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There is a "Soundwave" broo-ha-ha going on. 

It has been cancelled for next year and looks like this year is under threat.

Damn - I bought a new black t-shirt and have been in an anti-tanning booth ( makes me white and pastey) in anticipation.

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The following track by Black Sabbath featured as the intro to the final episode of Fargo (season 2) ... from their 'Paranoid' album of 1970 ...

 

 

 

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18 hours ago, hardtack said:

it's gonna get ugly - I am prepared to be right royally shafted

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2 hours ago, nutbean said:

it's gonna get ugly - I am prepared to be right royally shafted

If you already bought tickets, I'm pretty sure you should be able to negotiate with your bank for the refund and they will chase it up from the promoters.  At least, this is what I heard in a radio discussion regarding this matter today (the agency was saying they will refund customers as soon as the promoters return the ticket sales money to them, so the bank refund might be the fastest and safest option).

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On 12/17/2015 at 5:26 PM, nutbean said:

There is a "Soundwave" broo-ha-ha going on. 

It has been cancelled for next year and looks like this year is under threat.

Damn - I bought a new black t-shirt and have been in an anti-tanning booth ( makes me white and pastey) in anticipation.

Jeepers. And here I was saving water bottles and looking at potential creative (scribble) artwork in the pursuit of ink poisoning. 

I guess my perforated ear drums can remain perforated for another year, without any vain hope of recovery.

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8 hours ago, Wrecker45 said:

I'm going for live music

The greatest duet since Sonny and Cher

https://youtu.be/qiTVzUz3i40

The greatest live performance 

https://youtu.be/0omja1ivpx0

To my mind, Murder Ballads is one of the greatest albums recorded... however, I'm afraid Queen have never done it for me... in fact, I would go so far as to say their supposed masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the most pompous pieces of crap ever committed to vinyl/CD.

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On 1/21/2016 at 8:53 PM, hardtack said:

To my mind, Murder Ballads is one of the greatest albums recorded... however, I'm afraid Queen have never done it for me... in fact, I would go so far as to say their supposed masterpiece Bohemian Rhapsody is one of the most pompous pieces of crap ever committed to vinyl/CD.

The Queen song (Radio Goo Goo) isn't a masterpiece but Freddie's captivation of a packed out Wembley Stadium is as good as I have seen. I love it more for the theatre than the song itself. 

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3 hours ago, Wrecker45 said:

The Queen song (Radio Goo Goo) isn't a masterpiece but Freddie's captivation of a packed out Wembley Stadium is as good as I have seen. I love it more for the theatre than the song itself. 

Certainly a far cry from Sunbury where they were all but run out of town :-)

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16 hours ago, hardtack said:

Certainly a far cry from Sunbury where they were all but run out of town :-)

I know someone who was at that concert booing them off the stage. 

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7 hours ago, Wrecker45 said:

I know someone who was at that concert booing them off the stage. 

I missed that concert... I went to the first Sunbury in January 1972... interesting sums it up best, I think.  Some great music, but lots of drunk yobbos beating the crap out of each other and lots of stoners who didn't seem to know where they were.

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Swamp rock?

I suppose CCR's music falls into that genre ... read recently that the band was from San Francisco. As what can happen, there was a major falling out within the band that still remains ... a brilliant group, all the same.

 

 

And thanks to JJ for the tip on how to post up youtube clips ...

... On the youtube page there's a share button and an embed option. If you copy that code, then in the demonland post click source and paste it. After clicking source again it should appear.

 

 

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13 hours ago, Macca said:

Swamp rock?

I suppose CCR's music falls into that genre ... read recently that the band was from San Francisco. As what can happen, there was a major falling out within the band that still remains ... a brilliant group, all the same.

 

 

And thanks to JJ for the tip on how to post up youtube clips ...

... On the youtube page there's a share button and an embed option. If you copy that code, then in the demonland post click source and paste it. After clicking source again it should appear.

 

 

I have seen John Fogarty a few times of recent and he gives great concert - he still sounds the same as he did in the 70's

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2 hours ago, nutbean said:

I have seen John Fogarty a few times of recent and he gives great concert - he still sounds the same as he did in the 70's

A fabulous talent ... lead singer and lead guitar (many of their songs had great and unique riffs) Rolling Stone magazine has him high up in their all-time categories in both areas.

The bit I find quite intriguing is that the band emanated from San Francisco. But then again, a lot of music has a lot of it's influence from the South - esp jazz, rock, country music, blues etc. Not all of course, but a large chunk.

Here's one of my favourites from the band ... and I really like this particular youtube clip as well ...

 

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7 hours ago, Macca said:

A fabulous talent ... lead singer and lead guitar (many of their songs had great and unique riffs) Rolling Stone magazine has him high up in their all-time categories in both areas.

The bit I find quite intriguing is that the band emanated from San Francisco. But then again, a lot of music has a lot of it's influence from the South - esp jazz, rock, country music, blues etc. Not all of course, but a large chunk.

Here's one of my favourites from the band ... and I really like this particular youtube clip as well ...

 

Great memories Maca. I had the single or EP and Green River was the B side but that was my favourite song. 

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Went to a  great gig yesterday - Billy Miller has released a new album called "Australia" - love the album ( hate the title ).

He played the album start to finish yesterday and was ably backed up by Bill McDonald, Johnny Annis, James Black, Rebecca Barnard and his son, Eddie.

He wrote a couple of songs with Paul Kelly ( in a rain delay of the cricket !) so Paul Kelly was also on stage with him and sang.

The second set was him doing some of his stuff from yesteryear including stuff from "The Spaniards"  - he had Mick Peeling singing with him.

 

( also saw John Butler Trio on Saturday night - the man is a genius)

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Here's a couple that I came across randomly ... don't know a great deal about either band but both songs have got a nice driving rhythm ... could have almost gone on the jazz thread but this thread will do.

 

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I'm not a U2 fan by any means, but With or Without You consistently brings up a lifetime worth of memories.

Anyway, here's some Can and Rocket from the Tombs:

 

 

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Here's a couple with a heavy brass influence ... Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago

 

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Here's a couple with a heavy brass influence ... Blood, Sweat & Tears and Chicago

The first Chicago Transit Authority album was brilliant... they were a real contrast to Blood Sweat and Tears who were a very smooth sounding outfit... CTA at that time had a guitarist who was more influenced by Hendrix than any jazz greats and consequently the sound had a real edge to it.  It was a shame what they became though.
 

 

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On 3/12/2016 at 9:49 PM, hardtack said:

The first Chicago Transit Authority album was brilliant... they were a real contrast to Blood Sweat and Tears who were a very smooth sounding outfit... CTA at that time had a guitarist who was more influenced by Hendrix than any jazz greats and consequently the sound had a real edge to it.  It was a shame what they became though.

And what Chicago became ended up appealing to many others (who were perhaps born later and missed their early stuff) Music is like that.

As an example, Steely Dan started off as a (sort of) commercial band which I was a bit beige about and then went non-commercial with 'The Royal Scam' & 'Aja' (which is the stuff that I really really loved) and then went a bit commercial again with 'Gaucho' (which I really liked but didn't love)   And there are numerous people who don't like Steely Dan at all - it takes all types.

It's definitely a generational thing and we are all heavily influenced by the period in our lives of say the ages of 15 - 25 (or thereabouts) ... especially around that 17-22 age period.  After that, anything new has to be really good for one to accept it readily (IMO) ... or, the music has to remind us or take one back to when we were heavily influenced.  Over the years, I've learned to appreciate almost anything.

That's my take on it anyway 'ht' ... and then there's the brass influence in rock that seems to only appeal to a certain amount of people.  To this day, I still am blown away by the 'Peter Gunn theme' ... Tinsley Waterhouse used to do a great version when I used to see them at the Station Hotel (Prahran)

Here's a couple more with that brass influence ... more BST and Chicago (the first clip is a little 'different') ... btw, the other music thread that 'nutbean' started is a beaut - couple of really good venues there with a lot of favourites from the past appearing (not forgetting of course the jazz thread kicked off by JJ)

 

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12 hours ago, Macca said:

And what Chicago became ended up appealing to many others (who were perhaps born later and missed their early stuff) Music is like that.

As an example, Steely Dan started off as a (sort of) commercial band which I was a bit beige about and then went non-commercial with 'The Royal Scam' & 'Aja' (which is the stuff that I really really loved) and then went a bit commercial again with 'Gaucho' (which I really liked but didn't love) And there are numerous people who don't like Steely Dan at all - it takes all types.

It's definitely a generational thing and we are all heavily influenced by the period in our lives of say the ages of 15 - 25 (or thereabouts) ... especially around that 17-22 age period. After that, anything new has to be really good for one to accept it readily (IMO) ... or, the music has to remind us or take one back to when we were heavily influenced. Over the years, I've learned to appreciate almost anything.

That's my take on it anyway 'ht' ... and then there's the brass influence in rock that seems to only appeal to a certain amount of people. To this day, I still am blown away by the 'Peter Gunn theme' ... Tinsley Waterhouse used to do a great version when I used to see them at the Station Hotel (Prahran)

Here's a couple more with that brass influence ... more BST and Chicago (the first clip is a little 'different') ... btw, the other music thread that 'nutbean' started is a beaut - couple of really good venues there with a lot of favourites from the past appearing (not forgetting of course the jazz thread kicked off by JJ)

I agree with what you're saying Macca... I was more expressing my personal disappointment :-)  However, if you want brass at its finest in a rock n roll context, try this on for size...
 

 

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On 3/13/2016 at 11:11 AM, hardtack said:

I agree with what you're saying Macca... I was more expressing my personal disappointment :-)  However, if you want brass at its finest in a rock n roll context, try this on for size...
 

 

Wow, great stuff hardtack!

The great thing with music and all it's genre's is there is a seemingly endless supply - in many ways we're spoilt for choice ... discovering* new music doesn't have to mean it was made recently. I preferred the earlier stuff from Chicago as well ... I've always found it fascinating how a number of bands/artists run out of ideas where as others just change direction and can often remain successful by doing so.

*With regards to the movies, great books, some TV etc etc, the same discoveries go on ... (especially with jazz) I tend to treat it all the same way whether it's new or old. 

 

 

 

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