music survey cuz i;m bored and nosey

[chcr]

Weather report was a jazz combo in the late 80's.

A pretty good one too. What about the Dixie Dregs, Gato? I liked "Shapes of Things" a lot. If your a fan, Steve Morse has a website.

 

[Ms Ann Thrope]

Lou Reed -- Heroin
Talking Heads -- a tie between Psycho Killer and their cover of Al Green's Take Me to the River
Roxy Music -- Love is the Drug
Bryan Ferry (solo) -- his version of Hurricane
Elvis Costello -- a tie -- Oliver's Army and Lipstick Vogue
The Mammas and the Pappas -- a tie -- Dream a Little Dream of Me (Mama Cass) and California Dreamin'
Joni Mitchell -- Free Man in Paris
Blind Faith -- Can't Find My Way Home
Traffic -- Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Patti Smith -- Dancing Barefoot

and some jazz (but this is painfully abbreviated, couldn't begin to pick my fave Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, Ornette Coleman, Duke Ellington, etc etc etc)
Stan Getz -- Aguas De Marco (Waters of March)
Dave Brubeck -- Blue Rondo A La Turk
Bill Evans -- Little Lulu
Miles Davis -- Birth of the Cool (entire damn CD)

and too much classical, baroque, romantic and new symphonic to list

 

[tonksy]

Lou Reed -- take a walk on the wild side...but that's the only one i can think of...i keep meaning to listen to more of him...really i do.
Talking Heads -- Take Me to the River and she was
Roxy Music -- um...still haven't heard any, natalie....
Bryan Ferry (solo) --
Elvis Costello -- i am in love with his and burt bacharach's version of never fall in love any again....just terrific.
The Mammas and the Pappas - didn't they do hazy shade of winter? i'm not so up on them.
Joni Mitchell -- um....can't say as i know any....do i have to turn in my cool card now?
Blind Faith --
Traffic -- dear mr. fantasy
Patti Smith -- i don't remember.

don't mind me...i just love talking about this stuff...

 

[Ms Ann Thrope]

don't sweat it tonks -- I don't know half the bands that other people have posted, and don't know three quarters of the stuff people list in the "what are you listening to now" thread

But SHIT!! I forgot to mention these guys -- and they're HUGE favorites...stuck on a desert island stuff...

Richard Thompson (without Linda) -- Read about Love
New York Dolls -- Personality Crisis

 

[Gonz]

ACDC - don't know any of their music
AEROSMITH - don't know any of their music
BLACK SABBATH - don't know any of their music
GUNS 'N ROSES -don't know any of their music
METALLICA - don't know any of their music
OZZY OSBOURNE - don't know any of his music

Now, I believe we're getting to the bottom of those deep seated issues

Start here:

AC Dc-Beating Around the Bush
Aerosmith-Rats in the Cellar
Black Sabbath-Fairies wear Boots
GnR-Nighttrain
Meatallica-Just steal ALL of it...they're great
Ozzy-Well, anything with Randy Rhoades or before

 

[Leslie]

doctor hook and david wilcox are conspicuously missing in this thread

 

[tonksy]

dr hook -- cover of the rolling stone

i don't recall david wilcox

 

[Leslie]

he's from here...and he's WONDERFUL

doctor hookish with a bluesy edge
you'd like riverboat fantasy i bet

 

[Leslie]

http://www.davidwilcoxrocks.com/bio.htm

Sittin' on a riverboat
Havin' a party
Me and my Cajun Queen
She's turnin' twenty-one on the Mississippi river
Headin' down to New Orleans
The year is 1894
Oh come on mama
And love me some more
Her dark eyes flash
Like a gambler's rings
She shakes her pretty head and sings

Life for me is a riverboat fantasy
Watchin'the sun go down
A rock and roll band
With a reefer in my hand
Now look at that wheel go around
Cocaine kisses and moonshine Misses
That's the life for me
I'm sailing away from my heartache
On a riverboat fantasy

Can't think, can't drink
Anymore whisky
I could'a drunk a river dry
Mmmmm...this old boat she's
Just sittin' in the moonlight
Catchin' the gleam in her eye
Showers of rain come pourin' down
The sky full of stars
Like a french lace gown
Shimmer, glimmer
I think I'm gonna fall
Whoops catch me mama, that's all!

 

[Ms Ann Thrope]

Now, I believe we're getting to the bottom of those deep seated issues

Start here:

AC Dc-Beating Around the Bush
Aerosmith-Rats in the Cellar
Black Sabbath-Fairies wear Boots
GnR-Nighttrain
Meatallica-Just steal ALL of it...they're great
Ozzy-Well, anything with Randy Rhoades or before

thanks for the recommendations... I'll check them out... as soon as I finish listening to Wagner's Complete Ring Cycle

j/k -- I've copied the list and will look them up...

 

[Leslie]

don't listen to him...he's giving you the freakish ones

 

[Gonz]

I'm certainly not going to give her top40 crap songs....these are the ones that went over the heads of most...

Disclaimer-An Admin of this site has jokingly suggested that a member steal all of Meatallica's songs. Since, to the best of OTC's judgement, OTC does not believe that Meatallica exists nor that said admin was serious in his reference to illegal activities. Please, wash behind your ears & don't steal music. ---an OTC admin___

 

[Leslie]

well yeah..but there's a middling ground for beginners...don't wanna scare her away

 

[Ms Ann Thrope]

I'm certainly not going to give her top40 crap songs....these are the ones that went over the heads of most

I appreciate your faith in me, Gonz...

 

[Gonz]

just remember, headbang is only a generalized term. Do not hurt yourself

 

[Ms Ann Thrope]

just remember, headbang is only a generalized term. Do not hurt yourself

no worries... you're talking to someone who used to slamdance to the Sex Pistols on a regular basis

 

[Gonz]

wait a minute....you slammed to teh Pistols & never heard ACDC.....*the look*

 

[Ms Ann Thrope]

wait a minute....you slammed to teh Pistols & never heard ACDC.....*the look*

heard OF them... didn't listen to them

I was a punk, baby.... shaved head and all... AC/DC was just too "establishment"

 

[Gonz]

The difference between punks & headbangers was....
we had long hair, you had none....
we wore handcuffs for fashion, you wore them on your way to jail...
black leather...well, everybody looks good in black leather...
We had enough sense to not stage dive (ever see Heston part the Red Sea)

 

[Ms Ann Thrope]

The difference between punks & headbangers was....
we had long hair, you had none....
we wore handcuffs for fashion, you wore them on your way to jail...
black leather...well, everybody looks good in black leather...
We had enough sense to not stage dive (ever see Heston part the Red Sea)

some truth in that... however punk quickly became a fashion like any other, and I let my hair grow long at that point

I think the biggest difference that I remember from the time is that the punks I associated with were much more interested in politics than the headbangers I knew. My personal experience was that the punks would be reading books and making art, the headbangers were getting stoned. I was friends with both, but found the headbangers were more interested in getting drunk than in going to a political rally. In retrospect, the rallies were pointless I suppose, except for a "feel good" attitude that left shortly thereafter.

**deeply disillusioned and cynical smilie**