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@MN5 The start of Waters thinking it's his band so started the whole bloated look at me shit and politicising of their work.
Peak prog rock at a time when punk was exploding.
I'm probably most partial to Meddle and Wish You Were Here - although I didn't really like the later when it first game out.
UmmaGumma gets a bad rap but it does encapsulate all the craziness of the early Floyd.
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@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 The start of Waters thinking it's his band so started the whole bloated look at me shit and politicising of their work.
Peak prog rock at a time when punk was exploding.
I'm probably most partial to Meddle and Wish You Were Here - although I didn't really like the later when it first game out.
UmmaGumma gets a bad rap but it does encapsulate all the craziness of the early Floyd.
I genuinely hate everything about “Wish you were here” the song. What was Gilmour thinking with his guitar tone on that ?
Floyd never went quite as “prog” as Yes did.
I always wondered why they were never bigger. Sure everyone knows “Owner of a lonely heart” and it’s still a goodie, but how many know of anything else they’ve done ? I always enjoyed listening to the old mans records, those guys could play and Jon Anderson had a magnificent voice.
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@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
“Owner of a lonely heart”
Everyone knows it because it was a massive hit - after they sold out and teamed up with the Buggles FFS. Shittiest song they ever did. I guess they laughed all the way to the bank but talk about compromising your artistic integrity.
I was a massive Yes fan back in the 70's - had everything they recorded. Really orchestral pieces and enjoyed a great run of album chart success through the 70's and the occasional top 40 single even before Owner of A Lonely Heart.
I put an album of theirs on every few years and thinks fuck these guys are good - but within ten minutes I am bored rigid. In the main prog rock has not aged terribly well - but then neither have I.
I met Chris Squire once at his record label office in London. He was pretty rabid about his vegetarianism. Until I complemented him on hs nice boots
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@dogmeat said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
“Owner of a lonely heart”
Everyone knows it because it was a massive hit - after they sold out and teamed up with the Buggles FFS. Shittiest song they ever did. I guess they laughed all the way to the bank but talk about compromising your artistic integrity.
I was a massive Yes fan back in the 70's - had everything they recorded. Really orchestral pieces and enjoyed a great run of album chart success through the 70's and the occasional top 40 single even before Owner of A Lonely Heart.
I put an album of theirs on every few years and thinks fuck these guys are good - but within ten minutes I am bored rigid. In the main prog rock has not aged terribly well - but then neither have I.
I met Chris Squire once at his record label office in London. He was pretty rabid about his vegetarianism. Until I complemented him on hs nice boots
These would be my two favourite “tracks” of theirs ( I don’t think true prog rockers call their music “songs” ) showcases some serious talent amongst them.
I hear ya though, not something you can listen to all afternoon.
Meeting Squire would have been good fun, awesome bass player, I loved the tone he got too. Very grunty. Would not have picked him as a vegetarian though.
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50 years ago today NZs first ever multi day music festival kicked off. Headlined by Black Sabbath and Fairport Convention it also featured the first ever performances by two iconic Kiwi bands Dragon and Split Ends ( later to become Enz)
It made international headlines coz the opening act Corben Simpson got his gear off and performed naked
I was too young to attend but I did convince the local record shop to give me their copy of the iconic promo poster which hung on my wall until I went overseas
The Great Ngāruawāhia Music Festival - Article | AudioCulture
“Woodstock Planned In Waikato” ran the headline in the New Zealand Herald. It had been a long time coming. Three years after the epochal Woodstock festival in upstate New York, New Zealand was still waiting for a Woodstock of its own. The Dick Frizzell
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Up the Irons!
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@Bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Up the Irons!
Celine Dion is definitely looking rough these days
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@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Up the Irons!
Celine Dion is definitely looking rough these days
That deserves more upvotes than it has received IMO.
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@antipodean said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@MN5 said in What are you listening to, right now................:
@Bovidae said in What are you listening to, right now................:
Up the Irons!
Celine Dion is definitely looking rough these days
That deserves more upvotes than it has received IMO.
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I can only put that down to lots of offended Ferners who are fans of Celine Dion
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I hope @Tim realises National Radio has a Yacht Rock Special on right now
Personally, I prefer the lunacy of Matinee Idle over the last two weeks, but someone must like Toto
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As good as The Cult were (legit great band), there was a deeply shitty band from Ireland who were equally in magnitude as horrible - The Black Eyed Crowes. The cheesiest, crappiest shit imaginable. I get cringe hives even thinking about them. Horrifying. Like if the characters from Sons of Anarchy tried to form a southern rock band.
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@Tim said in What are you listening to, right now................:
As good as The Cult were (legit great band), there was a deeply shitty band from Ireland who were equally in magnitude as horrible - The Black Eyed Crowes. The cheesiest, crappiest shit imaginable. I get cringe hives even thinking about them. Horrifying. Like if the characters from Sons of Anarchy tried to form a southern rock band.
I genuinely love the Crowes.
I’m sure that’s who you are talking about …. But from Ireland?
