edlib Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 "Minstrel In The Gallery" is my fave Tull album, followed by "Thick As A Brick" "Aqualung" and "Songs From The Wood"... then all the rest. Ian Anderson is a cool dude, and funner than hell. I've met him a couple of times. He played at the concert hall I work at last year on a solo tour. Fave memory of Tull is being backstage with the band on Ian's 50th birthday in the catering tent having cake and champagne. Right now I'm dissecting YES. I've been listening to "Close To The Edge" pretty much nonstop for a couple of months now, along with everything else of thiers in my collection. I have to agree with Skinkie about the rather deplorable state of rock radio these days. They seem to think that people won't listen to music from different decades. If you like pop music from the '70s and '80s, then you couldn't possibly like ANYTHING released during the '90s or today... even in the same style,or even by the same bands! It's funny that you can hear U2's new stuff on one station, but they won't play any of thier older stuff,.. and then flip down the dial and hear all the old stuff, but you might never know that they have a new album out by only listening to that station. I've pretty much stopped listening to commercial radio altogether, preferring internet options, or the various music channel options on my digital cable feed. Thank God I have a CD changer in my car, or I would go insane trying to find something to listen to when on the road. I've been playing with the idea of satellite radio lately... but I'm not sure I want to pay a monthly fee for something that isn't all that established yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I found a big YES box-set downstairs in my dads music collection a few months ago and copied it to my PC - "YESYEARS" it's called, 4 CD's. I've not listened to it properly yet, for various reasons (mostly Jefferson Airplane) but I'm going to give it a whirl tonight after all these recommendations. The only song on there I really know already (I think) is Owner of a Lonely Heart, which is kinda good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 YES songs to listen to off that set: Close to the Edge And You And I Going For The One Heart of the Sunrise Long Distance Runaround Roundabout Changes Time and a Word Starship Trooper Yours is no Disgrace I've Seen All Good People Basically disks 1 and 2, with a little bit of disk 4 thrown in. Most of disk 3 gets a bit self indulgent, even for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 I never listen to the radio any more either, in fact my mp3 player has become my best companion. For some reason I can never get quite enough Steely Dan. DEACON BLUES "This is the day Of the expanding man That shape is my shade There where I used to stand It seems like only yesterday I gazed through the glass At ramblers Wild gamblers That's all in the past You call me a fool You say it's a crazy scheme This one's for real I already bought the dream So useless to ask me why Throw a kiss and say goodbye I'll make it this time I'm ready to cross that fine line CHORUS: I'll learn to work the saxophone I'll play just what I feel Drink Scotch whisky all night long And die behind the wheel They got a name for the winners in the world I want a name when I lose They call Alabama the Crimson Tide Call me Deacon Blues My back to the wall A victim of laughing chance This is for me The essence of true romance Sharing the things we know and love With those of my kind Libations Sensations That stagger the mind I crawl like a viper Through these suburban streets Make love to these women Languid and bittersweet I'll rise when the sun goes down Cover every game in town A world of my own I'll make it my home sweet home CHORUS This is the night Of the expanding the man I take one last drag As I approach the stand I cried when I wrote this song Sue me if I play too long This brother is free I'll be what I want to be" CHORUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by Darth Groovy For some reason I can never get quite enough Steely Dan. Agreed. The Dan rocks! I'm so glad they're making albums again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 23, 2004 Share Posted December 23, 2004 Originally posted by edlib Agreed. The Dan rocks! I'm so glad they're making albums again. Those guys bleed talent, I have never heard a song that I didn't like. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Just started listening to the Supertramp album Breakfast in America the other day. That'd some good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Yes is pretty sweet, but personally I dig Rick Wakeman's solo stuff better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Originally posted by Skinkie Just started listening to the Supertramp album Breakfast in America the other day. That'd some good stuff. One of my faves! And one of the best produced albums to come out of that period. It's amazing how good that recording still sounds today. I just heard a band covering Supertramp's "Give A Little Bit" on MTV... I think it was the Goo Goo Dolls (?)... It made me ill. Yeech! Nowhere near as good as the original. A band I recently have gotten into is XTC. I never paid much attention to them before... but they have quickly become one of my faves. Intelligent poppy rock. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elTee Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Originally posted by JofaGuht Yes is pretty sweet, but personally I dig Rick Wakeman's solo stuff better. After re-discovering Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds from my childhood, I got a copy of Rick's Journey to the Centre of the Earth. It's pretty out there, but parts of it are very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 I haven't heard the newer Wakeman stuff, but the late 70s stuff is one that an operatic death metal fan like me can trace back to. It's uber-gothic, and more constructed and less free-form than Yes (although yes was pretty structured compared to ELP). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 24, 2004 Share Posted December 24, 2004 Anybody like Joe Walsh's solo stuff? I REALLY like "Tend My Garden", awsome stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JofaGuht Posted December 26, 2004 Share Posted December 26, 2004 For Christmas, I got a Procol Harum CD. They're pretty sweet, although I'm not sure they'd be considered classic rock. I also got "Welcome to My Nightmare" by Alice Cooper, and let me correct myself..."Years Ago/Steven" is the best Cooper compisition next to Second Coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 Originally posted by edlib I just heard a band covering Supertramp's "Give A Little Bit" on MTV... I think it was the Goo Goo Dolls (?)... It made me ill. Yeech! Nowhere near as good as the original. Yeah, I saw that too. I really like the Goo Goo Doll albums Boy Named Goo and Gutterflower. They just released a live CD with two versions of Give a Little Bit on it, a live one and a studio one. It seems wrong. Originally posted by Darth Groovy Anybody like Joe Walsh's solo stuff? I REALLY like "Tend My Garden", awsome stuff. I love Joe Walsh, Rocky Mountain Way is one of my all time favorite songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 28, 2004 Share Posted December 28, 2004 "I can't complain, but sometimes I still do; Life's been good to me so far!" Joe Walsh is one of the most underrated figures in rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail1 Posted December 29, 2004 Share Posted December 29, 2004 I love the 80's, and am probably the only kid my age in the US that wears a "members only" jacket to school. It's too small for me, but I don't care because it rocks. (yes, it's one of the fabric ones, not one of the leather ones.) Anybody else have one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Crap. There was a time where I thought that was the coolest jacket ever. And yes, I had one....maroon. I don't keep clothes though, when they go out of style, I either usually toss them or donate to the Red Cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Mine looks like the one in the picture. It's one of my winter jackets... it heavy and padded. Not one of the lightweight ones. It's the second one I've owned. The first one I bought back when they were really in style. I bought this one a couple of years later when the first started to wear out. It's still in very good condition though, so I still wear it occasionally, although I havent dragged it out yet this year... just not enough inside pockets now that I have to carry a cell phone on top of sunglasses and a wallet, so I switched to something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 edlib, you rock! I don't care what anybody says, you are hands down one of my personal favorites! Stay cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hey... thanks! Waitaminnit... what are people saying about me?!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Originally posted by edlib Hey... thanks! Waitaminnit... what are people saying about me?!?? Come to think of it, nobody has really said anything about you at all. So, you ROCK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Picture of a youngish edlib wearing said jacket, with friend (a 9-foot boa constrictor named "Noah"... Noah the Boa, get it?!??) Taken the year I graduated high school, I believe. That would have made it '88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Wow, that makes you older than me. Here I thought I was the resident old fart around here....just kidding. I graduated in '92, unfortunately I don't have any pics of me in said jacket. I was in grade school when those were the item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted December 30, 2004 Share Posted December 30, 2004 Nope, I'm old. Older than most of the other posters I know. I turn 35 (egads!) in June. A couple of contemporaries that I know of, but few that are older. Gunner's still older than me tho... That always makes me feel good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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