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Location: 6 String Ranch | The thread about Joplin and Big Brother got me thinking about this.
I never really liked them either but they were OK. I recently heard some of those tracks again and man do they suck. Amazing how 30+ years changes your perspective, on the music and the sound.
Back then I liked Iron Butterfly. I recently heard some of the stuff again and the tone is terrible. And the tunes are real weak.
OK, who did you like back then that now you listen to and have to say "WTF was I thinking?" |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | The Beatles. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Black Sabbath (see other thread.)
I liked Iron Butterfly then, too.
A really embarassing one was Barry Manilow.
I put in a Three Dog Night CD this morning. I liked them then and still like them now. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Like - Frank Zappa
WTF - The Wombles (I was about 8 at the time) |
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Location: NJ | Led Zeppelin.
Granted, there ARE a BUNCH of tunes of their's that I still LIKE (and even PLAY), but back when I was young I was a HUGE fan. When I saw them live and saw how much they sucked as a live band, it put the cracks in the porcelain. After PhysicalGraffitti, I didn't buy any of their albums. I saw the Plant/Page "UnLed-ed" Tour (under duress) and became a fan of the warm-up band (RustedRoot).
Nowadays, whenever I hear a tune of their's on the radio (and it's not one of the handful of obscure tunes that I like) I hear those insipid lyrics, stab the button, and say "aaah! . . SHUT the f@ck UP!!"
Jimmy Buffett's starting to "do" that to me too.
When I first saw him live, he was a drunk, broke, struggling singer-songwriter, and he was . . well, . . . "good".
The restaurants, the merchandising, the shitty tequila(and now beer), the crappy frozen foods, the "licensed banditry" of concert tickets, the "buddybuddy" Alan Jackson/Kenny Chesney bullshit, the incessant "talking" on his albums, and the really shitty "covers" of other people's tunes really soured me towards him. What he did to "Southern Cross" was bad enough. When I once bought a then-recent CD of his and I heard him BUTCHER Leon Russell's "Back To The Island" (a long-time fave of mine), I "sailed" the brand-new CD out of my car out onto the GardenStateParkway.
I used t'BUY his CD's sight-unheard.
Now, I'll just "burn" a copy of someone else's.
. . . "A Pirate Looks at Fifty-something". |
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Location: Jet City | Shawn Cassidy |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Here's a song that was real 'cool' back in 1967...
Not so much now... And they dress funny too.
If you don't wanna see/listen, it is The Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men :p |
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Location: Las Vegas, NV | Wow, that was really bad. I've only been playing guitar for about 7 months, and I've learned harder songs to play than that. And my son has been taking drum lessons (he's 7, no jokes please) for a couple of months, and he's just as good as their drummer.
Gee, maybe we should start a band... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | I must admit that I really liked Janis and the BBC. In fact I still have the 8 track album. Yes, in retrospect, there was more talent 'out there' at the time and since. But the memories that that tape regenerates are pricele$$!
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| Grand Funk Railroad
(Much of) The Doors
Alice Cooper
Steve Miller Band
The Allman Bros., on the other hand, still stand the test of time. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Fleetwood Mac. heard em way too much in the '70s and unfortunately, way too much since then.
+1 Allman Bros. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Damn... I was thinking the same thing a week or so ago but I can't remember what I was listening to at the time.
So.... I start this post thinking that, just like an up coming chord, it will be there when I need it.
And.....
Nope... didn't work.
The only Joplin song that has stood the test of time for me is "Piece-O-My-Heart". I still like it because it IS so sloppy and ragged. Could have been recorded on the first take in a garage. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I still pretty much still like every band I liked back then but now when I listen it is MAYBE ONE SONG.....certainly not the whole damn CD that typically sucks ass.
but there is still that one or two songs.....OMA's example of Status Quo is a good one.....I still like THAT SONG but almost everything else they did sucks. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Dave Clark Five..... the quintessential wannabes. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Glad All Over, Bits and Pieces, Because, I Like It Like That, Catch Us If You Can.....
My God man.....what's NOT to like! |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | OOOOoooo! Them's fightin' words see-man!
Mike Smith: definitely one of the strongest, most melodic voices in pop-rock.
I remember a time when the world was divided into
The best band in the world in The Dave Clark Five!
The best band in the world is The Beatles!
Before The Stones came along. Okay, maybe it was only a couple of weeks....but it was real!
So many people have something up their nose just because Dave Clark was a much better businessman than a drummer. How many former band members wished they had someone just like him in charge? |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | I used to love a band called Caravan back in the late 60's/early 70's. The were so HEAVY! I listen to them now and they sound like bubblegum. |
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| I guess there are a few bands that do not stand the test of time very well. After Cliff mentioned Zep... I do realize I have a different take on Led Zeppelin I thought I might mention. For me I was totally taken by their "Rock Gods" status and the cult appeal of these guy's back in the day. And like Cliff I find there are still moments of brillaince in there music that I do appreciate. But I totally used to skip over a lot of the acoustic stuff they did back then and not listen to it at all. At my age I was interested in Imigrant Song, Rock & Roll and Kashmire and you know the list. After returning to music Zep was one of the bands I decided to take the time and see what I missed. I went through their collection and have become better aquainted with work like That's the Way ( I honestly had no memory of ever hearing that song until a few years ago!), Goin to California, Gallows Pole, Thank You, Bron Ar Yor, No Quarter, Ten Years Gone, Battle of Evermore. Some of these were B side songs they are absolutely brilliant and fun to play for me now. So for me Zeppelin has become a pleasant surprise as I have now gone through their entire collection and found treasures that I did not know, nor care, exsisted 30 years ago.
I have lost my taste for much of the earlier Harder rock that I once thought was great. off the top of my head... Deep Purple does not hold my attention like it once did, Uriah Heep. Listened to some Toto the other day and wondered what I was thinking. Lots of bands do not hold uyp to time. I am proud to find most of the music I am into still does. Yes, Floyd, Genesis etc. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I'm with NC on the harder rock side of the coin...I don’t listen to it as much any more...and yes, much of what we listened to does sound dated...
or, maybe it's just taken 30 years to come down from the high times of the 60's, 70's 80's....
I appreciate most of the old stuff...some great bands and I had some great times at concerts and even backstage and at hotels with some of them...it was a blast for a young guy from Virginia getting to meet some of the biggest names while on the road with my own band(s)...
As much as I do like the music of Led Zep...they mostly did suck live...I do have the newer DVD which has some great stuff including a great acoustic set with Page playing a D-28...And Jones playing a mandolin...great stuff...
ZZ Top is probably way past their prime...but the early stuff was great...so who's to say... |
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Location: Omaha, NE | Junior year in high school, I played guitar for a girl singing "Evergreen" in a talent show. Makes me feel dirty just thinking about it.
Bands that have worn thin:
- Rush
- The Doors
- Jefferson Airplane
Bands that have aged well:
- Beatles
- The Who
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| Barclay James Harvest
Pure Prairie League
Strawbs
Reckless Eric
Romeo Void
Psychedelic Furs
Velvet Underground
Deep Purple |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | It's just that I liked Ray Davies better than Dave Clark, I guess, e.g., "His own sweat smells the best." Dave never wrote stuff like that. |
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| Born in a welfare state.
Ruled by bureaucracy.
Controlled by civil servants.
And people dressed in gray.
Got no privacy.
Got no liberty.
Because the twentieth century people.
Took it all away from me.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by seesquare:
Dave never wrote stuff like that. According to reliable sources "Dave" never really wrote anything.
I still like them tho....... |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Fair enough. Dave Clark was probably a jerk ( Rock N Roll Is A Vicious Game ), I was just trying to start an argument.
It's much too peaceful around here.
Wimps.
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and no fair bringing Ray Davies into the equation.
Apples and 2x4s, man! |
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Location: New South Wales, Australia | I was a huge fan of Neil Diamond's Hot August Night album back in the day but now it's hidden at the back of my record collection and hasn't seen the light of day in many years. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | That is probably a real good move |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | But he did play an Ovation!!
Check out the pics on the Album
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Location: NJ | Last month, I was flipping thru a copy of Performing Songwriter magazine. There was an interview with Kneel regarding his current album. In it was pretty good pic (BackInTheDay) of him playing his SlotHead . . . |
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Location: SoCal | I've never even heard of "Kneel".
When I was in college, I got an album called "The Phoenix Concerts" by John Stewart. Recorded live. It didn't take long, before I learned every tune on it. Just thought it was great.
Well, recently, after not hearing it for years, I found it on cd. Turns out there were a couple of good tunes on it and the rest was self indulgent junk.
Damn..... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I like just about anything with a melody, but if it was my preference, I could be forever happy with the music from somewhere between 1963 and 1969. |
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Location: North Carolina | Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
When I was in college, I got an album called "The Phoenix Concerts" by John Stewart. Recorded live. I saw Stewart (who died recently) about fifteen years ago playing a concert in a music store. There were about a dozen of us in the audience. He was on stage with only a bass player. It struck me that a guy who was in one of the biggest acts in the world and later sold out arenas as a solo had slipped a bit in popularity. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | It struck me that a guy who was in one of the biggest acts in the world and later sold out arenas as a solo had slipped a bit in popularity.
Nature of the beast! To heck with the past, it's: "What have you done today?"...sort of stinks, huh... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | The Archies, 1910 Fruitgum Company and all the rest of the bubblegum popsters. |
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What was I thinking?