TheLizard Posted April 23, 2012 Report Posted April 23, 2012 Oh and The Jimi Hendrix Experience. And Cream. Okay this is getting difficult.
RockyRaccoon Posted April 23, 2012 Report Posted April 23, 2012 Don't forget Santana. Carlos Santana, Neil Schon (for some of it) and, one of the greatest drummers I've ever heard, Michael Shrieve.
Rayzor Posted April 23, 2012 Report Posted April 23, 2012 And I say Buffalo Springfield... look at that line-up! But I do like The Doors, The Runaways, Led Zeppelin and Rush (Alex Lifeson is so very under-rated)
RockyRaccoon Posted April 23, 2012 Report Posted April 23, 2012 Rush (Alex Lifeson is so very under-rated) THANK YOU He really is underrated.
bluesboy Posted April 23, 2012 Report Posted April 23, 2012 Great find Blues. My random thought today: Imagine you rank the greatest of all time: Lead Singers Drummers Bass Players Guitarists Now, you find the group that is made up with members with your highest rankings. My winner would be The Who. Every one of their members would be in my top 15 at their position, and their drummer would probably be #1. Yes Carl, that site is dynamite. Robert Plant - not many compare Keith Moon or John Bonham absolutely the top 2 John Entwistle Jimmy Page So... 60/40 Zep over the Who (imho)
Rayzor Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 As you stated above Bluesy, it's all our opinion Why do you have such impossible queries Carl? Lead vocals: Jim Morrison, Robert Plant and Cherie Currie all have a shot... Drummers: John Bonham, Neil Peart and Micheal Shrieve top 3... Bass players: Geddy Lee, Mike Inez, Colin Greenwood, Jeff Ament, John McVie in top 5 Guitars: Joe Satrianni, Jeff Healey, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Slash, Alex Lifeson, Steve Howe, Joe Walsh, and too many others... This can go on forever but I notice that Geddy Lee and Neil Peart are often named at the top of their classes and they comprise 2/3 of Rush. Just give Alex Lifeson his due and you've got your fantasy band.
Carl Posted April 26, 2012 Report Posted April 26, 2012 I'm sticking with The Who, although I can certainly see the value in Led Zeppelin and Rush. What's interesting about Rush is that (as far as I know) we've never heard the individual members play outside of Rush. Love that you got the Runaways lead singer in your vocalist list Ray.
Zabadak Posted April 26, 2012 Report Posted April 26, 2012 Liking this!!! Yes, I can see The Who being the greatest aggregate band of all time, quite easily! But that would be based on the bassist and the drummer bringing up the average. Pete is a great power-chord kinda guy but - excuse me if I'm wrong here, I'm not a musician myself - he doesn't seem to be the great technician in, say, a Steve Vai style. Likewise, Rog always had a massive set of pipes on him but is/was he better than Percy, for example? Now then - Moonie. Clearly one of the best rock drummers in history and Thee Ox on bass? Lead bass? Amazing!
Rayzor Posted April 27, 2012 Report Posted April 27, 2012 Here's the original Rush line-up with John Rutsey on drums and a young Alex Lifeson playing sans-pedals. He uses alot of techie-junk nowadays, but back when he was 18/19 yrs. old he could shred with the best of them with just an axe and an amp. Working Man 1974 Carl, You're right about the boys of Rush... they do stick together. Only Neil Peart can be found playing with other bands or completely solo. Hockey Theme
TheLizard Posted April 27, 2012 Report Posted April 27, 2012 There's a solo Geddy Lee album from 2000 called My Favorite Headache. It's decent.
Carl Posted May 11, 2012 Report Posted May 11, 2012 Just thinking ahead to Mother's Day, and realizing that many songs with "Mother" or "Mama" in the title are very Psycho, as in the movie. Seems to bring out a lot of pathos.
Carl Posted June 26, 2012 Report Posted June 26, 2012 Rolling Stone had a great sidebar in their piece on Electronic Dance Music where they answered the question: "What exactly are they doing up there?" The answer, in basic terms, is playing their songs. And since these songs are electronic, they can just play them from a computer or other device. The degree to which they mix live is up to them - they can play a track with all but a few elements in there and put those in live so they have something to do, or they can cobble together much more of a song on the fly. Since we're dealing with ones and zeros, it doesn't have much effect on the sound. Triggering a computer file is very different from playing a guitar riff or singing a note. This whole electronic lip-synching thing is apparently becoming an issue, especially now that Paris Hilton is a DJ.
Rayzor Posted June 26, 2012 Report Posted June 26, 2012 (If I do that enough I might get that outta my head!)
Carl Posted August 22, 2012 Report Posted August 22, 2012 My shocking discovery of the day: Tina Turner was born in the '30s.
miamisammy29 Posted August 23, 2012 Report Posted August 23, 2012 My shocking discovery of the day: Tina Turner was born in the '30s. That IS shocking! I thought she was born in 1920.
Zabadak Posted August 27, 2012 Report Posted August 27, 2012 Well I thought she was put together from a kit!
Carl Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 It was a little more than 11 years ago that the "Lady Marmalade" remake from Moulin Rouge hit #1. Here are the performs on that track: Christina Aguilera Missy Elliott Mya Lil' Kim Pink If I had to guess at the time which one has the hot album in 2012 and is still getting invites to the MTV Video Music Awards, Pink would have been low on my list. But it turns out she has a combination of talent, flexibility (literal and figurative) and authenticity that has kept her career moving forward. I'm only two degrees of separation from Pink, and my friend who grew up with her tells me that Pink would always hold something back - like a golfer who swings at 90% power so the ball will land in the fairway. Her new album has some deeply emotional songs, and also some with Swedish producers that are about starting the party. She's also raising her kid without a system of nannies. Keeping something in reserve is handy for when you need it.
TheLizard Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 I don't understand the appeal of Pink at all.
Jenny Posted September 26, 2012 Report Posted September 26, 2012 I like her. She is a no bulls**t person. Maybe a little crude, but that girl can sing!
Zabadak Posted September 29, 2012 Report Posted September 29, 2012 Found out recently she used to be a gymnast... :cuttie:
Carl Posted November 9, 2012 Report Posted November 9, 2012 Starting to wonder if the image of Aretha Franklin as the ultimate diva are a bit contrived. Perhaps she plays up the role based on media expectations (we can thank VH1 for making "diva" something to be desired), but those who worked with her seem to say nice things about her. Looking over our talk with the bass player David Hood, who played on a lot of her early stuff, he said: "Aretha was always polite and cordial and very professional." Nothing Diva about that. Then there's her producer Narada Michael Walden, who explained how vulnerable she could be. Turns out she feels the same trepidation everyone else does at times.
TheLizard Posted November 17, 2012 Report Posted November 17, 2012 I've never really listened closely to the lyrics of Little Red Corvette before. This song is filthy!
Jenny Posted November 19, 2012 Report Posted November 19, 2012 You can bet that pretty much all Prince songs are filthy It took me a while to realize that "Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel was pretty filthy, too. I wasn't a very worldly teen, I guess.....
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