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Post by kds on Dec 6, 2019 15:40:30 GMT
When I saw him on his Musicology tour in about 2005, he did a mostly acoustic set within the show. Among the songs were covers by Zeppelin, Beatles ... one or two other non-funk, non-RnB kinds of things, just pure rock and roll. And it was great. He was one of those very rare talents who could have easily gone either (or any) direction and not sounded dumb.
He had talked about that before, and said it came partly from growing up in Minneapolis. There was a small but fertile funk, jazz, and RnB scene in Minneapolis, but obviously in the '70s growing up he was really immersed in the same musical culture as everyone: Zeppelin, Wings (and remnants of Beatles), etc. He just absorbed it all.
I think my eyes (and probably a lot of rock fans) were opened when I saw the 2002 RNRHOF Ceremony where he played While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Dec 6, 2019 18:27:10 GMT
Twenty friggin' Prince songs and you leave out my favorite..."U Got The Look" with Sheena Easton!
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Post by kds on Dec 6, 2019 18:32:29 GMT
Why settle for a Prince when you can listen to a King?
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 6, 2019 18:48:52 GMT
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Post by kds on Dec 6, 2019 19:10:44 GMT
Both stellar choices.
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Post by jk on Dec 6, 2019 22:45:27 GMT
How about the best of both worlds?
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Post by bellbottoms on Dec 6, 2019 22:57:57 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 6, 2019 23:04:26 GMT
There's more than one king, it seems. Or is there?
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Post by jk on Dec 6, 2019 23:16:31 GMT
There's more than one king, it seems. Or is there?
There is.
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 6, 2019 23:23:11 GMT
Granted, sometimes you think you're looking for your princess only to find she's elsewhere altogether (as told in story and song).
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Post by jk on Dec 7, 2019 11:50:41 GMT
This fellow used to be a king. At the end of 1973 I was in a bit of a dark place and Jerry Garcia's pedal steel solo on this song provided a much-needed ray of light:
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Post by Kapitan on Dec 14, 2019 2:56:25 GMT
When I saw him on his Musicology tour in about 2005, he did a mostly acoustic set within the show. Among the songs were covers by Zeppelin, Beatles ... one or two other non-funk, non-RnB kinds of things, just pure rock and roll. And it was great. He was one of those very rare talents who could have easily gone either (or any) direction and not sounded dumb.
He had talked about that before, and said it came partly from growing up in Minneapolis. There was a small but fertile funk, jazz, and RnB scene in Minneapolis, but obviously in the '70s growing up he was really immersed in the same musical culture as everyone: Zeppelin, Wings (and remnants of Beatles), etc. He just absorbed it all.
I think my eyes (and probably a lot of rock fans) were opened when I saw the 2002 RNRHOF Ceremony where he played While My Guitar Gently Weeps. To highlight his guitar playing...
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Feb 2, 2020 21:49:01 GMT
Top Ten Songs By The Stranglers:
01 Hanging Around 02 Nice 'N' Sleazy 03 Goodbye Toulouse 04 Five Minutes 05 Always The Sun 06 Walk On By 07 Golden Brown 08 Toiler On The Sea 09 Strange Little Girl 10 Down In The Sewer
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Post by kds on Feb 5, 2020 19:01:04 GMT
Top Ten Bands Still Worth Paying to See Minus Key Members
1. The Who (Entwistle, Moon) 2. UFO (Schenker, Way, Raymond) 3. Rolling Stones (Wyman, Jones, Taylor) 4. Blue Oyster Cult (Lanier, Bouchard, Bouchard) 5. The Beach Boys (Wilson, Jardine, Wilson, Wilson) 6. Guns N Roses (Stradlin, Adler, Sorum) 7. Journey (Perry) 8. Styx (DeYoung, Ponozzo) 9. Def Leppard (Clark) 10. The Yardbirds (Everybody but Mccarty)
Honorable Mention - Deep Purple (Blackmore, Lord) - Until recently, they would be top five, but Ian Gillan's vocal skills have declined immensly.
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Post by jk on Feb 5, 2020 22:13:49 GMT
Top Ten Songs By The Stranglers:
06 Walk On By
That's a super song of theirs. JJB's bass never sounded better. "Just go for a stroll in the trees!"
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