Epic 80's Song that needs recognition

[sprint]

To this day, the first image that comes into my brain is of Ted rocking a full hollow body Gibson. Few have the nerve.

Ya! - In front of a mountain of screaming fenders - no wonder he is apparently quite deaf




sorry - stuck in the 70s again (slaps self)

 

[Joerg]

 

[Rock Chalk]

Great thread! Here’s a couple good ones:

 

[Habuman]

Yep!

I also like the 1990s collaboration of Shaw/Blades.

 

[Manny Kuhn]

 

[Habuman]

Found this is in a small music store in 1987.

 

[la szum]

I was afraid it was just a matter of time until this thread devolved to the Damn Yankees (which is actually more
of a 90's act anyways, right??)

 

[Manny Kuhn]

 

[sprint]

I was afraid it was just a matter of time until this thread devolved to the Damn Yankees (which is actually more
of a 90's act anyways, right??)

k ok k eh! - enough with the Nuge and Damn Yankees - getting back on track with a monster underrated 80s artist and monster underrated song - here she is!




12 pages -
lets keep it going!

 

[TSJMajesty]

Well if Nuge was a 70's guy, and them damn yankees were a 90's group, what was Uncle Ted doing in the 80's?
Oh that's right, he went to the Eddie Van Halen school of guitar playing.
I swear, when he came back out with them, I could've swore the dude had really been practicin'! Some of those solos were mind-blowing.

 

[TSJMajesty]

More Canadians. Geesh!!

I'm partial to Rock n Roll, but I honestly believe it's the best genre. Why? Because you can put any musical instrument in a Rock song and make it work, like in running a Lap Steel through a Marshall, or sticking an opera part into the middle of a song.

 

[TSJMajesty]

 

[sprint]

Well if Nuge was a 70's guy, and them damn yankees were a 90's group, what was Uncle Ted doing in the 80's?
Oh that's right, he went to the Eddie Van Halen school of guitar playing.
I swear, when he came back out with them, I could've swore the dude had really been practicin'! Some of those solos were mind-blowing.

yes - practicing for sure - and, while many other artists were playing keyboards in the 80s, Ted was busy hunting keyboards to make the world safer for rock and roll guitarists like you, me, and Alex Lifeson:




k ok - no more Ted Talk...promise

 

[Rock Chalk]

Yes, the cheese factor runs high with this one, but sure did crank this one up more than once....lol.

 

[fcs101]

Yes, the cheese factor runs high with this one, but sure did crank this one up more than once....lol.

Love me some Jefferson Airplane/Starship/Whatever! Here's one from 81 with a little less cheese!

IMO, one of their rockingest(?) tunes was Jane, but it misses the cutoff coming out in 1979.

 

[fcs101]

Sorry, but here's an awesome one from 82. It's probably gone underneath many's radars.

 

[sprint]

Yes, the cheese factor runs high with this one, but sure did crank this one up more than once....lol.

Great Pik! - have followed Jefferson Airplane / Jefferson Starship / Starship thru the years from hippy psychedelic to rock to pop. My fav of the lot, and underrated imo, is the Jefferson Starship Modern Times album released in 1981 - last song on side 1 has one of my favourite guitar solos in it + 1 of the longest guitar solos I've ever heard on a rock album. Here's a live version:

 

[sprint]

Love me some Jefferson Airplane/Starship/Whatever! Here's one from 81 with a little less cheese!

IMO, one of their rockingest(?) tunes was Jane, but it misses the cutoff coming out in 1979.

Ha! - beat me to it - great album!

 

[fcs101]

- last song on side 1 has one of my favourite guitar solos in it + 1 of the longest guitar solos I've ever heard on a rock album.

That is one kick @$$ solo!

 

[fcs101]

Cannot believe these guys skipped my mind until now! From 1989...