Best 1970s Classic Rock, Prog Rock, Hard Rock, & Early Metal Albums Or Songs

Little Red Wagon Repairman

Little Red Wagon Repairman

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Supafly said:
Regarding what Frank Zapa's appeal is, to me, probably to some others, too

He had what oin my eyes was the hardest approach to himself and his bandmembers, regarding the craft of musicianship. I guess you could say, the EXACT opposite of punk rock.



George Duke wraps it up well in that video:

That band could play EVERYTHING. And that is, in a nutshell, the goal for any musician, if he/she wants to create new songs, new musical ideas... as long as you are earthbound, because your abilities limit you in certain ways and paths, you are destined to get boring really fast. That is something to be said about the Tolling Stones. They learned fast to get all these excellent sidemen for their albums, because they themselves are doing the same shit all the time. Mind you, in their limizted ways, they are the top of the game. But they still do the same old stuff on their own. Zappa broke the mould every day, and made music that created new paths every record, every show.

That is, what made so many people not enjoy his muusic. The world of rock music and such is one of finding the bestselling niche, and making as many albums using that niche's grooves as possible. Most rock albums in here more or less fit that bill. One or two musicians in the bands - mostly, the lead guitarists, another cliché - add that sparkle to the albums, that make them different, but the other stuff is kind of boring.
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Thanks for the Zappa.
 
John_8581

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All this Los Angeles, with Frank Z and Don V (Hey, there nothing about Frank's good friend, Captain Beefheart in this thread!) - Now Don V was a bandleader who took the profits out of concerts and venues. And left the bandmembers to take their share out after the expenses. Yes, the bandmembers for Captain Beefheart's bands didn't make squat.

You had New York with the Ramones. Here's some more New York with one of the ultimate good guys, Lou Reed. :)

Co-produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson ;)


I'm glad Supa mentioned Steve Vai (yup another New Yorker! :)
 
Little Red Wagon Repairman

Little Red Wagon Repairman

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KISS - Alive!

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k-6wOcD3tau2Li1MtcuCJO3a_sKvZfHy0
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John_8581

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Here's the ex-Spooky Tooth keyboardist Gary Wright who played with George Harrison on All Must Things Pass

From his third album, The Dream Weaver (1975) :thumbsup:

 
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Barry, Robin, and Maurice also known as The Brothers Gibb were a huge band in the 1970s. They started writing songs on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack six years before the word disco was in the worldly vernacular of everyday speech. Here's two songs from the 1970s before Saturday Night Fever. I chose them because these are truly classics. As opposed to songs from the disco era that would be considered less of value in a thread like this.

 
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What a tragic story about Badfinger and Stan Polley and how he ripped them off! :mad: (Polley also ripped off Al Kooper, and Lou Christie as well)

The members of the band (from the Iveys) : Pete Ham, Tom Evans R.I.P. :angels:, Joey Molland, and Mike Gibbons R.I.P. :angels:

 
Torre82

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Relevant to your chuckles and musics:
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Supafly

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Robert Palmer. Had a lot of hits and misses, not all his records were completely THAT great.

Here's to his great work


Getting more suggestive :drool2:


With friends...

 
Torre82

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Supafly said:
Robert Palmer. Had a lot of hits and misses, not all his records were completely THAT great.

Here's to his great work
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Agreed.
Perhaps, unpopular opinion: Robert Palmer is like Bjork. Its nice to be creative. Its nice to have talent.

But it doesnt keep a legacy going to consistently be inconsistent.

Bands that did some pretty badass stuff, but you dont wanna hear their stuff more than once a year:

LIstened to ghosteen a few times. Usual Nick stuff.

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What Genre is muse, anyway?

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David Bowie. No example necessary.

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If you like country people doing other stuff, Kid Rock, Garth Brooks, Darius Rucker still dabbles in the dark arts.

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Anywho, keeping with 'classic rock' (The 90s are classic, now!) I gotta love my Nine Inch Nails.


Pop, Rock, Industrial, film soundtracks, instrumentals, more rock. Artsy fartsy side band with his wife. Influencer of last year's rap-country crossover. (I would never link to old town road. I'm not THAT obnoxious. lol)

So yeah. I'm off-topic. :)
 
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I saw Nick Cave with his band 1996 on the Orange Stage at Roskilde Festival

The bands that day that stage were:

Cypress Hill
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Nick Cave
I went to sleep before the Sex Pistols came on, which people told me was a wise decision, they were chased offstage with beer bottles for sucking extremely hard
 
John_8581

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Hey Torre82min and Supa!!!

Robert Palmer ... Okay. Bad Case of Loving You. Fine.

But Simply Irresistible? That's an 1980's song!
I like Robert Palmer, and I like Tony Thompson a heck of a lot as the drummer in the Power Station .. but that's an 1980s band.
Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nick Cave with or without the Bad Seeds? No. 1980s as well.

They don't belong here. Not in this thread!!

Stay on Topic or don't post in here!
 
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