They were my favorite non-Zappa band from the eponymous first album ..never got to see them live ..my dear friend and musical influence Charles Bundy recorded and toured briefly with Randy in his final (?) project before his tragic passing, Kaptain Kopter and the Twirly-Birds...I saw them a few times in the early 70's at the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach. Tragic the way Randy left us. A true hero.
ok...so what's up with Roxy Music? They've been mentioned several times and this is a guitar forum. I'm racking my brain trying to remember what song I know from MTV (yeah, probably the worst if you're a RM fan right?).
I'm saying all this BEFORE I dig in to the interweb and educate myself on Roxy Music and Brian Ferry. I immediately think of new wave stuff, like The Fixx (I have a few songs on my playlists), Peter Gabriel, The Smiths, etc. Back then I was opposed to anything with synths. I'm much older now and have some nostalgia and more of an open mind than I did back then. So, maybe I'll discover a wealth of music that's been under my nose all of these years. Hey, I just recently dove into King's X. And they're from my area.
I threw on Hall & Oats "She's Gone" on the way home. Really great song and interesting how the hi-hat was panned right. Man the 70's really had the greatest songwriters.
My buddy made me listen to Green Day's American Idiot after he and I sparred over 'best concept albums'. He'd never heard Operation Mindcrime. I'd never listened to American Idiot (on purpose). I listened. I thought the mix was great and it was well produced. Not exactly punk. I'm prejudiced because I can't stand hearing an American singer singing with a British accent....lol. Mindcrime wins hands down, IMHO.
John is even older than I am, he had a head start, but I started concert-going at a very young age..our family business (that I worked for til I was 30)Can you and @bradlake please get together and write a book detailing the music you guys have experienced through the years?
Both of you guys seem to have large libraries to draw from...particularly from the classic years....Do it in chronological order but in the style of the Jaws scene where they are drunkenly telling stories of their scars. I'm thinking large Coffee table format, not unlike Mr Lee's recent Bass book.
Thanks in Advance, Look forward to the first edition run.
This right here +1000 Tom Sawyer for the win on testing out a bad-ass stereo system!!Permanent Waves & Moving Pictures both sound awesome
Oh, and since your an eighties metal fan, you have to throw in Firehouse's first cd!! Shake & Tumble, Oughta be a Law, Lover's Lane......no thinness there!I'm an 80's metal fan. But man those albums sound so thin.
This right here +1000 Tom Sawyer for the win on testing out a bad-ass stereo system!!
To be honest, I can't think of any classic songs whose mixes DON'T hold up.
Most likely they altered the tape speed to make the tempo a bit faster or slower.Also, why is Limelight's tuning just a tad sharp or flat?
Journey to the Center of the Earth ~ Rick Wakeman
Lots of great guest artists on that one. Didn't Capt Picard narrate that?How about the sequel with Ozzy?
Lots of great guest artists on that one. Didn't Capt Picard narrate that?