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Great music. It's a bit dated for you, though, isn't it Jezza? I thought guitar playing like this only interested befuddled old people like me. (Oh, and my 15 year old son, who is upstairs playing the tapping solo from it nowJezza wrote:Metallica - One
- that should keep the neighbours occupied for the rest of this morning).
Yes I can't wait for Soundwave. Metallica, Anthrax, Linkin Park and Blink 182 are the bands I'm most looking forward to seeing.stui magpie wrote:I'm going to Soundwave this Friday. Mainly to see Metallica and Linkin ParkJezza wrote:Metallica - One
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Looking at the English music in your list, have you heard, say, Traffic (eg, John Barleycorn Must Die, Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys), Fairport Convention with Sandy Denny (especially Liege and Lief), King Crimson (eg, Court of the Crimson King, Lark's Tongues in Aspic, Starless and Bible Black, Red), Yes (eg, Fragile, Close to the Edge, Tales from Topographic Oceans), Emerson, Lake and Palmer (especially the self-titled first album), Gentle Giant (eg, Three Friends or Octopus), Gong (eg, Radio Gnome Invisible or Camembert Electrique), Van Der Graaf Generator (Pawn Hearts)? This is, of course, a list of much-parodied progressive rock, save for Liege and Lief, which may be the best British album of the 1960s (but I wouldn't say that because it's a completely stupid thing to say) but if you like ISB, Meddle, Barclay James Harvest and The Moody Blues, you might enjoy some of them. I know I do. I think you might well enjoy Ray Davies' song-writing, too - you might start with Arthur ("Some Mother's Son Lies in the Ground" is not the best song ever written but I'd really like to say it is and "Victoria", "Shangri La" - which is the best song ever written, "Driving", "A Hat Like Princess Marina's" and "Australia" are all on this remarkable record) or even a compilation like Picture Book - there aren't too many musicians who justify a 6-CD "best of" set which still causes arguments about all the other wonderful songs which didn't make it onto the 6. But, really, try this (from Preservation Act Part 1, in 1973): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqgNyYXTK4s "Once, under a scarlet sky, I told you never-ending lies / But they were the words of a dragon vagabond / Who knew very well he'd break your heart before long ...".David wrote:I need more bands to listen to! I always listen to the same stuff. It's pretty much always some combination of (off the top of my head):
The Incredible String Band
Pink Floyd
The Moody Blues
Barclay James Harvest
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
The Smiths
The Cure
Joy Division
New Order
Interpol
Tame Impala
The Mountain Goats
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Drones
The Pixies
Weezer
Radiohead
Crystal Castles
Portishead
Bjork
Sigur Ros
Mogwai
Pretty eclectic, I guess, but there's not much beyond that. Does anyone have any recommendations based on any of that lot?
They were apparently a group from Liverpool. A link to a wikipedia entry about them follows. It contains a helpful list of albums: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_BeatlesDid you catch Floggin Molly at Soundwave? They were shit hot.stui magpie wrote:Listening to this.
https://soundcloud.com/betweenthewars/wont-go-quietly
new album by Between the Wars, band my cousin is in. Due to be released on St Patricks day, they've put the whole album up here. Best studio album they've made, really captures their sound.
It's Celtic Punk, same genre as the Dropkick Murphies and a few others.
Really like the version in here of "I'll dance on your grave Mrs Thatcher" featuring John McCullagh singing with Jay. My cuz, Stoom, really gives the bass guitar a thumping at the start.
Do yourself a favour, have a listen.
I should have offered the caveat that I always thought the Cult of Wakeman was a bit over-done and I didn't much listen to Yes back then. But give it 40 years of critical distance, the lapsing of the Yes vs ELP Controversy and a son who makes me listen over and over to Steve Howe's guitar playing (which is really quite remarkable) and Yes has grown on me a little.David wrote: ... several Yes albums form part of my inherited record collection (I haven't put them on yet, but I'll certainly give them a listen now). ...
