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Post by craydarr on Aug 15, 2018 18:48:06 GMT
Rolling Stones Beatles Chuck Berry I do like certain songs that come out these days but there's no one particular artist that brings out a whole album that I can get into. I like some of Ed Sheeran's stuff, Adele, even completely random stuff like Atomic Kittens 'Whole Again' (it's my guilty pleasure) Closest I got to getting into a band like Quo or the Stones was the Stereophonics but then they began playing the songs live at a slower tempo so I stopped going and then lost interest in their new releases. My wife will hear me singing a random song I've heard on the radio and say 'you do realise that's Justin Bieber' or some other artist that I've barely heard of. I used to worry about that kind of thing, can't go liking 'that sort' of artist but the older I get the less I care. If I like the song I like the song, I don't care who's playing it or what style it's in. Totally agree with you about the Stereophonics - I loved their first few albums & they were fantastic live but since then - meh π I Love the Stereophonics - Performance Cocktails album and the Bartender and the Thief song is one of their favourites. Their last album I really liked too. I saw them live for the first time last year at a festival and they were great.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 19:44:01 GMT
Simple Minds U2 Iron Maiden
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Post by col on Aug 28, 2018 14:16:54 GMT
Soundgarden Warrior Soul
Then any of: Clutch UFO Ramones
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Post by per on Aug 30, 2018 18:50:40 GMT
Almost impossible to only choose three, but I think I'll say Rolling Stones Beatles The Clash
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Post by snakelady on Sept 1, 2018 8:39:14 GMT
This is an interesting thread - lots of variety in our tastes. Some bands/musicians mentioned I don't know at all while others I associate with their biggest hits presumably e.g. Clash - Rock The Kasbah (love it) No surprise actually. With Quo being such a unique fusion of rock and melody, some of us otherwise more fancy the rockier type of music while others prefer melodic, quieter or popier styles.
Doesn't mean, while I more come from the melodic side of music, that I can't enjoy rocking out when I'm in the mood. Or probably the other way round for some of you ..
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Post by craydarr on Sept 1, 2018 11:19:03 GMT
As previously stated mine changes but- 2 standards along with Quo are - Thunder Robert Cray A recent favourite is Ginger Wildheart in his many different set ups and bands. Bubbling under there would be Clapton Eric Church Alabama 3 Fun lovin Criminals Also add Ron Sexsmith to my list of Bubbling under.
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Post by mortified on Sept 5, 2018 12:43:22 GMT
Not easy to choose only three, but I'd go for
Sweet Alice Cooper T.Rex
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@inna, I see Alice Cooper has a new live album from Paris L'Olympia out. I had a quick listen and it's not bad. A few old favourites in there - the usual I guess; Poison, School's Out, Billion Dollar Babies, Only Women, Under My Wheels, No More Mr Nice Guy, I'm Eighteen etc. but he also does Paranoiac Personality, which is a cracker.
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Post by mortified on Sept 6, 2018 7:23:05 GMT
I've only ever seen Alice Cooper once @inna - in 1985 - when he was supported by Dr & The Medics. I remember he had a great hulk of a lead guitarist. A sort of He-Man character. But it was a terrific gig. Great fun. Alice Cooper was the very first act to blow me away as a teenager. I watched the band perform School's Out on "Top Of The Pops" and was smitten! Went straight out and got the album with my pocket money - complete with it's bizarre school desk sleeve and paper panties covering the vinyl. My mum was horrified In the end, the album and Alice were too clever for me. I didn't like it much. However, Killer was doing the rounds at school and I thought that was much better. Happy days
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Post by snakelady on Sept 6, 2018 9:06:44 GMT
@inna , I see Alice Cooper has a new live album from Paris L'Olympia out. I had a quick listen and it's not bad. A few old favourites in there - the usual I guess; Poison, School's Out, Billion Dollar Babies, Only Women, Under My Wheels, No More Mr Nice Guy, I'm Eighteen etc. but he also does Paranoiac Personality, which is a cracker.
Yes, I've got it right here. No, it's definitely not bad, and the old favourites are all there, as usual. And the line-up is just great. I last saw them live in 2015 (Status Quo were on before Alice, and they nearly upstaged him ... ).
No, Alice was amazing as ever, and the show was more fun than horror. He had the boa constrictor with him, but still... No-one's afraid of Alice and his nightmare anymore. There's his version of Another Brick in the Wall on the Olympia CD, combined with my anthem School's Out. When I saw him three years ago, they played Foxy Lady, Revolution and My Generation, if I remember correctly. Now that was truly mind-blowing.
A paranormal evening is what you'll always get with Alice Cooper.
Hope it's treated well. They're lovely, friendly animals and they can hear (they detect the vibrations with their lower jaws), so hopefully it wasn't too loud either. I'm very much against using animals for cheap effects at rock gigs ..
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Post by mortified on Sept 7, 2018 5:57:48 GMT
Great story @inna . The summer of '72. My Alice Cooper, Machine Head, Demons & Wizards days I had a schoolmate who bought all those albums you mention. I think Muscle Of Love had a strange interactive sleeve as well. And didn't Alice Cooper appear in a movie before the band were famous? I can't remember what it was though. Some American hippy thing but I think it was fairly well known. Might have been when the Pretties For You album was out. He is a very clever man is Vince. Always played the media brilliantly. And he loves his golf! It's terrific he's still going. And producing great music. His last album was excellent.
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Post by Dark on Sept 14, 2018 11:48:19 GMT
Iron Maiden, Deep Purple & Thunder are probably my top three. Though love lots of other bands, mainly from the hard rock & metal genres.
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Post by frozenhero on Oct 24, 2018 18:19:37 GMT
Rolling Stones Beatles Chuck Berry I do like certain songs that come out these days but there's no one particular artist that brings out a whole album that I can get into. I like some of Ed Sheeran's stuff, Adele, even completely random stuff like Atomic Kittens 'Whole Again' (it's my guilty pleasure) Closest I got to getting into a band like Quo or the Stones was the Stereophonics but then they began playing the songs live at a slower tempo so I stopped going and then lost interest in their new releases. My wife will hear me singing a random song I've heard on the radio and say 'you do realise that's Justin Bieber' or some other artist that I've barely heard of. I used to worry about that kind of thing, can't go liking 'that sort' of artist but the older I get the less I care. If I like the song I like the song, I don't care who's playing it or what style it's in. You get a pass for "Whole Again" because it's almost an OMD song. Well, if it were an OMD song Andy would have used slightly different lyrics but you get my drift The rest of your post I'm more like...
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Post by frozenhero on Oct 24, 2018 18:20:03 GMT
I actually love many different acts, but going by how often I listen to them my three favourites are Barclay James Harvest Manfred Mann's Earth Band Billy Joel No hard rock band for me, Quo is about the rockiest band I still like. MMEB can be pretty hard rocking at times, if you ask me... I used to say my top 3 are: Pink Floyd Tears for Fears Rush But if you've heard nearly everything by those bands, you start to lose interest somewhat (same goes for MMEB to degrees, what a shame!). I've started to delve into Marillion's back catalogue and warmed up more to Genesis than previously.
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Post by snakelady on Oct 25, 2018 7:26:29 GMT
I actually love many different acts, but going by how often I listen to them my three favourites are Barclay James Harvest Manfred Mann's Earth Band Billy Joel No hard rock band for me, Quo is about the rockiest band I still like. MMEB can be pretty hard rocking at times, if you ask me... I used to say my top 3 are: Pink Floyd Tears for Fears Rush But if you've heard nearly everything by those bands, you start to lose interest somewhat (same goes for MMEB to degrees, what a shame!). I've started to delve into Marillion's back catalogue and warmed up more to Genesis than previously. For a while I used to drive to uni with a guy who was a big Marillion fan. So every other day, when we were using his car I had to listen to them. Believe me, from experience their songs can sound pretty same-ish pretty quickly ..
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Post by mortified on Oct 25, 2018 7:44:41 GMT
Talking of Marillion, if anyone's interested, Fish has a new album out. Some of it is very good actually. Especially this. And read Fish's explanation about the song on You Tube. Fascinating. I saw Marillion a few times in the 80's because a girlfriend was keen on them but they were never for me. They even supported Quo of course. Eh, as did Fish, who I much prefer on his own. I'm coming across lots of Bowie stuff at the moment that I missed. Mainly remixes. They're all being (re)packaged since his passing. Great for me but must be rubbish if you've collected his stuff over the years, thought it to be rare, then the music company brings it all out for the masses to feast upon. The story of modern marketing
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Post by frozenhero on Oct 25, 2018 14:28:58 GMT
For a while I used to drive to uni with a guy who was a big Marillion fan. So every other day, when we were using his car I had to listen to them. Believe me, from experience their songs can sound pretty same-ish pretty quickly .. Depends on what era of theirs you're referring to. The Hogarth era quickly became something very different from the earlier Fish era. I like both eras but because the Hogarth era has been going for much longer now, there is more I haven't checked out yet (I already know pretty much everything they recorded with Fish). Try this for something from this century: I'm coming across lots of Bowie stuff at the moment that I missed. Mainly remixes. They're all being (re)packaged since his passing. Great for me but must be rubbish if you've collected his stuff over the years, thought it to be rare, then the music company brings it all out for the masses to feast upon. The story of modern marketing As far as I understand, it was almost all planned by the man himself before his death. He clearly had some kind of master plan in mind. I like most of what I've heard from him but don't know if I want to invest that amount of money...
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Post by snakelady on Oct 26, 2018 7:31:14 GMT
The clue was in the remark 'when I was a student', frozenhero , Marillion were still new then, at least for me - don't know when they actually started out first .. I wasn't a Bowie fan when he was in his prime back in the 70s, only became one later, after I had taken notice of him due to the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. Although, like everybody else I had read Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo and seen him mentioned in there (later seen the film too with him appearing in it). It's not as with Quo though - I merely like some of his music and can't stand whole albums, so I'd never become a collector or buy an album just because his name is on it.
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Post by mortified on Oct 26, 2018 7:59:36 GMT
The clue was in the remark 'when I was a student', frozenhero , Marillion were still new then, at least for me - don't know when they actually started out first .. I wasn't a Bowie fan when he was in his prime back in the 70s, only became one later, after I had taken notice of him due to the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. Although, like everybody else I had read Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo and seen him mentioned in there (later seen the film too with him appearing in it). It's not as with Quo though - I merely like some of his music and can't stand whole albums, so I'd never become a collector or buy an album just because his name is on it. Me neither. The only artist I 'collect' is Quo. I seem to find most Bowie albums very listenable though and, strangely, its his glam period ( Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups etc) that I probably like the least, although they've all got something on them for me. I even like Young Americans and that's not normally my thing at all!
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Post by snakelady on Oct 26, 2018 8:07:19 GMT
The clue was in the remark 'when I was a student', frozenhero , Marillion were still new then, at least for me - don't know when they actually started out first .. I wasn't a Bowie fan when he was in his prime back in the 70s, only became one later, after I had taken notice of him due to the film Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. Although, like everybody else I had read Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo and seen him mentioned in there (later seen the film too with him appearing in it). It's not as with Quo though - I merely like some of his music and can't stand whole albums, so I'd never become a collector or buy an album just because his name is on it. Me neither. The only artist I 'collect' is Quo. I seem to find most Bowie albums very listenable though and, strangely, its his glam period ( Ziggy, Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups etc) that I probably like the least, although they've all got something on them for me. I even like Young Americans and that's not normally my thing at all! The song Young Americans, live version, would make my top 5 all time favourite songs other than Quo ..
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Post by frozenhero on Oct 26, 2018 8:34:24 GMT
The clue was in the remark 'when I was a student', frozenhero , Marillion were still new then, at least for me - don't know when they actually started out first .. Marillion released their first LP (Script for a Jester's Tear) in 1983. They definitely improved after that, especially in the drumming department.
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Post by craydarr on Oct 26, 2018 9:44:44 GMT
For a while I used to drive to uni with a guy who was a big Marillion fan. So every other day, when we were using his car I had to listen to them. Believe me, from experience their songs can sound pretty same-ish pretty quickly ..Β Depends on what era of theirs you're referring to. The Hogarth era quickly became something very different from the earlier Fish era. I like both eras but because the Hogarth era has been going for much longer now, there is more I haven't checked out yet (I already know pretty much everything they recorded with Fish). Try this for something from this century: I'm coming across lots of Bowie stuff at the moment that I missed. Mainly remixes. They're all being (re)packaged since his passing. Great for me but must be rubbish if you've collected his stuff over the years, thought it to be rare, then the music company brings it all out for the masses to feast upon. The story of modern marketing As far as I understand, it was almost all planned by the man himself before his death. He clearly had some kind of master plan in mind. I like most of what I've heard from him but don't know if I want to invest that amount of money... Obviously the Hogarth era Marillion isnβt as good as the real thing with Fish in it...... πππ
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Post by frozenhero on Oct 26, 2018 10:57:13 GMT
Is this supposed to be a joke about FF fanatics or are you actually judging the vast output of this band (13 studio albums post Fish, one acoustic album, plus uncountable amounts of live albums) by the one song I posted?
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Post by craydarr on Oct 26, 2018 12:17:22 GMT
Is this supposed to be a joke about FF fanatics or are you actually judging the vast output of this band (13 studio albums post Fish, one acoustic album, plus uncountable amounts of live albums) by the one song I posted? Obviously it was a joke relating to the FF and the tosh that is said. I like Marillion and have albums with both singers, I do really love some Fish albums and have seen him live a few times
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Post by mortified on Oct 26, 2018 14:34:17 GMT
Fish was born and bred in my neck of the woods. Just outside Edinburgh. Dalkeith to be precise. For those who don't know it - and I suspect there are plenty - its not far from Roslin Chapel of Da Vinci Code fame. Just to try and give it some point of reference. But that's an aside I have always preferred Fish as a solo artist to Marillion - whichever version. I did download a track from an internet only album by Marillion a few years ago called One Fine Day. The album was (I think) Another DAT At The Office. I liked that song but the rest did nothing for me. I was never the biggest prog rock fan. If they're in that sort of category that is. I'm not altogether sure.
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Post by snakelady on Oct 26, 2018 16:59:22 GMT
The clue was in the remark 'when I was a student', frozenhero , Marillion were still new then, at least for me - don't know when they actually started out first .. Marillion released their first LP (Script for a Jester's Tear) in 1983. They definitely improved after that, especially in the drumming department. I'm talking 84, so there'd only have been one line-up and probably just the one album too, which would explain the same-ishness. craydarr was joking, I'm quite sure, as he's neither a fanatic nor a snob.
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