Posted on 04/21/2019 6:36:15 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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Jethro Tull
If it doesn’t make you move, it isn’t “rock”.
This is killer. NEver heard this before.
Well, I have favorite songwriters that I listen to a lot but you’ll never hear them played on the wasteland that is radio.
Mary Gauthier
Robbie Fulks
Walter Salas Humara
Victoria Williams
Bill Mallonee
Howe Gelb
To name a few.
Among my favourites is the Genesis era is from 1972 to 1974, when they made Foxtrot, Selling England By the Pound, and Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Wind and Wuthering, And Then There Were Three, and Genesis (1983) were also decent albums, but the aforementioned ones were the much superior to anything else they made.
“What other hand would use an oboe?”
King Crimson: Lizard - Prince Rupert Awakes
Just a beautiful song with Jon Anderson from Yes lead vocal.
Rick Wakeman: Journey To The Center Of The Earth
But I did not end with read a book. Read the whole post.
“If intellectual music means mind engaging and rich, it’s hard to find any in rock aside from heavy metal.”
Correct.
The pablum the poster refers to is bird music for girls.
Just like 99% of Mozart, who wrote a single great work in a minor key...Requiem.
Brain music comes from Beethoven, Brahms, Wagner, Mendelssohn, Mahler etc.
And let’s not forget Black Sabbath. The Pinnacle of Brain music from the 20th century.
Greg Lake had a fairly deep and beautiful voice. Not a castrate or falsetto.
That’s why there’s a statue of Zappa in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Well enjoy
I have all three pre-Steve Perry Journey albums. They’re great! Actually I never cared much for the Perry era.
Almost anything by The Tubes.
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“Louie Louie”
Chuck Berry neither wrote the song or recorded it (Bob Seger).
“Mountain’s Nantucket Sleigh-ride...”
Scenes From an Imaginary Western.
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A lot of stuff by Rush, especially Tom Sawyer.
Good to see Genesis well-represented here.
A Trick of the Tail is a special album for me. Of all of the Genesis songs, “Ripples” will always be my favorite.
I had, at one time or another, both “The Year of the Cat” and “Past, Present and Future” and played them both to death. I still love to listen to “Roads To Moscow”.
I think that there are few things more subjective than music - it is all truly a matter of taste. I was fortunate enough to be born with an appreciation for a wide range of music. But for some odd reason I’ve always had trouble understanding lyrics. I was a natural audience for the parody songs that made fun of the “correct” song lyrics.
When I listen to music I pay far more attention, both as a listener and a musician, to the tune as to the lyrics. Again, tis all a matter of taste.
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