Teens Save Classic Rock

Rolling Stone ^ | Feb. 9, 06 | Brian Hiatt

[weegee]

"Adults" were busy pushing Harry Belefonte and other acts while the Beatles were withheld from an American audience.

The suits are clueless.

The lack of exposure to good/new/young music does not mean it doesn't exist.

[weegee]

You couldn't pay me enough today to go see the Stones,the Temptations or any other group from the 50's of 60's.

Does that include James Brown?

[Mr. Blonde]

There is most definitely some good music out there that doesn't get mainstream exposure. Radio is too highly formatted for some music to get a chance because it doesn't fit with in narrowly defined groups, and MTV rarely shows videos anymore and when it does it's even harder to find a rock band. The Drive By Truckers are a prime example of not fitting into a format, but being deserving of wide exposure and not getting it.

[Clemenza]

I prefer "In the Lap of the Gods" on the same album.

[Gay State Conservative]

Moody Blues "Days Of Future Passed"...God,they did some great stuff

Are You Experienced?....ditto,Hendrix,plus he was Army Airborne

Abbey Road by Beatles....pretty good,Rubber Soul and Revolver were better

Sticky Fingers...their last great work

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac...Bare Trees and Heroes are Hard To Find were better (Christine McVie!!!)

Tea For The Tillerman by Cat Stevens...One great,great song on this (Sad Lisa)

Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles...memories!

Cream Wheels Of Fire...The British Invasion at its best.

The Kinks : Ultimate Collection....ditto,the Kinks

Buffalo Springfield Retrospective....appallingly under-rated group.

Creedence Clearwater Revival Essential Album: Chronicle..one of the great American groups of the 60's

Blonde On Blonde Bob Dylan...Dylan's one of the great writers of the folk/rock era,his first few albums were classics.

[weegee]

For those who want to hear what Little Steven's show is all about (schedule/stations list as well as archives)

http://www.littlestevensundergroundgarage.com/

You are as likely to hear the High Dials, Sugar Shack, Detroit Cobras, or Dirtbombs as you are to hear "classic rock" on this show though (and his 60s playlist includes the Creation and the Pretty Things, unlike traditional "Classic Rock"). Actually I find that to be a good thing.

[lowbridge]

when you tune your radio to a classic rock station. You won't hear any 50's rock, but a whole lot of 70's and 80's guitar rock.

The classic rock station in my area (WCBS FM 101.1 ) USED to play alot of 1950s rock tunes (along with 60s and 70s rock), But then all of the sudden decided that they weren't going to play 1950s tunes anymore (I cant recall the reason). Then they dumped the oldies format:

ABC News: NY Station Suddenly Dumps Oldies Format

CBS-FM Adopts Jack Format

[Dick Vomer]

Good playlist! Turn it up

as they said in Spinal Tap

I'll turn it ahhhlll the way up.all the way up , all the way up..

I've got an amp that goes to 11....it's for when you go all the way up to 10 and you just need that little extra push... yep, that's what the 11 is for...hahahahahaha

I first heard "Nights in White Satin" at 2 or 3 in the morning on KONO in San Antonio...

I think it was 860 on the AM dial.... it freaked me out cause the part that woke me up was the guy talking about

"Breathe deep the gathering gloom,
Watch lights fade from every room.
Bedsitter people look back and lament
Another day's useless energy is spent.
Impassioned lovers wrestle as one;
Lonely man cries for love and has none;
New mother picks up and suckles her son;
Senior citizens wish they were young.
Cold-hearted orb that rules the night
Removes the colours from our sight,
Red is grey is yellow white
But we decide which is right
And which is an illusion
...then creepy violin music...

freaked me OUT!! Cause I thought some guy had crept into my room or something...hahahaha

[Dick Vomer]

And rent "Dazed and Confused."

that's very strange... if you rent Fandango, you'll here two of the most beautiful Pat Metheny songs of ALL time... on the "As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls"

.... look at the movie and you'll instantly notice them..."It's For You" and September Fifteenth - (dedicated to Bill Evans) ... two very GREAT SONGS...wow another Pat Metheny fan.... it's a great day in the Lone Star State!!

[MikeD]

What goes around, comes around. Guitars were big when I was a teenager (late 80's, early 90's). Then, they went out of style. Now, I guess they're coming back. We've got a 15-year-old kid in our worship band at church who can play Zeppelin licks almost as well as I can. My boss's 16-year-old son borrows my Floyd & Queen collections. Heck, my 9-year-old son loves the Beatles, Queen, Floyd, Cream, and Creedence. His current favorite albums are McCartney's "Ram" and Brian Wilson's "Gettin' In Over My Head."

There is a lot of disposable pop out there, but the old stuff is what still endures. There's a reason the Beatles were the top selling artists of 1996 and 2001...

Drat, I couldn't figure out a way to plug Glenn Tilbrook and Squeeze in that rant. Wait, I just did!

[Mr. Blonde]

I kind of had to laugh when I saw I was getting a reply from Mike D. on a music thread. I assume you aren't the actual member of The Beastie Boys, but still I thought it was ironic.

I really wish The Beatles and Led Zeppelin were on iTunes. I would like to see how they fare on there.

[Richard Kimball]

Maybe your part of Central Texas, but I don't remember hanging out with the Village People in leisure suits. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

I was more of a Jerry Jeff, Linda Ronstadt, Commander Cody, Pointer Sisters, Jackson Browne, Emy Lou Harris, Charlie Daniels, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lynard Skynard, Allman Brothers, Doug Kershaw kind of guy.

BTW, before you guys pick on Linda, I know what she looks like now, but to a nineteen year old kid standing right under the front of the stage at Armadillo World Headquarters, well, you just had to be there:

BTW, no I didn't take these photos. They're from other concerts done about the same time. However, when THAT girl looked directly down at me, with THESE EYES

and sang,

"And if you want me to beg, I'll fall down on my knees,
And ask you to come back, I'll be begging you to come back,
Pleading for you to come back to me.

I nearly died. She grinned as she looked at other concert goers. Another victim of those eyes. She knocked me down and layed me out with just a look.

[MikeD]

No, I'm closer to being a member of the Beach Boys (which I'm not) than the Beastie Boys. That whole beard thing.

Anyway, Zeppelin used to be on Yahoo's launchcast. Now, I think they only let you hear the BBC album. I heard there were negotiations to put the Beatles on some internet service, but I haven't heard any details in a while. Either way, I can guarantee Apple Computers will not distribute the Beatles' music...

[Dick Vomer]

Maybe your part of Central Texas, but I don't remember hanging out with the Village People in leisure suits. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

hey, hey, hey.... we were at a wedding, at a ranch that involved firearms, alcohol, rabbits, trucks, javalinas, cactus spines, and hungry ranch dogs.....

all while dressed in portions of the afformentioned "powder blue" tuxedoes that were popular back then..... at 2 in the morning....

by then nobody could operate a camera at the time but I'm sure the photos woulda been GREAT!!!...Jerry Jeff Walker in the Background...maybe a little ZZ Top "Mexican Blackbird"...or George Strait

[Dick Vomer]

I was at the Armadillo the night she shut down.... Jerry Jeff drunk on the stage, Asleep at the Wheel...and Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airman...

a buddy of mine fell UNDER the stage and it took him 30 minutes to find his way back out..... By then we'd all found some snuff queens that were 6 pack "gorgeous" and the night lives in infamy as a 300 mile roadtrip to this day that started our post graduate studies....

Speed limit 75, drinking age 18 and we were all bullet proof...hahaahahahahaha