Beatles and Zep are favorite bands. Abbey Road favorite album. Stevie Ray Vaughan best concert. Favorite song depends on the day. Today I would say The Beatles ‘Flying’.
I know it's not the same, but my favorite concert was a Pink Floyd cover band backed by a Symphony Orchestra. They played Dark Side of the Moon from start to finish, and they added some songs from The Wall, Wish you were Here, and Momentary Lapse of Reason. Outdoors in the mountains where we could bring in ANY food and bev we wanted. Meats, cheeses, fruit, crackers, and a shit load of alcohol. I knew all the songs and the singer sounded just like David Gilmour. I bawled like a 14 year old girl at a Justin Bieber concert.
There's a great Pink Floyd cover band near Minneapolis that I've seen: the Fabulous Armadillos; I last saw their "Floydian Slip" concert in 2016. I won't forget when because their performance of "The Wall" took on special meaning in that election year. Their finale in the song was a "tear down the wall" chant that a few of us in the audience joined in. This was in a rural town north of Minneapolis where most of the audience—including the friend I attended with—were clearly Trumpers who didn't appreciate the twist.
@Plague_Weary man she can belt out the Mississippi Blues. #fuckIke ... I like "Be Good to Me" too ... totally different sound, but her belting out her own lyrics on this one is killer as well!
Led Zeppelin. They are as much a part of me as my very DNA. But there are tons of other bands I love just about as much. In no particular order:
Bob Dylan (my favorite single artist)
Bob Marley
Toots & The Maytals
Peter Tosh
The Beatles
The Yardbirds
The Who
Pink Floyd
The Black Crowes (NOT the current shitshow, the Ford era was the best)
Deep Purple
Grateful Dead
Stone Temple Pilots
The White Stripes
Jack White
The Raconteurs
Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden (LOVE this band!)
Judas Priest
Neil Young
The Greenhornes (the greatest band that nobody seems to know about)
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones
Van Halen (Roth eras only)
Picking one favorite album is like trying to pick your favorite child. Here are some that had a massive impact on me growing up, and remain favorites to this day:
All Led Zeppelin's albums (and many bootlegs, too)
Just about every Dylan album up until he went all religious in '79
All Beatles albums
All Keith Moon-era Who
In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made In Japan (Deep Purple)
Roger The Engineer - The Yardbirds
All Pink Floyd from 1967 through "The Final Cut" (although that album is weaker than its predecessors imo).
Workingman's Dead, Aoxomoxoa, American Beauty, Europe '72 (Grateful Dead)
Elvis Presley Sun Sessions and the greatest hits albums my mom used to play.
The Village Green Preservation Society, Lola vs. Powerman & The Moneygoround, Arthur, Muswell Hillbillies, Face to Face (The Kinks)
*These are just off the top of my head. There are more, I know!!
Concerts? Again, there were so many great ones. Here's a few that stick out:
The Who in the summer of 2000. The previous times I saw them, they had a stage overloaded with musicians. Worse, Pete Townshend played acoustic only at those shows. That is just wrong! So that was what I was expecting in '00. Much to my surprise (and delight), it was just Pete, Roger, John, Zak Starkey and John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keys. They were AMAZING. My soundboard recording of this show has a lot of mileage on it!!
John Paul Jones in 1999. People think he was the "quiet one" in Led Zeppelin, but this show was raucous, loud and unbelievably powerful. The building literally was shaking from his bass. All I could think of was, "Jesus, imagine this bass with Bonzo on drums and Page on guitar!" JPJ is criminally underrated, and I am so glad we got to see this concert.
The Black Crowes playing under their original moniker - "Mr. Crowes Garden" - in March of 2005. This was a "secret" warmup show at a tiny venue in western Massachusetts. Marc Ford was back on guitar and Eddie Harsch was back behind the keys. They absolutely blew the roof off the place. They played the best version I have ever heard of "Don't Do It." The near-orgasmic screams and cries of the crowd on the audience recording during this song attests to its potency. Incredible night.
Stone Temple Pilots in 2002. My wife was just getting into them, and she was blown away by how good they were. The sound was perfect, and the audience was singing every single word along with them. What a great time!!
Stephen Marley in 2011. Stephen is an amazing singer and songwriter in his own regard, and he mixed songs from his then-current album "Revelation Part 1: The Root of Life" (as well as his first album, "Mind Control") in with songs by his father, many of them deep cuts instead of the mainstream Marley stuff. His band is ferocious, and every bit as good as The Wailers were, with all due respect, of course. We saw him again in 2019 and it was just as good....even if it was still over 100 degrees outside at night when the show was starting. If you love reggae, go and see him. He is amazing.
One more: The Kinks in July of 1995. It was "hot, sticky; it was rock and roll", in the words of Ray Davies that night. Someone threw paper plates onstage with requests, and they abandoned a bunch of the tired old chestnuts in favor of some of the requests, and with good humor, I might add. This was the last of many Kinks shows I saw, and probably the best of them all. I mean, they played "The Village Green preservation Society" that night! That alone was enough to make it stand out. "Death of a Clown", "Skin and Bones" and "David Watts" were just icing on the cake. I chased a good quality recording of this all around the world, dealing with tape hoarders and general assholes along the way, until some great guy in Australia hooked me up with a great copy. The kicker? I was chasing a recording around the world of a show that was played within walking distance of where I grew up!
Sorry for the book, folks. I hope you enjoyed reading this if you stuck with me.
I like too many to name a favorite (and too many genres). If you’re looking for something new to listen to I recently picked up Shaylon’s “Initiation of a Timeless Voyager“ which recently came out and it’s pretty good if you like symphonic metal like Nightwish or Therion.
My Mom was a huge Billie Holliday fan as well as Etta James,Lena Horn and Sarah Vaughan. I can’t remember how old I when I heard Strange Fruit but no more then 7 or 8 I’m sure. That’s when my dislike started for racists. I’ll listen to any music but opera or symphony music. My music list has everything from Led Zepplin to Frank Sinatra and Andy Williams to John Hartford to all kinds of Motown.
May 28, 1988. Pink Floyd, Columbus, Ohio at "The Horseshoe" Ohio stadium. Absolutely the best concert. With The Eagles, "When Hell Freezes Over tour" the first go round, being a close second.
@Kathmandu I flew to s Carolina for hell freeze only place we could find 3 seats together
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Violent Femmes, Prokofiev, Leonard Cohen, Steeleye Span, The Cure, Death Cab For Cutie,The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Peter Gabriel, The Nice, Shawn Phillips.
Yeah, I got eclectic tastes.
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Hiya Ren!! You and me both as far as eclectic tastes. I am all over the board when it comes to music. From classical, new age, Trance/House/Deep House, classic rock, I mean the list goes on and on!!
Beatles and Zep are favorite bands. Abbey Road favorite album. Stevie Ray Vaughan best concert. Favorite song depends on the day. Today I would say The Beatles ‘Flying’.
More favorites:
Prince
Bowie
Tom Petty
Billy Preston
George Clinton
James Brown
Three Dog Night
Dr. Hook
Harry Nilsson
Todd Rundgren
Another favorite chilling-on-a-Sunday-morning album: St. Germain's Tourist.
I love "It's a Beautiful Day". That album is perfection.
Speaking of cool concerts, Diana Ross is set to perform at our state fairgrounds this fall. 78 years old and still doin' it. Gotta see this one!
Best album: "It's a Beautiful Day"
Song: S & G's "Feelin' Groovy"
Concert tour: Sting's "Brand New Day"
Fillmore East has always been in my top ten.
I know it's not the same, but my favorite concert was a Pink Floyd cover band backed by a Symphony Orchestra. They played Dark Side of the Moon from start to finish, and they added some songs from The Wall, Wish you were Here, and Momentary Lapse of Reason. Outdoors in the mountains where we could bring in ANY food and bev we wanted. Meats, cheeses, fruit, crackers, and a shit load of alcohol. I knew all the songs and the singer sounded just like David Gilmour. I bawled like a 14 year old girl at a Justin Bieber concert.
Best song ever,
Prince!
Love him.
Led Zeppelin. They are as much a part of me as my very DNA. But there are tons of other bands I love just about as much. In no particular order:
Bob Dylan (my favorite single artist)
Bob Marley
Toots & The Maytals
Peter Tosh
The Beatles
The Yardbirds
The Who
Pink Floyd
The Black Crowes (NOT the current shitshow, the Ford era was the best)
Deep Purple
Grateful Dead
Stone Temple Pilots
The White Stripes
Jack White
The Raconteurs
Simon & Garfunkel
Paul Simon
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden (LOVE this band!)
Judas Priest
Neil Young
The Greenhornes (the greatest band that nobody seems to know about)
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones
Van Halen (Roth eras only)
Picking one favorite album is like trying to pick your favorite child. Here are some that had a massive impact on me growing up, and remain favorites to this day:
All Led Zeppelin's albums (and many bootlegs, too)
Just about every Dylan album up until he went all religious in '79
All Beatles albums
All Keith Moon-era Who
In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Made In Japan (Deep Purple)
Roger The Engineer - The Yardbirds
All Pink Floyd from 1967 through "The Final Cut" (although that album is weaker than its predecessors imo).
Workingman's Dead, Aoxomoxoa, American Beauty, Europe '72 (Grateful Dead)
Elvis Presley Sun Sessions and the greatest hits albums my mom used to play.
The Village Green Preservation Society, Lola vs. Powerman & The Moneygoround, Arthur, Muswell Hillbillies, Face to Face (The Kinks)
*These are just off the top of my head. There are more, I know!!
Concerts? Again, there were so many great ones. Here's a few that stick out:
The Who in the summer of 2000. The previous times I saw them, they had a stage overloaded with musicians. Worse, Pete Townshend played acoustic only at those shows. That is just wrong! So that was what I was expecting in '00. Much to my surprise (and delight), it was just Pete, Roger, John, Zak Starkey and John "Rabbit" Bundrick on keys. They were AMAZING. My soundboard recording of this show has a lot of mileage on it!!
John Paul Jones in 1999. People think he was the "quiet one" in Led Zeppelin, but this show was raucous, loud and unbelievably powerful. The building literally was shaking from his bass. All I could think of was, "Jesus, imagine this bass with Bonzo on drums and Page on guitar!" JPJ is criminally underrated, and I am so glad we got to see this concert.
The Black Crowes playing under their original moniker - "Mr. Crowes Garden" - in March of 2005. This was a "secret" warmup show at a tiny venue in western Massachusetts. Marc Ford was back on guitar and Eddie Harsch was back behind the keys. They absolutely blew the roof off the place. They played the best version I have ever heard of "Don't Do It." The near-orgasmic screams and cries of the crowd on the audience recording during this song attests to its potency. Incredible night.
Stone Temple Pilots in 2002. My wife was just getting into them, and she was blown away by how good they were. The sound was perfect, and the audience was singing every single word along with them. What a great time!!
Stephen Marley in 2011. Stephen is an amazing singer and songwriter in his own regard, and he mixed songs from his then-current album "Revelation Part 1: The Root of Life" (as well as his first album, "Mind Control") in with songs by his father, many of them deep cuts instead of the mainstream Marley stuff. His band is ferocious, and every bit as good as The Wailers were, with all due respect, of course. We saw him again in 2019 and it was just as good....even if it was still over 100 degrees outside at night when the show was starting. If you love reggae, go and see him. He is amazing.
One more: The Kinks in July of 1995. It was "hot, sticky; it was rock and roll", in the words of Ray Davies that night. Someone threw paper plates onstage with requests, and they abandoned a bunch of the tired old chestnuts in favor of some of the requests, and with good humor, I might add. This was the last of many Kinks shows I saw, and probably the best of them all. I mean, they played "The Village Green preservation Society" that night! That alone was enough to make it stand out. "Death of a Clown", "Skin and Bones" and "David Watts" were just icing on the cake. I chased a good quality recording of this all around the world, dealing with tape hoarders and general assholes along the way, until some great guy in Australia hooked me up with a great copy. The kicker? I was chasing a recording around the world of a show that was played within walking distance of where I grew up!
Sorry for the book, folks. I hope you enjoyed reading this if you stuck with me.
I like Dry Cleaning rather muchly.
Completely different but I like Melt Banana too.
I like too many to name a favorite (and too many genres). If you’re looking for something new to listen to I recently picked up Shaylon’s “Initiation of a Timeless Voyager“ which recently came out and it’s pretty good if you like symphonic metal like Nightwish or Therion.
My Mom was a huge Billie Holliday fan as well as Etta James,Lena Horn and Sarah Vaughan. I can’t remember how old I when I heard Strange Fruit but no more then 7 or 8 I’m sure. That’s when my dislike started for racists. I’ll listen to any music but opera or symphony music. My music list has everything from Led Zepplin to Frank Sinatra and Andy Williams to John Hartford to all kinds of Motown.
Favorite band: Tool
Favorite album: Ten by Pearl Jam
Favorite concert: A Day To Remember (best live band...ever)
May 28, 1988. Pink Floyd, Columbus, Ohio at "The Horseshoe" Ohio stadium. Absolutely the best concert. With The Eagles, "When Hell Freezes Over tour" the first go round, being a close second.
Okay, so this is kind of a goofy question. Does anyone here smoke cigars or know someone who does? Amazon sent me an expensive Cigar humidifier, they sent it to me by mistake, so I got on to my Amazon account to make sure someone didn't hack my account, which thankfully no one did, so I called them and told them what I received, and I asked them if they would send me a return label, and they said no keep it (ok whatever).
So...let me know please and I will gladly send it to you, although I want some proof, so post a picture of a cigar, so I know that you do and won't resell the damn thing.
😁 Thank You!
Violent Femmes, Prokofiev, Leonard Cohen, Steeleye Span, The Cure, Death Cab For Cutie,The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, Peter Gabriel, The Nice, Shawn Phillips.
Yeah, I got eclectic tastes.
Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, DMB - Still grieving Taylor Hawkins...