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Post by Confessor on Jul 30, 2021 18:09:49 GMT -5
Led Zeppelin III is my favourite too. I love that it really brings the band's British folk leanings to the fore. Led Zep were a great blues-rock band, no doubts there, but part of what made them so interesting is the vein of British folk music (particularly influenced by the likes of Bert Jansch and Davey Graham and their early 60s experiments with Middle-Eastern modal tunings) which ran through their work. You can hear it on other Led Zep albums in songs like "Ramble On", "The Battle Of Evermore" and even dear old "Stairway to Heaven", but it's at its most explicit on Led Zeppelin III.
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Post by berkley on Jul 30, 2021 18:24:04 GMT -5
Zeppelin albums, I never listened to Presence much until the last few years when I bought one of those re-mastered cds that came out n the 2000s or 2010s. The original album itself was released before we had any FM radio in our area, so I never heard it on the radio much, and I never owned the album, though I did borrow it from a neighbourhood friend once so I had listened to it a few times way back then. I really like it - it sounds very much in the vein of Physical Graffitti to me, which is a good thing.
In Through the Out Door OTOH I did hear a lot of on the radio - and didn<t like it much, apart from Hot Dog. Maybe I'll give it another change some day but it isn't high on my list of things to check out. I still like all the earlier stuff and don't seem to get tired of it much - maybe Stairway, because it's so overplayed. Agree that side 2 of LZ III is a highlight, as is, for me personally, the first side of Houses of the Holy. But to my mind, each one of their albums is really strong from start to finish, with very little that'd I'd call weak or filler material - In Through the Out Door being the exception. They were one of the most consistently high-level acts ever, IMO.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 9, 2021 12:42:24 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 2011.
2. Joe Ely – Satisfied at Last
So, I think we can safely say that it's apparent I am a big fan of Joe Ely. And this is just a great little album from him that I spent a lot of time with in 2011 (and since). It's just good solid Ely with seven songs from Ely's pen, two from buddy Butch Hancock and the Billy Joe Shaver classic, "I'm Gonna Live Forever." Honestly, this is probably my favorite version of that song. I'm attaching "Not That Much Has Changed" however, which could be the mantra for someone who left their childhood home only to come back.
I'm pretty much always satisfied when I'm listening to Joe Ely.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 10, 2021 9:41:34 GMT -5
Favorite albums of 2011.
1. Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Here We Rest
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Isbell is the best songwriter currently working. And if he put out an album in a given year it's a pretty fair bet it was my favorite album of that year.
With this third album after his split from the Drive-By Truckers, Isbell absolutely hits his stride. Steadily releasing an album every two years this is fully mature Isbell, fairly newly clean and sober, and it presaged what would come in 2013 with "Southeastern" (my choice for best album of the 2010s and one of my favorite albums of all time).
Isbell can do a bluesy country ballad as well as anyone who has ever put a pen to paper or strummed a guitar and it's all on display here. The first four tracks on this album are simply gold..."Alabama Pines," "Go It Alone," "We've Met," "Codeine." The second half of the album is a bit weaker, though "Daisy Mae" is a great song that presages some of the darker corners of Southeastern. And Isbell and the Unit do a fabulous cover of the Muscle Shoals classic "Heart on a String."
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Post by tartanphantom on Aug 23, 2021 16:07:07 GMT -5
tartanphantom , I seriously enjoyed this! Both the music and the video for sure. This song has a great vibe and as a fellow musician may I say you guys are pro sounding/looking all the way! I'm looking forward to the next one you post as well as checking out the older postings of your other band.
I just realized that it's been over a month since I posted the last video from one of my bands, The Secret Commonwealth, after I had promised supercat that I would post another one.
Well, better late than never-- this one is another original story-song in the folk-Americana style, based on an actual middle Tennessee ghost legend. Believe it or not, the bulk of our material is Irish/Scottish/Celtic, but most of those vids are live performances... maybe I'll post a couple of those later down the line.
Once again, I am relegated to playing bass on this one, but I promise, I play guitar and mandolin way more than I play bass. It also worked out that this particular tune features the same lead vocalist as the previous tune, but he is not billed as "the lead vocalist", since lead vocal duties are actually split 5 ways in this band.
Hope you enjoy it... as always, hit the YouTube link in the player to view it on YT with best full-screen HD experience!
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Post by impulse on Aug 23, 2021 16:23:38 GMT -5
@draketungsten
Did you see Maiden has two new songs out? Presumably promoting an album.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Aug 24, 2021 11:34:45 GMT -5
Good folks, I require your assistance and your knowledge of popular music!
I am translating a comic story in which a famous Quebec song is briefly heard, and instead of translating the words (which wouldn't mean anything to anyone) I'd prefer to use a well-known English one.
I actually need only two lines from the song, but it has to refer to the idea of not giving up, or of starting something important, or of just being started. It would also, ideally, be cringe-inducing.
The closest I can think of right now is Rick Astely "never gonna give you up" but perhaps there's a better choice out there!
Thanks!
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 24, 2021 12:47:00 GMT -5
First thing that came to mind is "Not Gonna Give It Up" by Peter Tosh:
...but it's not cringe-inducing...
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Post by impulse on Aug 24, 2021 13:02:00 GMT -5
Oh, easy. Inspirational, don't give up, and cheesy? Dare by Stan Bush from the 1980s animated Transformers movie.
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 24, 2021 13:03:01 GMT -5
This might work...
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Post by Confessor on Aug 25, 2021 2:42:46 GMT -5
A few well known songs about making a new beginning after hard times that spring to mind are "I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash...
"(Just Like) Starting Over" by John Lennon...
and "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers...
Some famous songs that are about persevering and not giving up in the face of adversity are "Moving On Up" by Primal Scream...
"We Are The Champions" by Queen...
"I'm Still Standing" by Elton John...
"Don't Stop Believing" by Journey...
"Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush...
"Stand" by Sly & The Family Stone...
and "Roll With It" by Oasis...
Not sure many of these are really cringe-inducing (depending on your tolerance for classic rock and classic soul), but there you are.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 26, 2021 10:28:19 GMT -5
I usually don't talk about Halls of Fame because they're mostly inherently political (some more than others) and divisive. But since I was just at the Country Music Hall of Fame a few weeks ago and the new inductees were just announced I figure...what the hell. As background the Hall usually inducts three individuals a year, a modern era honoree, a veterans era honoree and one from three rotating categories of songwriter, recording or touring musician, and non-recording (producers, executives, etc.). This years modern era honoree is The Judds. I'm fine with that. I'm not a fan, but it's a perfectly cromulent choice. I would probably have chosen Dwight Yoakam, but whatcha gonna do. The rotating category this year was for recording or touring musician and their was a surprising tie. Drummer Eddie Bayers and steel guitarist Pete Drake. Surprisingly Drake is the first steel guitarist in the Hall. Both are incredible session musicians. Really. Bayers is a peerless drummer. But damn! There are so many really important sidemen who probably would be better additions. Don Rich rockets to mind. If you want a drummer then Paul English is a great choice. And if we're talking about steel guitarists we need to stop until we've talked about Ralph Mooney and Buddy Emmons. If you want someone who's alive, Norm Hamlett is still out there. And now the always controversial Veterans category. And it is Ray Charles. And man is this one controversial. I get what the Hall is doing. And I LOVE Ray Charles and I LOVE his country albums. But this is not the right choice. And I'm not going to say that Charles doesn't eventually deserve to be there. But over The Maddox Bros. and Rose? Johnny Paycheck? The Stanley Brothers? Freddy Fender? Wanda Jackson? Jerry Lee Lewis? Gram Parsons would be a better choice based on his influence and he's still well down on my list of folks. (I scrupulously didn't mention Hank Williams, Jr. because I freakin' despise him). That said the Museum and Hall are great and when I get some time I'll likely post some pics here. But C'mon.
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Post by berkley on Aug 26, 2021 21:07:33 GMT -5
Yeah, there's always some feeling of inappropriateness or at least incongruity connected with the idea of a Hall of Fame, with all its formal procedures and aura of respectability, for popular genres like country or rock and roll.
And speaking of procudures, I don't really get the whole voting thing - I mean, some people so obviously deserve to be in there, shouldn't they just have a panel of experts, specialist historians or whatever, deciding in certain cases? I hope it isn't like sports, where (if I understand this correctly) you only get so many chances to be voted in and if you don't make it within those years you're out for all time, no matter what.
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Post by impulse on Aug 27, 2021 9:54:54 GMT -5
I like the concept of the rock hall, but the execution is dismal. At least regarding the rock hall of fame, the folks deciding who gains entry are famously ignorant and ill informed of the genres. I do enjoy the performances and super group crossovers they put together to celebrate sometimes, but it would be more satisfying if the rock hall of fame was actually managed by folks with a modicum of understanding of rock music.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2021 0:03:04 GMT -5
Good folks, I require your assistance and your knowledge of popular music! I am translating a comic story in which a famous Quebec song is briefly heard, and instead of translating the words (which wouldn't mean anything to anyone) I'd prefer to use a well-known English one. I actually need only two lines from the song, but it has to refer to the idea of not giving up, or of starting something important, or of just being started. It would also, ideally, be cringe-inducing. The closest I can think of right now is Rick Astely "never gonna give you up" but perhaps there's a better choice out there! Thanks! How about Tubthumping from Chumbawaba? "I get knocked down, but I get up again, you're never gonna keep me down." "Won't Back Down" by Tom Petty. Not cheesy, but the lyrics are really dedicated to the theme. Or maybe "Runnin' Down A Dream"
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