Eucalyptus P. Millstone Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 4 hours ago, NoShear said: If I've correctly read the cutoff for you, Eucalyptus P. Millstone, it's a curious one: 1972 marked the full harvest of Jethro Tull! I actually continued buying Jethro Tull albums after Thick as a Brick, up to Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die, whereupon I bailed. I found that I was doing more needle-lifting on post-Thick as Brick records. The Jazz-Blues-Ballad-Prog Rock mélange that had hooked me on Jethro Tull was steadily being replaced by "Hard Rock." Although I never considered Jethro Tull a "Heavy Metal" band, when it won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental," I wasn't the only one who had noticed a change in the band's direction -- a direction in which I didn't care to go. My taste was for the acoustic, sometimes symphonic melodies on early tunes such as Reasons for Waiting, Bourée , Inside, A Song forJeffrey, Nothing to Say, Sweet Dream, and . . . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShear Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, Eucalpytus P. Millstone said: Re: "...when it won a Grammy for "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental,"..." The Grammys were ridiculously out of touch with contemporary rock for many years of its existence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShear Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 14 minutes ago, Eucalpytus P. Millstone said: Re: ". . . Inside . . . and . . . Song for song, BENEFIT is my favorite Tull period: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 2 hours ago, NoShear said: The Grammys... ...rarely get anything right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 9 hours ago, Allhallowsday said: ...rarely get anything right. Well the Grammys, as well as Oscars etc... were not designed to get thing right but instead as a PR vehicle for the record labels \ movie studios. I.e. if sales are increased for the companies with the most power in their industry they got-it-right (by their definition). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShear Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 43 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said: Re: "Well the Grammys, as well as Oscars etc... were not designed to get thing right but instead as a PR vehicle for the record labels \ movie studios. I.e. if sales are increased for the companies with the most power in their industry they got-it-right (by their definition)." Still, rock seemed underrepresented for years, and rock music was selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShear Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 21 hours ago, Allhallowsday said: Re: "Probably my favorite LIVE album: JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Bless Its Pointed Little Head I wrote a brief review 4 years ago: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1CCSHGSJABU5K?ref=pf_ov_at_pdctrvw_srp " I like your clever title for the review, Allhallowsday: All You Need Is Love... for BLESS ITS POINTED LITTLE HEAD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 ROYKSOPP Melody A.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Allhallowsday Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 KING CRIMSON Larks Tongues In Aspic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eucalyptus P. Millstone Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Two marvelously morbid curios -- personal faves of mine! --that I suspect made the outré playlists of Dr. Demento: One composed by Charles Aznavour and vocalized by Noel Harrison (son of Rex). T'other penned by Rupert Holmes (author of the execrable Escape [The Piña Colada Song] and the significantly more appealing Him) and emoted by The Buoys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eucalyptus P. Millstone Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 This Ska version is top-rankin', Mon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eucalyptus P. Millstone Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 In the beginning . . . . . . from the beginning . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyDan Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Rush, Tom Sawyer featuring Ellen Alaverdyan, age 9, on bass. What a future. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShear Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 8 hours ago, LuckyDan said: Rush, Tom Sawyer featuring Ellen Alaverdyan, age 9, on bass. What a future. I wasn't even reading Tom Sawyer at 9! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Here is one of my favorite guitar players, Bireli Lagrene, at 13. I was 28 when I heard this, sitting around with my guitar playing buddies. We all looked at each other and said: We should stick to playing rock, since we will never get close to what this kid is already doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShear Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 9 hours ago, Eucalpytus P. Millstone said: In the beginning . . . . . . from the beginning . . . Greg Lake - beginning to end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShear Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 12 hours ago, Eucalpytus P. Millstone said: In the beginning . . . . . . from the beginning . . . If Greg Lake was prog rock's voice, then, perhaps, Steve Hillage was its guitarist: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Steve Howe is the prog-rock guitars, I find the most interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShear Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 On 8/13/2021 at 12:08 PM, jamesjazzguitar said: Steve Howe is the prog-rock guitars, I find the most interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 GRAM PARSONS GP / Grievous Angel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoShear Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Allhallowsday said: GRAM PARSONS GP / Grievous Angel I almost expect a review to come with each post of yours now, Allhallowsday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 55 minutes ago, jamesjazzguitar said: Steve Howe is the prog-rock guitars, I find the most interesting. I saw YES at the Spectrum in Philadelphia around 1990... all former members participated... two drum sets, two keyboardists... No DAVE GILMOUR for most interesting Prog Rock guitarist...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allhallowsday Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, NoShear said: I almost expect a review to come with each post of yours now, Allhallowsday I don't think I wrote one for that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Allhallowsday said: I saw YES at the Spectrum in Philadelphia around 1990... all former members participated... two drum sets, two keyboardists... No DAVE GILMOUR for most interesting Prog Rock guitarist...? Dave Gilmour is a fine musician, as well as composer and I find him highly interesting, but I favor Howe just slightly more (but more so for what he has done in the last 20 years which isn't Prog rock, per se). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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