Music Thread - Rock's Not Dead [Doof]

(Mystery Click?? Absolutely!!)

Howdy Hordelings! CBD let me take control of the AOSHQ jukebox tonight. Despite his complete lack of appreciation for my favorite band, I want to thank him for allowing me to play music director. Won't ya step on in and rock out for a while?

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Classic Rock Remains Strong

The term "classic rock" is really difficult to define in a consensus building way. Some folks would say it only applies to a time period of the mid 60s through the late 70s. British invasion, Woodstock, stadium/arena rock. Others (like myself) believe "classic rock" is a broad category which continues to evolve and add sub-genres - soft rock of the late 70s / early 80s (essentially what is called "yacht rock" today), New Wave, hair bands, and grunge.

As some of you know, I host a monthly Classic Rock Trivia event at a local brewery. Sometimes I will feature a question that evokes a "That's not classic rock!" response. What say you, Hordelings? What are your thoughts on the definition of "classic rock"?

Whatever your definition, the rock of yesterday remains strong - not only within the Boomer and Gen X age groups, but also among the yutes up through Gen Z. Now, the younger folks are certainly more likely to also listen to newer music, including more hip-hop and electronic styles. But play bands like Van Halen, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, or even Lynyrd Skynyrd around them, and they are likely to recognize those songs and even sing along.

Sirius XM has several great channels dedicated to classic rock (Classic Vinyl, Classic Rewind, The Bridge, Ozzy's Boneyard, Hair Nation - to name just a few). Streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music have tons of rock channels and playlists available. And there's lots of good new / current rock out there. You just have to want to find out. More on that in a bit. Let's get to some actual music here!

I previously mentioned Skynyrd. While songs like "Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird" are likely the first to come to mind for many folks, I offer this mellower track.

Here's another perhaps lesser known track from a well known classic rock band. It too is a storytelling type of song.

Let's stay with perhaps some lesser known tracks from well known bands.

This one from Van Halen just simply RAWKS. So many early Van Halen songs became big radio hits, but this one never really did. I guess it's not really "single worthy" - but it's an outstanding song!

This one was the 3rd single released from Foreigner's debut album. Perhaps overshadowed in familiarity by "Cold as Ice" and "Feels Like the First Time", I contend this one is the best of the three.

An often overlooked but outstanding Led Zeppelin track - Out on the Tiles

How about a double-track from Journey? Feeling That Way / Anytime

An early (overlooked?) track from Def Leppard - Let it Go

What are some of your favorite lesser known tracks from well known rock bands?

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Is There Any Good New Rock?

Earlier I mentioned streaming music services. One thing I really enjoy about my Spotify account is the algorithm which suggests music to me based on my listening history. I used to have the premium version of Amazon Music, which was also good at suggesting music to me. Here are 2 current bands that I discovered this way. They are both putting out some outstanding rock music.

First up - The Pale White with "Medicine"

Also from The Pale White:
That Dress

Swim For Your Life

Next up - The Blue Stones with "Black Holes (Solid Ground)"

Also from The Blue Stones:
Shakin' Off The Rust

Be My Fire

Oceans

How about some young ladies who rock? I've seen this band live a few times. Met 2 of them after a show once - they are very nice and very talented.

These ladies got their start on the heels of a joint Youtube jam between the lead singer and the original drummer (who has since left the band).

Check out this version of Heart's "Barracuda", which is a staple of Plush's live set.

As I said, there is some great new rock out there - you just have to WANT to find it and know WHERE to find it!

How about you -- any newer rock bands you have to suggest to the Horde?

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Class of 2025 inductees:
Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden, and The White Stripes.

Whatever. Bad Company should have been inducted a long time ago. Soundgarden definitely belongs. The others - I say no.

The RR HOF is a joke. It took until last year to induct Peter Frampton and Foreigner. Iron Maiden is still not in there. Oh well. Gives us something to bitch about, I guess.

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Thank you all for tuning in and jamming out with me. Hope to be invited back for another musical interlude!

Should you feel so inclined to reach out to me with comments or suggestions - do the email thing at doof2112 at proton dot me

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Comments

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1 it's alive

Posted by: Ciampino - CTNIP - it's like snow for cats at May 03, 2025 07:31 PM (sPQoU)

2 First.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 07:33 PM (0FEUr)

3 I nooded

Posted by: Ciampino - CTNIP - it's like snow for cats at May 03, 2025 07:33 PM (sPQoU)

4 Watching Roger Daltrey interview with Judd Apatow right now on you tube. From Roger's biography which is also a good read.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 07:33 PM (ctrM5)

5 Sitting here in the man cave looking at my Marshall gear and wondering what might have been...

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 03, 2025 07:36 PM (mH6SG)

6 Interesting and unusual essay doof

Sweet Home Alabama is one of those songs that must be played at top volume.

Southern man don't need Neil Young around anyhow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

7 Hey! Where did that long hair, fake headphone wearing pic go?

Posted by: Piper at May 03, 2025 07:39 PM (pZEOD)

8 Faith-based stuff. First record mostly keys, now all guitar and vox. Rough "memos" on a shoestring.

https://tinyurl.com/mu4r32pt

Posted by: Slow Learner at May 03, 2025 07:41 PM (dZG6s)

9 >>>in a consensus building way.

Hey you. Get off the internet!

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 03, 2025 07:41 PM (klJTj)

10 To me, classic rock starts with The British Invasion in 1964. I would say it ends around 1994 or 95, when grunge started flaming out.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 07:41 PM (Vj4xA)

11 To me, classic rock starts with The British Invasion in 1964. I would say it ends around 1994 or 95, when ~~grunge started flaming out.~~ Jerry Garcia died.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 07:41 PM (Vj4xA)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 07:43 PM (RIvkX)

12 Recently got the sophomore album for a band called 'Fellowship.' They are a....fantasy metal band. They play upbeat (and not-fully-serious) metal about heroes going on quests and stuff. Niche, but I like it.

They stand-out song of the album is called 'Victim,' which, admittedly does raise some red flags. The first two-thirds is kind of a lament; 'Will I always feel like a victim? Will I always fight on own?' But the song redeems itself in the last verse, changing tone into a triumphant repudiation of the beginning, and turning each lyric on its head; 'I won't always feel like a victim. I won't always fight on my own.''

I enjoyed it. Check it out if that's your thing. I would also recommend 'Glint' from their first album.

Posted by: Castle Guy at May 03, 2025 07:43 PM (Lhaco)

13 "ROCK! is better than dead; the shock is all in your head" -- Brian Warner

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 07:45 PM (gKWVE)

14 I learned five minutes ago that Eminem and Steve Miller did a mashup using "Abracadabra" called "Houdini". It's catchy!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 03, 2025 07:47 PM (kpS4V)

15 6 Interesting and unusual essay doof

Sweet Home Alabama is one of those songs that must be played at top volume.

Southern man don't need Neil Young around anyhow.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May

This is on the signs as you enter into Alabama.

Posted by: Piper at May 03, 2025 07:47 PM (pZEOD)

16 Howdy, Doof!

youtu.be/80TUlmVOEAQ

youtu.be/eV-5iNu6Sd8

youtu.be/ZrSK-0-MQ8s

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 07:48 PM (c711F)

17 Funny that I've became a big AC DC fan after I turned 40 . I wasn't a big rock fan when I was younger . I did like individual songs but not of any of the bands in particular. I think the closest I came was Boston. And they probably aren't considered classic Rock.

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 07:50 PM (VofaG)

18 Van Halen - Atomic Punk

youtu.be/_2JTCd_lLOg

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 07:50 PM (c711F)

19 When music videos were still a new medium, there was a short on SNL of Cold as Ice but I forget who made it, maybe around 1980?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 07:51 PM (RIvkX)

20 The music for Sweet Home Alabama was written by Ed King, the one guy in the band who wasn't from the South.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 07:51 PM (Vj4xA)

21 Southern Rock is its own genre.

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 07:53 PM (VofaG)

22 Rock may not be dead, The Killers and Bruno Mars still exist, but it is not the huge, seismic force it once was. It's niche now.

For better or for worse.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 03, 2025 07:53 PM (xcxpd)

23 This is on the signs as you enter into Alabama.
Posted by: Piper at May 03, 2025 07:47 PM (pZEOD)
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I spent 2 weeks in Birmingham when I was in h.s. And had a great time.

Y'all are crazy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 07:54 PM (RIvkX)

24 If Cindy Lauper is rock then it's deader than Joe Biden's dick.

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2025 07:55 PM (vFG9F)

25 And I'm going to go with 'Battle of Evermore' from Zep as my favorite 'lesser known'. Honorable mention to 'Fool in the Rain' but it may not be lesser known. It is off a lesser album. Led Zeppelin 1-4 are pretty much masterpieces with no filler.

Except 'The Crunge'. Man I hate that song.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 03, 2025 07:55 PM (xcxpd)

26 Also, Thank You, Doof.
I don't care what TJM says, you're all right in my book.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 03, 2025 07:56 PM (xcxpd)

27 Odds and Sods if my favorite Who album.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 03, 2025 07:56 PM (63Dwl)

28 Moriah Formica from Plush is an amazing singer. She has toured with Trans Siberian Orchestra.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 07:57 PM (Vj4xA)

29 Outkast is not rock

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 03, 2025 07:58 PM (xcxpd)

30 Also, Thank You, Doof.
I don't care what TJM says, you're all right in my book.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 03, 2025 07:56 PM (xcxpd)

Lol! Appreciate that!

Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 07:58 PM (a40pN)

31 youtu.be/tye-TXrIEN8

New Sammy Hagar. A tribute to Eddie Van Halen.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 07:59 PM (c711F)

32 20 The music for Sweet Home Alabama was written by Ed King, the one guy in the band who wasn't from the South.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 07:51 PM (Vj4xA)

note, we have a moron named 'AlaBAMa'. And I never see his nic without thinking about this song.

I have seen gay, progressive liberal theater kids rock out to this song. That tells you its power.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 03, 2025 07:59 PM (xcxpd)

33 Doof, you're a man after my own heart. I think "Mean Street" is VH's best song. It's got an absolutely sick, dirty, funky groove.

And "Let It Go" by Def Leppard is a "100 mph" song. As in, if it's playing in the car, it's hard not to go 100 mph. What does it have, like, four bridges? I was a NWOBHM fan in the day, and loved Leppard's first two albums ("Wasted", from the first album, is a banger). I eagerly anticipated their third album. When "Photograph" debuted on MTV, I was crushed. Yeah, they became hugely successful, but oh did they start sucking hard.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 03, 2025 07:59 PM (5YmYl)

34 I love watching all the Daryl's House episodes. I could be wrong but it doesn't seem that true musical talent exists like it used to. I think it's amazing that Daryl and his band does a couple of hours of rehearsing with the guest artist and then they film a mini concert.

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 07:59 PM (VofaG)

35 When I worked in construction in the nineties Classic Rock was always in the background. Starting in the 2000s Mexican (salsa?) started to take over. They would blast it definitely. The dry-wallers and painters.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 08:00 PM (r2ymA)

36 The best classic rock are live performances. Live at Leeds, Fillmore , Made in Japan, River Platte.

Posted by: Some stupid with a flaregun at May 03, 2025 08:01 PM (iPBym)

37 OT: but Old Overholt with ice tastes completely different than it does neat.

I can't promise it will make it to the MoME next week but there WILL be Buffalo Trace freely available to any morons who want to come.

Now, back to the music....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 03, 2025 08:03 PM (xcxpd)

38 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 08:04 PM (ypFCm)

39 What would you classify Cheap Trivk?

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:04 PM (VofaG)

40 $20 same as in town.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:05 PM (0FEUr)

41 April Wine - Sign of the Gypsy Queen
https://youtu.be/rI-G8rF1d1I

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:05 PM (O7YUW)

42 How does autocorrect not correct that fat finger mistake?

Cheap Trick

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:05 PM (VofaG)

43 Classic rock is what I say they call oldies these days

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 08:05 PM (ypFCm)

44 Reminds me of my yoot. KSHE 95--Crestwood/St. Louis.

Posted by: RS at May 03, 2025 08:05 PM (rk5vz)

45 My submissions for lesser known tracks that RAWK from well-known bands:

Big Gun - AC/DC
Last Cup of Sorrow - Faith No More
Heard it on the X - ZZ Top

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 03, 2025 08:06 PM (kOluj)

46 Some I will learn to type on a touchscreen without thumbs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:06 PM (0FEUr)

47 I tend to find the "Hey guys, we can rock too" female performers hard to take. If I want to listen to guys rocking, I will. Most women just don't.

There are a few exceptions, and of those still out there creating, I would say Chelsea Wolfe is my favorite.

She's freaking awesome, and doesn't try to sound like a dude. Look her up if you haven't.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 03, 2025 08:06 PM (se2ns)

48 I've actually been listening to a lot of AI generated for my "New Music."

It's getting better and better, and one day, you will be able to tailor it to exactly what you want to hear.

https://tinyurl.com/259pg4lf

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 03, 2025 08:06 PM (XV/Pl)

49 The best classic rock are live performances. Live at Leeds, Fillmore , Made in Japan, River Platte.
Posted by: Some stupid with a flaregun at May 03, 2025 08:01 PM (iPBym)

Ted Nugent - "Full Bluntal Nugity" and "Intensities in Ten Cities"

Frampton Comes Alive

Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 08:07 PM (a40pN)

50 Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)
https://youtu.be/P7zN4JD9Dng

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:07 PM (O7YUW)

51 Looks like a T-storms heading my way in se Pa

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 08:07 PM (ypFCm)

52 Game 7 NHL playoff game on ABC.

Going to a commercial music:

youtu.be/Gu9HhYv0C7E

A staple of Classic Rock. Not an obscure song. Highly playable, play very loudly.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 08:07 PM (c711F)

53 The best live album of all time is UFO - Strangers In The Night

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 08:08 PM (Vj4xA)

54 Cheap Trick is soft-pop Rock.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 08:08 PM (r2ymA)

55 What? The Rush acolyte puts up NO links to Rush songs???

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:09 PM (vm8sq)

56 For me, 1980 was the best year in rock history. Look at these albums:

Black Sabbath, "Heaven & Hell".
Ozzy Osbourne, "Blizzard of Ozz".
Motorhead, "Ace of Spades".
Def Leppard, "On Through the Night."
Iron Maiden, "Iron Maiden."
AC/DC, "Back in Black."
Judas Priest, "British Steel."

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 03, 2025 08:09 PM (5YmYl)

57 Black Sabbath -- Rat Salad. Very jazzy.

https://tinyurl.com/4fm5bkse

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 03, 2025 08:10 PM (W5ArC)

58 50 Chilliwack - My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)
https://youtu.be/P7zN4JD9Dng
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:07 PM (O7YUW)

Required listening for driving through certain small towns in BC.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:10 PM (vm8sq)

59 Grateful Dead ~ Black Muddy River

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFwswNXKsak

Sierra Hull ~ Black Muddy River

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9zejNFdouM

Posted by: huerfano at May 03, 2025 08:10 PM (n2swS)

60 55: It's there.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 08:10 PM (c711F)

61 Trooper - The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car
https://youtu.be/HpE6ZNo1Duk

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:10 PM (O7YUW)

62 Tom Cochrane and Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe
https://youtu.be/uqUa_G1h3pw

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:10 PM (O7YUW)

63 Presented w/o further comment.

https://tinyurl.com/3nexx8tc

Posted by: RS at May 03, 2025 08:11 PM (rk5vz)

64 Rush's Permanent Waves also from 1980

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 08:11 PM (Vj4xA)

65 Money talks is my favorite AC DC song.

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:11 PM (VofaG)

66 65: LoL!

That's the default setting on some around here.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 08:12 PM (c711F)

67 56 For me, 1980 was the best year in rock history. Look at these albums:

Black Sabbath, "Heaven & Hell".
Ozzy Osbourne, "Blizzard of Ozz".
Motorhead, "Ace of Spades".
Def Leppard, "On Through the Night."
Iron Maiden, "Iron Maiden."
AC/DC, "Back in Black."
Judas Priest, "British Steel."
Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 03, 2025 08:09 PM (5YmYl)

And Rush, Permanent Waves.

MCMLXXX was an anno mirabilis for music.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:12 PM (vm8sq)

68 > 49 The best classic rock are live performances. Live at Leeds, Fillmore , Made in Japan, River Platte.
Posted by: Some stupid with a flaregun at May 03, 2025 08:01 PM (iPBym)

Ted Nugent - "Full Bluntal Nugity" and "Intensities in Ten Cities"

Frampton Comes Alive
Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 08:07 PM (a40pN)

Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsys, recorded New Year's Eve, 1970.

https://tinyurl.com/54swdekc

"That motherfucking Machine Gun, man" -- Miles Davis

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 03, 2025 08:12 PM (W5ArC)

69 New Sammy Hagar. A tribute to Eddie Van Halen.

It just don't get much better than Joe Satriani on guitar.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 03, 2025 08:13 PM (mH6SG)

70 The zenith of rock and music in general was a 20 year period from 75 to 95 and up until the tail end of the grunge movement at the end of the 90's.

Just as a thought experiment, name the essential bands, groups or artists established in the last 20 years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 03, 2025 08:13 PM (XV/Pl)

71 1982:

Rush - Signals
Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
Scorpions - Blackout

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 08:13 PM (Vj4xA)

72 55 What? The Rush acolyte puts up NO links to Rush songs???
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:09 PM (vm8sq)

It's a flawed, fallen world

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 03, 2025 08:14 PM (xcxpd)

73
https://youtu.be/re6OaUEGEh4?si=VIpy3vk5IfQD2VIR

https://youtu.be/7K8Wynzt7tc?si=fQTECGRl05Q1hdYX

https://youtu.be/b00G0mjXx7Q?si=QNR4KTXGG1dvV1pP

Posted by: TC at May 03, 2025 08:14 PM (r4IU7)

74 Just as a thought experiment, name the essential bands, groups or artists established in the last 20 years.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 03, 2025 08:13 PM (XV/Pl)

Nickleback ?

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:14 PM (VofaG)

75 25: I knew a dude who would flip out with rage if you played “Hot Dog”. He HATED that one.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:15 PM (vm8sq)

76 Catherine Wheel was able to tick up the speedometer on occasion
youtu.be/cF7UMEgou48

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 08:15 PM (gKWVE)

77 Pat Benatar - You Better Run
https://youtu.be/IvSbQB6-UdY

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:15 PM (O7YUW)

78 71 "The zenith of rock and music in general was a 20 year period from 75 to 95. . ."

Agreed.

Posted by: RS at May 03, 2025 08:15 PM (rk5vz)

79 My favorite music is so much better than your favorite music. There simply is no discussion to be had on this point.
Posted by: Savage Henry at May 03, 2025 08:11 PM (AOsQT)
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Outrageous!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 08:15 PM (RIvkX)

80 Gino Vannelli - Black Cars
https://youtu.be/rk4Hty_fScs

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:16 PM (O7YUW)

81 Just as a thought experiment, name the essential bands, groups or artists established in the last 20 years.

Rick Beato has often lamented the same thing. The music industry just doesn't churn out bands anymore.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 08:17 PM (c711F)

82 Catherine Wheel is one of the only 90s bands that I like. The singer is Rob Dickinson, cousin of Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, and both bands are named after torture devices.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 08:17 PM (Vj4xA)

83 Live album. Seconds Out or Concert for Bangladesh.

If you like 60 minutes of shrieking girls there's Beatles at Hollywood Bowl

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 08:17 PM (RIvkX)

84 Rock and Roll R.I.P.

Stephen Banks
-Home Entertainment

youtu.be/E9e0YwLJSj0

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2025 08:18 PM (D7oie)

85 The music for Sweet Home Alabama was written by Ed King, the one guy in the band who wasn't from the South.
Posted by: Mark1971

--

(CCR looks around nervously)

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 03, 2025 08:18 PM (oFxbF)

86 @70/Notorious BFD: "It just don't get much better than Joe Satriani on guitar."

Agreed!

Joe Satriani - The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing
https://youtu.be/BAD7JJGIJEw

and:

One Big Rush*
https://youtu.be/joI9V_5ewN4

{*} Never, NEVER drive your car to this song without cruise control and keeping your foot far away from the gas pedal. Seriously. Just don't. Dang that was a huge speeding ticket those many years ago...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:19 PM (O7YUW)

87 What? The Rush acolyte puts up NO links to Rush songs???
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:09 PM (vm8sq)

It's a flawed, fallen world
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 03, 2025 08:14 PM (xcxpd)

Look closer

Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 08:19 PM (a40pN)

88 Howdy Hordelings! CBD let me take control of the AOSHQ jukebox tonight. Despite his complete lack of appreciation for my favorite band

I find it interesting that you felt a need to rush and say that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 03, 2025 08:19 PM (yuVjX)

89 The first four Van Halen albums are excellent. Fair Warning is my favorite. It has a dark feel that I really like. The album art is creepy, and fits the mood.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 03, 2025 08:19 PM (0aYVJ)

90 >>Is There Any Good New Rock?

No.

Rock and Roll wasn't just music, it was at time. It was a couple guys with and amp and a fender and a lot of booze and stuff.

There's some ok music coming out now but it's not the same. It's something else.

We boomers own Rock.

https://tinyurl.com/3j9wtc7e

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 08:20 PM (viF8m)

91 The Prog Report has a thing called WHEEL OF PROG on YT. The ones for Rush and Floyd, Pink and good. The one for Yes is ok. The one for Dream Theater makes my blood boil.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:20 PM (vm8sq)

92 My favorite music is so much better than your favorite music. There simply is no discussion to be had on this point.
Posted by: Savage Henry

-

Well you've never heard My Favorite Band and besides you wouldn't understand them even if you knew who they were.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 03, 2025 08:20 PM (oFxbF)

93 @83

>>Rick Beato has often lamented the same thing. The music industry just doesn't churn out bands anymore.

It really is, if you go into say, a drug store, the PA music will pretty much be playing music that is anywhere from 30 to 40 years old, if it's "newer," it might be 10 - 20 years old, and very few if any current offerings.

But the problem with music, is the same problem with movies and most of culture in general, the height of the popular zeitgeist ended sometime in the early aughts.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 03, 2025 08:20 PM (XV/Pl)

94 I am shocked that Chubby Checker wasn't already in. For many of us he introduced R & R.

Posted by: Ciampino - different scene at May 03, 2025 08:20 PM (sPQoU)

95 Mrs. F. and I were invited to join friends to see the Eagles in Las Vegas, since then we have had several conversations on how bad so many of their songs are and why.

We're not going.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 08:21 PM (RIvkX)

96 Again I'm not a heavy rock guy but I liked Gun N Roses breakout albums. Maybe that is evidence that they aren't that good😀

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:21 PM (VofaG)

97 I guess Rock 'n Roll related (sort of):

Mrs Cop and I went to see "The Accountant 2" today, and "This is Spinal Tap" is going to have a 41st anniversary release in the movie theaters this year.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 03, 2025 08:21 PM (pJWtt)

98 I missed the boat on Nugent, he had some great live recordings, and of course Hendrix. Probably could have SRV live at Mocambo too.
Dick Dale and Link Wray predate classic rock IMO

Posted by: Some stupid with a flaregun at May 03, 2025 08:21 PM (iPBym)

99 Stones
Zeppelin
Floyd
Who
Aerosmith
Boston
Eagles
Foreigner
Heart
Grateful Dead

The same few hundred songs played over and over on Classic Rock radio stations.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 08:22 PM (r2ymA)

100 The band I've been hitting hard lately is Ghost. It's goofily fun theatrical rock. I like to figure out what band or genre was the template for each song. They're got a psychedelic song, a Rush song, an Alice in Chains song, a disco song, a Megadeth song...

I never knew there was a hole in my life that could only be filled by a Scandinavian power-metal band with an F. W. Mernau aesthetic, but there it is.

They're an easily mockable band ("they put the ABBA in Black SABBAth"), but they've got some bangers. Go to YouTube and check out "Spillways", "Cirice", "Squarehammer", "Dance Macabre", "Kiss the Go-Goat" and "Mary on a Cross". It's like a smorgasbord of 60 years of rock.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 03, 2025 08:22 PM (5YmYl)

101 Fwiw, all the recent Who classic albums on CD have additional songs, demos, etc. That includes Live at Leeds with more of the concert.

Two other concerts from the same era, Isle of Wight and Hull are also now available.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 08:22 PM (ctrM5)

102 The RRHoF will always be a joke. Dream Theater not being inducted in 2013 is criminal. Dream Theater not being inducted even now is criminal.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:23 PM (vm8sq)

103 I was gonna wait till the fourth quarter to watch the hockey game.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:24 PM (0FEUr)

104 I really got into Ghost about five years ago but their last two albums have been really underwhelming to me.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 08:24 PM (Vj4xA)

105 These friends are flying from Australia to see the Eagles. It gives pause as to their general good judgment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 08:24 PM (RIvkX)

106 Joan Baez is still alive.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:25 PM (0FEUr)

107 IMO, Guns 'n Roses had one truly great album, followed by a few okay albums, followed by a bunch of shite.

Heroin: not even once.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 03, 2025 08:25 PM (W5ArC)

108 [holds up Bic lighter, shouts above the din]

Play Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 03, 2025 08:25 PM (XeU6L)

109 Having now consumed the content, and having found neither CCR nor the world's greatest band, The Beach Boys, declared such by no less an august personage than CBD himself, I say "Pfffffft."

Pfffffff, I say.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 03, 2025 08:25 PM (yuVjX)

110 These friends are flying from Australia to see the Eagles. It gives pause as to their general good judgment.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 08:24 PM (RIvkX)

Don Felder was the only one from the Iggles that I liked. Joe Walsh was okay, I guess. the rest were, and are, pricks.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 03, 2025 08:26 PM (0aYVJ)

111 There's some ok music coming out now but it's not the same. It's something else.

-

I like this description.

I posted this a few weeks ago. I don't know anything about these guys but I accidentally came upon them while searching for something else, and I pressed play because why not.

Three guys doing a live performance for some radio station. Essentially an 11 minute jam session for this song. They're incredibly tight and it's a great performance, and I like that you can catch where they signal to each other to move into something else for a bit. Also the drummer loses his headset three or four times and never misses a beat. Worth a listen at least once. Heck, I bet it would be a decent group to see live while stoned if that was your thing.

All Them Witches - Blood and Sand / Milk And Endless Waters (Live on KEXP)

https://tinyurl.com/y6u33yb7

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 03, 2025 08:27 PM (oFxbF)

112 Don Felder was the only one from the Iggles that I liked. Joe Walsh was okay, I guess. the rest were, and are, pricks.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 03, 2025 08:26 PM (0aYVJ)

Joe Walsh was great on Daryl's House.

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:27 PM (VofaG)

113 92 - Totally agree, Pug. "Fair Warning" is like nothing else VH did before or after. Absolutely their best album.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 03, 2025 08:28 PM (5YmYl)

114 Southern Rock is its own genre.
Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 07:53 PM (VofaG)
=====

And pervasive.

At my h.s. In NYC the theme to our class yearbook was Free Bird

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 08:28 PM (RIvkX)

115 The Eagle I hated the most died.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:28 PM (0FEUr)

116 Jesus and Mary Chain not being in the RRHOF is alone proof it's not serious.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 08:28 PM (gKWVE)

117
Rick Beato has often lamented the same thing. The music industry just doesn't churn out bands anymore.

-

That might be the fellow that I saw very wisely point out that young people who only know streaming don't have favorite artists, only favorite genres.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 03, 2025 08:28 PM (oFxbF)

118 When I hear the term, "Classic rock", I think, "Overplayed dreck". What's interesting is your featured songs do not fit my definition. Long, Long Way from Home, for example, reminds me that, "oh yeah, Foreigner didn't actually suck". So I would not consider that song for this category. On the other hand, U2, with the exception of maybe three songs is a band that defines the term "Classic Rock"...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 03, 2025 08:29 PM (bA75n)

119 Does the music industry still exist?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:29 PM (0FEUr)

120 Pfffffff, I say.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 03, 2025 08:25 PM (yuVjX)
====
He likes the Eagles.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 08:30 PM (RIvkX)

121 Long, Long Way from Home, for example, reminds me that, "oh yeah, Foreigner didn't actually suck"

Same holds for Beegees and "I Started A Joke".

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 08:30 PM (gKWVE)

122 SanFranpsycho,
Don't let them see recent song analysis by Fil of Wings of Pegasus. Basically a lot of the old rockers are lip syncing now. Including the Eagles. Younger acts are doing it too including Taylor S. along with on the fly pitch correction.

Music sounds flat today because of too much processing.

Need a new punk rock revival to topple corporate rock again.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 08:30 PM (ctrM5)

123 Bachman Turner Overdrive - Not Fragile
https://youtu.be/wrNsh69J01A

And the harder to find track - Fragile Man:
https://youtu.be/EEC3kCFWplE

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:30 PM (O7YUW)

124 Until Yoko is inducted, the RR HOF will remain irrelevant.

Posted by: Intragalactic Yoko Ono Artistries Appreciation Association at May 03, 2025 08:30 PM (yuVjX)

125 Oh, and as for new-er metal bands that surfaced after the 90's, I think Avenged Sevenfold and Texas Hippie Coalition have some great tunes.

I discovered "Hail to the King" by A7X when Barky was in office.... I'm sure it wasn't written that way, but it struck my ears as a cynical allegory of his presidency.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 03, 2025 08:30 PM (kOluj)

126 Joe Walsh was great on Daryl's House.
Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:27 PM (VofaG)

My favorite Joe Walsh album was "There Goes The Neighborhood." Last I heard, it's no longer even in print. One of the songs is featured in the opening scenes of The 40-Year-Old Virgin: Land of Confusion.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 03, 2025 08:31 PM (0aYVJ)

127 You wouldn't know my favorite band, she goes to a different high school.

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at May 03, 2025 08:31 PM (iNp3L)

128 Music used to be played. Now it's just another manufactured product.

Posted by: davidt at May 03, 2025 08:31 PM (i0F8b)

129 Yoko's Greatest Hits exists.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:31 PM (0FEUr)

130 Watched a documentary about The Eagles after Glenn Frey died. I was surprised to find out he was a bigger prick then Don Henley. Didn't think that was possible.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 08:31 PM (c711F)

131 Really burns my hide that Blue Oyster Cult isn't in the rrhof.
Of course the dj's only play on song of theirs. They just came out with a new album for crying out loud.
This song alone should put them at the head of the table...
https://youtu.be/Wg2ejQdS2FE?si=nbQkE60m26ZEJL5A

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 03, 2025 08:32 PM (VJc7E)

132 LOL, Ministry isn't in the RRHoF either

Posted by: they should announce him with "say you're sorry" at May 03, 2025 08:32 PM (gKWVE)

133 Looking at the RRHoF inductees, I have no opinion on The White Stripes. The others are OK….I do love me some Soundgarden. Bad Co has some good rock standards. But WTF is OutKast doing in there? I have NOTHING against there, but the RRHoF? No.

Chubby Checker should have been there ages ago. Iron Maiden not being in there is utterly criminal.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:33 PM (vm8sq)

134 111 Boss Moss, National Lampoon Radio Dinner skewers her quite nicely in their parody of her. That and the John Lennon parody with the lyrics taken directly from his early Yoko public interviews, are hilarious.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 08:33 PM (ctrM5)

135 I found this band recently. There's an upright bass!!

Lake Street Dive:

https://tinyurl.com/524ckrkh

Posted by: Moonbeam at May 03, 2025 08:33 PM (rbKZ6)

136 The thing is, a lot of metal bands are still producing new music, and they are still on their game, despite being way over 29.

Except Metallica. Metallica died with Cliff.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 03, 2025 08:34 PM (0aYVJ)

137 Iron Maiden, Scorpions, and Motorhead should all be in.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 08:34 PM (Vj4xA)

138 Classic rock is as popular as ever.
Went to a local festival, BBQ as I'm in NC.
One Taylor Swift song, a few disco and everything else was classic rock. Not sure how popular current rock will be. It might be good, but with all the old material there is plenty to listen to for young people that know NOTHING about AOR.
And White Stripes belongs.

Posted by: jimmymcnulty at May 03, 2025 08:34 PM (EAGie)

139 Watched a documentary about The Eagles after Glenn Frey died. I was surprised to find out he was a bigger prick then Don Henley. Didn't think that was possible.

Birds of a feather, flock together.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 03, 2025 08:34 PM (mH6SG)

140 At my h.s. In NYC the theme to our class yearbook was Free Bird
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 03, 2025 08:28 PM (RIvkX)

Lucky. For two years in a row the senior class songs were by Boyz Eye Eye Men.

I wanted “Wherever I May Roam”.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:35 PM (vm8sq)

141 Thanks for the post Doof! Brought back some memories. Since I'm just past my 29th birthday I saw all the legends in either Wichita or Kansas City. I was out feeding cattle in a blizzard early in the morning when I was in High School and saw a tour bus in the ditch abt 40 miles west of Wichita. I pulled up on the other side of the fence and it was Molly Hatchet! I hooked up a chain and pulled the bus to our farm thru the pasture. They stayed the night at our Farm House and my Mom Cooked for them. I got a big stack of concert T-shirts and some really good weed for that one. Mom thought they were pretty nice folks. A friend of mine was related to Kevin Cronan and the friend asked me to go to the lake for the weekend for his Birthday. REO Speedwagon showed up and played for 100 people and then partied the rest of the night with us. Fun times.

Posted by: DBCooper at May 03, 2025 08:35 PM (y1Mvi)

142 But the problem with music, is the same problem with movies and most of culture in general, the height of the popular zeitgeist ended sometime in the early aughts.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 03, 2025 08:20 PM (XV/Pl)

There has been a precipitous devolution over the last thirty years in music particularly. The rise of rap/hip-hop most notably.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 08:35 PM (r2ymA)

143 NOT from the 70's, but it has the right flavour, so I'm submitting it:

Little Feat - Texas Twister
https://youtu.be/Wgw0JH_yVOw

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:35 PM (O7YUW)

144 The Eagles should have never allowed people who couldn't play the guitar to carry one onstage. Even the drummer started to carry one around.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:36 PM (0FEUr)

145 I like them but I'm not sure if the White Stripes should be in, but the guy almost certainly will be eventually. He's one of those unusual all-around musician types that is good at any number of things.

Ministry I'm torn on. I listened to them probably 80% of the time that I had my stereo on for a couple of years in the "the mind is a..." era, and it would definitely a sign that they were mainstream and I was an old man for them to be in the RRHOF.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 03, 2025 08:37 PM (oFxbF)

146 I got down a rabbit hole of The Allman Brothers and The Band today. Started with Waylon Jennings. I was in a rebellious outlaw mood.

I always liked Bad Company. And Badfinger. Badfinger was kinds tragic.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 08:37 PM (uksS7)

147 Is There Any Good New Rock?

My 17 year old daughter listens to Blackpink, Bear Ghost, and My Chemical Romance.

So, no.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 03, 2025 08:37 PM (l+X0p)

148 I just pulled up Joe Walsh on Daryl's House doing Life's Been Good.

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:37 PM (VofaG)

149 I cringed when I clicked the mystery link because was expecting something mundane like Status Quo.

That was a close one.

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at May 03, 2025 08:38 PM (fY84s)

150 The Eagles should have never allowed people who couldn't play the guitar to carry one onstage.

Huh?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 03, 2025 08:38 PM (mH6SG)

151 The Eagles should have never allowed people who couldn't play the guitar to carry one onstage.

Huh?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 03, 2025 08:38 PM (mH6SG)

152 I'm guessing the Smiths won't ever get nominated again.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 08:38 PM (gKWVE)

153 "Really burns my hide that Blue Oyster Cult isn't in the rrhof."

That's like Babe Ruth not being in the BBHOF.

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2025 08:38 PM (vFG9F)

154 "Really burns my hide that Blue Oyster Cult isn't in the rrhof."

That's like Babe Ruth not being in the BBHOF.

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2025 08:38 PM (vFG9F)

155 "Really burns my hide that Blue Oyster Cult isn't in the rrhof."

That's like Babe Ruth not being in the BBHOF.

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2025 08:38 PM (vFG9F)

156 Wtf? A triple!

Posted by: fd at May 03, 2025 08:39 PM (vFG9F)

157 F'n double post. Ugh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 03, 2025 08:39 PM (mH6SG)

158 >>These friends are flying from Australia to see the Eagles. It gives pause as to their general good judgment.

A few years ago I was in Perth on business and had the weekend to myself. On Saturday I took a ferry ride down the Swan River to Fremantle which is a great beach community.

We passed under a bridge and there was a giant mural on one side of Bon Scott.

Aussies love their rock and roll.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 08:39 PM (viF8m)

159 gotta make it
gotta make it

Posted by: the hamsters at May 03, 2025 08:39 PM (gKWVE)

160 deja deja deja vu vu vu...

Posted by: davidt at May 03, 2025 08:39 PM (i0F8b)

161 I was watching an Eagle's documentary and Don Felder said of Joe Walsh joining the band we finally have two guitar players.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:39 PM (0FEUr)

162 A triple-double

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 08:40 PM (Vj4xA)

163 A fourple.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 03, 2025 08:40 PM (mH6SG)

164 I always liked Bad Company. And Badfinger. Badfinger was kinds tragic.
Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 08:37 PM (uksS

Badfinger was just the Beatles's Monkees

Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:40 PM (VofaG)

165 My Chemical Romance has been around for a little while.

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 08:41 PM (ypFCm)

166 Uriah Heep - Stealin' (when I shoulda been buyin')
https://youtu.be/qvzkT2W1VCs

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 08:41 PM (O7YUW)

167 Is There Any Good New Rock?

Does Greta van Fleet count? It's not super new, and it's mostly a really good Led Zeppelin cover band, but...

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 03, 2025 08:41 PM (l+X0p)

168 Fill my eyes with that double vision lol.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 08:42 PM (r2ymA)

169 it's a stutter!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 03, 2025 08:42 PM (/lPRQ)

170 One more comment before I go.

All my life, teachers hard wring and whine about how to get boys to read, (It ‘s so damn easy but they refuse to acknowledge it: you needs stories about people going forth and kicking ass against the odds. There Is a reason The Iliad and The Odyssey are timeless classics cutting across cultures the world over. Anyways…

And along comes a metal band who has songs about history, mythology and literature. Iron Maiden has done more to get the male population reading than anyone else, IMHO. Every English department in every high school/secondary school in the English speaking world needs to have a monument to Iron Maiden at their schools commemorating them for doing this.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:42 PM (vm8sq)

171 OT - how about an Irish pope youtu.be/JXoK5CMQDK4

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 08:44 PM (gKWVE)

172 The Eagles in concert are only bearable to see Joe Walsh. Fortunately, much of the Eagles live playlist are Joe Walsh songs, going back to the James Gang,

Is it just me, or are the concert tracks on SiriusXM poor quality? I love live concert albums, but the Sirius tracks always seem like fan phone recordings, not good mixes nor decent sound.

Posted by: Jayhawkone at May 03, 2025 08:44 PM (NlHDs)

173 It is not actually a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There's a thing called that but it never inducted Rory f'n Gallagher.

This guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YILj1MPunck

Posted by: Ronzoni at May 03, 2025 08:45 PM (tof4A)

174 Does Greta van Fleet count? It's not super new, and it's mostly a really good Led Zeppelin cover band, but...
Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 03, 2025 08:41 PM

Have they stayed at The Edgewater Inn?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 03, 2025 08:45 PM (yuVjX)

175 They installed chimneys at the Cystanine Chapel.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 08:46 PM (0FEUr)

176 Need a new punk rock revival to topple corporate rock again.
Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 08:30 PM (ctrM5)

I really likes Leningrad because they don't care
I both adore and hate Pamplemousse because farking Pamplemousse is both arrogant and smug, and has the chops to back it up
I wish Caro Emerald was still making music.
I wish Julie Haltigan had made it

It is hard to get that network effect that the early rock breakthroughs had, there is too much access to eager ears when it is not funneled through physical discs distributed by limited sources.
I think we are going to see the rebirth of small room live shows, when everyone gets tired of autotune lipsynch in packed stadiums where even the pot is cheap and tasteless.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2025 08:46 PM (D7oie)

177 I always loved Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits, and was surprised it never got played much, never got any commercial attention. I figured I must be one of the only people who liked it.
But lately I’ve started finding that almost *every* Dire Straits fan has always liked that one, and wondered “why did this great song guy under the radar so long?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 03, 2025 08:46 PM (3xZyM)

178 Romeo and Juliet was a great song, yeah.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 08:48 PM (uksS7)

179 OK. I’ll hurl one more grenade -

Peter Frampton is a one album wonder. He just made one good live album and just disappeared right after.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:48 PM (vm8sq)

180 The Mudshark Arpeggio is a nice little arpeggio.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 03, 2025 08:48 PM (yuVjX)

181 Seems like now days too many guitar players are more about, "Watch what my fingers can do!" instead of, "Listen to the music I'm playing!"

Posted by: davidt at May 03, 2025 08:49 PM (i0F8b)

182 Doof, I owe you an apology, my man. Good choice.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:49 PM (vm8sq)

183 Tom Servo: I think Douglas Adams had that one in mind when he floated that Dire Straits had about the same effect on people as the intoxicating sex planet

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 08:49 PM (gKWVE)

184 Thinking I love a rainy night because it's coming

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 08:50 PM (ypFCm)

185 The Huevos Rancheros
Wild N Wendy

youtu.be/QL2Y4JD9vnk

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2025 08:50 PM (D7oie)

186 We passed under a bridge and there was a giant mural on one side of Bon Scott.

Aussies love their rock and roll.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 08:39 PM (viF8m)

My first AC/DC concert was 6 weeks before Bon Scott died. It was awesome.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 03, 2025 08:50 PM (3xZyM)

187 >>>Peter Frampton is a one album wonder. He just made one good live album and just disappeared right after.

He made two good ones if you count Humble Pie's Rockin' The Fillmore

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 08:51 PM (Vj4xA)

188 I always loved Romeo and Juliet by Dire Straits, and was surprised it never got played much, never got any commercial attention. I figured I must be one of the only people who liked it.

A masterpiece. One of my all-time favorites.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 03, 2025 08:51 PM (mH6SG)

189 Little River Band has probably the finest tone and texture of any group.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 03, 2025 08:51 PM (VJc7E)

190 You know a song is overplayed when the audience yells for "Free Bird" and a hand bells concert.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 03, 2025 08:52 PM (VNX3d)

191 Ah, another lazy Saturday music thread.

youtube.com/watch?
v=FtK63l541mw&list=RDFtK63l541mw&start_radio=1

Posted by: Rev Wishbone at May 03, 2025 08:52 PM (fY84s)

192 Been around awhile but been listening to Silversun Pickups a lot

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 08:52 PM (ypFCm)

193 I'll second Greta Van Fleet. Saw them live in the past couple years. Kid has no stage presence, but his voice will give you goosebumps. And the rest of the lineup are really solid young musicians. Came from a small town in MI and named the band after a lady in their neighborhood....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at May 03, 2025 08:54 PM (kOluj)

194 I have a distant childhood memory of some Sgt. Pepper movie with Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees. I think it wasn't good, but I was a tot.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 08:55 PM (uksS7)

195 Hots For Nowhere
Led Zep Presence

Posted by: Jerry Saves at May 03, 2025 08:55 PM (fGNBi)

196 Need a new punk rock revival to topple corporate rock again.
Posted by: whig's phone

-

Sort of related and something that makes me laugh:

A friend of mine is friends with the Of Montreal guy. WEIRD guy. Super weird. Makes the Legendary Pink Dots look like Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys weird.

He (they?) made interesting music, though, in large part because of that weirdness. And it was good in a very, very odd way. But it rejected the mainstream, and did it unabashedly. It was punk.

And then Outback Steakhouse bought a song for a commercial. Big money. And then, IIRC, other corporations started buying songs because Outback had.

There is no moral or lesson from my observation and amusement, and I make no judgement. Just that life is funny that way.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 03, 2025 08:55 PM (oFxbF)

197 "194 I have a distant childhood memory of some Sgt. Pepper movie with Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees. I think it wasn't good, but I was a tot."

Yeah. I was in HS. Took a date. It was adequate.

Posted by: RS at May 03, 2025 08:56 PM (rk5vz)

198 I'd rather listen to Rush than Foreigner.

There, I said it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 03, 2025 08:57 PM (h7ZuX)

199 Peter Frampton is a one album wonder. He just made one good live album and just disappeared right after.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:48 PM (vm8sq)

Guess you don't feel like I do about Frampton.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 08:57 PM (r2ymA)

200 >>Lake Street Dive:

https://tinyurl.com/524ckrkh

Posted by: Moonbeam at May 03, 2025 08:33 PM

I started listening to them a couple of years ago. The bass player kicks ass and Rachael Price is a phenomenal singer.

Posted by: huerfano at May 03, 2025 08:57 PM (n2swS)

201 >>Yeah. I was in HS. Took a date. It was adequate.

The date or the movie?

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 08:57 PM (Vj4xA)

202 177 Tom Servo,
The music video of Romeo and Juliet sucked and in an era of MTV, it hurt the band. Money for Nothing had a great path breaking video and was a big hit.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 08:59 PM (ctrM5)

203 "Does Greta van Fleet count? It's not super new, and it's mostly a really good Led Zeppelin cover band, but..."

I love me some Greta. Yeah, they're pretty much Led Hanson, but I dig it.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 03, 2025 08:59 PM (5YmYl)

204 The Low Darts showed up in my youtube a few weeks ago. High school and college age kids who know how to play, sing and mix music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRFeND9aPZU

Posted by: huerfano at May 03, 2025 09:00 PM (n2swS)

205 >>But lately I’ve started finding that almost *every* Dire Straits fan has always liked that one, and wondered “why did this great song guy under the radar so long?”

I've always liked it.

The answer is radio format. One of my high school friend's father was in the radio business. There was a formula that was used back then that had nothing to do with the quality of the song, it was all about fitting in the radio formula.

You might have heard I am a fan of the Grateful Dead. No really, it's true. Their music almost never got played on the radio and yet today there is an entire XM radio channel of Dead music and their fan base keeps growing with new generations.

Music is a business just like everything else. Quality is not the issue. It's formula.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 09:01 PM (viF8m)

206 Cobbie,
Originality sells is the lesson. Corporate music today sux because it is about selling product rather than original ideas and sound.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 09:01 PM (ctrM5)

207 The Dixie Dregs - The Bash (Live 197

https://youtu.be/VohubM8Hls4

(These guys genuinely are having so much fun playing this)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 09:01 PM (O7YUW)

208 Pouring down here

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 09:01 PM (ypFCm)

209 Money for Nothing had a great path breaking video and was a big hit.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 08:59 PM (ctrM5)

It didn't hurt that Sting sang on that track. It made them interesting the MTV crowd.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 09:02 PM (uksS7)

210 REO Speedwagon's live double album from the mid-70s - "You Get What You Play For" - is another great rock live album.

REO's albums PRIOR to Hi Infidelity (1980) all rock. Gary Richrath (RIP) was killer, way underappreciated.

Posted by: Kreskin at May 03, 2025 09:02 PM (WLslr)

211 The music video of Romeo and Juliet sucked and in an era of MTV, it hurt the band. Money for Nothing had a great path breaking video and was a big hit.
Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 08:59 PM (ctrM5)

And it can't be played now in its original version. The little faggot lol.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 09:03 PM (r2ymA)

212 I'd rather listen to Rush than Foreigner.

There, I said it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 03, 2025 08:57 PM (h7ZuX)

Damn. That's damning with strong insults.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 03, 2025 09:03 PM (+joQe)

213 And it can't be played now in its original version. The little faggot lol.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 09:03 PM (r2ymA)

But he's got an earring and a mink coat. The little faggot is a millionaire.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 09:04 PM (uksS7)

214 "The date or the movie?

Posted by: Mark1971"

Both.

Posted by: RS at May 03, 2025 09:04 PM (rk5vz)

215 I better call it a night
Have a great evening everyone

And Rock On

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 09:05 PM (ypFCm)

216 IMO, most rock n roll is "people seeking truth, but only finding sex and drugs. It is almost always anti-Christian, almost satanic. That is what sex/drugs/rock'n'roll was all about.

Sure, maybe they at times found some interesting insights into the evils of "The World", but no real spiritual insights, imo.

Posted by: illiniwek at May 03, 2025 09:05 PM (Cus5s)

217 Originality sells is the lesson. Corporate music today sux because it is about selling product rather than original ideas and sound.
Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 09:01 PM (ctrM5)

There are few good and distinctive, non auto tuned voices.

Amy Lee of Evanescence. Aaron Lewis maybe. Puddles the Clown.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 03, 2025 09:05 PM (+joQe)

218 Fwiw, FM was at first where deep cuts of albums got played versus am top 40. That kind of died out by the 80s with album oriented rock stations becoming the new top 40 outlet, am languishing into talk, news, and gospel, etc

By 82, MTV reigned supreme and bands without a good video hit did not get video or much airplay on the remaining AIR rock stations.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 09:06 PM (ctrM5)

219 Autocorrect but should read AOR above.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 09:06 PM (ctrM5)

220 Dire Straits - Southbound

https://tinyurl.com/y468d73t

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 09:07 PM (viF8m)

221 Video Killed the Radio Star.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 09:07 PM (uksS7)

222 Tunnel Of Love is Dire Strait's best

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 09:07 PM (Vj4xA)

223 Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, Outkast, Soundgarden, and The White Stripes.

Whatever. Bad Company should have been inducted a long time ago. Soundgarden definitely belongs. The others - I say no.

I'd disagree on Chubby Checker... he was iconic for a short period of time... but is classic Rock and Roll.

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 03, 2025 09:08 PM (QAkQ3)

224 Telegraph Road is great too

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 09:08 PM (Vj4xA)

225 Always feel like a weirdo on the music threads. I like all kind of stuff. Classical: Palestrina through Xenakis. Jazz: Louis Armstrong through Cecil Taylor. And so on.

I just can't categorize what I like into little slots.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 03, 2025 09:09 PM (CHHv1)

226 218 Fwiw, FM was at first where deep cuts of albums got played versus am top 40. That kind of died out by the 80s with album oriented rock stations becoming the new top 40 outlet, am languishing into talk, news, and gospel, etc

By 82, MTV reigned supreme and bands without a good video hit did not get video or much airplay on the remaining AIR rock stations.
Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 09:06 PM (ctrM5)

Late 70's, cruising the Main... you could call into the local radio station for song... and they would literally tell you 'I'm going to do these 5 commercials, so I have time to play a long song'....

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 03, 2025 09:10 PM (QAkQ3)

227 Most of the more recent stuff I like is more folk/Americana I guess.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 09:10 PM (uksS7)

228 222 Tunnel Of Love is Dire Strait's best
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 09:07 PM (Vj4xA)

Toss up? Brothers in Arms...

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 03, 2025 09:10 PM (QAkQ3)

229 I just can't categorize what I like into little slots.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 03, 2025 09:09 PM (CHHv1)

That's because people are retards. Music is the ultimate subjective (with objective coming from agreement, not anything you can point to.) It is how it hits your ear. The mood you are in or even the stage and state of life.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 03, 2025 09:11 PM (+joQe)

230 I'd rather listen to Rush than Foreigner.

There, I said it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 03, 2025 08:57 PM (h7ZuX)

Damn. That's damning with strong insults.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 03, 2025 09:03 PM (+joQe)

I always thought of Foreigner as as a poor man's Boston. I would rank

Boston
Rush
Foreigner

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 09:11 PM (r2ymA)

231 Frampton blows. Saw in in SA in '96. Played 3 songs and split.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 03, 2025 09:11 PM (NRF0d)

232 I'm not sure how deep a cut this is, but I've always like Kansas, "The Wall."

https://youtu.be/bRJ5U49sJbI

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 03, 2025 09:12 PM (VNX3d)

233 >>Video Killed the Radio Star.

I don't think many understand how profound that line was.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 09:12 PM (viF8m)

234 Boston
Rush
Foreigner
Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 09:11 PM (r2ymA)

Objection! Boston may have only had one great song and dozens of iterations- but it was a GOOD song.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 03, 2025 09:12 PM (+joQe)

235 Foreigner's original name was Trigger. There was another band already using the name so they had to change it.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 09:13 PM (Vj4xA)

236 Ok, deep cut that just popped into my head: Bobby Fuller Four 'Loves made a fool of you.'

Yes, it sounds almost exactly like I fought the Law. But I like it better.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 03, 2025 09:15 PM (+joQe)

237 There was another band already using the name so they had to change it.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 09:13 PM (Vj4xA)

As opposed to Nirvana who just said "fuck you it's ours now".
Also several UK/US bands seem to go on calling themselves "Mission UK", "Charlatans UK" over here. But they didn't have nearly as much fuck-you energy as Grohl, Cobain, and the tall guy.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 09:15 PM (gKWVE)

238 Puddles the Clown.

-------

Puddles' version of Crazy Train (the one with just him and an acoustic guitarist) is sublime.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at May 03, 2025 09:16 PM (5YmYl)

239 I agree on Tunnel of Love - and the best part is Knopfler’s incredible instrumental for the last third of the song, more emotion in that part than in anything with words.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 03, 2025 09:16 PM (3xZyM)

240 Good evening good people. I actually did see The Who in concert a few years ago. It's funny - seeing a classic rock band when you are in your 60's is completely different than seeing them in your 20's.

I have no idea who opened for them. (swidt?

)

Posted by: Tonypete at May 03, 2025 09:16 PM (vKNmo)

241 >>Always feel like a weirdo on the music threads.

You shouldn't. There is no right or wrong in matters of taste. Like whatever you want. Music is personal.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 09:16 PM (viF8m)

242 Doof, I owe you an apology, my man. Good choice.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 03, 2025 08:49 PM (vm8sq)

All good brother!

Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 09:16 PM (RFPHU)

243 Hailing

Posted by: Skip at May 03, 2025 09:17 PM (ypFCm)

244 I just can't categorize what I like into little slots.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 03, 2025 09:09 PM (CHHv1)

Dude, I like big band, classic tango, bachata and that 80's Punk/pop intersection.
I like what I like and although I am delighted if we share some faves, I don't much care if you hate it.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2025 09:17 PM (D7oie)

245 Heh. I saw a window sticker on the back glass of a car today. Looked like the AC-DC logo, with the lightning bolt in the middle. Only it said: AD-HD, and in small print below, "Highway to...Oh, look, squirrel!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 03, 2025 09:17 PM (fiQ+X)

246 I don't think many understand how profound that line was.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 09:12 PM (viF8m)

I was the original target audience for MTV and loved it. But grew up on radio. I never forgot the great songs, even if the artists weren't MTV hot.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 09:18 PM (uksS7)

247 Sabaton might qualify as a rock band with history?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGhhnQB1gw

Posted by: Lirio100 at May 03, 2025 09:19 PM (zS4/f)

248 There were two Slayers, the one we all know from L.A. and another from San Antonio. They played a show together in San Antonio. Eventually the name was changed to SA Slayer.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 09:20 PM (Vj4xA)

249 I always wanted one of those kick-ass Marshall amps, but I ended up sticking with my Fender amp 'cos it had better vibrato (tremolo) than Marshall ... but Marshall was still way kick-ass ...

Posted by: Dr_No at May 03, 2025 09:20 PM (ayRl+)

250 Boston
Rush
Foreigner
Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 09:11 PM (r2ymA)

Objection! Boston may have only had one great song and dozens of iterations- but it was a GOOD song.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 03, 2025 09:12 PM (+joQe)

Yeah but, More Than a Feeling, which I assume you're referring to, is arguably the quintessential classic rock song.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 09:20 PM (r2ymA)

251 Doof,
I was busy doing other things but had a little while to check in with Saturday's AoS. So glad I did.

Great White North mystery link was worth it by itself, but the entire post, with so many great tunes, is possibly one of the top non-political posts here in years.

Bravo.

And keep up the good work!

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 03, 2025 09:20 PM (dadcM)

252 The "Barracuda" cover up top is worth a click.

I've got tickets to Little River Band later this month. The casino up the road often hosts the "geezer rock" tours, otherwise known as the "I blew all my money on cocaine and hookers in the 80s" gigs. None of the original members are with the band; the longest-serving guy has been with them 44 years. Hopefully whoever is singing hasn't turned into Gordon Lightfoot; that dude was barely able to croak out a word by the end of his days.

Posted by: PabloD at May 03, 2025 09:20 PM (VYzpf)

253 164 I always liked Bad Company. And Badfinger. Badfinger was kinds tragic.
Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 08:37 PM (uksS

Badfinger was just the Beatles's Monkees
Posted by: polynikes at May 03, 2025 08:40 PM (VofaG)

The Monkees were the Beatles’ Monkees.
Badfinger were The Beatles’ Moby Grape…

Posted by: BuddyPC at May 03, 2025 09:20 PM (zcuOk)

254 >>>> Knopfler’s incredible instrumental for the last third of the song

His best work

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 09:21 PM (Vj4xA)

255 This cover of Crazy Train on spring door stoppers is completely fake. But it is a well done fake. And it is really short

youtu.be/tIyKLk-WiLo

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2025 09:21 PM (D7oie)

256 Heh. I saw a window sticker on the back glass of a car today. Looked like the AC-DC logo, with the lightning bolt in the middle. Only it said: AD-HD, and in small print below, "Highway to...Oh, look, squirrel!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 03, 2025 09:17 PM (fiQ+X)

Bunch of the guys at the local HVAC shop have HV-AC stickers on their trucks.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2025 09:23 PM (D7oie)

257 Aerosmith.

Its early albums like Rock and Toys in the Attic epitomize the brand of ROCK that needed no qualifier. I still listen to songs like Adams Apple and Lick and a Promise as exemplars of the rawness and energy that made rock and roll what it was.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 03, 2025 09:23 PM (JkO4W)

258 Doof,
I was busy doing other things but had a little while to check in with Saturday's AoS. So glad I did.

Great White North mystery link was worth it by itself, but the entire post, with so many great tunes, is possibly one of the top non-political posts here in years.

Bravo.

And keep up the good work!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 03, 2025 09:20 PM (dadcM)

Wow - Thanks, LCD. Quite the strong amount of praise. Really appreciate it.

Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 09:24 PM (RFPHU)

259 @ 254 >>>> Knopfler’s incredible instrumental for the last third of the song

His best work
_____________________

Ever see Knopfler's duet session with Chet Atkins ... ? Talk about kick-ass (restrained, but still kick-ass) ...

Posted by: Dr_No at May 03, 2025 09:24 PM (ayRl+)

260 I just can't categorize what I like into little slots.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 03, 2025 09:09 PM (CHHv1)

Same here, BC. My spotify liked list includes everything from Civil War old-timey to now.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 03, 2025 09:24 PM (h7ZuX)

261 I could not disagree more on the quality of SiriusXM’s stations. If I want to listen to idiots talk I’ll tune into pMSNBC or NPR.
They also have short playlists. If I want to hear the same three Rolling Stones (for example) songs every day I’ll put it on repeat. The Stones alone have 20-30 songs that fit into their Classis Rock station and another 30-40 into Classic Rewind. But SiriusXM only plays a few of them and they talk and talk and talk some more.

Posted by: Ben at May 03, 2025 09:24 PM (5leLL)

262 217 Aetius, glad you pointed out new talent, but that leads to another issue, I have roughly 500 plus albums left after getting rid of roughly 300 to 400 albums. Have over 200 plus CDs.

I'm really not in the market for much new music.

But, neither are kids because of streaming, lot cheaper subscription to those instead of buying albums or songs and streaming pays crap to artists. Touring can make some money still for artists but a LOT of smaller venues have shut down and basically dj raves are cheaper to go to.

Beato has done a few yt videos on the economics of the music industry and it sucks for new talent.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 09:25 PM (ctrM5)

263 I went to see The Church at a small club a couple of years ago, their one hit "Under the Milky Way" was released back in the late 80's. I really liked that song. I knew the show was going to suck when they opened with it, then about 1/2 way through the show, they played it again. It sucked and sounded almost nothing like the original.

https://youtu.be/pWxJEIz7sSA?si=M9AMSo6qXy0cSOvZ

Posted by: TC at May 03, 2025 09:26 PM (szqEY)

264 My current favorite rock band:

https://youtu.be/3J_7BEHLRTE?

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 03, 2025 09:26 PM (DIweC)

265 224 Telegraph Road is great too
Posted by: Mark1971

My favorite DR song. I can play it on a loop.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 09:27 PM (c711F)

266 >>I was the original target audience for MTV and loved it. But grew up on radio. I never forgot the great songs, even if the artists weren't MTV hot.

It changed everything. It wasn't even a matter of hot, it became about a performance not just music.

Great music wasn't enough once music videos came along. And now we have Taylor Swift whining about the next guy who didn't please her selling out stadiums.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 09:27 PM (viF8m)

267 But SiriusXM only plays a few of them and they talk and talk and talk some more.
Posted by: Ben at May 03, 2025 09:24 PM (5leLL)

I was stuck in a car with someone playing Serius recently.

That was my perception, some corporate idiot decides "these are the handful of songs that represent a genre," and then they play them over and over.

Spoonfed pablum that pretends to be edgy, is still just slop.

Posted by: BurtTC at May 03, 2025 09:27 PM (CnfDa)

268 There's still great rock bands out there, but they hardly get any radio play.

What's going on is simple, the music industry doesn't like dealing with actual talent. A talented artist can make demands and threaten to walk if the company won't meet them halfway.

Find some young girl or metrosexual that you can put on album covers and posters to sell as the next big thing? Doesn't matter if they have any talent at all, that's what autotune and songwriters are for. The record company now has complete control of the product and can do whatever it wants, including casting couch shenanigans. Nobody can risk walking away, because there's no underlying talent to sell elsewhere - just image.

Posted by: Cato, Post-Apocalyptic Scourge of the Seas at May 03, 2025 09:27 PM (gJKGU)

269 247 Sabaton might qualify as a rock band with history?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGhhnQB1gw

Posted by: Lirio100 at May 03, 2025 09:19 PM (zS4/f)

------

Commenter Berzerker posted some Sabaton a while back. Not a big metal head but I like them.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 09:28 PM (uksS7)

270 Last new CD I bought was Dave Matthews first CD.

Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2025 09:28 PM (LHPAg)

271 Dire Straits - Southbound

https://tinyurl.com/y468d73t
Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 09:07 PM (viF8m)

Excellent. That whole debut album is great. It's a road trip staple for me. Opening track builds so nicely into brilliant Knopfler guitar work. Just an outstanding album.

Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 09:28 PM (RFPHU)

272 I'd rather listen to Rush than Foreigner.

Me too, but I think most of the song's on Rush's program were actually by Paul Shanklin.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 03, 2025 09:29 PM (ycI94)

273 Maybe I'm in the wrong bar.

Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2025 09:29 PM (LHPAg)

274 The album with "Under the Milky Way" is decent. That song is definitely the best but The Church are not like, oh, Modern English who went into the studio with two songs and a lot of bullshit, and excreted "After The Snow" in our ears.
"After The Snow" is easily in the bottom ten of my album purchases.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 09:30 PM (gKWVE)

275 265 224 Telegraph Road is great too
Posted by: Mark1971

My favorite DR song. I can play it on a loop.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 09:27 PM (c711F)

Telegraph Road is like a James Michener novel set to music and condensed to 15 minutes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 03, 2025 09:31 PM (3xZyM)

276 ('Someone's Calling In The Night', the first track, is the other good Modern English song. Maybe the only good ME song.)

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 09:31 PM (gKWVE)

277 They also have short playlists. If I want to hear the same three Rolling Stones (for example) songs every day I’ll put it on repeat.

-

That was ultimately why I let my subscription expire years ago.

You'd listen to the new wave or punk or industrial channel and it was almost just an hourly repeat. There are hundreds of recognizable "120 Minutes" type songs, and thousands of second-level songs by the same artists, and tens of thousands of "I've never heard these guys before" songs, and you get essentially the same two or three "Best of" CDs on repeat every hour.

The interesting part is that is how streaming is working now, too. People tune to a genre to discover new stuff, but they're guided towards the "best of" hits that they corporations want you to listen to for their financial reasons.

I really do think that if you requested "next" enough on almost any genre's station you'd eventually get to the same five or six songs. Rap, country, etc. would all eventually suggest Beyonce, Taylor Swift, etc.

You'd never get an old Guy Clark or T Rex song you'd never heard, though.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos show you her trauma is her personality at May 03, 2025 09:31 PM (Ji8U7)

278 EP nailed it with his post! I'm acquiring a love for swing and jazz tunes. And what about Boz Scaggs?

Posted by: Statman at May 03, 2025 09:31 PM (6QAvC)

279 The Telegraph Road that inspired the song is in Michigan.

Posted by: Mark1971 at May 03, 2025 09:32 PM (Vj4xA)

280 What are your thoughts on the definition of "classic rock"?
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Classic Rock = Stuff that was released before I started listening to music.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at May 03, 2025 09:32 PM (Qpozf)

281 Stuff to do tomorrow.

The Florida Guitar Army. High tides to all.

https://tinyurl.com/2krpy5un

Posted by: JackStraw at May 03, 2025 09:33 PM (viF8m)

282 All great selections, Doof. Well done.

Obligatory from my favorite band:

https://tinyurl.com/Long-Live-Rock

Posted by: Sharkman at May 03, 2025 09:33 PM (/RHNq)

283 275 265 224 Telegraph Road is great too
Posted by: Mark1971

My favorite DR song. I can play it on a loop.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 09:27 PM (c711F)

Telegraph Road is like a James Michener novel set to music and condensed to 15 minutes.
Posted by: Tom Servo

I've heard it described as the decline of Western Civilization in a song. Its the perfect song. Lyrically beautiful, played perfectly. The live version from there Alchemy album is amazing!

youtu.be/EX2n2ftbdZU

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 03, 2025 09:34 PM (c711F)

284 Not rock but still, hot Korean chicks.

https://youtu.be/NrUlydECU-8

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 03, 2025 09:34 PM (DIweC)

285 The Pretenders is an example of "good" classic rock..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 03, 2025 09:35 PM (bA75n)

286 ....The casino up the road often hosts the "geezer rock" tours, otherwise known as the "I blew all my money on cocaine and hookers in the 80s" gigs.....
Posted by: PabloD at May 03, 2025 09:20 PM (VYzpf)

PabloD, you say that like it's a bad thing.....

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at May 03, 2025 09:35 PM (dadcM)

287 I went to high school in the early '80s in a small(ish) town in Ohio. There was only radio, 8-tracks and cassettes. Classic rock dominated. I like a lot of that (Skynyrd, Beatles, Aerosmith, Stones, Zeppelin, Who, Halen, etc.) but it didn't take long for me to figure out most of those acts were literally or figuratively dead .

Then I went to college and discovered so much that I didn't even know I had been missing (Punk, Hardcore, SST bands)

Posted by: Otto Pen at May 03, 2025 09:35 PM (sJHOI)

288 Boston should be in the Rock HoF if for nothing else creating a brand new sound in two perfect records.

A band I've long thought is very underrated is Collective Soul. Just listening to their 2nd self-titled album today and loving it. And their third, Disciplined Breakdown, which is also fantastic. They're still putting out new stuff, which I need to explore.

Posted by: Sharkman at May 03, 2025 09:36 PM (/RHNq)

289 The album with "Under the Milky Way" is decent. That song is definitely the best but The Church are not like, oh, Modern English who went into the studio with two songs and a lot of bullshit, and excreted "After The Snow" in our ears.
"After The Snow" is easily in the bottom ten of my album purchases.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 09:30 PM (gKWVE)

Reptile
Destination

Both better songs from the Starfish album - in my humble opinion.

I prefer their previous albums such as Remote Luxury and Heyday

Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 09:37 PM (RFPHU)

290 And what about Boz Scaggs?

Posted by: Statman at May 03, 2025 09:31 PM

Boz Scaggs is awesome. That is all.

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 09:37 PM (uksS7)

291 http://tiny.cc/qpli001

A case in point...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 03, 2025 09:38 PM (bA75n)

292 Destination is an outstanding song.

Posted by: Boron Cobbie - Nose rings and tattoos mean she made the traumas her personality at May 03, 2025 09:41 PM (oFxbF)

293 Thanks for the thread and the Def Leppard - Let it Go link, Doof.

Posted by: scampydog at May 03, 2025 09:42 PM (41CYW)

294 >> What are your thoughts on the definition of "classic rock"?

When my local classic rock station started playing Green Day I wanted a military tribunal set up. I am not *that* old.

Rock kinda is dead, though, and that’s weird. It was basically a massive force in popular music from the 70s to about the late 2000s. And now.. I don’t think I would recognize a rock band from the last 17 years..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 03, 2025 09:43 PM (l3YAf)

295 Maybe I'm in the wrong bar.
Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2025 09:29 PM (LHPAg)

Scampydog is on his way to open up Club ONT in a bit. Knock loudly - maybe he'll let you in early

Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 09:44 PM (RFPHU)

296 Otto Pen, by 1977,, Pete Townshendof the Who agreed with you.He had a long bad day in NYC regarding the final touches of legal issues with band businesses, met two of the Sex Pistols in a bar while drunk and raved to them about how they were the future of rock-'n'-roll, and then ended up being woken up by NYC's finest on the street while sleeping off his drunken night. Cop recognized him and let him go. Pete's sing Who Are You was about that night.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 09:45 PM (ctrM5)

297 Scampydog is on his way to open up Club ONT in a bit. Knock loudly - maybe he'll let you in early
Posted by: Doof

Knock a little louder, sugar . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at May 03, 2025 09:45 PM (gKWVE)

298 Boz Skaggs and Duane Allman. "Loan Me a Dime"

https://tinyurl.com/mr98nj9t

Posted by: ScaryMary at May 03, 2025 09:46 PM (uksS7)

299 295 Maybe I'm in the wrong bar.
Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2025 09:29 PM (LHPAg)

Scampydog is on his way to open up Club ONT in a bit. Knock loudly - maybe he'll let you in early
Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 09:44 PM (RFPHU)
Thanks Doof. Give Mrs. Doof a hung.

Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2025 09:46 PM (LHPAg)

300 kiss her too,].

Posted by: Eromero at May 03, 2025 09:47 PM (LHPAg)

301 Scampydog is on his way to open up Club ONT in a bit. Knock loudly - maybe he'll let you in early
Posted by: Doof

Knock a little louder, sugar . . .
Posted by: gKWVE
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https://tinyurl.com/y3k8ehru

Posted by: scampydog at May 03, 2025 09:48 PM (41CYW)

302 Not rock and roll, but a great moody song by one of the biggest songwriters in pop music. "Tennessee Blues" by Bobby Charles:

https://youtu.be/WsA4uAg-FQc

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 03, 2025 09:48 PM (fiQ+X)

303 260- BC and DMLW- if your eclectic tastes include torch singers, give Laufey a listen. Am I the only person in the world who had never heard of her until a few weeks ago? Amazing.

tinyurl.com/2fndu334

Posted by: Moonbeam at May 03, 2025 09:48 PM (rbKZ6)

304 Night folks, thanks for a walk down memory lane.

Posted by: whig's phone at May 03, 2025 09:48 PM (ctrM5)

305 Whatsherface has a new video.

https://is.gd/UnEZzq

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2025 09:49 PM (0FEUr)

306 I like Seven Nations' cover of Under the Milky Way better than the original.

Album version - https://tinyurl.com/mrycnkdh

Live version - https://tinyurl.com/4s6d9zhn

Thanks for a fun thread, Doof!

Posted by: screaming in digital at May 03, 2025 09:50 PM (Szews)

307 And any album with a Golden Retriever on the cover has to be good, right?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 03, 2025 09:50 PM (fiQ+X)

308 Scampydog is on his way to open up Club ONT in a bit. Knock loudly - maybe he'll let you in early
Posted by: Doof

Just don't Hit Him With Your Best Shot. If you know him out, it gets delayed.

https://youtu.be/0JRgHol94Xc

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 03, 2025 09:50 PM (VNX3d)

309
Townsend may be a twisted fuck up pedophile, but the last 20 seconds of "Rough Boys" was transcendental.

Posted by: Auspex at May 03, 2025 09:50 PM (j4U/Z)

310 Just got here. Did a quick check for http:// — there are over 40 links. Not including the music links & embeds in the post.

Hmmm. I could stay up all night listening to all that.

Or, I could skip it and just go to the ONT.

Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: mindful webworker - that was an easy one at May 03, 2025 09:51 PM (7URu6)

311 Almost time to move this party over to Club ONT. A big thank you to all for hanging out and sharing your thoughts and links.

I had a blast putting this thread together. Hopefully there will be a next time for me. Until then - see you around!

Posted by: Doof at May 03, 2025 09:55 PM (RFPHU)

312 And any album with a Golden Retriever on the cover has to be good, right?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 03, 2025 09:50 PM (fiQ+X)

Yup, anything with a Golden Retriever is good.

Posted by: EP at May 03, 2025 09:56 PM (r2ymA)

313 https://tinyurl.com/af2ubhbw

Posted by: scampydog at May 03, 2025 10:01 PM (41CYW)

314 Thanks for another great music thread, Doof.

I'm heading to bed.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 03, 2025 10:14 PM (O7YUW)

315 Thank you for that Journey.

Posted by: GWB at May 03, 2025 10:27 PM (wbjSL)

316 Okey dokey kids, I know I'm late, but it's Derby Day heren my home town. I am a long time lurker here, and occasional commenterer, But I wish to expose amongst you fine fellows one of our local bands made good: My Morning. Jacket. I believe they qualify for the true label of Rock, while making their sound their own. They just finished a 5 night stand at home at the Palace Theater, no repeats. I only did 3 nights, because I'm OLD.

But, look them up, and let us know what you think,.

Posted by: Jeff james at May 03, 2025 10:32 PM (bX1u1)

317

I recently made a retirement
move, I finally have time and unlimited
WiFi to listen and see YouTube.
I never knew, all the songs
I loved were from Scottish
musicians. I found
"Perfume Genius" because,
we have same inherited disease.
He inspires me, his early songs = great.

Posted by: zigzag at May 03, 2025 10:39 PM (JYmEz)

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