Music thread for all you old hippies (vanity, oh yeah)

some former hippie

[West Texas Chuck]

Who among us used to be one of those long-haired flea-infested dope-smoking denizens of the rock concert world?

Guilty. And recovered.

Post up some old tunes for a Saturday night.

[DoctorBulldog]

Okay, honestly, folks. This thread has me digging through YouTube like a crackhead rifling through a stolen purse!

Here’s some more hidden nuggets from my misspent youth:

Jericho Jones - There is Always a Train.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHKIcHZg6hA

It was one of the first bass lines I learned for the bass guitar when I was a youngster.

After that, I was on to Frank Zappa and and Captain Beefheart. No need to link those, everybody knows them.

Of course, there’s some stuff I enjoyed back then that no one seems to know, like Necronomicon’s “Tips Zum Selbstmord.” (I think it means something like “tips for committing suicide) — I really dug that bluesy-funk bass line, man! (Check out the funk at the 1:27 time mark):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvvJvDqrNkA

And, Catapilla (See if you can pick out the Zappa/Beefheart flavor in this album):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8sX18hXD3I

And, whenever I watch “School of Rock,” I can’t help but think about Dr. Z’s “Three Parts to My Soul” whenever Jack Black starts singing about “Oh, You’re Not Hardcore, Unless You Live Hardcore” (and the legend of the rent was way hardcore!)— Go to about the 1:40 mark and listen for about a minute, you should be able to pick up on the “feel” of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlxucf8I5jA

And, if you dig those airy flute solos on Jethro Tull, then DO NOT miss this awesomeness from Focus’s “House of the King”:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK2xQBsOvrY

Enjoy!

[Revolting cat!]

Wild choices. That must have been some misspent youth. Never heard those groups before.

Jericho Jones is especially interesting (sorry, rock’n’roll on a flute standing on one leg don’t work for me), as it represents the period so well: singing and tunesmithing recalling the Association and even the Cowsills, while the instrumental work brings to mind Cream and Blind Faith. Maybe that’s why it didn’t go anywhere - it offended the fans of both sub-genres, who were never the same people.

[Califreak]

Paper Sun-Traffic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cp_3NEWTzU

Tragic Magic-Traffic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MHtxDqA9jE

Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream

http://vimeo.com/35540786

[DoctorBulldog]

"Wild choices. That must have been some misspent youth. Never heard those groups before."

Hehehehe! Yeah, my best friend's older brother worked at a record store and had an amazing record collection. My best friend and I would spend hours on end listening to his brother's record collection while shooting pool and playing air hockey in his basement.

Yup, I may have been young, but I knew the early '70s psychedelic, funk, and blues-rock scene backwards and forwards. I can still remember the artwork on just about every album cover. My memory may have faded over the years, but if you show me the album artwork, I can still name the band, almost instantly.

The Jericho Jones album was a plain, almost paper bag colored album with a simple drawing of a hand coming out of the rubble. It was the left hand and it had a crooked index finger. As I got older and learned about Communism, I subconsciously latched onto that drawing as representational of Leftist ideology...

Anyway, I later learned that Jericho Jones was an Israeli band that used to be called "The Churchill's." So, I don't think they were actually going for a Communist theme with that album cover.

...Just checked on YouTube. Amazingly enough, someone has actually posted a song from when Jericho was known as The Churchill's (Do a search for " הצ'רצ'ילים ")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5pfyx0NZCA

Until tonight, I hadn't heard that song, but it certainly encompasses the era! Amazing what you can discover on YouTube.

Cheers!

[JoeProBono]

[DoctorBulldog]

Oh yeah! Groovin’!

I don’t remember those early songs from Traffic, but I do remember the later songs from their album, “John Barleycorn Must Die.” It was another one of those paper-bag colored albums with a simple drawing on it showing a bundle of barley.

Thanks for sharing them!

Cheers!

[DoctorBulldog]

Yup, that’s it!!!

Cool! Brings back memories!

Cheers!

[DoctorBulldog]

My wife just surprised the eff outta’ me!

I was talking about Traffic’s “John Barleycorn Must Die” album and describing it to her when she said, “Hang on a second,” then, she started digging through her collection of vinyl and, surprise, surprise, she pulled out the album!

LOL!

She’s 7 years younger than me, so it never occurred to me that she had a Traffic album much less who Traffic even was!

We’ve known each other for almost 20 years and I still learn something new about her every day.

Anyway, gonna’ hafta’ get a needle for the old record player this week and jam out to some Traffic!

Cheers!

[DoctorBulldog]

P.S. - The sticker price on my wife’s album? $1.00 !!!

LOL! Those were the days!

[WhiskeyX]

and that was back in the day when there were sticker prices....

[21twelve]

Agreed on ELP and RUSH.

I enjoy once in awhile to listen to Rush’s covers of some of the songs that they liked and were influenced by. The originals are the best, but fun to see Rush’s take on them:

“Summertime Blues” (Live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GU8S82kfDbo

Mr. Soul (Buffalo Springfield)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qa3xbRu0MM

[Peet]

Two words: The FUGs

[Revolting cat!]

I should have guessed. Record store employees are usually hippest when it comes to offbeat, offshoot bands. Why do you think you hear such weird music whenever you step into a (Independent!) record store?!

[DoctorBulldog]

LOL! True dat!

Cheers!

[Fiji Hill]

Why do you think you hear such weird music whenever you step into a (Independent!) record store?!

Canterbury Records in Pasadena, Calif. is one of the last record stores in Southern California. Their merchandise is quite eclectic--pop, classical, rare R & B groups, a lot of bands from the 1920's and 1930's, and even some 33's, 45's and 78's. When you walk through the door, anything might be playing, from Petula Clark singing "Calendar Girl" in French to a 1940's performance of a Bach piece by a Dutch orchestra.