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Post by housebrick on Jun 2, 2014 13:36:05 GMT -5
Used to love this band from the 70's
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Post by Dan on Jun 3, 2014 22:26:51 GMT -5
Used to love this band from the 70's Kansas had/has many great songs besides the pop , radio fluff i.e. 'Dust In the Wind", "Point of Know Return", "Carry On Wayward Son" that most people are familiar with. "Song For America", Miracles Out of Nowhere", "Mysteries and Mayhem", "Icarus", "Musicatto", "The Pinnacle", "Lamplight Symphony", and "A Glimpse of Home" are all songs that I think Tull fans would enjoy. Besides Ian Anderson, Steve Walsh was one of the most energetic performers I have ever seen live. Original violinist, Robbie Steinhart was an admitted Tull fan and sort of patterned his "look" after Ian and appeared on the various artist Tull Tribute album, "To Cry You A Song" performing "A New Day Yesterday". Ex -Tull drummer Barrie Barlow appeared on Kansas member, Kerry Livgren's "Seeds of Change " album. And I can't find the individual song on You Tube but the intro to "Hopelessly Human" found at 1:13:16 on this link reminds me of the beginning of Tull's 1978 Madison Square Garden release. Catch them live it they are around and it is ironic that many Kansas fans are lamenting the fact that lead singer, Steve Walsh's voice is not what it once was. Dan
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Post by giveguybrushgrog on Jun 10, 2014 11:03:27 GMT -5
in no particular order:
black sabbath alice in chains/jerry cantrell supertramp the beach boys/brian wilson eminem the beatles queens of the stone age silverchair
then theres tull/ian, and half a dozen bands ive liked enough to listen to obsessively, but not as obsessively long term: nirvana, the foo fighters, red hot chili peppers, system of a down, alanis morrisette, two green day albums, the misfits, tom petty, a great deal of jack white related material, nine inch nails.
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Post by Michael Crowe on Jun 12, 2014 0:35:06 GMT -5
in no particular order: black sabbath alice in chains/jerry cantrell supertramp the beach boys/brian wilson eminem the beatles queens of the stone age silverchair then theres tull/ian, and half a dozen bands ive liked enough to listen to obsessively, but not as obsessively long term: nirvana, the foo fighters, red hot chili peppers, system of a down, alanis morrisette, two green day albums, the misfits, tom petty, a great deal of jack white related material, nine inch nails. This has got me thinking how much I like some of the bands from the last couple decades, particularly Green Day, Umphrey's McGee and Soundgarden, but over the last month or so I've seen recent concerts on AXS TV by Zeppelin, ELP, David Gilmore, Asia, Yes, Hagar, Allman Brothers, etc, and a DVD by Heaven And Hell (Sabbath with Dio) and there's really no comparison. When that generation of musicians born in the decade roughly 1945 to 1955 are gone, there'll be no one left qualified to play that music anymore. Funny, I don't think any of those guys back around 1969 could ever concieve of themselves still playing the music and playing it well in 2014. That was a youth culture then and the music of the generation before (Big Band) was all but dead. These days it seems rock music has a longer shelf life than some of the styles of the past. Now days a successful musician in their twenties can realistically expect to have a viable career into their seventies.
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Post by Nonfatman on Jun 12, 2014 9:44:40 GMT -5
It's funny because aside from Tull and seventies Genesis (and at one time, Yes), I have never liked the all-time great seventies bands like Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Doors, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Stones, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, etc., etc. I do recognize the greatness of those bands, how unique each one was, how musically gifted they were, and I like a handful of songs from each of those bands, but none of them really did that much for me. I have one or two of their albums, but I never felt the need to buy all their stuff.
There are only a few artists that I have really connected with over the years besides Tull, and those include Genesis (through And Then There Were Three), Peter Gabriel, Richard Thompson, Elvis Costello (the first six or seven albums), The Beatles (of course), Midnight Oil, REM, about a third of Rush's material and Grant Lee Buffalo. With each of them it was not only the music, but something about the lyrics, and the emotion with which the lead singer delivered them, that appealed to me.
Jeff
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Post by TM on Jun 12, 2014 12:56:07 GMT -5
in no particular order: black sabbath alice in chains/jerry cantrell supertramp the beach boys/brian wilson eminem the beatles queens of the stone age silverchair then theres tull/ian, and half a dozen bands ive liked enough to listen to obsessively, but not as obsessively long term: nirvana, the foo fighters, red hot chili peppers, system of a down, alanis morrisette, two green day albums, the misfits, tom petty, a great deal of jack white related material, nine inch nails. Interesting list especially with the inclusion of the Beach Boys. I used to the love their music. Haven't listened to it in years.
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