What is you favorite bands, songs, or singer?

Sex Pistols anyone?

i looked up the animated king & i, and i have to say i find its description disturbing:

Monkeys as main characters are bothersome anyway. Always getting into mischief & upsetting something.

Amy - I laughed about the "timeless" comment - one of my pet peeves.

My list could have occupied 2' of space, as there is so much I like.
I guess I focused on the 60's/70's because of a recent converstion I had with my son & his friends. I was trying to communicate to them about this tidal wave of creativity that happened then, and all the directions it went in: so many different forms of auditory expression and all at once - and it knew no bounds. Living at that time & in that place made it seem surreal - we were immersed in the music & all that it encompassed.

Al - a Fripp fan! Did you follow his collaboration with Brain Eno? Roxy Music in it's early days was quite different, and they put on brilliant shows.

Dave - Mad Dogs & Englishmen? and for time reference, were you lucky enough to see Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green? His guitar playing was ethereal - never heard anyone else play like him.
I have a preference for instrumental music, particularly guitar, but love a well-crafted song.
I'll listen to any genre if the singer has superb pipes.
Voice as instrument: Manhattan Transfer, anyone?

Mad Dogs And Englishmen was great!
Not sure about Green. At that time I didn't even know who Stevie Nicks was.

Amy, the monkey isn't a main character; rather, a sidekick of the teacher's son.

I too am a child of the 60's and 70's so I grew up with many of the artists listed in previous posts. Over the past 10 years or so I've really gotten into contemporary folk and Americana music, Peter Mulvey, Dave Alvin, Martin Sexton, Ellis Paul, Cheryl Wheeler, and many many more. Here are a couple of favorite videos and Carrie Newcomers web page. (her voice is amazing!)


Ray Lamontagne........ Empty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIUSikXex5w

Ellis Paul.......God's Promise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et-4WksmFkk

Carrie Newcomer...........Amazing singer/songwriter with a gorgeous voice. Hear her new album here: http://www.carrienewcomer.com/#albums.html


early_bloomer

I do have my top 3 songs from the '70's
Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' Tears
Rock On - David Essex
Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller

Katye - Fripp & Eno's stuff was some hard stuff to get into - I did give them a try. As much as I liked Eno's work on Heroes and Fripp's work on Scary Monsters for a common thread. I like Roxy Music. Ever spin any Jeff Beck from the mid70's?

I liked Steve Miller.

Ever listen to his psychedelic stuff from the 60's? Boz Scaggs was still with him - pretty far out!

Don't think so - sounds interesting! Did anyone mention the Rascals or the Animals?

Loved The Animals - very outlaw-ish.

Sort of Procul Harem like:
http://music.msn.com/album/?album=29458705

The Steve Miller Band was another regular in Golden Gate park, they had a unique sound and continued to, post Boz-Scaggs.
Rascals were East coast, right? I think they had more gigs in LA than SF, but had a healthy West coast following.
Animals - they played SF a few times and their guitarist (name???) was very good.

Al - How about that famous Bloomfield-Kooper-Stills "Supersession"?

Jeff Beck - followed him since the Yardbirds. I really enjoyed his rock-jazz fusion on the Blow by Blow, & Wired releases. He was always pushing the envelope as far as he could with his guitars. That's what made it interesting, at least for me.

Eno/Fripp - well, what can I say? Musicians pushing the boundaries of what can be done with voice & instruments to achieve a variety of outcomes: sound & mood response was their goal. I like anything different; always willing to test-drive something new. These days, it's plants!
Dave - Peter Green was pre Stevie Nicks: left in 1970. "Then Play On" was the last album he played on. FM went through quite a transition soundwise, and were fabulously successful. I preferred the hard blues emphasis they had in their early days, though.

yay - "Heroes" - one of my all time favourite albums! i even like side 2 - and i rarely like instrumentals. Well, except the last song - "The Secret Life of Arabia" which has to be one of the most awful songs ever recorded. i have never understood - is it supposed to be some kind of joke?
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early bloomer - finally a kindred spirit!
i did the lighting for an Ellis Paul show some years back in STL - a split bill with Susan Werner. He was great - a little spacey - he kept getting lost on the way to the venue...
You mentioned Dave Alvin - are you familiar with Tom Russell? Dave has recorded some of Tom's songs - specifically "Blue Wing" (one of my favourites, and "Hailey's Comet."

amy
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Al, You still spin Jeff Beck, Daddio? ;^) seriously, Jeff is great

Katye, I don't know the pre-nicks Fleetwood, sounds interesting.

amy............I am familiar with Tom Russell, in fact I saw him last year in a double-bill in Cleveland's Beachland Ballroom with Eliza Gilkyson. It was a great show. They each did 2 sets then did a few together at the end. He's coming back next month solo and I'm planning seeing him again. I've always loved Blue Wing and Alvin covered another favorite of mine, California Snow, which I think Russell wrote as well. I kind of live in the middle of nowhere and the Beachland is the closest venue (around 85 miles away) so I've seen a lot of shows there. The New England area where you are sure has produced a bunch of great singer/songwriters over the past 10 or 20 years.. Patty Griffin, Peter Mulvey, Ray Lamontagne, Ellis Paul, Martin Sexton, Dar Williams etc..........it's a long list. John Hiatt is probably my all time favorite performer and he's appearing with Lyle Lovett later this month in Buffalo. I'd love to go but driving up to Buffalo in mid-February is always a big gamble. Ever here of a fellow from Iowa, Greg Brown?

early_bloomer

Dave - I do. I only have him vinyl, I have a limited tolerance for Jan Hammer though.
I play Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells too.

Always liked Jeff's riff on Stevie Wonder's Music of my Mind. Speaking of which, a genius we haven't mentioned yet. Stevie's Motown & early Tambla recordings were amazing.

Speaking of Motown, why has it seemingly been written off? Many of us cut our musical teeth on that genre, and there were some extremely brilliant musicians & songwriters that hail from that era of music. Follow it & look at all that spun off from it...
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells was the first of its kind - no? Considering how tracks had to be laid down back then, I'd say the guy was way ahead of his time. Technology has made it fairly easy, considering the methods previously used.

Stevie Wonder - definately would have liked to have seen him perform live - he has an infectious energy about him.

Dave - I would recommend listening to the early F.Mac days but only if you tolerate blues-based rock. There are great similarities between the US & England regarding the music progression of the 50's & early 60's. The Blues influence on Rock is worth noting; it was raw, earthy & a precursor to what happened later in that decade, influencing such notables as Eric Clapton.

EB - didn't Greg Brown marry Iris DeMent recently? i just love her, and she deserves happiness... i was privileged to do lighting for her in a nice concert venue in STL (one of the high points of my career!) and she was so nice, but had been through a rough time personally...
i believe Greg Brown also has a grown daughter named Pieta, who is a musician that i saw back in St. Louis too...

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Oh yeah - Stevie is a big omission on my part too! Some of my favorite all-time songs are his - many, actually.

I saw Stevie Wonder a couple of times. He does a great concert.

Katye, I like blues-rock. I'll give them a try. I thought Entwistle's (?) solo stuff was interesting. A little to out there for me, but interesting.
Muddy Waters was a huge influence on rock-n-roll that is often ignored.

amy.......Yeah, Greg and Iris married a few years back. I believe they adopted a young girl too. Pieta recently married Greg's longtime guitar player and sidekick Bo Ramsey. Huge age difference there. I've seen Brown a few times and saw Iris a couple of years ago shortly after she married Greg. She talked a lot about the marriage and seemed very happy. She was solo and accompanied herself on the piano most of the show. It was captivating. Walking Home Tonight has to be one of the most haunting songs I have ever heard.

I left Bill Morrissey and Catie Curtis off my list of NE faves. I've never seen Morrissey live-he doesn't seem to tour much anymore-at least not down here.

Photo: Greg Brown (this photo is not mine)

early_bloomer



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No one mentioned the Ding a Ling song!

Or the 'Streak' song.

Who thinks up these things?

Oh yeah, I remember the streak song. 'He's just in the mood to ride in the nude!...'

ah... now we know what Victor's song is...

Remember this line from a 70's song?

'You think you got a pretty face? But the rest of you is out of place...'

Words to the song if you care to read them all.
http://artists.letssingit.com/ray-stevens-lyrics-the-streak-nsktj67

That Ding-a-Ling song was great, wasn't it. In my school it was like the national anthem - everyone sang it!

i've always been bothered by,

On a positive note Amy, I'm pretty sure that song is fictional.

Been listening to Cream today. Blast from the past. Anyone else remember?

Disraeli gears?
Wheels of Fire?
Goodbye?

I loved Disraeli Gears.
Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce What a trio!

dave:
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That was a classic for sure.

Sorry Amy

Geez, Dave - do you know how long it took me to write that!?
i think i deserve better...