Posted on 04/21/2019 6:36:15 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
My friends there is such a thing. It makes you want to listen closely to the lyrics. My examples would be Emerson, Lake, and Palmer "From the Beginning". Then there's Elton with "Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters." Yes-"I've Seen All Good People and Rod Stewart's "Gasoline Alley". It makes your ears work a bit but worth it. Funny how it's mostly 70's music.
I miss Frank.
Go to youtube and get Steve How and Les Paul.
Wow.
Who?
ELO
ELP
Supertramp
Yes
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Peter Gabriel (within and without Genesis) always had thought-provoking material.
His third solo album (melt) is one of my faves.
Terrapin Station by Grateful Dead
The whole album is great IMHO, especially the title track. What other hand would use an oboe?
Music is rhythm and Melody. You want intellect? Read a book.
Like I said I like some of what was posted but it’s mostly pop not rock.
Some intellectual rock (not all their work is rock) Billy Joel(some good stuff), Springsteen (who I loathe), Dylan’s Rock phase (hey it’s Dylan!)
ELO and Emerson Lake etc. is what I call castrato music. (Even Elton had a more manly voice).
Incoming.....
Steve How and Les Paul- wow is right
Throw in Chet Atkins and the room couldn’t hold them.
They are playing the blues. Never heard Howe play the blues.
Also a good youtube with Billy Gibbons and Les Paul.
Oh, you must be referring to that genre of rock for silly girls...
Because real rock is a manly venture.
If intellectual music means mind engaging and rich, it’s hard to find any in rock aside from heavy metal. Moving outside the genre, intellectual music means Mozart and Wagner. Specifically, Mozart 40 and Wagner’s Ring series.
Genesis: The Fountain of Salmacis
King Crimson: Epitaph
Caravan: Nine Feet Underground
Camel: Lady Fantasy
Fruupp: Lord of the Incubus
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus
Renaissance: Ashes Are Burning
Arabesque: Cobbler’s Knob
Fuchsia: Gone With The Mouse
...to name a few great prog bands.
Steely Dan can also be categorized as intellectual rock! From their "Can't Buy a Thrill" LP:
Kick butt guitar by Elliott Randall!
Read a book? Compared to lyrics glorifying sex this rock I speak of is intellectual. Some folks just need a beat and don’t listed. Wonder what the Deadheads are doing these days. Probably went to work.
I can’t argue with you about 70’s music. It’s still the best. But I can’t listen to it forever. I’m still looking for something new even if it is nothing like we had back in the good old days.
But I stand by my total disinterest in lyrics. I don’t read poetry either.
Iron maiden sings a lot of historical stuff.
My musical tastes cover a wide gamut and I can get into pretty much any kind of rock (or classical, country, jazz and blues for that matter). I'm still mining the decade of the 1970s however. I recently discovered the pre-Steve Perry Journey albums. Pretty good stuff despite the stupid album art.
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