What are you listening to? The world really needs to know. #6
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mjp
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Mouth & MacNeal. Damn; I haven't thought about them since well, 1972. What a stupidly ridiculous video. I watched it all the way through and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The bassline and bari sax in I Gotcha makes that one swing, baby. Tex' vocal is strong as well.
The bassline and bari sax in I Gotcha makes that one swing, baby. Tex' vocal is strong as well.
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
the Mark Lanegan Band "Sad Lover"
Phil Lynott with a Rick! Another one who died far too young.
Here in the U.S., we didn't get much of a whiff of Thin Lizzy until '76, but here's a lesser-known track (to us yanks, anyway) live from '73:
Here in the U.S., we didn't get much of a whiff of Thin Lizzy until '76, but here's a lesser-known track (to us yanks, anyway) live from '73:
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PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
That song is one of my earliest music memories all over the 70's radio, summer, going to my father's softball games with my mom &brother, just fun. :)
mjp
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I saw Thin Lizzy open for...wait for it...it's a good one...Bachman Turner Overdrive! And I think that was 1975. Though it could have been 76.
They never really caught on here though, did they.
Do you mean Thin Lizzy or BTO never caught on? I think both did, at least for a couple of years; at least here in Boston. When disco was making us rockers turn off our radios, I listened to Thin Lizzy and BTO on my crappy stereo system consisting of a pizza tray with a toothpick in the center, a pencil with a sharp flint on the end, and two speakers each consisting of a 6" "woofer" and a 1" tweeter that had little high end. ~$50 at Woolworth's, or somesuch.
mjp
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I meant Thin Lizzy, since BTO was headlining arenas. But neither one of them turned out to be enduring, the way some of their peers are.
Enduring, no. Partly because Phil Lynott couldn't endure and because BTO was a retooled Guess Who sans Burton Cummings and substance.
mjp
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BTO might have been the laziest band I ever saw - well, them and Foghat. I didn't particularly care for either one of them, but in those days we'd see any band that came to town. I don't even remember BTO they were so lacking in anything even remotely memorable, and Foghat - they came on stage in god damn sweat pants. Like a bunch of dudes going to get milk and diapers on Sunday morning.
But both of them were like whirling dervishes though compared to the grateful dead, who, for all intents and purposes really could have been dead the night I saw them. So they remain firmly and eternally at the top of the laziest bands I've ever seen list.
I make a distinction between boring and lazy here, because I saw a million boring bands, but at least most of them tried.
But both of them were like whirling dervishes though compared to the grateful dead, who, for all intents and purposes really could have been dead the night I saw them. So they remain firmly and eternally at the top of the laziest bands I've ever seen list.
I make a distinction between boring and lazy here, because I saw a million boring bands, but at least most of them tried.
Oddly enough, I go to concerts for the music. Well, back when I went to concerts.
mjp
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Well I know you're not above caring about show business since you posted pictures of your bloody bass a couple of days ago, and that is pure show business.
I've probably seen a thousand bands play in the past 40 years, and in my experience a concert is usually the worst place to hear a band's music. Back when bands actually played instruments, and more so now, when 90% of the time what you're hearing at a pop music concert is a recording.
There have been rare and memorable occasions where I've heard and seen something great, dare I say transcendent, but those experiences are very few and far between.
I've probably seen a thousand bands play in the past 40 years, and in my experience a concert is usually the worst place to hear a band's music. Back when bands actually played instruments, and more so now, when 90% of the time what you're hearing at a pop music concert is a recording.
There have been rare and memorable occasions where I've heard and seen something great, dare I say transcendent, but those experiences are very few and far between.
Or perhaps you'd prefer Blue Mitchell's version of Minor Vamp:
I'm in the process of ripping about 400-500 of my jazz CDs to my computer and finding some forgotten gems. Here's one I haven't listened to in over 15 years:
And another:
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mjp
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My condolences. Tedious and boring work. But I guess if you're listening while they are stacked up next to the computer it could be slightly less tedious.