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Post by joee30 on May 13, 2016 15:19:28 GMT -8
I'm a 90's kid, but grew up listening to a lot of classic rock, punk, and 80's metal and hair metal. Lol I was listening to NOFX this morning.
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Post by jshuey on Dec 8, 2016 6:33:04 GMT -8
I forgot my follow-up. They did not play Relayer - but Drama instead. That's ok because the album really featured Steve Howe shredding everything. Overall, this was technically and musically a wonderful performance. Visually, watching a bunch of 70-year olds on stage wasn't as much fun as it was when they were in their 30's. But the small setting was nice and mostly people just listened in awe... I tried to catch them again in Detroit about a month later - but the dates didn't jive with my work schedule. If they do "Cruise to the Edge in 2018 (after our kid had better be living in a college dorm somewhere)I've already told my wife that we're in! (that's about the only way I'll ever get on a cruse ship!) j Attachments:
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Post by bobw on Dec 8, 2016 8:01:50 GMT -8
Cruise to the edge - now I've seen it all!!! Mind you, with Yes, Steve Hackett, Curved Air and Focus they have some line up.
Did Yes do any of Topographic Oceans?
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Post by jshuey on Dec 8, 2016 8:45:09 GMT -8
Cruise to the edge - now I've seen it all!!! Mind you, with Yes, Steve Hackett, Curved Air and Focus they have some line up. Did Yes do any of Topographic Oceans? I know - Cruise to the Edge looks a bit overboard. They've been doing it for about 5 years - and I've been hoping that the band would still be alive when we sent Ryan off to school. It looks like they might make it. (by the way - check out the butterfly on the pirate ship sail - perhaps a prelude to the port of call for next year if Trumpf doesn't F' it all up...) As to Topographic Oceans - yes, Yes played two of the tracks - "The Revealing Science of God" and "Ritual". They were both amazing. I always assumed that there was serious overdubbing involved with these. Apparently, not so much... Then Howe also played an acoustic excerpt that I think was pulled from the middle of "The Ancient". And then a bunch of classics as well (nothing from 90125 or Union though - which is fine with me!). I'd say the concert ran almost three hours. What a blast! j |
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Post by bandrow on Dec 9, 2016 11:09:41 GMT -8
Greetings!
This is a little bit off-topic, but I was saddened to hear yesterday that Greg Lake had lost his long battle with cancer. R.I.P., Greg, and thank you for the mind-opening music you gave to us. I spent the evening last night cruising YouTube for ELP greats like 'Fanfare for the Common Man', 'I Believe in Father Christmas', Karn Evil 9', 'Pirates' and 'Lucky Man' - brought back so many memories!!
My very first concert was Emerson, Lake and Palmer, in Cleveland, during their 'Works' tour - in 1977. I followed that in a few months by seeing Rush on the '2112' tour and became a Rush fan for life (hence the avatar). I always liked the early progressive bands like ELP, Yes, Uriah Heep, Genesis (early stuff), King Crimson, Budgie, Camel and of course Pink Floyd. I developed a parallel (bipolar?) love for metal, though, and that is still my main listening preference. And I do mean metal - Slayer, Exodus, Lamb of God, In Flames, Kreator - nothing tame. But on a long drive - more likely that the CD in the player is 'Dark Side of the Moon' our 'All the World's a Stage"...
Like the saying goes, "Heaven must have a hell of a band"...
Cheers!
Bandrow
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Post by bobw on Dec 10, 2016 4:28:46 GMT -8
Yes, Greg Lake is a sad loss, and this on top of all the other greats we've lost this year. I saw Greg once with King Crimson before he left and a couple of times with ELP, including their second ever gig at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970. In the Court of the Crimson King is still one of my favourite albums.
Bob
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Post by leptraps on Dec 10, 2016 8:41:38 GMT -8
Remembering the past, I got an early Christmas present from my son. A set of DVD with all of the episodes of Amos and Andy.
Set up til 2:30 AM, watching them. Laughed until I cried.
Does the name "Ruby Begonia ring a similar bell".
Now that was great comedy.
Christmas presents past: All of the "Little Rascals", "All in the Family". "The Honey Mooners" and "The Three Stooges". There is some laugh your ass off comedy.
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Post by jshuey on Dec 10, 2016 8:51:45 GMT -8
Yes, Greg Lake is a sad loss, and this on top of all the other greats we've lost this year. I saw Greg once with King Crimson before he left and a couple of times with ELP, including their second ever gig at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970. In the Court of the Crimson King is still one of my favourite albums. Bob Indeed - everything he did with Fripp and King Crimson was insane perhaps even schizoid... It always amazed me how much flux there was among these 1970's prog bands - seems like everyone played in all the bands they could. I think creative tensions ran high in those bands, and people just kept moving onward. as an aside, I saw Crimson (without Lake) when at Ohio State. They were in just beginning to play loop mode at the time, and managed to melt down on almost every track. Nothing was in sync... John |
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Post by bandrow on Dec 10, 2016 9:31:29 GMT -8
Schizoid might be the right term!! I suspect that a lot of the early progressive music was influenced heavily by chemistry - and I don't mean that of 'personal interaction between musicians'  Bandrow |
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Post by 58chevy on Dec 13, 2016 10:31:20 GMT -8
I'm giving away my age, but I like the pioneers who defined Rock & Roll: Elvis, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Everly Brothers, Ricky Nelson, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, etc. I still have all their old vinyl records. They had some great songs, but the younger generations seem to have forgotten them (or were never exposed to them). The Big Bands of WWII were great also. Leroy, I'm also a big fan of the 3 Stooges. Funniest guys ever!
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Post by bandrow on Dec 13, 2016 19:06:04 GMT -8
Greetings,
58Chevy - you're right in that most younger folks would have no clue as to who most of your favorites are. They are listening to the musical great-great grandchildren of those very performers and have no idea of the lineage.
Without all of those early pioneers, nothing called rock'n'roll would have ever come about. Even the heavy metal I listen to has roots in early blues, not to mention the general personna of the 'outsider' or 'bad boy' image. Even Elvis could only be shown from the waist up on Ed Sullivan for fear he'd corrupt the young'ens!!
And give me the Stooges and the Little Rascals any day over 99% of today's television. I have cable and end up watching black and white shows on MeTV most of the time - Andy Griffith (love that Earnest T. Bass), Perry Mason, The Addams Family, The Munsters, Green Acres - love all those late-60's and early 70's surrealistic comedies...
Cheers!
Bandrow
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