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[Macca 16,174]

Not rock and not jazz so this number has to go here , on this thread .

A great song and one for our club (hopefully) . A smooth , elegant and classy song by our very own Linda George .

The song was made famous by "Ruby & the Romantics" but I like Linda's version better ...................

Edited March 3, 2012 by Macca

[Irish Demon 33]

Is there any Jethro Tull fans on this site?Would anyone like to discuss the merits of Thick As A Brick over A Passion Play!Their albums after the 70's weren't as good but they were still better than a lot of other bands.Martin Barre is a very underrated guitar player.

Edited October 23, 2012 by Irish Demon

[Irish Demon 33]

Heard on the News last night that Gerry Rafferty passed away.

For those not so familiar Gerry was the lead singer of Steelers Wheel (Stuck in the Middle with you) that featured in Resevior Dogs.

He also had a huge song in the late 70's with Baker Street, but my personal fave was always this one [media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXG9VcBmd0E

A song i always take with me on the road for those long trips.

Crank it Up & enjoy.

R.I.P. Gerry thanks for the music Champ.... B)

My personal favourite Gerry Raffery song is Night Owl.It's nice to see that someone shares my interests in 60's and 70's rock music!My main musical passion would be the early 70's progressive rock scene although those 20 minute keyboard solos can get numbing after a while!

Edited October 23, 2012 by Irish Demon

[hardtack 10,187]

Is there any Jethro Tull fans on this site?Would anyone like to discuss the merits of Thick As A Brick over A Passion Play!Their albums after the 70's weren't as good but they were still better than a lot of other bands.Martin Barre is a very underrated guitar player.

I was a Jethro Tull fan until they released Thick as a Brick :-) The first couple of albums were excellent, as they were filled with songs that each stood on their own, while with Thick as a Brick they feel into that horrible "musical opus" territory where extended solos become necessary and the music gets lost.

I still remember going to see them at Melbourne's Festival Hall (in '72 I think it was) and being bored sh*tless; they were so lacking in everything that night... the only other time I have been so bored was when I went to see the Style Council at Sydney's Horden Pavillion in the 80's (and being a big Paul Weller fan, that was extremely hard to take).

[hardtack 10,187]

My personal favourite Gerry Raffery song is Night Owl.It's nice to see that someone shares my interests in 60's and 70's rock music!My main musical passion would be the early 70's progressive rock scene although those 20 minute keyboard solos can get numbing after a while!

Gerry Rafferty I like, but I was always a bigger fan of John Martyn. I too was a bit of a prog rock fan during the first half of the '70's and spent '74/'75 living in the heart of the scene in London. I have great memories of going to see bands of the likes of Can, Hawkwind, Gong, Rennaisence, Curved Air etc, but unfortunately most of the big ones were no longer performing regularly and I never got to see the likes of ELP (or the Nice before them), Colosseum, King Crimson (at their peak) and so on.

The funny thing is that by the time I left London, I was more into reggae and pre-punk music... having seen Bob Marley, GT Moore and his Reggae Guitars and Third World (reggae) and Eddie and the Hot Rods, Kilburn and the High Roads (Ian Durey), Brinsley Schwarz (later to become Graham Parker's Rumour) and The 101'ers (Joe Strummers first band before the Clash).

[Sir Why You Little 35,365]

Gerry Rafferty I like, but I was always a bigger fan of John Martyn. I too was a bit of a prog rock fan during the first half of the '70's and spent '74/'75 living in the heart of the scene in London. I have great memories of going to see bands of the likes of Can, Hawkwind, Gong, Rennaisence, Curved Air etc, but unfortunately most of the big ones were no longer performing regularly and I never got to see the likes of ELP (or the Nice before them), Colosseum, King Crimson (at their peak) and so on.

The funny thing is that by the time I left London, I was more into reggae and pre-punk music... having seen Bob Marley, GT Moore and his Reggae Guitars and Third World (reggae) and Eddie and the Hot Rods, Kilburn and the High Roads (Ian Durey), Brinsley Schwarz (later to become Graham Parker's Rumour) and The 101'ers (Joe Strummers first band before the Clash).

You saw some great stuff mate....

[Irish Demon 33]

There's no extended solos on Thick As A Brick.It's full of pleasant melodic passages.Passion Play is Jethro Tulls more maligned prog epic but i reckon it's just as good an album as Thick As A Brick.Both of those albums were the only full on prog albums that Jethro Tull recorded.I think they reached their peak in the late 70's with the Heavy Horses, Songs From The Wood and Stormwatch albums.I saw Jethro Tull in Dublin last year.Ian has lost his singing voice but Martin Barres guitar playing and the musicianship of the rest of the band more than made up for it.

Edited October 24, 2012 by Irish Demon

[hardtack 10,187]

There's no extended solos on Thick As A Brick.It's full of pleasant melodic passages.Passion Play is Jethro Tulls more maligned prog epic but i reckon it's just as good an album as Thick As A Brick.Both of those albums were the only full on prog albums that Jethro Tull recorded.I think they reached their peak in the late 70's with the Heavy Horses, Songs From The Wood and Stormwatch albums.I saw Jethro Tull in Dublin last year.Ian has lost his singing voice but Martin Barres guitar playing and the musicianship of the rest of the band more than made up for it.

Fair enough... it's been a long time and maybe I am recalling the stage performance as opposed to the album itself. All I know is that it was the end for me as far as JT were concerned (but I do agree that Barr was a very underrated guitarist).

But that's just me... I tended to dislike the "concept" album and so didn't like Oldfield's Tubular Bells, much of the Rick Wakeman material (although again, I liked him with The Strawbs), Hawkwind and the horrible Hawkwind spin-off, Robert Calvert's "Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters,".

Edited October 24, 2012 by hardtack

[Sir Why You Little 35,365]

Fair enough... it's been a long time and maybe I am recalling the stage performance as opposed to the album itself. All I know is that it was the end for me as far as JT were concerned (but I do agree that Barr was a very underrated guitarist).

But that's just me... I tended to dislike the "concept" album and so didn't like Oldfield's Tubular Bells, much of the Rick Wakeman material (although again, I liked him with The Strawbs), Hawkwind and the horrible Hawkwind spin-off, Robert Calvert's "Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters,".

The Comedy Routines in Captain Lockheed are Gold...I skip the music!!

[DemonWA 3,660]

I play in a band, migh not be everyone's cup of tea but you can check out our material by following the links below;

http://soundcloud.com/lets-kill-uncle (few tracks from our EP)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6xhm-SlPew (EP Promo Video)

[nutbean 8,837]

I was a Jethro Tull fan until they released Thick as a Brick :-) The first couple of albums were excellent, as they were filled with songs that each stood on their own, while with Thick as a Brick they feel into that horrible "musical opus" territory where extended solos become necessary and the music gets lost.

I still remember going to see them at Melbourne's Festival Hall (in '72 I think it was) and being bored sh*tless; they were so lacking in everything that night... the only other time I have been so bored was when I went to see the Style Council at Sydney's Horden Pavillion in the 80's (and being a big Paul Weller fan, that was extremely hard to take).

Isn't recollections amazing - JT blew me away at festival hall in 1972 - Just loved that concert.

I saw JT recently ( last year I think) and Ian Anderson's voice is completely shot.

I have rather eclectic taste in music and still go out and see lots of new music.On Friday night - I went and saw Illy at the HiFi Bar and was chuffed that they checked my ID The support asked for a show of hands of who was born in the 90's, then asked for those of the 80's. After a little lull I threw my hands in the air and screamed "child of the 50's" which got a round of applause from the "children" around me.

[Deestroy All 14,262]

I play in a band, migh not be everyone's cup of tea but you can check out our material by following the links below;

http://soundcloud.com/lets-kill-uncle (few tracks from our EP)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6xhm-SlPew (EP Promo Video)

Was not expecting that when I hit play, [censored] awesome.

What bands are you into?

[hardtack 10,187]

I play in a band, migh not be everyone's cup of tea but you can check out our material by following the links below;

http://soundcloud.com/lets-kill-uncle (few tracks from our EP)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6xhm-SlPew (EP Promo Video)

To be honest, that heavy/death metal isn't my cup of tea (Ministry is about as close as I get), but you guys really do a great job of it. Can't fault it!

I finished recording a single in January with an old guitarist (we were in a band together in 1979) who lives in Norwich in the UK... he recorded the music with his 24y.o son who played drums and did the recording engineering... they sent me a guide track and I made a vocal track in Garageband on my MacBook, sent it back and they completed the mix. Just waiting for the guitarist to complete a clip to throw up on YouTube and then it will be ready to share (clip is being made the same way with me sending my vids via DropBox and he mixing it all together with his vids). We also plan to put the song up on iTunes.

[Cards13 9,117]

I play in a band, migh not be everyone's cup of tea but you can check out our material by following the links below;

http://soundcloud.com/lets-kill-uncle (few tracks from our EP)

(EP Promo Video)

Nice!!!!

[Earl Hood 5,885]

Isn't recollections amazing - JT blew me away at festival hall in 1972 - Just loved that concert.

I saw JT recently ( last year I think) and Ian Anderson's voice is completely shot.

I have rather eclectic taste in music and still go out and see lots of new music.On Friday night - I went and saw Illy at the HiFi Bar and was chuffed that they checked my ID The support asked for a show of hands of who was born in the 90's, then asked for those of the 80's. After a little lull I threw my hands in the air and screamed "child of the 50's" which got a round of applause from the "children" around me.

Any Yes fans out there? I sometimes feel I am on my own these days. I still sometimes play the Yessongs live triple album at full throttle in the car much to my wife's protesting.

[hardtack 10,187]

Any Yes fans out there? I sometimes feel I am on my own these days. I still sometimes play the Yessongs live triple album at full throttle in the car much to my wife's protesting.

I liked early Yes, but they eventually seemed to run out of ideas and I'm afraid Jon Anderson's voice, as good as it was, started to grate a little. Steve Howe was a hell of a guitarist though. I was always more of a King Crimson/Robert Fripp fan myself when it came to that era.

[DemonWA 3,660]

Was not expecting that when I hit play, [censored] awesome.

What bands are you into?

Mate I have a pretty eclectic taste in music. But Favourite bands off the top of my head would be Dream Theater, Psycroptic, Steve Vai, Devin Townsend, Megadeth, Rush, Gojira etc

[DemonWA 3,660]

To be honest, that heavy/death metal isn't my cup of tea (Ministry is about as close as I get), but you guys really do a great job of it. Can't fault it!

I finished recording a single in January with an old guitarist (we were in a band together in 1979) who lives in Norwich in the UK... he recorded the music with his 24y.o son who played drums and did the recording engineering... they sent me a guide track and I made a vocal track in Garageband on my MacBook, sent it back and they completed the mix. Just waiting for the guitarist to complete a clip to throw up on YouTube and then it will be ready to share (clip is being made the same way with me sending my vids via DropBox and he mixing it all together with his vids). We also plan to put the song up on iTunes.

Thanks mate, make sure you post the end product one you finish the mix!

[DemonWA 3,660]

Nice!!!!

Cheers cards13!

[Deestroy All 14,262]

Mate I have a pretty eclectic taste in music. But Favourite bands off the top of my head would be Dream Theater, Psycroptic, Steve Vai, Devin Townsend, Megadeth, Rush, Gojira etc

Nice.

I love Gojira. Seen them a couple of times. A couple of weeks ago they opened for Mastodon, just brilliant.

Good luck with the EP mate, impressive stuff.

[hardtack 10,187]

Thanks mate, make sure you post the end product one you finish the mix!

Will do... expecting to have the clip completed some time in April, but only if the guitarist can get time away from his day job (he makes long bows and trains actors to look convincing in their use - working on shows like Game of Thrones, Eragon, Braveheart, Robin Hood etc).

[nutbean 8,837]

Will do... expecting to have the clip completed some time in April, but only if the guitarist can get time away from his day job (he makes long bows and trains actors to look convincing in their use - working on shows like Game of Thrones, Eragon, Braveheart, Robin Hood etc).

As a complete aside...its amazing what you hear of people doing as their livelihood. Making long bows and training actors to use them!! My squeeze has a cousin who travels around Europe cleaning statues and then has the sole rights to a little device that he attaches to them - sends a mild electric current through them to stop birds sitting (sic) on them. He has enough work for the next 100 years.

[Earl Hood 5,885]

Will do... expecting to have the clip completed some time in April, but only if the guitarist can get time away from his day job (he makes long bows and trains actors to look convincing in their use - working on shows like Game of Thrones, Eragon, Braveheart, Robin Hood etc).

Gee some people have interesting jobs. Not sure what it pays but it would be fun. How do they do it?

[Cards13 9,117]

Gee some people have interesting jobs. Not sure what it pays but it would be fun. How do they do it?

And where does he have his knee high leather boots made?

[hardtack 10,187]

And where does he have his knee high leather boots made?

Don't know, but here is a link to his website (he obviously doesn't include web design skills in his resume).