The Non Prog Music Forum!
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Topic: The Non Prog Music Forum!
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: The Non Prog Music Forum!
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:25
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Get your Kiss, Klaatu, Bach, Mingus, Pavarotti, Foo Fighters, Van Halen and Madonna out and talk about the non prog music that turns you on! All are welcome! |
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:44
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There's too much of it to discuss. Lots of hard rock and heavy metal, predictably enough, some post punk, some soul/R&B and some straight up pop music like ABBA, Carpenters. Since you asked about ABBA in the other thread, there are lots of songs of theirs that I like. But I am especially partial to their Visitors album. Maybe Like an Angel is a bit boring, otherwise don't think there's one bad song in the entire album. The Album is also great. Among the really big hits, like SOS, Money, I Do.
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:50
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1920s music is mostly great, regardless of genre. 1930s too. ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:50
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^Cool. I even like Dancing Queen because it reminds me of an old girl friend who absolutely loved the song. A very classy group and very under appreciated due to their pure pop stance. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:52
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Stool Man wrote:Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:52
| I don't mind Dancing Queen but I was 'badly' introduced to it. As THE ultimate ABBA song and all that and when I did hear it, I didn't feel it lived up to that billing. They had great arrangements though I learnt much later that Sparks may possibly have been a considerable influence on them. |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:54
| Love lots of jazz music though I am not very era-specific. It could be Mary Halvorson or it could be some old Louis Armstrong. It's completely random though I prefer either slightly calculated kind of jazz like Brubeck or vocal jazz rather than out and out improv. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:54
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 10:56
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 11:11
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Right now I'm listening to the Soundtracks box set by Ry Cooder. The man is an under appreciated musical genius and is a better guitarist than 90% of those that I know of. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 14:46
I alway thought there are some Dire Straits songs that are pretty sensual, 'Down to the Waterline' is the one I recall right now but 'cause its my favourite of theirs, besides Sultans of Swing of course  -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 14:50
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I like a lot of early symphony recordings made by the older giants of conducting done in the 1930s-1950s. There are several dozen conductors from that era that I collect. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 15:30
 For sure one of the most valuable and genuine music collections that I ever have taken notice of!------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 19:09
Wonderful to hear people enjoying classical! Who is your favorite composer PD?------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 19:56
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^I think it might be of interest the only thread that discusses classical music in this forum (besides that one of classical recommendations), which was opened by Presdoug: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=94874&OB=ASC" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=94874&OB=ASC ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 20:42
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Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 20:43
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 12:24
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I grew up initially with R&B, Funk and some Soul..... Earth Wind & Fire, Parliament/Funkadelic, Isley Bros, Tower of Power...stuff like that. That music will always be a part of me. Early rap (the best rap!) Curtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Sugarhill Gang but once stuff like Beastie Boys and Run DMC came out I bailed....it was back to metal/prog/hard rock. And dabbled in some R&B Disco styles too, like Heatwave, Chic, Lakeside, Sun, Gap Band.....stuff that got played heavy in HS dances and eventually nightclub scene. -------------   
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 13:23
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[QUOTE=Catcher10]I grew up initially with R&B, Funk and some Soul..... Earth Wind & Fire, Parliament/Funkadelic, Isley Bros, Tower of Power...stuff like that. That music will always be a part of me. Early rap (the best rap!) Curtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5, Sugarhill Gang but once stuff like Beastie Boys and Run DMC came out I bailed....it was back to metal/prog/hard rock. And dabbled in some R&B Disco styles too, like Heatwave, Chic, Lakeside, Sun, Gap Band.....stuff that got played heavy in HS dances and eventually nightclub scene. [/QUOTE Jose, great collection of classic funk and R&B! TOP is probably my favorite.And I still play a Brothers Johnson disc in my car that was copied from a cassette tape! ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 13:34
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^ ohhh yea forgot about the Brother's Johnson.....Most of this stuff I had on cassette not vinyl so its in boxes somewhere in storage. I really need to focus on this genre at the used record bins.... Or get me a cassette deck again! -------------
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 13:38
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 15:42
^Well I think it's time to Vivaldi right now But I guess everyone has already listened to this: ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 16:23
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Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 16:24
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 17:29
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The earliest music I truly enjoy is the Beatles. I've heard some old blues stuff that's pretty neat too, but I've never really connected with the blues in the same way. Orchestral ("classical") composers likewise occasionally push my pleasure buttons, but I RARELY look to them for real entertainment. I honestly think there is more great music coming out today than ever before - not prog-wise, but in more experimental forms of pop and rock. Not because people are magically more creative now than they were before, but because so many more people have access to the means to produce their own music. Even I have 2 albums publicly released, and I'm a nobody. Enough people like me around and some of them are bound to be great.
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Posted By: Darious
Date Posted: October 20 2014 at 03:46
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Dire Straits, yes, take this Private Investigations piece as a nice example. When it comes to personal tastes, I actually love their whole On Every Street album. Amy Winehouse's Back to Black, perhaps? ABBA (geniuses!), Brothers Gibb sometimes, Faith No More (great band's name, innit), bits from Pet Shop Boys (surely West End Girls, but how about This Couldn't Happen Here too? Lovely, moody piece). Queen (purely progressive, symphonic Innuendo), Deep Purple (Child in Time, Perfect Stranger - sweet), Led Zeppelin (Kashmir, no need to say more) - they all might already be considered quite proggy, so maybe there is not even any need to mention them here. Pretenders. The Pretenders. Chemical Brothers, Prince by all means, why not The Smiths? Public Service Broadcasting, Goldfrapp.. It feels sometimes you may find progressive reminiscences nearly everywhere. ------------- Writing about truth is a little bit like getting your dick out in public and hoping no one laughs (Steve Hogarth) |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 20 2014 at 07:28
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^Why no one have mentioned The Doors? What an impressive style they had! Impressed also with some Jim Morrison's live performances that I watched some times. 'Strange Days' and 'When The Music Is Over' are amongst my favourites, btw I think 'Strange Days' could have fit perfectly as one of the soundtracks of that stunning film 'Pulp Fiction' , even better than that other famous track I knew when watched this film but don't recall its name.
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 20 2014 at 09:33
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^No doubt the Doors were great but they are listed as Proto prog in PA, so people like me might be giving them a pass and going on to other nonlisted groups. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 20 2014 at 13:30
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 20 2014 at 22:41
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I have always liked the Jeff Beck group incarnations and his solo albums also......especially Rough and Ready. Beck shreds on this and Middleton's keyboards are simply sublime. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 20 2014 at 23:26
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And this...doesn't get any better imho.... ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 21 2014 at 09:41
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^Awesome! Time to start digging out my Beck collection. Thanks Doc.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: October 21 2014 at 11:41
I have so many different genres and styles of music that I listen to, so this is going to be impossible and never-ending I guess I can muster up a wee list of albums that I really dig from a couple of styles though: Electronica: Primal Scream - Screamadelica The Future Sound Of London - Dead Cities Orbital - In Sides Ochre - Lemodie Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi 60s rock: Paul Butterfield Blues Band - East-West Cream - Live The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat Steve Miller Band - Children Of The Future The Stones - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out CCR - Cosmo's Factory Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Funk/Soul/Bouncy Rock: James Brown - Live at the Apollo Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Fela Kuti - Zombie Sly & The Family Stone - Stand! Stevie Wonder - Innervisions The Temptations - 1990 Bob Marley - Exodus The Budos Band - ll Curtis Mayfield - Superfly Punk/Post Punk: The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge The Sound - From The Lions Mouth Dead Kennedys - Rotting Fruit & Fresh Vegetables The Stooges - Raw Power Chrome - Everything by them Magazine - Real Life The Gun Club - Miami 80s: Gary Numan - Replicas Siouxsie & The Banshees - Kiss In The Dreamhouse Cocteau Twins - Victorialand The Cure - Disintegration Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses The Cult - Love The Police - Ghost in the Machine Jazz: Pharoah Sanders - Karma Sun Ra - Atlantis John Coltrane - Sun Ship Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda Miles - Sketches of Spain Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch Albert Ayler - Vibrations Contemporary and mixed martial arts: Todd Terje - It's Album Time (disco made for head-phones, I kid you not!) Boris - Pink F*ck Buttons - Tarot Sport Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Bohren & der Club of Gore - Sunset Mission Type O Negative - October Rust OM - Advaitic Songs Crystal Castles - lll Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today Tame Impala - Lonerism Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest GZA - Liquid Swords Smashing Pumpkins - Adore Burial - Untrue Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals Manu Chao - Esperanza ------------- The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: October 21 2014 at 12:47
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I listen to more non prog than prog. The list would be long but at the moment at the top of the list is: Nick Cave : Bad Seeds and Birthday Party Siouxsie Sioux PJ Harvey THe Ramones Rocket From the Tombs Throwing Muses Neil Young was that the question? ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 21 2014 at 17:48
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early Alice Cooper and darly Elton John, -------------  
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 22 2014 at 08:57
You are welcome....saw Beck in 1974-75 (?) in Chicago with BOC opening up for him. Then around 2000 also with Santana on the same ticket. Always fun to watch him play his guitar. I used to listen to a good deal of Traffic, Neil Young , Steely Dan, Nick Drake, BOC, among many others. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 22 2014 at 10:15
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^Absolutely true! Beck is one of the true "better seen live" performers that I've had the pleasure to witness in a small venue. I've had a quick chat with him about his early albums and he seems really sincere and humble, too. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 25 2014 at 11:35
That's about all for this week.
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: October 28 2014 at 09:57
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 13:50
Oh... just listened to the lovely Dire Straits' Love Over Gold, yeah I forgot to mention it as one of my favourites of them, but especially the track from the album 'Alchemy'(that famous live concert from the year 1984) as it is rather more intensely played. Btw that show features some amazing guitar melody passages, which I dare to say are amongst my favourites - one of the major climax of that show begins for me right at the minute 9:45 of the song Tunnel of Love, when an awesome guitar melody takes the main role, beginning with a delicate arpeggios in such a romantic atmosphere! Mark Knopfler is indeed a helluva composer! And he plays even better in the live shows. Unfortunately I wasn't fortunate to find it in YouTube, found only this other version of the same excerpt, but clearly doesn't equate with the above mentioned that was released in the CD 2 of the album Alchemy. Anyway it's obviously interesting to check out these two different performances of the same excerpt of Tunnel Of Love, perhaps it's just a matter of different tastes to prefer one over the other. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 14:05
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I also listen to a lot of music that is not prog, though as interesting and stimulating (in many cases, even more so). David's list mirrors many of my own preferences, with lots of albums and artists that are firm favourites in our home: for instance, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Police, Cream, Neil Young and Tame Impala, to name but a few. As to Blue Oyster Cult, they are one of my all-time favourite bands, and I have named my blog after one of their albums (the one in my avatar). Some other favourites from the Eighties (a great period for music, in spite of what many people think: Talking Heads, The Stranglers, B-52's, Duran Duran, the above-mentioned Dire Straits, and a whole lot of metal bands. As to more recent acts, I will mention the fantastic Portishead, whose music is much more progressive than that of many tried-and-true prog bands. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 14:05
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^Rick, if you haven't checked later solo Knopfler albums like Sailing to Philadelphia, Shangri La and Get Lucky, I highly recommend that you do. These are some of the best albums, IMHO, released in the late nineties and the 21st century. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 14:12
Oh yeah, thanks for these interesting suggestions Steve.  ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 14:23
Recently listened for the first time to the tracks Nosferatu and Night Flyer of the band Blue Oyster Cult, I thinxk you are damn right about them, catchy tunes with great guitar playing - enjoyed it especially in Nosferatu, willing to order that album Spectres. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 14:34
Klaatu is on this site, labeled as prog related. I like Stevie Wonder a lot, especially his album "Songs In The Key Of Life". I like Sting a lot. I quite like a range of non-prog albums, without necessarily being a fan of the band. Like: "Crazy Eyes" by country rock band Poco, "Buffalo Springfield Again" by Buffalo Springfield, "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye, "Very" by the Pet Shop Boys, "Forever Changes" by Love etc. I like a wide range of classical music works as well, toomuch to mention.
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 14:40
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Klaatu is prog related but The Flaming Lips are not even listed in PA in any catagory. That's wild. Btw, I think That I only listened to Klaatu once. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 14:56
I don't know about you Raff, but from the Eighties Simple Minds and U2 were one of the bands that I most listened to - I'm recalling that just because of the song Gloria I bought the live DVD Rattle and Hum that featured it in the back cover, but for my anger when I gave it the first spin the song simply was not there.  ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 23 2014 at 15:13
^Just to clear any doubt, my U2 DVD "Rattle And Hum" is an official release (Paramount Collection) that I bought in a famous store, I would like that someone could explain me the reason for the omission of that song. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Walton Street
Date Posted: November 26 2014 at 08:07
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Favourite 'non-prog' music is: Hooverphonic Belle and Sebastian ACDC Rammstein The Soft Boys (Robyn Hitchcock) Sex Pistols Buzzcocks Peter Murphy Massive Attack City Boy Bram Tchaikovsky ELO Roxy Music Most of the Manchester scene bands and about 3000 more .. ------------- "I know one thing: that I know nothing" - SpongeBob Socrates |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 26 2014 at 17:48
Loved U2 at the beginning of their career, and saw them live on their Joshua Tree tour (with The Pretenders - another great favourite of mine from that era) as an opening act). One of the best concerts I have ever seen! Never got to see Simple Minds on stage, but I did have a lot of time for their music as well. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 27 2014 at 15:51
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Righ on Raff, after "The Unforgettable Fire" unfortunately I lost interest in their music, its changes didn't attract me the same way either. As for Simple Minds I would have loved to be at one of their gigs, last year they did a big show in New York. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 27 2014 at 16:05
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Current no prog listening: Fiery Furnaces Throwing Muses THe Gun Club Kid COngo and the Pink Monkey Birds Broken Social Scene ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 27 2014 at 16:10
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Regarding U2 and Simple Minds. I saw both of them live in the early 90s. U2 were great and Simple Minds were awful - but then I never liked them after they 'went commercial'  ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 16:14
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Funny how people at my job are now thinking I'm a weird guy music wise (though some of them a few curious sometimes), regardless if I like also much of the music enjoyed by most of them (mostly pop & pop rock.) So, as it's usual putting some of my music there every fridays, for the next 'casual day' I just started preparing a let's say 'personal favourites' pop rock playlist, btw some suggestions are very welcome, thanks ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 16:42
^ Two tracks from 'The Soft Parade'? Do you also like that album?  I don't have a problem listening to Prog with anyone, even the crazier stuff |
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Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 16:53
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 19:32
| ^Love that Boston debut! I was lucky enough to witness the band live on the tour for that album in the summer of 1977. Behind the band was a gigantic fluorescent picture of that iconic album cover. |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 19:49
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^ lucky man.....never saw them live. I understand Sholtz had some special equipment on the tour that helped replicate the amazing soundscapes he created in the studio with his guitar effects.. "No Computers, No Synthesizers".....amazing hard rock band for sure -------------
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 20:40
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Good to see other Jeff Beck fans discussing LPs. I've been a fan since The Yardbirds. Beck played on most of their radio hits since Clapton had already left and Page was still playing bass or second guitar. I can remember reading more than one reviewer say that the band was years ahead of their time. Beck was experimenting with different sounds and feedback techniques and the band seemed to go for a different style on each song. Listen to Happenings Ten Years Time Ago, Little Games, The Nazz Are Blue, Ten Little Indians, etc.
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: January 11 2015 at 20:49
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I also should mention I'm A Man. Still I'm Sad and Shapes Of Things. A heavier version of Shapes Of Things led off "Truth" , the debut album by the first Jeff Beck Group.
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: January 12 2015 at 08:19
Nah, also here at work people are aware and respectful towards different tastes in music, an important and essential point I guess, at least to start a prosperous relationship, as three months ago a coleague of mine gifted me some gigabytes of Kansas and Opeth in mp3, guess what? I still didn't listen to anything of them  , naughty corner for me . We are talking almost everyday, interesting also that she is an inveterate fan of baroque music, which proved to be difficult for me to get into.------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: January 12 2015 at 11:20
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In my youth I liked quite a lot of non-prog (mainly pop-rock and heavy metal) but few of it has stood the test of time, I mean, I was quite a big fan of AC/DC, UFO, MSG, Scorpions, Rory Gallagher etc but few of all that appeals to me anymore (although I can enjoy some of it now and then as nostalgia). And in many cases the non-prog I liked was more individual popular songs rather than full albums, which in many cases I did never listen to, such as liking songs such as Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street but never having listened to the whole LP. But to name a couple of non-prog albums I still love (besides Beatles stuff): Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life Lou Reed - Rock'n'Roll Animal, Berlin, Live Wings - Venus And Mars Mr. Big's debut Most of The Police Most of Dire Straits ... BTW does anybody know an album by Nightranger guitarist Jeff Watson called Lone Ranger? it's a delight for guitar lovers and it features Allan Holdsworth and Steve Morse as guests in a couple of tracks, not too much shredding and although not really prog it can be appealing to many prog fans I guess (dreadful cover art though  ) |
Posted By: porcupinemorning
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 13:01
| Kill me but I adore Lana Del Rey. Know all the songs and sing them under the shower hahaha. Beside of that I like some metal, rock stuff for example Behemoth, Decapitated, Carach Angern, Motorhead, Steel Panther, Orange Goblin, Kyuss, The Doors etc. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 15:18
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Currently listening to Robert Plant's new one as well as his older radio 'hits' like Big Log, Heaven Knows, and 29 Palms. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 14 2015 at 15:20
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^You can't go wrong with early solo Planty. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 03:48
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leaving metal aside, these are some bands I enjoy: Simple Minds (they have a lot of good music, they alone deserve a topic around here) A-ha (been listening to them since I was a kid, still do) Depeche Mode (Music for the Masses is a masterpiece) Chris Rea (love his voice, his music relaxes me quite a bit) Dire Straits (need I explain anything?) The Police (another band of my teenage years, still play their hits every once in a while) Jamiroquai (their 90s work is pretty awesome) Toto (especially for Lukather who is a great guitar player) U2 (they have a ton of good songs, but overall, most of their albums are uneven, more or less) Mike & the Mechanics (same situation as U2) Duran Duran (their debut album is great and their best work) Talk talk (their first two albums are poppy but nevertheless great stuff) The Fixx (some good stuff as well) Phil Collins (he's got a lot of good songs as well) Air (I only listen to The Virgin Suicides (Soundtrack) these days, but it's a nice band) Bruce Springsteen (he's got a massive discography, I sometimes listen to some of his 70s and 80s work) and there's more but I'll get back to it, plus some metal bands deserve to be mentioned as well |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 05:29
 This one surprised the hell out of me! The singer sounds like a hybrid of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen and the music itself bears resemblance to heartland rock, indie and electronic dream pop, How's that for a mix eh? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMeR2hQFtGA" rel="nofollow - Taste ------------- The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 06:36
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It would probably be easier for me to organize by decade. I'll keep the lists shorter by doing multiple posts and trying to limit my choices. The 60s The Beatles Rubber Soul - 1965 Yesterday and Today - 1966 Revolver - 1966 Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet - 1968 Let It Bleed - 1969 Sticky Fingers - 1971 (I know, not 60s) The Jeff Beck Group Truth - 1968 Beck-Ola - 1969 The Yardbirds For Your Love - 1965 Having A Rave Up - 1965 The Animals The Animals - 1964 (US) Animal Tracks - 1965 (US) The Kinks (late 60s - early 70s) Arthur (Decline and fall...) - 1969 Lola Versus Powerman... - 1970 Muswell Hillbillies - 1971 Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - 1963 Another Side Of Bob Dylan - 1964 Highway 61 Revisited - 1965 Bringing It All Back Home - 1965 Blonde on Blonde - 1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience Are You Experienced - 1967 Axis Bold as Love - 1967 Electric Ladyland - 1968 |
Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: January 30 2015 at 06:59
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I've always assumed that Prog fans constitute a pretty broad church re their lack of puritanical zeal and embrace and tolerance of other genres etc so is the need for a 'Non Prog Music Forum' indicative of some sort of perceived malaise in the cognoscenti? (that's Italian for niche weirdo) Is it possible that people discuss Non prog Music on Non Prog Music web sites? We already have a category for artists that the members like, but are unable to inveigle their way into any fully fledged Prog genre. It's called 'Prog Related' - lobby your local Admin for guidance ------------- 
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Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 31 2015 at 10:39
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^See. I knew Peter, Paul and Mary were prog related! ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 31 2015 at 10:50
i don't know why I feel the need to reply to this, but I can't help it. why does it bother you that people discuss their non-prog preferences? how is this even a bad thing? BTW, you are in the "general music" section of PA, one can discuss whatever kind of music they like here. I've never liked people that just listen to ONE kind of music. It just does not show open-mindedness (whatever that kind of music might be). There's plenty of non-prog music out there that deserves to be listened to, if you ask me. So why not talk about it? |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 31 2015 at 10:56
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^Disregard the naysayers and speak thy own mind!
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: January 31 2015 at 16:07
I agree. There's certainly nothing wrong or unhealthy about discussing ANY type of music on PA, it just surprises me that more people don't use specialist sites like say, MMA or JMA etc to discuss certain genres. (Same goes for the political or current affairs threads on PA, but I don't object to any of this, it's just an observation, not necessarily a criticism) BTW if you like or dislike people based on their musical preferences then www.dairy_products.com have a 'lactose intolerant' section just for you -------------
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 31 2015 at 16:18
aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh, you know what I mean, it just did not come out right; but with people that just like that ONE kind of music (in our case), have fixations, are purists, most conversations just go bad, awkward and so on. It's happened to me (every day life or on music forums). |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: January 31 2015 at 18:00
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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: January 31 2015 at 19:21
(OK, makes sense) Right on daddio -------------
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: January 31 2015 at 19:54
 This beautiful woman is a great artist, besides having a big talent as a singer of course, great music! ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: February 01 2015 at 12:25
^Hubba hubba! And she can sing, too? Sweet.------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |