Lilith; The Waiting Room; The Light Does Down on Broadway, and others.
It's been a while.
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Warren Zevon had a great song in the psychedelic period called "Follow Me," recorded by a duo called Lyme and Cybelle. Lyme was Zevon, but I forget Cybelle's real name. I love that song.
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Zevon was a band leader for the turtles as I recall and wrote arrangements.
Getting my early Zevon confused...it was The Everly Brothers he was a band leader and arranger for...he wrote a few songs for the turtles.
Getting my early Zevon confused...it was The Everly Brothers he was a band leader and arranger for...he wrote a few songs for the turtles.
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Hey, thanks thread for reinforcing the fact that I'm actually not old.
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Turtles had some great stuff, but I think their main strength was Howard Kaylan's voice. Just one of the nicest voices in the business.
Thinking about the best shows I've ever seen, I guess I should tell about the time I saw Ronnie Lane. This was in '89 or '90. He had an all-Texan band that included an accordion player, and they had a very American sound, kinda straight-ahead-country but with all the county trappings stripped away, if that makes any sense. They played a couple songs, and they cooked pretty hot, but of course we're all wondering, where's Ronnie? Then someone brought a little wooden chair, one of the restaurant chairs all the audience was sitting on, up on stage. And then someone carried Ronnie up, and put him on the chair. I guess Ronnie weighed like 80 or 90 pounds by this time, he was a little guy to begin with and he'd been fighting MS for over ten years and MS was winning. So for the next hour or so, Ronnie traded vocals with his band mates, joked with the audience, sang his heart out when he could, and let someone else sing when he needed a rest. But I swear, he never stopped smiling. He looked like the happiest guy in the world. Someone requested Itchycoo Park, and they blew that song away. I requested Lazy Sunday, and Ronnie said something to the effect of no, can't do that without Stevie. I knew the Small Faces records pretty well, but not his later stuff, so didn't know most of the songs they played, but it was wonderful. My buddy Mark had brought his guitar, which had already been signed by Arlo Guthrie and Steven Stills and I don't remember who else, and he held it up as they were carrying Ronnie off stage again, still smiling ear to ear, shaking hands with everyone. So Ronnie stopped and signed Mark's guitar and hung out with us for a moment. Everyone in that club was coming up and shaking Ronnie's hand, congratulating him on a brilliant show, wishing him well... it took almost as long to get off stage than he's been on stage.
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Yet another rock idol in a car commercial - I saw a Chrysler commercial with a shot of an Iggy Pop album cover and "No Fun" playing in the background. Odd choice of a song to sell cars...
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Once prices started to skyrocket, I quit going. Period.
Nasty admission. I haven't bought any music since 1999. I've downloaded a few .mp3's, but essentially my music listening ended with the turn of the century. No interest anymore.
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I think you're talking the Chrysler 300 commercial. I though the music fit nicely. It helped that, for the life of me, I couldn't remember the name of the song.
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What's amazing to me is that even now, Iggy sounds ahead of his time...like everything else will catch up in another 10 years.
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This is what I'm starting my day with:
John Coltrane- Giant Steps
followed by:
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
and then:
Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse
...and I have the original album with the very naughty poster.
John Coltrane- Giant Steps
followed by:
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
and then:
Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse
...and I have the original album with the very naughty poster.
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Nice. I'm starting my day with the theme music to Blues Clues with a little bit of Fresh Beat Band thrown in...
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I've had Peg stuck in my head all morning. ... I hate you Steely Dan lovers...jk As for why someone would be in a Neil Diamond tribute band, well it's the same reason people climb mountains.
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