Posted on 08/28/2006 10:40:29 AM PDT by qam1
That's what attracted me to early Pink Floyd - the eerie minor-chord sound. So different from Yummy Yummy Yummy I Got Love in My Tummy.
Yeah, that guy was the real deal. I guess Iggy was too ugly for mainstream appeal like Cobain. Same with the Ramones, they could sell out tours but not any albums. Hey speaking of which, check out this video of them from 1974 at CBGBS..Talk about a mind blower, this must literally be one of the first gigs they ever did, if not the first gig...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWHAL_q1ne8
Mann recorded it. Springsteen wrote it.
An great cover of an excellent Nine Inch Nails song.
Here you go, Iggy Pop 1970, 4 years before the Ramones, yet the Ramones are called the Godfathers of Punk. Explain that one to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD_XCECbAEU
Aerosmith did cover "Come together". Not bad - same arrangement as the Beatles..............FRegards
well that just goes to show you that Im a lousy music cricket ;)
Comparing it to my and the current American generation's music that is/was, with some exceptions, either whiny and self-aborbed, or angrily rebellious, I find myself thinking: Music for Grownups versus Music for Adolescents. Look at the pictures, for the past what, 30, 40 years -- the "serious" young rock band poses for the camera, nary a smile among the musicians. The setting is gritty, somber. "This is serious work that weighs heavily on us," they seem to be saying. Dopes.
Wow. Great find, and a BUMP.
By the way, I remember picking up Barrett's 'Madcap Laughs' back in college (circa 1975) and it was terrible. But although this writer mentions Barrett's inspirations on his old band he fails to mention the most important and obvious: 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
That's pure speculation. Those two guys were definitely not wimpy go-alongs.
The big band guys were no angels, either. Don't let the snazzy suits fools ya...
And Nashville calls itself "Music City" and the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame went to Cleveland.
Sometimes there's just no justice.
I saw a Sprinsteen concert in 1974 when he didn't have a whole lot of his own material. He played a lot of oldie covers and the concert was outstanding. I remember it was the first time I ever saw a disco ball.
Well I meant music wise. Iggy had the idea, but his songs where a lot of basic three chord stuff where Cobain had come up with a lot more complicated melodies and pushed punk further. I don`t care what anyone says, but you listen to that album Nevermind, the music in that thing is brilliant. I`m not talking about the words, but the music. Listen to Lithium or Drain you, it isn`t the usual punk but music that brings it to a whole new level.
Amen, there is Iggy, the rest are posers.
Another excellent post, Finny ~ especially love this sentence of yours:
That stuff infuses the spirit with goodness.
Oooh, sorry! Springsteen wrote "Blinded by the Light" and "I Came for You", both of which Manfred Mann recorded. They are found on Springsteen's "Greeting from Asbury Park" album.
And don't forget Iggy's brilliant, Oscar-worthy performance in Snow Day!
I know they did. But the Beatles did it first, and calling it an Aerosmith song is like calling "It Ain't Me Babe" a Turtles song. Or calling "Needles and Pins" a Tom Petty song. (See the post I was responding to.)
You entirely misread me. Whether or not these people were or are "angels" is wholesale irrelevant. Music is the ONLY relevant factor, because music is language that transcends visual or verbal cues. The lyrics could be in Chinese, for all I care. It's the MUSIC that inspires you to feel good, optimistic, energetic, mature, in charge -- or MUSIC that inspires you to rage, depression, self-pity, adolescent arrogance, or darkness.
But I'd be willing to bet you quite a lot that pound for pound among musicians, there's been a LOT more despair and junkie-ism rampant in one kind of music than in the other.
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