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Re: Classic Rock Discussion thread, including Catfish's Top 20 Lists.
« Reply #200 on: January 17, 2022, 12:56:17 am »
1977  -  The Clash debuts on the punk scene with their first album

Career Opportunities (Live)


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« Reply #201 on: January 17, 2022, 01:02:39 am »
The tripod of the 1977 birth of punk ...  Clash  (See above)

Ramones....


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and Sex Pistols


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« Reply #202 on: January 17, 2022, 01:08:10 am »
1977  -  Alan Parsons Project releases second album - I, Robot.  Not a bad song on the entire album.

Wouldn't Want to Be Like You


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« Reply #203 on: January 17, 2022, 01:17:54 am »
1977  -  Supertramp

Give a Little Bit


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« Reply #204 on: January 17, 2022, 08:10:41 am »
January 1978 List

1. Boston (No change)
2. Led Zeppelin (No change)
3. Rush (No change)
4. Aerosmith (No change)
5. Ted Nugent (+2)
6. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-1)
7. Eagles (+2)
8. Foghat (+2)
9. Moody Blues (-3)
10. Fleetwood Mac (-2)
11. ZZ Top (No change)
12. Steve Miller Band (+1)
13. Robin Trower (+1)
14. Blue Oyster Cult (-2)
15. Queen (No change)
16. REO Speedwagon (New)
17. Nazareth (-1)
18. Sweet (-1)
19. Alice Cooper (-1)
20. Kiss (-1)

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Boz Scags- Silk Degrees
Eagles- Hotel California
Peter Frampton- Frampton Comes Alive
Alice Cooper- Killer
Ramones- Self Titled
Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run

REO Speedwagon-  This one was kind of a mystery to me, since before putting up this compliation, I couldn't remember a song before before 1978, with I guess the exception of Riding the Storm Out.  This band didn't really make it big until the early '80's.  But by that time, their style was more pop influenced than rock.  I guess if I have to provide a sample, I'll add this.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVFgEBq0EKM
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« Reply #205 on: January 17, 2022, 11:09:45 am »
1978  -  Bob Seger

Hollywood Nights


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« Reply #206 on: January 17, 2022, 11:12:26 am »
1978  -  The Who

Who Are You?


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« Reply #207 on: January 17, 2022, 11:24:34 am »
1978  -  REO Speedwagon  - You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish album

This is the song I want to have played at my funeral:  Roll With the Changes


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« Reply #208 on: January 18, 2022, 12:17:29 am »
February 1978

1. Boston (No charge)
2. Rush (+1)
3. Led Zeppelin (-1)
4. Aerosmith (No change)
5. Emerson Lake and Palmer (+1)
6. Ted Nugent (-1)
7. Foghat (+1)
8. Bruce Springsteen (New)
9. Eagles (-2)
10. Moody Blues (-1)
11. Fleetwood Mac (-1)
12. Queen (+3)
13. Boz Scaggs (New)
14. Peter Frampton (New)
15. ZZ Top (-4)
16. Steve Miller (-4)
17. Alice Cooper (+2)
18. Robin Trower (-5)
19. Nazareth (-2)
20. Kiss (No change)

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Boston- Self titled (replaced old copy -worn out)
Eagles- Greatest Hits
Steve Miller- Fly Like an Eagle

Bruce Springsteen- Yep, this socialist piece of shit made the list in the late '70's, at a time that corresponded with his only good album.  I absolutley detest springsteen, and view him as the most over-rated two bit Rolling Stoned pushed hyped piece of garbage in history.  F--K Springsteen,  In fact he gets the honor of the only act on this list not getting a sample video in this narrative on rock history.

Boz Scaggs--  Not a hard rocker, not a prog act,  but a guy who made some catchy what might be considered soft rock tunes in that era.  His act was filled with super solid session guys who gave a good technical base for listeners.  Often a good choice for parking for mood music. Here is my favorite from his catalog.  if you are old enouhg, I am certain you will remember it.


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« Reply #209 on: January 18, 2022, 09:33:01 am »
March 1978 List

1. Boston (No change)
2. Rush (No change)
3. Led Zeppelin  (No change)
4. Aerosmith (No change)
5. Eagles (+4)
6. Foghat (+1)
7. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-2)
8. Ted Nugent (-2)
9. Bruce Springsteen (-1)
10. Moody Blues (No change)
11. Steve Miller Band (+5)
12. Fleetwood Mac (-1)
13. Boz Scaggs (No chagne)
14. Queen (-2)
15. ZZ Top (No change)
16. Peter Frampton (-2)
17. Chicago (New)
18. Alice Cooper (-1)
19. Nazreth (No change)
20. Robin Trower (-2)

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Karla Bonoff- Won it off the radio as the Xth caller.  Anyone for frisbee?
Aerosmith- Draw the Line
Linda Ronstadt- Hasten Down the Wind

Remember when she had great beauty and voice?  Now she's just a left wing activist hag.


One of the greatest radio friendly rocking albums of the late '70's was "Book of Dreams" by Steve Miller Band.  What a solid LP, little or no filler.


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« Reply #210 on: January 18, 2022, 09:47:35 am »
1978  -  Rolling Stones, Some Girls album

Shattered


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« Reply #211 on: January 18, 2022, 09:51:38 am »
1978  -  Dire Straits

Sultans of Swing


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« Reply #212 on: January 18, 2022, 09:56:53 am »
1978  -  Van Halen debuts with first album.  Here's a twofer

Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love





I'm the One


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« Reply #213 on: January 18, 2022, 11:14:41 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 18, 2022, 09:47:35 am
1978  -  Rolling Stones, Some Girls album

Shattered



Wow the lyrics have never been more timely for NYC......
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« Reply #214 on: January 18, 2022, 11:38:22 am »
April 1978 List

1. Boston (No change)
2. Rush (No change)
3. Led Zeppelin (No change)
4. Aerosmith (No change)
5. Eagles (No change)
6. Ted Nugent (+2)
7. Foghat (-1)
8. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-1)
9. Moody Blues (+1)
10. Steve Miller Band (+1)
11. Boz Scaggs (+2)
12. Fleetwood Mac (No change)
13. Bruce Springsteen (-4)
14. Chicago (+3)
15. ZZ Top (No change)
16. Queen (-2)
17. Kansas (New)
18. Nazareth (+1)
19. Robin Trower (+1)
20. Peter Frampton (-4)

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10 Years After- Greatest Hits
The Moody Blues- Days of Future Past

Question for debate...   What was the first progessive rock album? 

Pet Sounds from The Beach Boys?- May 1966
Sgt Peppers from the Beatles?- May 1967
In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson?- October 1969
The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack by The Nice?- March 1968
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd? August 1967

My opinion it is the Days of Future Past by the Moody Blues, released in November 1967


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZCzH8q1hcY

But again, just my opinion.
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« Reply #215 on: January 18, 2022, 11:59:43 am »
Quote from: catfish1957 on January 18, 2022, 11:38:22 am
Question for debate...   What was the first progessive rock album? 

Pet Sounds from The Beach Boys?- May 1966
Sgt Peppers from the Beatles?- May 1967
In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson?- October 1969
The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack by The Nice?- March 1968
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Pink Floyd? August 1967

Might want to toss this one in the mix.





To me personally, the Moody Blues and Pink Floyd were cutting edge.  But overall, 'Yes' defined progressive rock.  If you want to go back to Mabel Greer's Toyshop, they were active in 1966.  But Yes' first album wasn't released until 1969.


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« Reply #216 on: January 18, 2022, 12:03:43 pm »
Here's another band that debuted in 1978  -  The Cars

Just What I Needed (Live, '78)





Moving in Stereo (Live, '78)


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« Reply #217 on: January 18, 2022, 12:46:18 pm »
Agree.  Yes, probably was the true first pure prog rock band.  And when you look at consensus polls, they and Pink Floyd are considered the greatest. Early early Pink Floyd was more a mix of the three (Prog, psychedelia, and general rock)
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« Reply #218 on: January 19, 2022, 12:05:07 am »
May 1978 List

1. Boston (No change)
2. Aerosmith (+2)
3. Rush (-1)
4. Led Zeppelin (-1)
5. Fleetwood Mac (+7)
6. Eagles (-1)
7. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-1)
8. Foghat (-1)
9. Ted Nugent (-3)
10. Moody Blues (-1)
11. Kansas (+6)
12. Stever Miller (-2)
13. Bob Seger (New)
14. Styx (New)
15. Boz Scaggs (-4)
16. Bruce Soringsteen (-3)
17. Chicago (-3)
18. ZZ Top (-3)
19. Queen (-3)
20. Nazareth (-2)

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Kansas- Point of Know Return

Bob Seger- - Legendary rocker with incredible catalog of massive hits and overall good album content through out the '70's and '80's.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, his best (IMO) LP,   "Against the Wind" is in my favorite 10 albums of all time.  I can count maybe 15-20 albums in history, where there are no bad tracks in the entire work.....   This album is one of them..


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« Reply #219 on: January 19, 2022, 01:57:11 am »
1978  -  Styx, Pieces of Eight album

Renegade


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« Reply #220 on: January 19, 2022, 02:08:35 am »
1978  -  AC/DC  -  Powerage album

Rock and Roll Damnation


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« Reply #221 on: January 19, 2022, 02:12:17 am »
1978  -  Cheap Trick

Surrender


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« Reply #222 on: January 19, 2022, 02:19:39 am »
Can't believe I overlooked this band.  The Doobie Brothers

1972  -  Rocking Down the Highway





1973  -  China Grove


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« Reply #223 on: January 19, 2022, 08:15:57 am »
Great version of this Doobies song. The sax solo is something to behold.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AsoLlavSTk
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You call me as Your own to know You and be known.
You are holy!
And I fall down on my knees.
I can feel Your presence here with me.
Suddenly I'm lost within Your beauty,
Caught up in the wonder of Your touch.
Here in this moment I surrender to Your love.

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« Reply #224 on: January 19, 2022, 09:08:08 am »
June 1978 List

1. Boston (No change)
2. Aerosmith (No change)
3. Led Zeppelin (+1)
4. Rush (-1)
5. Kansas (+6)
6. Eagles (No change)
7. Foghat (+1)
8. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-1)
9. Styx (+5)
10. Fleetwood Mac (-5)
11. Ted Nugent (-2)
12. Moody Blues (-2)
13. Bob Seger (No change)
14. Steve Miller Band (-2)
15. Boz Scaggs (No change)
16. ZZ Top )(+2)
17. Chicago (No change)
18. Queen (+1)
19. Nazareth (+1)
20. Bruce Springsteen (-4)

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Grand Funk- Survival

Thought a nice topic for the day would be a small listing of rock's greatest covers...  What I am adding is just my opinion of what the best 5 were.  How and which tunes would you put on that list?

1. Simon and Garfunkel's Sound of Silence by Disturbed.  Not only do I think this is the best of all time, but it is 5X better than the original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4

2. Bob Dylan's All along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix.  If you were to ask 10 people to name 10 songs which embodied the 1960's I'd venture nearly half would list this song.  Cinema sure does.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzlN0Guvous

3. Nine Inch Nail's Hurt, covered by Johnny Cash- Moving emotional video with song that basically captured Cash' long illustious career in 4 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AHCfZTRGiI

4. Little Help From My Friends by the Beatles, covered by Joe Cocker-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUVEFkjqiEE

5. Old old timey blues tune from the '20's When the Levee Breaks- Covered by Led Zeppelin, which happens to be my favorite Zeppelin tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j7oT2I8Nz8







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« Reply #225 on: January 19, 2022, 09:46:01 am »
1978  -  Patti Smith, Easter album

Rock N Roll N*gga  (Not yet cancelled)


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« Reply #226 on: January 19, 2022, 09:50:51 am »
More 1978 Punk  -  Elvis Costello

Pump It Up


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« Reply #227 on: January 19, 2022, 09:55:54 am »
More 1978 Punk  -  The Ramones

I Wanna Be Sedated


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« Reply #228 on: January 19, 2022, 10:01:50 am »
And now something to cleanse the palate:  (Punk is not really my thing.  Too NYC for my taste.)

1978  -  Joe Walsh

Life's Been Good


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« Reply #229 on: January 19, 2022, 02:15:17 pm »
TRAFFIC - Forty Thousand Headmen


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« Reply #230 on: January 20, 2022, 12:31:13 am »
July 1978 List

1. Boston (No change)
2. Aerosmith (No change)
3. Led Zeppelin (No change)
4. Rush (No change)
5. Eagles (+1)
6, Kansas (-1)
7. Foghat (No change)
8. Styx (+1)
9. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-1)
10. Moody Blues (+2)
11. Fleetwood Mac (-1)
12. Ted Nugent (-1)
13. Steve Miller Band (+1)
14. Boz Scaggs (+1)
15. Bob Seger (-2)
16. ZZ Top (No change)
17. Chicago (No change)
18. Nazareth (+1)
19. Queen (-1)
20. Bruce Springsteen (No change)

Vinyl/Tape Additions-

Fleetwood Mac- Rumours


Remember the buzz around syncing DSOTM and the Wizard of Oz? And how so much of the film followed the dynamics of the song.   25 years ago or so, I went to the trouble of setting it up.  Nowadays, YT does if for you.  If you ask me, I just didn't see enough of the so called "coincidences" that would make me think there was any intentional intent by Pink Floyd.  You can see it for yourself, if so inclined.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtExVJlgEC0&t=772s

This web site gives a narrative of the sync, and the film similarities to how the music progresses.....

https://www.goldminemag.com/features/how-to-view-the-wizard-of-oz-with-dark-side-of-the-moon


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« Reply #231 on: January 20, 2022, 09:46:15 am »
For the Southern Rock scene, 1978 marked the end of Lynyrd Skynyrd as we knew them and the troubled reunion of the Allman Brothers.  But there were some bright spots as well.  Atlanta Rhythm Section put out their best album, Champaign Jam.  And Molly Hatchet broke out of the same State that had given us Lynyrd Skynyrd.

ARS  -  Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight (Live Recording, Doraville, GA 1979)





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« Reply #232 on: January 20, 2022, 09:57:58 am »
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Great version of this Doobies song. The sax solo is something to behold.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AsoLlavSTk

Wolf Trap is one heck of a venue.  The sound carries so well.  Never saw the Doobies live, but a friend of mine who did said they put on a fantastic show.

During Jethro Tull's final tour, one of the shows was at Wolf Trap.  This instantly became a bucket list item for me.  But unfortunately I was stuck offshore and had no chance of making that show.
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« Reply #233 on: January 20, 2022, 11:04:55 am »
You guys listen to vinyl? My wife bought me a record player, still haven't set it up.
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« Reply #234 on: January 20, 2022, 11:10:27 am »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on January 20, 2022, 11:04:55 am
You guys listen to vinyl? My wife bought me a record player, still haven't set it up.

Belt drive or direct drive?

Can't let vinyl get hot.  I remember accidentally leaving an AC/DC album in a hot car.  The warp wave was about half an inch, but it still played without skipping.
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« Reply #235 on: January 20, 2022, 01:18:18 pm »
   I listen to Vinyl quite often, at least once a week and I buy new music on vinyl.  I have 2 turntables, one a Technics direct drive and in my office a Panasonic belt drive.  I have managed to keep all my records through the years, which is remarkable.



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« Reply #236 on: January 20, 2022, 01:24:21 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 20, 2022, 11:10:27 am
Belt drive or direct drive?

Can't let vinyl get hot.  I remember accidentally leaving an AC/DC album in a hot car.  The warp wave was about half an inch, but it still played without skipping.

lol...I think we all learned that lesson......   once.
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« Reply #237 on: January 20, 2022, 01:40:21 pm »
Quote from: Hoodat on January 20, 2022, 11:10:27 am
Belt drive or direct drive?

Can't let vinyl get hot.  I remember accidentally leaving an AC/DC album in a hot car.  The warp wave was about half an inch, but it still played without skipping.

I had a couple of vinyls that warped like that, and they were still playable afterward.  It was a little strange watching the stylus move up and down so much, but they played.  I'm sure an audiophile could have found the degradation of the sound easily, but then I'm not and never have been an audiophile.
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« Reply #238 on: January 20, 2022, 02:16:13 pm »
August 1978 list

1. Boston (No change)
2. Aerosmith (No change)
3. Rush (+1)
4. Led Zeppelin (-1)
5. Eagles (No change)
6. Foghat (+1)
7. Kansas (-1)
8. Foreigner (New)
9. Styx (-1)
10. Moody Blues (No change)
11. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-2)
12. Fleetwood Mac (-1)
13. Al Stewart (New)
14. Steve Miller (-1)
15. Boz Scaggs (-1)
16. Bob Seger (-1)
17. Ted Nugent (-5)
18. Chicago (-1)
19. ZZ Top (-3)
20. Nazareth (-2)

Vinyl/Tape additions

Al Stewart- Year of the Cat
Boston - Don't Look Back (most anxiously anticipated album since Physical Graffiti- bought August 18, 1978
Van Halen- Self title (will cover VH in next installment- bought August 29, 1978)

Foreigner-   Really really liked this band.  Though a tad formulaic, they were excellent song writers, and wrote tunes that rocked.  "Hot Blooded" was easily one of my top 3 favorite tunes of that year.  Their first 5 studio albums ALL made it into the Top 5 Billboard sales.  They paid off like a slot machine with good albums and an obligatory 2-4 hits per album.  Got to see them about 6 years later in their Agent Provocateur tour, and it did not disappoint.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug1qRiLUwac

Al Stewart- Kind of flash in the pan, two hit wonder singer song writer who did okay with Year of the Cat and Time Passages.  11 of his 16 albums didn't even make it into the Top 100. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bvw4yDvRX0
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« Reply #239 on: January 20, 2022, 02:31:02 pm »
1978  -  Gerry Rafferty

Right Down the Line


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« Reply #240 on: January 20, 2022, 02:36:26 pm »
1978  -  Neil Young

Comes a Time


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« Reply #241 on: January 20, 2022, 06:54:27 pm »
September 1978 List

1. Boston- (No change)
2. Aerosmith (No change)
3. Led Zeppelin (+1)
4. Van Halen (New)
5. Rush (-2)
6. Foreigner (+2)
7. Foghat (-1)
8. Eagles (-3)
9. Kansas (-2)
10. Styx (-1)
11. Moody Blues (-1)
12. Bob Seger (+4)
13. Emerson Lake and Palmer (-2)
14. Fleetwood Mac (-2)
15. Al Stewart (-2)
16. Boz Scaggs (-1)
17. Chicago (+1)
18. ZZ Top (+1)
19. Steve Miller Band (-5)
20. Ted Nugent (-3)

New Vinyl/Tapes

Rush- Archives
Mott the Hoople- Live

Van Halen- The guitar wizardry of Eddie Van Halen is well documented, and out like a buzz saw in their entire collection.  No one, and I mean no one had ever sounded like this.  VH had many hits that are etched in archive now on classic rock FM stations.  They sold a plethora of albums over nearly 25 years, and spawned one of the oldest debates in rock.  David Lee Roth vs Sammy Hagar.  Personally, I love their big hits, and their are close to a dozen that clog my Ipod.  But one other fact in my opinion is that as good as VH was, many of their albums had 2nd and 3rd tier filler that pretty much was unlistenable. Here's my favorite cut from the band.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-rTKd-Alk8

Now for an anecdotal tale of the time...  On September 8, 1978, I parked my car in front of my university library, sat my first serious girl friend on the hood of my car.  Cranked up this tune on my Craig Power Play 8-Track, and sang the song it to her, as if I was Joey himself. Afterwards, I got applause much like it would be at movie scene.   :cool:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDvtkIp8UU4


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« Reply #242 on: January 20, 2022, 07:18:46 pm »
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Van Halen- The guitar wizardry of Eddie Van Halen is well documented, and out like a buzz saw in their entire collection.  No one, and I mean no one had ever sounded like this.  VH had many hits that are etched in archive now on classic rock FM stations.  They sold a plethora of albums over nearly 25 years, and spawned one of the oldest debates in rock.  David Lee Roth vs Sammy Hagar.  Personally, I love their big hits, and their are close to a dozen that clog my Ipod.  But one other fact in my opinion is that as good as VH was, many of their albums had 2nd and 3rd tier filler that pretty much was unlistenable. Here's my favorite cut from the band.



I swear, Van Halen’s first album was life-changing. Loved it. Spent an entire summer listening to it. Never really liked any of their music after that. And I preferred Sammy Hagar when he was with Montrose.
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« Reply #243 on: January 20, 2022, 08:20:24 pm »
1978  -  Van Halen

Little Dreamer





Ice Cream Man (Live '77)




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« Reply #244 on: January 20, 2022, 08:28:59 pm »
1978  -  Rush  -  Hemispheres

[Best Rush album ever.  This album and Farewell to Kings (with Cygnus X-1 Book 1) were the only two recorded in Wales.]

Cygnus X-1 Book 2




I. PRELUDE
When our weary world was young
The struggle of the ancients first began
The gods of Love and Reason
Sought alone to rule the fate of Man

They battled through the ages
But still neither force would yield
The people were divided,
Every soul a battlefield…

II. APOLLO BRINGER OF WISDOM
‘I bring truth and understanding,
I bring wit and wisdom fair,
Precious gifts beyond compare.
We can build a world of wonder,
I can make you all aware’

‘I will find you food and shelter,
Show you fire to keep you warm
Through the endless winter storm.
You can live in grace and comfort
In the world that you transform’

The people were delighted
Coming forth to claim their prize
They ran to build their cities
And converse among the wise

But one day the streets fell silent
Yet they knew not what was wrong
The urge to build these fine things
Seemed not to be so strong

The wise men were consulted
And the Bridge of Death was crossed
In quest of Dionysus
To find out what they had lost…

III. DIONYSUS BRINGER OF LOVE
‘I bring love to give you solace
In the darkness of the night
In the Heart’s eternal light
You need only trust your feelings
Only Love can steer you right’

‘I bring laughter, I bring Music,
I bring joy and I bring Tears
I will soothe your primal fears
Throw off those chains of Reason
And your prison disappears’

The cities were abandoned
And the forests echoed song
They danced and lived as brothers
They knew Love could not be wrong

Food and wine they had aplenty
And they slept beneath the stars
The people were contented
And the Gods watched from afar

But the winter fell upon them
And it caught them unprepared
Bringing wolves and cold starvation
And the hearts of men despaired…

IV. ARMAGEDDON THE BATTLE OF HEART AND MIND
The Universe divided
As the Heart and Mind collided
With the people left unguided
For so many troubled years
In a cloud of doubts and fears
Their world was torn asunder into hollow hemispheres

Some fought themselves, some fought each other
Most just followed one another
Lost and aimless like their brothers
For their hearts were so unclear
And the truth could not appear
Their spirits were divided into blinded hemispheres

Some who did not fight
Brought tales of old to light
My Rocinante sailed by night
On her final flight

To the heart of Cygnus’ fearsome force
We set our course.
Spiraled through that timeless space
To this immortal place

V. CYGNUS BRINGER OF BALANCE
I have memory and awareness
But I have no shape or form
As a disembodied spirit
I am dead and yet unborn

I have passed into Olympus
As was told in tales of old
To the City of Immortals
Marble white and purest gold

I see the Gods in battle rage on high
Thunderbolts across the sky
I cannot move, I cannot hide
I feel a silent scream begin inside

Then all at once the chaos ceased
A stillness fell, a sudden peace
The Warriors felt my silent cry
And stayed their struggle, mystified

Apollo was astonished
Dionysus thought me mad
But they heard my story further
And they wondered, and were sad

Looking down from Olympus
On a world of doubt and fear
Its surface splintered into
Sorry hemispheres.

They sat a while in silence
Then they turned at last to me
‘We will call you Cygnus
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« Reply #245 on: January 20, 2022, 08:34:09 pm »
1978 - Rush

La Villa Strangiato (Live '80)


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« Reply #246 on: January 21, 2022, 04:16:46 am »
October 1978 List

1. Boston (No change)
2. Aerosmith (No change)
3. Van Halen (+1)
4. Foreigner (+2)
5. Led Zeppelin (-2)
6. Styx (+4)
7. Rush (-2)
8. Eages (No change)
9. Foghat (-2)
10. Kansas (-1)
11. Bob Seger (+1)
12. Moody Blues (-1)
13. Emerson Lake and Palmer (No change)
14. Fleetwood Mac (No change)
15. Al Stewart (No change)
16. ZZ Top (+2)
17. Boz Scaggs (-1)
18. Chicago (-1)
19. Steve Miller Band (No change)
20. Ted Nugent (No change)

Vinyl/Tape additions

Foreigner- Double Vision
Neil Young- Harvest
Bad Company- Straight Shooter
Willie Nelson- Before his Time
Kiss- Rock and Roll Animal
ZZ Top- Rio Grande Mud
Ted Nugent- Live Gonzo

Neil Young- This is about the time (within a year) of a turning point in my musical tastes, where though I continue with Prog tendencies, the Singer Songwriter genre starts seeping in.  On surface, NY is easy in my top 10 to this day, but in retrospect in put me in a meloncoly mood for probably a decade. Listening to a lot of sad and retrospective tunes will do that to you.  But as far as Neil Young, his career is beyond legend.  Think about it, he took part in the response to the British Invasion with Buffalo Springfield, did Woodstock with CSN&Y, broke away as a solo artist, then took the legend to the point of being able to use Pearl Jam as your back up band on an album.  He pretty much lived the ultimate rock and roll expeerience.

There was a point in time in the '90's that I owned every NY album, which was no easy feat. With one exception, I enjoyed his absolute chamelon like change of styles that were pretty much trademark for him.  I spent many hours with headphones on trying to figure out and interpret his enigmatic lyrics, and what the meanings were.  But again, I can't put a finger on why his music could influence a mood so much.  In the past 10-15 my listening has dropped considerably.  Back then I considered it edgy and profound.  Now....  more just kind of whiney.

And finally, I will go on record and say that one of the two concerts of his that I attended, was the absolute worst in my life. Details of that will come later.

For samples, I'll go with a couple that rock, instead of folkilize.

Here's one him doing at age 70+


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRfiwIhG4gU

Shredding the Les Paul this time


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmKrcOB7udA




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« Reply #247 on: January 21, 2022, 08:51:56 am »
November 1978 List

1. Boston (No change)
2. Aerosmith (No change)
3. Foreigner (+1)
4. Van Halen (-1)
5. Styx (+1)
6. Led Zeppelin (-1)
7. Kansas (+3)
8. Rush (-1)
9. Bob Seger (+2)
10. Eagles (-2)
11. Foghat (-2)
12. Moody Blues (No change)
13. Emerson Lake and Palmer (No change)
14. Fleetwood Mac (No change)
15. Bad Company (New)
16. Ted Nugent (+4)
17. Al stewart (-1)
18. Chicago (No change)
19. Steve Miller Band (No change)
20. ZZ Top (-4)

Vinyl/Tape addtions

None

Maybe the best part of the close of 1978 was that Disco was dying a slow death.  The flood of crappy artist were canabalizing their genre into a flood of mediocrity.  It was the best of times, and in honor here's an apt tribute to Disco from an AC-DC 1978 performance.


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« Reply #248 on: January 21, 2022, 09:05:17 am »
1978  -  Little Feat releases their first live album Waiting For Columbus, recorded the preceding year in London and Washington, DC.

Join the Band / Fat Man in the Bathtub




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« Reply #249 on: January 21, 2022, 09:17:49 am »
1978  -  Paul McCartney & Wings release London Town.

With a Little Luck


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